So what was the big meeting all about last night at the national with JP & Marshall?

[calvindog]

If I had to guess, I'd imagine that the meeting was led by Bill Mastro's best friend, attended by JP Cohen, and involved the proposed formation of some ill-conceived trade association in which its dealer members would pay a large fee to join and somehow abide by some code of rules in order to act as a bulwark against some very bad impending news in the hobby.

Of course, anyone who would pay money to such a body would be utterly insane -- probably about as insane as anyone who trusted Bill Mastro and JP Cohen with their money over the years.

It goes without saying that it is laughable to even imagine that such a group gathered last night was somehow concerned with eliminating fraud in the hobby as opposed to simply protecting their own past and future financial gains. But then again, I'm just imagining what could have happened in that room last night as I wasn't invited.