Replies to post #16413 on NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

[Arby2000]

'...as I slowly design his orange jumpsuit...' LOL.

[maverick_1]

WRAP UP: My Perspective:

Intermission in response due to:
Reached daily limit so I went for a subscription after finally having my only meal of the day as well as feel somewhat pooped in a good way though.

Unless you distinctly recall making those Cognate, Toucan statements on iHub MB, I'd suggest if you can, put your sensitivities in check out mode.

Haven't monitored very carefully what's truly led to a close to a handful? of exits of some valued posters on this MB recently. Wish there weren't ego's involved but that seems to be a higher incidence among those with a scientific bent vs those with a business bent IMHO. Constructive commentary vs criticism or acknowledgement of and to others IMHO are hallmarks to a destination called camaraderie which all should strive for.

EVERYONE (especially LP et al; Larry Smith) to say the least is FED up with the alleged illegal stock price manipulations and despicable shenanigans of AF; SA authors and MDA's Dr. Buzzsaw? etc.

Clearly there is validity for a building crescendo of catalysts:
We can call for, or even pontificate, what may unfold... but only God knows what is brewing in that maestro Linda Powers strategic agenda. IF we're still here with our shares intact after this arduous ordeal that has spanned literally FOUR MONTHS (since April!) which feels like an eternity I submit: "better days are just around the corner"

My life long held motto is: Pissing and Moaning I liken to a CANCER that is corrosive and will eat one alive eventually. On the other hand effectively dealing with it in a constructive manner and solving problems in life should instead be the agenda. Personally I've survived numerous battle royales in life that many cite I should write books about (spare one et al from real long, captivating story). Unless one tries and tests oneself... you will never know what you are really capable of. I've demonstrated that to myself and found out over many years through a wide diversity of life's challenges what I can take on; what makes me tick... to engender a strong sense of self confidence in tackling whatever is thrown at me. Just one sliver I will share to wet one's appetite: At Merrill Lynch I was the new kid on the block analyst when I was but 25 yrs of age: went with Merrill Lynch's general counsel to face an SEC subpoena! That was the early years of budding hedge fund industry. I was alleged to have inside info on a $3BLN multinational co that was supposed to go bankrupt and rather than going with the conventional wisdom, went with my BUY recommendation @ $5 went to $25 in 18 months and the shorts (didn't even know who or what it stood for.... SHORTS got cremeated!) I withstood all line of questioning and nothing ever became of it. Note this is far
more serious than what Larry Smith went thru in his description of having his license suspended. I wasn't registered because I wasn't a broker and Larry's firm then didn't have the compliance infrastructure of a Merrill! There are many many more war stories
across many fronts that I've confronted.

So rather than beating the subject to death wracking our brains and those of others suggest that an INTERMISSION of Patience and watchful waiting should be the order of the day and clearly better for our psyches.

[XenaLives]

With their computers, their L3 access, and their likely knowledge of what Broker (or brokers)is being used to sell shares to raise funds by the company & associates the pros will know when it's happening.

Selling of size erodes demand for the stock, even if it's done carefully and only temporary. If they choose to short at the same time the company sells they have weaker support to chew through. My guess is that if you compare those sales you will see dumpage, but it will be out of proportion with the legitimate selling that was done because of that.

An example of how wicked these dudes are - we found our that the reasonably priced PR service we were using was manned by ex-Big Apple employee, Fairhills associate, and enemy of the company Elliott Poloatoff. They were leaking our PR's to the hedgies as soon as we filed them. When the people holding our debt stock tried to sell the P&D orders were all ready set up. One morning an investor's account was mysteriously locked up and he couldn't sell until the price went down. This is how they try to keep small companies from raising any money on the market - they get theirs first.

The SEC does nothing about them. Polatoff was associated with Fairhills capital, their computers were seized in an FBI raid as year or two ago and we've heard nothing on prosecution. Big Apple criminals have moved on to new companies and new scams and nothing has been done to stop them.

SEC action on Polatoff - note the date and the slap on the wrist:


http://www.linkedin.com/pub/elliott-polatoff/2a/5a9/744

Slap on the wrist from FINRA

Elliott Steven Polatoff (CRD #1956658, Registered Representative, Far Rockaway, New York) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent in which he was fined $13,000, suspended from association with any NASD member in any capacity for three months, and required to pay $1,856.25, plus interest, in restitution to member firms. Payment of the fine and proof of payment of restitution shall be prerequisites before reassociating with any NASD member or before requesting relief from any statutory disqualification. Without admitting or denying the allegations, Polatoff consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings that he knowingly and intentionally entered priced limit orders in Nasdaq securities into an electronic communications network (ECN) at prices that he knew would improve the national best bid or offer (NBBO) in such securities, in that the full price and size of such orders would be reflected in the public quotation system as the best prices and sizes at which a market participant was willing to buy or sell such securities. Furthermore, the NASD found that after entering such orders, Polatoff entered orders of such securities in his trading account because he knew that they would be routed to market makers whose automated execution systems were programmed to transact such securities on an automated basis at prices equal to the NBBO and in an amount greater than the NBBO, thereby enabling him to buy and sell shares of the securities at prices that were lower or higher than he would otherwise have been able to buy or sell shares of the securities. Moreover, the findings stated that immediately after he received the executions of the orders that he had entered in his trading account, Polatoff canceled priced limit orders that he had entered into the ECN.

Polatoff's suspension began January 7, 2002, and will conclude at the close of business April 5, 2002. (NASD Case #CMS010172)

http://finra.complinet.com/en/display/viewall_display.html?rbid=1189&element_id=1159002724&record_id=1159002800