If I read your post correctly, you're insinuating that FASC is a scam or at least that there's something strange about Brian Nichols' inconsistent behavior?
Perhaps that's partly explained by FASC's promiscuous use of IRPs when Cal Kantonen was still alive.
I gather that stopped when Cal died.
I bet IRPs such as TradingIsMyLife (I believe he has changed his alias now) had their noses put out of joint when that happened.
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