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Monopoly Money
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I got a few questions since i havent had anytime to keep up with this stick ... ALA lack of pressence and humor.

Are we still the media distributor of GG06? or is that out now? Is Fan doing anything other then proving this is a scan (yes that was a rhyme intentionally) And finally is there any hope of this thing moving up at all or are we dead in the water. Any opinions are welcomed... Thanks

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hey mushy. lol

as far as i can tell they are still advertising the gay games, the gay games are still listing them as thier official coverage and as a major sponsor.

as far as the other parts of the question about it having a chance.

I believe there is a small chance of it making a comeback but it is going to depend on whether Mr Fan can get this company transparent. we know he has run into a road block, we are waiting to see if he can establish a workable detour to the goal of transparency.

so yes there is a chance, but it is slightly better then a snow balls chance in HELLLLL.

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Honey is on showing the Dinah Shore bikini contest. Also QTN is heavily showing Gay Games commercials.

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quote:
Originally posted by firefly:
Honey is on showing the Dinah Shore bikini contest. Also QTN is heavily showing Gay Games commercials.

Imak : I wonder if those are the commericals that we saw when we visited? [Big Grin]

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quote:
Originally posted by Penny-Trader:
hey mushy. lol

as far as i can tell they are still advertising the gay games, the gay games are still listing them as thier official coverage and as a major sponsor.

as far as the other parts of the question about it having a chance.

I believe there is a small chance of it making a comeback but it is going to depend on whether Mr Fan can get this company transparent. we know he has run into a road block, we are waiting to see if he can establish a workable detour to the goal of transparency.

so yes there is a chance, but it is slightly better then a snow balls chance in HELLLLL.

rod

Well put bro. [Big Grin]
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That was a quick 6k on the pps this morning. Q is notorious for quick fat finger profits of an imaginary nature.
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...Rod, QBID'n...you guys are starting to sound like me several months ago...lol. THE realization that Frank was and IS a piece of sh#t.

We're stuck, no choice. ANY newbie...be scared...be very, very scared.

I avoid posting anymore, but would just like to say hello to Doc, Rod, Sam, etc.

Mike/Imak, did you post your summation of your visit and I missed it, or did you just PM the peep's that requested...if by PM...please send me the post.

I wish everyone well...may this newer year bring everyone better results.

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http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0616,musto,72893,15.html

3/4 of the way down the page

Let me turn back into a raging queen with a blood-soaked ax to grind, if not a pricey car to escape in. As you know, the troubled Q Television Network recently gave queers a bad name by laying people off and owing ****loads of gay money all around (including to me). Well, they've had a corporate overhaul, but a knowledgeable source tells me, "The new president has no TV experience. They're just making the same mistakes over again. It's probably just going to fizzle away. They've done such damage to the brand, I can't imagine anyone would ever take them seriously again." That's so true, but while the sad sacks are trying to rise out of the scum bucket, let's please take the following inside jizz very seriously: I hear one of the network's on-air personalities is having a lesbian affair with one of its "straight," married-with-kids senior executives! They should film that

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hey terry.

how are things

Rod

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Originally posted by RNINALVNG:
...Rod, QBID'n...you guys are starting to sound like me several months ago...lol. THE realization that Frank was and IS a piece of sh#t.

We're stuck, no choice. ANY newbie...be scared...be very, very scared.

I avoid posting anymore, but would just like to say hello to Doc, Rod, Sam, etc.

Mike/Imak, did you post your summation of your visit and I missed it, or did you just PM the peep's that requested...if by PM...please send me the post.

I wish everyone well...may this newer year bring everyone better results.



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Wow.....still the same after all this time I've been away.....what a shame.....GL....

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Hey IMAK. Did you ever get around to doing the write up of your trip? Still interested in seeing it.
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Sure is quiet in here...The calm before the storm, maybe?. I think we will probably be hearing reverse split soon [Frown] I wonder which:

10:1?
100:1?
1000:1?


I guess will find out soon enough.

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I've been reading some very interesting posts on IHub. It's from this new guy, but they sure are interesting----

Posted by: bad_pork
In reply to: Charlie48 who wrote msg# 246849
Date:4/17/2006 3:05:45 PM
Post #of 247171

Charlie, here's the scam in a nutshell;

* QBID is TMM per 15c211 & corp filings. QBID/TMM obtained 5 a/s increases is less than 1 year.

* The authorized shares are liquidated into cash.

* The cash proceeds from liquidating the shares are funneled to QTN where it is doled-out to pay TWO ENTITIES for services rendered, Valcom & Franklyn Broadcasting.

* Valcom officers acquired QBID's NTI & LBS assets in liquidation & reincorporated them in NV with Frankie. Franklyn Broadcasting is one of Frank's shell companies.

* Supposedly, Fan doesn't know he is liquidating QBID shares to pay Valcom & Franklyn Broadcasting.

Posted by: bad_pork
In reply to: profithunter0 who wrote msg# 246858
Date:4/17/2006 3:11:14 PM
Post #of 247171

ITHC PR'd it was a dirty shell FIVE MONTHS before Frank acquired 65% of it, including a BK, stock fraud & its private investors, and FORCED IT TO MERGE WITH GAAY. Frank retained a disbarred lawyer, Max Cassing, to form the escrow account for the equity swap. Frank never disclosed Cassing past breaches to shareholders. Cassing also tallied the shareholders vote that approved the private investors stock preferences and supervoting & liquiation rights.

posted by: ron2w
In reply to: None Date:1/12/2001 3:33:29 PM
Post #of 40

Max Craig Cassing just called me back and, after an extended conversation, 1) I feel I have a much better feel as to many of the important logistics of conversion and 2) I feel confident and very comfortable that it going to be done correctly, "by the book," and with all relevant contingencies satisfactorily addressed.

On the mailing: 4300 letters are going out but, not now until Monday the 15th. The delay was necessary so Mr. Cassing could come up to speed, plus prepare a letter of instruction for inclusion in the envelope. It does sound like he has now thought of most everything to make this go as smooth as possible.

Rather than post other details here, I will be in Yahoo Messenger briefly tonight Friday, 12 Jan starting at 8PM EST (5PM PST) [ONE HOUR EARLIER] to share what else I learned and to try to answer questions.

Ron

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=36288

Posted by: bad_pork
In reply to: zandant who wrote msg# 246869
Date:4/17/2006 3:15:44 PM
Post #of 247171

This scam is really aimed purely at the uneducated. Sorry for saying that. Anyone who knows the difference between private equity and public equity/common shares knows Richard Brown Jr was offering QTN's unregistered securities as QBID common shares. That's illegal. Anyone who knows Regulation D and what was required to get QTN equity into a QBID common share knew this was a front comany scam.

Posted by: bad_pork
In reply to: Charlie48 who wrote msg# 247069
Date:4/18/2006 12:42:21 PM
Post #of 247171

Can anyone here verify if Richard Brown Jr is a broker? If so, has he disclosed trading QBID shares? Has he disclosed his commission? Has he disclosed if the company has given him a trade-out inventory of shares? If he is a broker he must have successfully passed a series 7 exam and knows that QTN's private equity is unregistered securities that are illegal to offer to the public through a QBID public offering of shares. Richard Brown Jr would also know that there is absolutey no QTN equity in a QBID share. Why then does Equity Relaions have an IR page on qtelevision.com for investors with an "interest in QTN stock" when he posted on Raging Bull his "contract is with Triangle Multi-Media", QBID? Why would a registered representative tell QBID common shareholders they are buying QTN equity with a purchase of QBID common shares? Especially if he is trading the stock and, even more importantly, if he is trading/liquidating the stock for the company with a trade-out inventory.

Is Richie a broker? Is he trading QBID? For the company? As the IR man? With a trade-out invetory? Telling investors there is QTN equity in a QBID common share?

Posted by: bad_pork
In reply to: cur who wrote msg# 247070
Date:4/18/2006 12:49:20 PM
Post #of 247171

cur, it is glaring that Itesprit poses as an equities expert but doesn't know that what TMM supposedly "wholly owns" is private equity, pre-IPO shares, unregistered securities that are illegal to offer to the public through a QBID public offering. It is also striking Itesprit didn't catch Fan PR'd that QBID can't produce audited financials which are required for any consolidation of QTN & QBID/TMM that includes the QBID common shareholders. The scam here appears to be conning the green investors that they are buying equity in QTN's private equity when they buy QBID common shares. The math can't get more simple. TMM says they own 100% of the private equity. That means QBID common shareholders own 0%.

Posted by: bad_pork
In reply to: Charlie48 who wrote msg# 247073
Date:4/18/2006 1:01:28 PM
Post #of 247171

Charlie, one has to suspend reality when dealing with QBID. One has to believe that Fan, who the pumpers define as a savvy honest businessman/saviour, acquired all the liabilities without having a securities & corporate attorney do due diligence on the health of the company, the stock, the holdings, define the liabilities, etc., or a CPA do due diligence on the books.
Then one has to believe this sophisticated business man learned about the "irregularities" by surprise, disclosed them to shareholders in a PR, then 1 week later disclosed dirty unaudited numbers with "irregularities" to the same shareholders in a PR with no rference to what he was DOING about the "irregularities".

Its a strange world in QBIDville.

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Ok, I think richard brown does read this and is just waiting for me to post , he has sent me three emails just today all were in reply to one that i sent from the link on Q TV WEB SITE, so does this work for all are just me, go to the site and send him an email, i need to know thanks.
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Has Frank been apprehended yet?
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Imak we will see I have a very long message into Richard from the web site i will let you know if i hear from him.

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Thanks PT.
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quote:
Originally posted by imakmony2005:
Ok, I think richard brown does read this and is just waiting for me to post , he has sent me three emails just today all were in reply to one that i sent from the link on Q TV WEB SITE, so does this work for all are just me, go to the site and send him an email, i need to know thanks.

Mike, do you have anything you want me to ask him about? Cause, I don't really have anything specific to ask.

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Ask about me, what the hell he will know.
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Nevermind, I asked something. I saw something interesting that I wanted to get an answer about.

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Imak... Richard responded already.

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I know the Risk Metrics mean nothing. But I also remember the days when we were around 400 and trading around .005-.008. The rating has dropped slowly the last couple months from 1900 to today's 1566.

Maybe Fan will turn this around?

http://www.nasdaq.com/services/riskMetrics.stm?&tickers=QBID

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IDK, the Accum/Dist has been leveling out, so maybe a turnaround? ahhhhh, only Fan/Frank knows

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Jeez,

Richard is on the ball. I sent him a thank you for the response and he responded to that already. dammmmn

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So do all these changes mean that I am never going to get my dvd? [Big Grin]

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Just when you think things can't get any worse!!!

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I don't know now. That bad_pork guy got booted. haha He might have just been another alias. And, what he was saying may not be all that true.

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i have to give Richard Credit he answered my message rather quickly as well.

maybe Mr Fan got on him about answering him messages.

I know there was a letter that went directly to Fan regarding IR not getting back to people, Mr Fan forwarded the letter to Richard and the responces all of a sudden started happening. that happened last week.

Rod

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just a thought about the filings..both Q Television Network Inc. and Triangle Multimedia Limited License expiration date is 05/31/2006, maybe Fan is waiting for them to expire and then will renew both with new info. it's only 40 days, who knows what he's thinking.

just killing time waiting for transparency

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state of washington disagrees. however, in all fairness, william at wa sos says that the filing to change corporate officers could take a while to post. even a month or so. reasons for not filing can't be financial--costs $10, $20 if you expedite and be posted in a couple days.

good luck all. as of 5 minutes ago....


...no change of any corp officers....

...No new amendments....


wa sos....(360) 753-7115 (option 5)

tmm ubi 601 047 757

05/08/51 Date of Incorporation
08/24/04 amendment a/s + to 50b
07/25/05 license renewed (due 5/31/05)
11/07/05 amendment a/s + to 60b
12/19/05 amendment a/s + to 100b
02/07/06 amendment a/s + to 350b

frank olsen, pres/chairman of board
rene schenk, sec/tres


qtn ubi 602 391 767

qtn corp status:
5/03/04 --Date of Incorporation a/s 75k
6/1/04 to 5/31/05 --active
6/1/05 to 8/31/05 --inactive
9/1/05 to 9/07/05 --dissolved
9/08/05 --reinstated
9/8/05 to present --active

frank olsen, pres/chairman of board
joseph morales, vice pres
marian sherman, director
rene schenk, sec/director



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bad_pork is just one of hundreds of aliases this person has on many boards over the past 6 YEARS of bashing QBID. More famouly known as karzoid fistula and currently about a hundred versions of the alias one iota at RB. A complete psycho.

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I don't know now. That bad_pork guy got booted. haha He might have just been another alias. And, what he was saying may not be all that true.


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Hag,

You are right - she is staunch QBID basher, but she has brought out SOME very interesting and factual points concerning Frankie the Fraud's past and his companies. If you recall, Frankie the Fraudster leashed Richard Brown on her last year after she was spreading the AIDS rumor. Richard and her sparred on RB for over an hour. There was also some kind of lawsuit against Richard Brown as a result. So dont completely dismiss all of her (Fistula) postings. IMO, she has been been right about 60%-70%, thus far. Her ramblings are getting old because she is still referring to Frankie the Fraudster. She may or may not know something we dont. I am not certain what her agenda is but as with everything else - ya gotta take with a grain of salt.

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bad_pork is just one of hundreds of aliases this person has on many boards over the past 6 YEARS of bashing QBID. More famouly known as karzoid fistula and currently about a hundred versions of the alias one iota at RB. A complete psycho.

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I don't know now. That bad_pork guy got booted. haha He might have just been another alias. And, what he was saying may not be all that true.



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Yeah, I know. I was on RB at the time that Richard was posting. However, the lawsuit that arose and others are from Jackie Deaner. Who claims she has not posted on RB in years. And she claims she is not karzoid, yet she is suing Richard Brown over that? She has also filed a complaint about another poster on RB, but claims she doesn't post there. The woman is a extremely mental. She claims she is not karzoid or other aliases, yet all this stuff keeps popping up on fulldisclosure.biz. Unbelievable. And yes, some of what she said is correct; however her methods were such that noone would listen to her.

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Hag,

You are right - she is staunch QBID basher, but she has brought out SOME very interesting and factual points concerning Frankie the Fraud's past and his companies. If you recall, Frankie the Fraudster leashed Richard Brown on her last year after she was spreading the AIDS rumor. Richard and her sparred on RB for over an hour. There was also some kind of lawsuit against Richard Brown as a result. So dont completely dismiss all of her (Fistula) postings. IMO, she has been been right about 60%-70%, thus far. Her ramblings are getting old because she is still referring to Frankie the Fraudster. She may or may not know something we dont. I am not certain what her agenda is but as with everything else - ya gotta take with a grain of salt.

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bad_pork is just one of hundreds of aliases this person has on many boards over the past 6 YEARS of bashing QBID. More famouly known as karzoid fistula and currently about a hundred versions of the alias one iota at RB. A complete psycho.

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I don't know now. That bad_pork guy got booted. haha He might have just been another alias. And, what he was saying may not be all that true.




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Interesting Article from SEC!

Limits of Disclosure
Investor Information
April 17 2006
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rules that would require enhanced disclosure by corporate executives, directors and controlling shareholders. The new standards, if they past muster, would provide a clearer picture of the people who run public companies – but will they open a sufficient window on the all too murky world of shell companies and penny stocks.
The proposed amendments would apply to disclosure in proxy and information statements, periodic reports, and other public filings. They would require clearer, more complete disclosure of all compensation received by the company's principal officers, together with a narrative discussion of the company's disclosure policies. The proposals also would update, clarify and expand disclosure provisions concerning to related person transactions. In addition, they are intended to provide better information about key financial relationships between companies and their executives, directors, significant, employees and their families.
How will this affect disclosures relating to shell companies, and private businesses that enter the public marketplace through reverse-mergers? Information on those companies, and the people who control them, has been sparse – despite new regulations, adopted almost one year ago, that require considerably more extensive disclosure when a reverse-merger takes place. Under the new rules, a private company that acquires a shell is required to file a Form 8-K containing the same detailed information that would be included in a registration statement for an initial public offering. See SEC Orders More Disclosure By Shell Companies.
The latest proposals would require small businesses – presumably including microcap companies – to provide extensive narrative disclosure of executive compensation, together with tables detailing financial awards, outstanding options and director compensation. Such increased disclosures are welcome and necessary, but they are not likely to address those situations where companies consciously conceal information, or where control is invested in individuals or entities who are not also officers or directors of the companies.
And here is the biggest catch. Disclosure will be enhanced – but only for those companies that already provide the public with information about their operations and finances. Businesses that do not file regular reports – and that would include a lengthy roster of companies quoted on the Pink Sheets – will continue to operate behind a veil of secrecy. Those businesses are not compelled to apprise investors of material developments, or to financial reports attesting to their fiscal health. The details of their compensation policies remain a mystery.
Investors who are intrigued by such entities will continue to rely upon scant information and promotional puffery, never knowing for sure who runs and controls the companies, or just how they are doing.
Investors can only hope that the regulatory cops soon will turn their attention to this netherworld of non-reporting companies. Companies should not be "public" in name only. Every public entity should be obligated to operate transparently, and to make available all material information concerning its management, controlling shareholders, and financial state.
Isn't it time to lift the curtain on these clandestine operations? Let them be public in the true sense. These tiny companies comprise some of the riskiest investments. Investors are entitled to know what they are getting into.
We think so.
SEC Orders More Disclosure By Shell Companies
Investor Information
July 6 2005
Shell companies are about to step into the light and only time will tell which of these entities can survive the glare. On June 29, 2005, the SEC adopted a series of rules calculated to assure that investors in shell companies will have access to timely material information. The new rules will require shells to make information publicly available when assets or operations are acquired.
Until now, companies have been able to become public and still avoid detailed disclosure by engaging in reverse-mergers, where a private business takes control of an existing public shell. Reverse-mergers have been appealing because they allow these private companies – which often are tiny and under-capitalized – to enter the public marketplace without the time consuming, exhaustive process imposed by an initial public offering. That is about to change.
When a company becomes public through an initial public offering it is required to file a detailed registration statement with the SEC, providing material information about the company’s financial condition, operations, management and controlling shareholders. This process is designed to protect investors by giving them access to facts which may guide their investment decision.
Reverse-mergers have flown under this regulatory radar. Shell companies often file Forms 8-K disclosing such acquisitions – but little else. While the shell may provide limited financial information for the acquired company, details about management, shareholders, promoters and operations are often scarce. The information may be incomplete, and in some instances misleading or inaccurate, but shares of the former shell have continued to trade without prior review by the SEC.
The lack of disclosure and regulatory input leaves such transactions prone to fraud and abuse. The new rules, which are intended to address those problems, relate to the use of Forms S-8, 8-K, and 20-F by public shell companies.
Form S-8 is a registration statement used by public companies to register shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans. Shares can be registered for such plans without identifying the individuals who will be receiving stock. And, unlike other registration forms, Form S-8 becomes effective as soon as it is filed, without any SEC review. Form 8-K is used by public companies to report certain significant corporate actions, including acquisitions and mergers. Form 20-F is a multi-function form used by foreign private issuers.
The new rules define a shell company, generally, as an issuer with no or nominal operations and either (i) no or nominal assets; or (ii) assets consisting solely of cash or cash alternatives; or (iii) assets consisting of any amount of cash and cash equivalents and nominal other assets. In other words, companies can not avoid shell status solely by holding cash.
Under the new rules shell companies shall
• be prohibited from using Form S-8;
• be permitted to use Form S-8 (i) once they have become operating entities; and (ii) they have filed with the SEC the same detailed information about the operating company that would be required in a full-blown registration statement; and (iii) 60 days have elapsed since such information was filed.
• File a Form 8-K relating to any acquisition or disposition of assets or change in control within four business days of the transaction, including the same information that they would be required to provide if they were filing a registration statement.
Similar rules will govern foreign private issuer shell companies, which now will be required to disclose material information about newly acquired operating businesses.
The new rules, most of which will go into effect 30 days after they are published in the Federal Register, promise to provide investors with a wealth of information that has not been available previously. Promoters, on the other hand, are likely to start looking for loopholes.

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Wow! Only 45M traded thus far. Looks like QBID is up sh!t creek with no paddle.
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