Slave, thanks for the great post, but I'd like to add something to your theory of the delay.
Your post makes the two following comments;
1.) It threatens the status quo.
2.) it’s about controlling the moment.
I'm guessing that also is what LP may be trying to control with an announcement. If price rises to say $2-$3 then our criminal friends will do what hey did before, start shorting, naked shorting and spoofing to get retail to panic and start selling shares so they can cover their shorts and my guess would be to create their own long position so they can then make more billions when they drive the price up. LP needs a plan to keep this from happening and I'm sure she's considering options, but is it doable?