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[TTHQ Staff]

Just how savvy an investor do we need to be to know that you don't spell investors with an apostrophe? I trust this firm.... oh yeah I do. Here's all my cash. Please take it. Almost as bad as the ad I saw last year looking for new incestors. Edit: Cripes... just clicked on it... looks like a P&D.

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Edited by TTHQ Staff, 12 June 2007 - 07:44 AM.

[OEXCHAOS]

This is in their disclaimer

Disclosure

The Bull Run Report including its officers, directors, affiliates and parent company (“BRR”) have been compensated in the form of a warrant to purchase restricted shares and adhere to both the letter and spirit of Rule 17( of the Securities Act as Amended which provides that it is unlawful for any person: "to publish, give publicity to, or to circulate any notice, circular, or advertisement, newspaper article, letter, investment service, or communication which, though not purporting to offer a security for sale, describes such security for a consideration received or to be received, directly or indirectly, from an issuer, underwriter or dealer, without fully disclosing receipt, whether past or prospective, of such compensation and the amount thereof."

The Bull Run Report including its officers, directors, affiliates and parent company (“BRR”) have been compensated for its PR/IR Marketing efforts and the drafting and circulation of this article with Warrants to purchase two million two hundred twenty two thousand two hundred twenty two (2,222,222) shares of MTPM restricted common stock with a strike price of $0.0001 with a cashless provision, a five year term and piggy-back registration rights. Furthermore, the Company or a third party on its behalf shall pay all the actual expenses of circulating and/or distributing this article.

It goes on and on...

Did you guys know that they pay us when folks click on their ad? If you do (and you should do so only because you're interested, not because we get paid for every click), keep in mind that they are not a legitimate source of investment research--the conflict of interest is obvious.

Mark

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I haven't clicked on a banner ad in over 10 years. Why does anyone think that's a viable method of advertising? Unless you have an unassailable brand name, why would anyone assume everyone's using a machine that they don't care about being infested with malware?

[TTHQ Staff]

To be clear... I know the fear of malware, but we use reputable advertising brokers. That ad comes from Google and regardless of the actual ad, IF there were to be malware launched through Google, you'd have one hell of a lawsuit against them. It's those ads that keep the TT server humming... or grinding...or whatever noise it's making. btw: reiteration of an oldie but a goodie: get anti-virus protection and use it. Keep it updated. If you don't you're wearing a target.

[OEXCHAOS]

I haven't clicked on a banner ad in over 10 years. Why does anyone think that's a viable method of advertising? Unless you have an unassailable brand name, why would anyone assume everyone's using a machine that they don't care about being infested with malware?

People advertise that way because it works. 99.99999% of sites that buy advertising are reasonably safe (unless they've been hacked). Certainly, they are more likely than non-advertising sites to be safe, since they are commercial and more actively maintained (and thus harder to compromise and keep compromised).

I actualy got hit with malware once, from a site that had been compromised by a hacker. It had nothing to do with advertising, to be sure. I was just surfing.

In any case, we use Google and Tribal fusion primarily because they are highly reputable sites and because they police their advertisers well. The one in question (Bull Run Report) is a promotion site, but it's not illegal--we just felt it important to point out that they have huge conflicts of interest and can't spell.

Mark