Yup. I had mentioned both of these upthread. What took so long. 
Well thanks for joining the party.
Well thanks for joining the party.You've mentioned lots of things.
Noone seems to have found a coherent, logical threat in what you have said though.
And you still haven't answered my question from above, why would the cartel go through all the hassle of creating on-chain transactions simply to withhold them from the rest of the network, when they could accomplish the same things with off-chain transactions?