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GENII’S JUNK

by

De Writer (Glen Ten-Eyck)

© 2014 by Glen Ten-Eyck

2581 words

Writing begun 06/19/14

From an idea by Alte Seely, who wondered what a Bizarre Borderland junk yard would be like.

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There were a few old, gnarled trees out in front. The building itself was totally unremarkable. Just an old, cheap sheet metal structure. The peeling, sun-faded sign read “Genii’s Junk – Worth anything or not, I buy it or sell it. If you need it, I have it. But it may need work!”

I parked in the shade of one of the trees and strolled into the slight gloom of the cool interior. There were dozens of racks holding the multitude of things that Genii wanted to keep out of the weather. The sun in Border County is infamous for destroying anything that it shines on, if it shines long enough.

It had obviously not shone on Genii enough to do any harm! Lovely young looking lady. Appearances are deceiving. She is lovely enough to look at, yes. Young? Define your terms. I know for a fact that she helped to found the Ottoman Empire. Lady? Try calling her human if you want an earfull of excellent profanity without a single sleazy four letter word.

Like everyone in North or South America, if you trace back far enough, there are immigrants in the woodwork. Genii is one, sort of. She has been in the same location since at least 1530. That is the year, not the time on a 24 hour clock.

She told me herself that Cortez was one cranky customer.

Today, there was a slight individual with a large head hidden by a bigger hat at the counter. Genii had the oscilloscope and a big, hundred function multimeter out on the counter and three big power leads with clamps and adapters.

A long, too many jointed finger pointed at a stud on the device sitting on the counter. His (?) somewhat squeaky voice demanded, “Positive One go here! Not over there, stupid human!”

Genii’s lovely face curled into a snarl, showing her many fangs. “Watch who you call HUMAN, you gray trash!”

Settling some, she explained patiently, as if to a retarded three year old, “This is the anti-gee element of a 1942 Star Sweeper. From 1951 on, you are right. For any earlier models, if you want to do that test hookup, put your gold on the counter now. You will not be alive to give it to me later but you WILL have destroyed the unit.

“This is from one of the two that US Airforce took down outside of Roswell in 1947.” She turned to a LONG shelf of manuals and other books that sat on top of the massive number of scroll pigeon holes. Taking down a much thumbed manual, she expertly flipped through pages and pointed to a picture for the customer.

“There. Manufacturer’s Manual for the 1942 Star Sweeper. Hookup diagram and warnings…” The Gray examined the manual in something like shock.

“Where you get this? I give you two pound gold for it.”

With a sour expression Genii pointed over her shoulder at a sign in at least a hundred languages. One of them was the same as the one in the book. It read, “NO WRITTEN MATERIALS FOR SALE AT ANY PRICE!”

He (?) started to say something more, while trying to put the manual under his (?) coat. Genii, with a disgusted look, leaped over the counter like an acrobat. She hit the customer with both feet at shoulder level, flattening him (?). She took back the manual and hopped back across the counter to put it away.

She also took the device off the counter and lifted the oscilloscope back to its rack of test equipment.

The test leads and other gear went neatly back to their places. Brightening, she turned to me.

“What can I do for you today, Jimmy?”

Flipply I replied, “You could sell me your bottle, my dear, but I have heard a rumor that your personal home is not for sale.

“Actually, I was looking for a carpet. Something that isn’t a Belgian knock-off of a real carpet.”

Lighting up, she asked, “Hand loomed and knotted or machine made?”

“Hand knotted, I think, Genii.”

“What about a dubious one? I have one out on Aisle 34, about a four or five hundred yards down. I’ll loan you a yard wand to get you there. It is between the NC-2 and the De Haviland bomber. There is a rack there. I am sure that you will have no trouble finding it.

I snickered. “Anything on YOUR aircraft rows is fun. What do you have that is new to you?”

Genii grinned in delight. How about an X-B70? It needs a little work!”

I chortled, and asked, “Which aisle? I should have no trouble seeing a Valkyrie if it is anything like reassembled.”

Genii handed me a wooden pole with a wide bicycle type seat and handlebars on it. With a grin, she said, “Aisle 36! Have fun!”

Leaving the disgruntled Gray behind, I took the handlebars, activating the “Yard Stick” and took off. In only moments, I found the Aisle 34 marker and swooped around the turn, scooting down the Aisle.

The NC-2 was a great locator. The giant WW I sea-going biplane was totally intact. It had a 103 foot wingspan. For wood and wire technology there were few that ever matched its sheer size and NONE that could match it for range and load.

It was meant to launch in Maine and fly antisubmarine patrol all the way to the Florida keys, non-stop. The Great War ended before it and its three sister aircraft were finished.

Congress canceled the contract without payment. Curtis (the C of NC-2) went ahead and finished all four planes on their own dime, while Congressmen all got on the “They will never fly” and “defrauding the War Department” band wagons. When all four launched from the factory in Virginia and flew up to Maine, the world was astounded.

When they refueled, they took on as passengers those few Congressmen and Navy personnel still championing the NCs as practical aircraft. They then flew, non-stop to the Florida Keys, exactly as designed, except that they were carrying almost a 20% overload in passengers, instead of bombs and depth charges. That feat blew away the whole world at the time.

It also shut up the NC program critics more effectively than if they had been hit by the bombs that the planes were designed to carry. Congress quietly tried to pass Curtis the money that they were due, so that the US Navy could claim the aircraft.

Later, the four made a trans Atlantic Flight. The NC-1 disappeared in thunderstorms. Some wreckage was found. The NC-3 was forced down at sea. It was taxiing on only two engines when found. The tow to the Azores caused enough damage to the plane that it could not continue.

The NC-2 got to the Azores a day before the NC-4. It refueled. The weather being good, it took off for Lisbon and was never seen again. The NC-4 landed in the Azores, refueled and later landed safely in Lisbon harbor, the first airplane to fly the Atlantic. It is now in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.

I made a note to ask Genii how she managed to get the NC-2 and set my yardstick down by the rack of carpets. They followed that old law, 90% of everything is crap.

Genii, as usual, was right about it not being hard to find the one that she had spoken of. It had a clearly later, and phony, Antwerp label sewed on. The work had been carelessly done. The metal needle used to sew the label on had damaged the port side lift and control spells, unless my Pocket Dowse and Spell Strength meter was wrong. Judging by the fringe and warp damage, it must have been some crash.

As I rolled up the carpet and strapped it to the Yardstick, I heard a warning siren. It was coming from the vicinity of the X-B70, whose huge nose and forward canards jutted above the intervening aircraft.

No chance to look at it, then. I headed back in to the shop. I got there just before the unearthly scream of the six monster jet engines being fired up. It sounded like the X-B70 was a live bird. If Genii was going to that much trouble, she very likely had a cash customer for it. I wondered who it was.

Sometimes Genii would talk about customers and sometimes not. It was never wise to pry. There was someone new at the counter. The Gray was still there. Still complaining.

Genii turned her back on him and told him, “You are right. I did not sell to you. I will not sell to you. You tried to shoplift PRINTED MATERIAL from ME! I have not let any written things go since Caesar screwed up our deal and BURNED the Library at Alexandria! You have only seconds left to get out of here alive! Go!” She was reaching under the counter when the Gray left - - at a waddling run.

Turning to the new man at the counter, she smiled very professionally and asked, “Sorry about the scene, General. What can I do for the Air Force today?”

Self-importantly, he replied, “What was that? It sounded like a jet engine test!”

Serenely, which is a bad sign with Genii, because it means that she is absolutely certain of her legal footing, Genii replied, “It was. X B-70 engine test. Starboard #2 engine began to develop vibration, so we aborted the test.

“It is ALL covered in my salvage contract. Do you need a copy?”

Sourly, the General replied, “Why bother? You can’t sell it if it is operational. Mass weapon laws.”

Smiling with her fangs but not her lovely eyes, Genii replied, “Loophole big enough to fly a carpet through, General. If I am not selling it on Earth, the laws don’t apply. I am not selling it anywhere that you have any authority.”

Voice hardening and chilling some, like maybe a glacier, she asked, “Do you have any actual business here?”

“Where are those ten computer stabilization systems that we ordered!” More a demand than a question. Bad way to make points with Genii.

Her face froze. “I have been forced to cut off all credit to the United States Armed Services. Proper notices were sent according to the contract. The reason given is failure to render payment of the agreed form or amount. Further, the Military Procurement Office has sent formal notice of refusal to pay and stated that I will receive only 1/10th of the outstanding total and that only by a check drawn on the Government.

“This has totally canceled our contracts and agreements. I filed a notice of repossession for all of the following items.”

She fished out a file box and gave the thunderstruck general a list. She also handed him a file of correspondence.

“That file and notice are copies of the originals. You may keep them or return them. Neither you nor any other armed service gets anything until I have my gold on the counter.”

I will give the General this. He took the whole file and settled himself at a large table. He began at the front and started working though it. Soon he was on a cell phone.

I was walking beside the Yardstick, guiding it with the handlebars. I brought it up to the counter and asked, “Got a Merlin S-multimeter, Genii? I want to check this out pretty carefully. I am certain that this is a Second Caliphate carpet but as near as my Pocket Dowse can show, the counterfeit label was sewed in with an Iron or Steel needle.

“Looks like that caused the control failure that made it crash.” I shook my head at foolishness. “Can you believe knowing enough to get a carpet like this and then sewing in the phony label for tax dodging with a steel needle? It shorted or blew out all the port side lift and control spells.”

Genii grinned hugely which showed off her big fangs wonderfully. She hopped across the counter again. She had five different willow wands and a very well worn Merlin in her hands.

She helped me to unroll the carpet. I showed her the weave and fringe damage that led me to think that the carpet had collided with something pretty solid at high speed.

Genii nodded agreement and plugged the biggest of the wands into the Merlin. Between us, we made sure that the original starboard spells were all intact.

The port side was a total loss. Between that steel needle and the impact damage that distorted the weave, and with it the spells, it was going to have to be totally reworked from fringe to fringe.

She looked up, shaking her head. “I got this out of the Lord Carleton Estate. I just paid a flat fee for it all. I was pretty sure of what this was but that was a LOT of stuff to sort. Drove my Yard Imps nuts.

“I just set it over in aircraft and hoped for the best. You lucked out, Jimmy. This IS a genuine and restorable Second Caliphate. I already have it priced.

“Yours for only five ounces.” She grinned again. I may be weird but I like Genii’s grin, fangs and all. She was holding out her hand.

Like a true gentleman, I dropped in three one troy ounce Krugerands and two Chinese Pandas. Genii, being Genii, closed her hand about them. When she opened it, the coins were gone and a receipt was in their place. It looked for all the world like a magic trick. Which it was. Real. Not slight of hand.

With the General expostulating fiercely into his phone in the background, Genii helped me roll the carpet snugly and secure it with straps for transport.

Carpet over my shoulder, I walked to the door. Looking out, the Gray and a companion were going over my rig, big jumper cables in hand.  They were trailing down from the nearly antique Type A saucer hovering overhead,. They were trying to find the hookup points for a jump-start. One was gabbling in Gray, “No Anti-gravity! How it fly?”

Door partly open, I called back inside, “Genii! The Grays are trying to swipe my rig from your parking lot!”

Snaring her fiercest, Genii came barreling out past me. She had what looked like a shotgun in hand. The double boom sounded like a shotgun all right. The result was not your normal shot shell hit on the tough hull alloy of the Type A saucer overhead.

The blue fire blast was something to behold. A visible hole about a foot across started to trail smoke most impressively. The saucer tilted some and sailed across Genii’s Yard Fence. A few moments later the array of crashes and the crunch of failing metal announced the end of the saucer, and probably, some expensive junk. The Grays ran like rabbits while Genii was reloading. Definitely not normal shotgun ammo.

I stowed my find and climbed under the cloth sunshade of my rig and, taking out my control wand, lifted my old Mohgul Carpet and took off for home. As I flew, I reflected that if Genii had lost some junk in the crash, she had gained a whole, nearly intact Type A saucer for salvage. I think that she was going to come out ahead. As usual.

–THE END–

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How to Stop Smoking Cannabis - Self-questioning to Finish Dependency

"It struck be just recently while seeing tv that the UNITED STATE Federal federal government is truly absolutely nothing greater than the political incarnation of Jabba The Hutt from the Celebrity Wars flicks. As you may recall, Jabba was a formless, slow moving, overweight entity that ruled with an iron fist while devouring sources gave him. He did not spend for anything, he simply took them, as well as he was not there to help anyone however himself. Those he ruled over had no say in just how their resources as well as wide range were utilized and had no chance in displacing Jabba from his position of power. Type of sounds like our political course presently being in DC.

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- This strange situation resembles the present illegal alien scenario. A current Associated press short article reported that the most recent stats about prohibited boundary crossers shows that the Federal government lately had the highest levels of prosecutions for illegal aliens and also the highest deportation degrees of illegals considering that they started monitoring such data however at the same time this exact same Federal government was in court battling the new Arizona state law that was trying to stem the flow of illegal aliens right into that state.

- Returning to gay marriages, according to a July 15, 2010 Associated Press article, the nation of Argentina recently ended up being the very first Latin American nation to legislate gay marital relationship. The short article reported that Chile and also a number of other South American nations are likely to try and follow suit. Do we believe that our Jabba, displaying as the American political class, has any type of opportunity of making that take place in this country when it discovers itself in court defending against gay civil liberties?

- According to an article in the August concern of Reason publication, because 1996 fourteen states as well as the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana usage for medical purposes and numerous various other states are taking into consideration doing the very same. This remains in straight conflict with Federal law which has actually occasionally resulted in Federal raids of clinical cannabis suppliers which are prohibited under Federal law however lawful under state regulation. This is likewise in conflict with Obama the advocate that wanted to legalize the drug when he ran for Head of state now defends the outlawing of it at the Federal degree. Once again, government has actually obtained so large that we have entered the strange area relating to medical marijuana where it is lawful at the same time as being unlawful.

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- If you believe the Federal government has a drug trouble now, wait up until the Oakland Common council votes on whether to enable industrial farming of marijuana to be established in city limitations, industrial farms which would generate cannabis for clinical use in addition to for usage in items varying from baked products to body oil. Winning applicants who would run these farms would certainly need to pay annual authorization fees as well as eight percent of their sales to tax obligations in addition to bring $2 million in liability insurance coverage. Comparable initiatives are being pushed in other cities throughout the state together with a November tally issue to legislate non-medical use cannabis, according to the article. Currently think about the contents of a brief blurb in the July 23, 2010 problem of The Week publication that reported on a Rand Research study that concluded from their analysis that the legalization of cannabis would lower the street cost by approximately 90%. Therefore, the efforts in The golden state might help reduce the street cost of the drug which in turn would substantially lower the power, wealth as well as influence of the Mexican drug cartels which would be an advantage. Nonetheless, when faced with this good set of end results (even more profits for the city governments, much less of a stigma of marijuana users, much less police sources invested in breaking marijuana individuals, the weakening of the Mexican cbd doral drug cartels) do we think that the Jabba the Hutt beast in DC is active sufficient to comprehend what the benefits are or will it continue down its course of dispute at the Federal drug enforcement level?

- Take Into Consideration a Washington Post write-up from Might, 2007, qualified ""Federal Loans Gas Push For Coal Power Plants."" The post goes over a remaining Clinical depression period Federal program that gives low cost car loans to construct coal fired, high contamination nuclear power plant utilizing taxpayer cash. According to the write-up, ""the [funding] assistance is a major force behind the thrill to coal plants, which gush co2 that researchers criticize for international warming."" Hence, while the Obama management is pressing an environment control costs in order to deal with against global warming, the same federal government is moneying power plants that do just the contrary. Makes no feeling.

- A recent Affiliate Press post reported exactly how the Feds had actually busted 94 individuals for defrauding the Medicare program. This was a great development but why was our Jabba so slow-moving in getting these apprehensions done? Medicare scams has been going on considering that the day Medicare started several decades ago, why did it take such a painfully sluggish time to begin apprehending the cheats? One of those detained had filed over 3,700 fraudulent insurance claims under her name before she was detained, exactly how sluggish can you obtain?

We can continue. The U.S. federal government has actually obtained so huge and so sluggish, similar to Jabba the Hutt, that its many folds of skin conceal waste, stupidness as well as the doubling back on itself, i.e. public law and actions in conflict with itself or the wishes of those running the federal government. We can go on and on concerning just how slow-moving, inefficient, as well as inefficient our Jabba is, about how our Jabba never ever resolves an issue whether it is insecure boundaries, failing public schools, rising health care costs, and so on, just how our Jabba wastes unimaginable billions of dollars on earmarks, useless initiatives, as well as fraud-infested programs, or exactly how our Jabba does not know exactly how to regulate the economic climate, causing skies high public debt degrees and an extremely ancient economic circumstance with reduced growth as well as high unemployment.

Jabba is extremely poor for everyone but he is tough to remove. Through the set aside process, the gerrymandering of Legislative areas, do-nothing campaign money legislations, and also other approaches, Jabba has lots of defenses against loss in an election, defenses that even a Jedi light saber can not quickly pierce. Long-term, it is essential we start to impose term limitations on political leaders so that they never ever again obtain as fat, slow-moving, wasteful, and also ineffective as Jabba The Hutt. Short-term, this November is critical given that it starts the procedure of electing out the Jabba incumbents as well as finally entering some streamlined, effective, as well as brave Jedi warriors that will certainly make the tough decisions to get the dimension of federal government controlled as well as make that scaled down government much more efficient and also less weird and also much less conflicted."

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"It occurred to be lately while watching tv that the U.S. Federal federal government is really absolutely nothing more than the political version of Jabba The Hutt from the Star Wars motion pictures. As you may recall, Jabba was a formless, slow moving, obese entity that ruled with an iron fist while devouring resources gave him. He did not pay for anything, he simply took them, and he was not there to aid any person however himself. Those he ruled over had no say in just how their resources as well as wealth were made use of as well as had no chance in removing Jabba from his position of power. Type of sounds like our political class presently being in DC.

Jabba came to mind today as I thought of some recent events in which the Federal government has obtained so huge that it is doubling back on itself and putting itself in some very odd situations and also conflicts with the truth of the world around us:

- According to an article in the July 23, 2010 issue of The Week magazine, a Boston Federal judge has ruled parts of the Federal Defense of Marital Relationship Act to be unconstitutional. This act prohibits the Federal government from recognizing gay marital relationships as well as granting Federal advantages. The judge ruled that the Federal regulation forces Massachusetts to discriminate against it very own people. Currently for the unusual component. the Obama management is now forced to appeal the ruling, despite the fact that his administration and also the Democrats accountable of Congress oppose the Defense of Marriage Act and want it rescinded. The Federal government has obtained so big that it is using up lawful sources for something that it does not want to exist to begin with.

- This weird circumstance is similar to the existing illegal alien situation. A buy cbd oil prescott, az recent Associated press write-up reported that the most up to date data about unlawful boundary crossers shows that the Federal government recently had the highest levels of prosecutions for illegal aliens and the greatest deportation levels of illegals considering that they started tracking such stats but at the same time this very same Federal federal government remained in court battling the brand-new Arizona state regulation that was trying to stem the circulation of illegal aliens into that state.

- Returning to gay marital relationships, according to a July 15, 2010 Associated Press post, the nation of Argentina recently ended up being the first Latin American country to legalize gay marital relationship. The write-up reported that Chile as well as numerous other South American countries are likely to attempt as well as follow suit. Do we assume that our Jabba, displaying as the American political course, has any type of chance of making that take place in this country when it discovers itself in court defending against gay legal rights?

- According to a write-up in the August concern of Reason publication, because 1996 fourteen states and the Area of Columbia have legalized marijuana usage for medical functions and a number of other states are taking into consideration doing the same. This remains in direct conflict with Federal law which has in some cases resulted in Federal raids of clinical marijuana service providers which are illegal under Federal legislation but lawful under state law. This is additionally in conflict with Obama the advocate who wished to legalize the medication when he ran for President today safeguards the forbiding of it at the Federal level. Again, federal government has actually obtained so big that we have actually gotten in the strange area relating to medical cannabis where it is lawful at the same time as being illegal.

- Speaking of drug problems, a recent Associated Press write-up reported that the Federal Veterans Matters organization would certainly allow its clients to utilize clinical cannabis if those clients stayed in the fourteen states where clinical cannabis is lawful. Therefore, one arm of the Federal federal government (Veterans Matters) is flawlessly great with clinical cannabis usage while other arms of the Federal government (FBI, DEA, Federal sculpture) wants to clean it out.

- If you assume the Federal federal government has a medication trouble currently, wait until the Oakland City board elects on whether to permit commercial farming of marijuana to be developed in city limits, industrial farms which would certainly create cannabis for clinical use in addition to for use in items ranging from baked products to body oil. Winning candidates who would run these farms would have to pay yearly license costs and also eight percent of their sales to taxes along with bring $2 million in liability insurance coverage. Comparable efforts are being pushed in other cities throughout the state together with a November ballot problem to legislate non-medical use of cannabis, according to the post. Currently consider the components of a short blurb in the July 23, 2010 problem of The Week magazine that reported on a Rand Research study that concluded from their evaluation that the legalisation of cannabis would lower the street rate by as much as 90%. Hence, the efforts in California may help in reducing the street rate of the drug which subsequently would dramatically minimize the power, riches and also influence of the Mexican medication cartels which would certainly be a good idea. Nonetheless, when faced with this good collection of end results (more income for the local governments, less of a preconception of cannabis customers, less police resources spent on busting cannabis customers, the weakening of the Mexican drug cartels) do we think that the Jabba the Hutt monster in DC is nimble enough to comprehend what the benefits are or will it proceed down its course of problem at the Federal drug enforcement degree?

- Take Into Consideration a Washington Blog post article from May, 2007, qualified ""Federal Loans Gas Push For Coal Power Plant Kingdoms."" The post reviews a remaining Clinical depression period Federal program that provides inexpensive fundings to build coal fired, high contamination power plants using taxpayer cash. According to the post, ""the [car loan] assistance is a major force behind the rush to coal plants, which spew co2 that researchers condemn for worldwide warming."" Therefore, while the Obama management is pressing a climate control expense in order to battle versus global warming, the very same government is funding power plants that do just the opposite. Makes no feeling.

- A current Affiliate Press short article reported exactly how the Feds had broken 94 people for defrauding the Medicare program. This was a good growth however why was our Jabba so slow in getting these apprehensions done? Medicare scams has been taking place since the day Medicare started a number of years ago, why did it take such a shateringly sluggish time to start detaining the cheats? Among those apprehended had filed over 3,700 deceitful insurance claims under her name before she was detained, exactly how slow can you get?

We can go on and on. The U.S. government has actually gotten so large therefore sluggish, just like Jabba the Hutt, that its numerous folds of skin hide waste, stupidness and the doubling back on itself, i.e. government laws and activities in conflict with itself or the wishes of those running the federal government. We might go on and on concerning just how sluggish, inefficient, and inefficient our Jabba is, concerning exactly how our Jabba never ever addresses a problem whether it is troubled boundaries, falling short public schools, rising healthcare expenses, etc., just how our Jabba wastes unimaginable billions of dollars on earmarks, ineffective initiatives, and also fraud-infested programs, or how our Jabba does not know how to manage the economic situation, causing sky high public debt levels and an extremely ancient economic scenario with low development and also high unemployment.

Jabba is extremely bad for everyone yet he is tough to dislodge. Through the earmark procedure, the gerrymandering of Legislative districts, do-nothing project money legislations, and other techniques, Jabba has many defenses versus loss in an election, defenses that also a Jedi light saber can not conveniently pierce. Long term, it is vital we start to impose term limits on political leaders to ensure that they never ever once more obtain as fat, slow-moving, wasteful, as well as inadequate as Jabba The Hutt. Short-term, this November is critical considering that it starts the process of voting out the Jabba incumbents as well as ultimately entering some sleek, efficient, and bold Jedi warriors who will make the difficult decisions to get the dimension of federal government in control and make that scaled down federal government extra effective and less odd and also less contrasted."

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"It occurred to be lately while watching tv that the UNITED STATE Federal federal government is actually absolutely nothing more than the political manifestation of Jabba The Hutt from the Celebrity Wars motion pictures. As you may recall, Jabba was a formless, sluggish moving, obese entity that ruled with an iron fist while feeding on resources gave him. He did not pay for anything, he simply took them, and also he was not there to aid any person however himself. Those he subjugated had no say in exactly how their resources and wealth were used and had no chance in displacing Jabba from his position of power. Kind of sounds like our political class presently sitting in DC.

Jabba entered your mind today as I considered some recent events in which the Federal federal government has actually obtained so big that it is doubling back on itself as well as placing itself in some very weird circumstances and conflicts with the reality of the globe around us:

- According to a post in the July 23, 2010 problem of The Week magazine, a Boston Federal judge has ruled parts of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act to be unconstitutional. This act restricts the Federal government from recognizing gay marital relationships as well as providing Federal advantages. The judge ruled that the Federal law forces Massachusetts to victimize it own citizens. Now for the unusual component. the Obama management is now forced to appeal the ruling, despite the fact that his management and also the Democrats accountable of Congress oppose the Protection of Marriage Act and also want it reversed. The Federal government has obtained so large that it is expending legal resources for something that it does not intend to exist in the first place.

- This strange situation resembles the current illegal alien situation. A current Associated press write-up reported that the latest statistics about prohibited border crossers shows that the Federal government lately had the highest degree of prosecutions for illegal aliens as well as the highest expulsion degrees of illegals given that they started tracking such stats yet at the same time this very same Federal federal government remained in court combating the brand-new Arizona state regulation that was trying to stem the flow of illegal aliens right into that state.

- Returning to gay marital relationships, according to a July 15, 2010 Associated Press post, the country of Argentina lately became the initial Latin American nation to legislate gay marital relationship. The short article reported that Chile and several other South American countries are most likely to attempt and do the same. Do we think that our Jabba, flaunting as the American political course, has any type of chance of making that occur in this country when it locates itself in court resisting gay legal rights?

- According to an article in the August issue of Reason magazine, because 1996 fourteen states as well as the Area of Columbia have legalized marijuana usage for clinical purposes as well as several other states are taking into consideration doing the exact same. This remains in straight conflict with Federal legislation which has often led to Federal raids of medical marijuana carriers which are unlawful under Federal regulation yet legal under state law. This is also in conflict with Obama the campaigner that intended to decriminalize the medicine when he competed Head of state but now safeguards the forbiding of it at the Federal degree. Again, government has gotten so huge that we have actually gotten in the unusual zone pertaining to medical cannabis where it is lawful at the same time as being prohibited.

- Speaking of drug disputes, a recent Associated Press short article reported that the Federal Veterans Affairs company would permit its individuals to make use of medical marijuana if those people stayed in the fourteen states where medical cannabis is lawful. Therefore, one arm of the Federal federal government (Veterans Affairs) is completely great with medical marijuana usage while other arms of the Federal federal government (FBI, DEA, Federal statuary) wants to wipe it out.

- If you assume the Federal federal government has a drug issue now, wait until the Oakland Common council elects on whether to enable industrial farming of cannabis to be developed in city restrictions, commercial ranches which would certainly generate marijuana for medical use in addition to for usage in products varying from baked products to body oil. Winning candidates who would certainly run these ranches would need to pay yearly license costs as well as 8 percent of their sales to taxes as well as lug $2 million in responsibility insurance. Comparable initiatives are being pushed in other cities throughout the state in addition to a November tally concern to legalize non-medical use marijuana, according to the post. Currently consider the materials of a short blurb in the July 23, 2010 concern of The Week publication that reported on a Rand Research that ended from their evaluation that the legalisation of cannabis would certainly lower the street cost by up to 90%. Thus, the initiatives in The golden state might help in reducing the street rate of the drug which in turn would considerably minimize the power, riches and impact of the Mexican medicine cartels which would be a good idea. Nevertheless, when faced with this great collection of results (even more profits for the city governments, less of a stigma of marijuana customers, less law enforcement resources invested in busting cannabis customers, the weakening of the Mexican medicine cartels) do we assume that the Jabba the Hutt beast in DC is active sufficient to comprehend what the benefits are or will it proceed down its course of conflict at the Federal medication enforcement level?

- Consider a Washington Message article from May, 2007, entitled ""Federal Loans Fuel Promote Coal Power Plant Kingdoms."" The post talks about a leftover Clinical depression age Federal program that offers low cost financings to build coal terminated, high air pollution nuclear power plant making use of taxpayer money. According to the post, ""the [financing] assistance is a significant pressure behind the rush to coal plants, which spew carbon dioxide that researchers blame for worldwide warming."" Hence, while the Obama administration is pushing an environment control costs in order to battle against worldwide warming, the same federal government is moneying nuclear power plant that do just the opposite. Makes no sense.

- A recent Associate Press short article reported how the Feds had broken 94 people for defrauding the Medicare program. This was a good development yet why was our Jabba so sluggish in obtaining these arrests done? Medicare scams has been taking place because the day Medicare began several years ago, why did it take such a shateringly slow-moving time to start jailing the cheats? Among those detained had submitted over 3,700 fraudulent cases under her name before she was arrested, just how slow can you obtain?

We can continue. The UNITED STATE federal government has obtained so big and so slow-moving, just like Jabba the Hutt, that its numerous folds up of skin hide waste, stupidness and the doubling back on itself, i.e. government laws and also actions in conflict with itself or the wishes of those running the government. We could go on and on about how slow-moving, ineffective, as well as wasteful our Jabba is, about just how our Jabba never ever fixes a problem whether it is unconfident boundaries, failing cbd oil san tan valley az public institutions, rising health care costs, and so on, just how our Jabba wastes untold billions of dollars on trademarks, ineffective efforts, and fraud-infested programs, or just how our Jabba does not know just how to control the economic situation, resulting in skies high public debt degrees as well as a really ancient financial scenario with low growth and also high joblessness.

Jabba is extremely poor for everyone but he is difficult to remove. Through the earmark procedure, the gerrymandering of Congressional areas, do-nothing campaign money legislations, and various other techniques, Jabba has numerous defenses against loss in a political election, defenses that also a Jedi light saber could not conveniently pierce. Long-term, it is important we start to enforce term limits on politicians to make sure that they never ever again obtain as fat, slow, wasteful, and also ineffective as Jabba The Hutt. Short term, this November is critical because it starts the procedure of electing out the Jabba incumbents and finally getting in some smooth, reliable, as well as brave Jedi warriors that will certainly make the challenging choices to get the size of federal government under control as well as make that scaled down government more effective as well as much less weird and less conflicted."

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Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Policy

"It struck be just recently while viewing television that the U.S. Federal federal government is actually absolutely nothing more than the political manifestation of Jabba The Hutt from the Star Wars movies. As you might recall, Jabba was a formless, slow-moving moving, obese entity that ruled with an iron fist while feeding on resources gave him. He did not pay for anything, he just took them, and also he was not there to help anybody however himself. Those he subjugated had no say in how their sources and wide range were used as well as had no chance in removing Jabba from his position of power. Kind of sounds like our political class presently sitting in DC.

Jabba came to mind today as I thought of some current events in which the Federal government has gotten so big that it is doubling back on itself and placing itself in some really weird situations as well as conflicts with the fact of the world around us:

- According to a post in the July 23, 2010 concern of The Week magazine, a Boston Federal judge has actually ruled parts of the Federal Protection of Marital Relationship Act to be unconstitutional. This act restricts the Federal government from recognizing gay marriages and also approving Federal advantages. The court ruled that the Federal legislation pressures Massachusetts to victimize it very own residents. Currently for the strange component. the Obama management is now forced to appeal the ruling, although his administration and also the Democrats accountable of Congress oppose the Protection of Marital relationship Act and want it repealed. The Federal federal government has actually gotten so large that it is expending lawful sources for something that it does not intend to exist to begin with.

- This strange scenario resembles the present illegal alien situation. A current Associated press short article reported that the current stats about illegal border crossers shows that the Federal federal government lately had the highest levels of prosecutions for illegal aliens and the highest possible deportation degrees of illegals considering that they started monitoring such statistics yet at the same time this exact same Federal federal government was in court fighting the new Arizona state law that was attempting to stem the circulation of illegal aliens into that state.

- Returning to gay marriages, according to a July 15, 2010 Associated Press post, the nation of Argentina lately became the first Latin American country to legalize gay marital relationship. The article reported that Chile and also a number of various other South American nations are likely to try and also follow suit. Do we think that our Jabba, parading as the American political class, has any type of opportunity of making that take place in this nation when it finds itself in court defending against gay legal rights?

- According to a short article in the August problem of Factor publication, since 1996 fourteen states and the District of Columbia have actually legalized cannabis use for medical functions and also numerous various other states are taking into consideration doing the same. This remains in straight conflict with Federal regulation which has sometimes caused Federal raids of clinical marijuana suppliers which are illegal under Federal regulation yet legal under state law. This is also in conflict with Obama the advocate that intended to legalize the medication when he ran for Head of state now safeguards the disallowing of it at the Federal level. Once more, government has actually gotten so huge that we have actually entered the unusual zone concerning clinical marijuana where it is legal at the same time as being prohibited.

- Speaking of drug conflicts, a recent Associated Press write-up reported that the Federal Veterans Affairs company would allow its individuals to use clinical marijuana if those clients stayed in the fourteen states where clinical marijuana is legal. Thus, one arm of the Federal government (Veterans Matters) is completely fine with medical marijuana use while various other arms of the Federal government (FBI, DEA, Federal statuary) intends to wipe it out.

- If you believe the Federal federal government has a medicine problem now, wait till the Oakland City Council elects on whether to enable industrial farming of cannabis to be developed in city limits, industrial ranches which would certainly generate marijuana for clinical use along with for use in products varying from baked products to body oil. Winning candidates that would certainly run these farms would have to pay annual license costs and eight percent of their sales to taxes in addition to carry $2 million in liability insurance. Comparable initiatives are being pushed in other cities throughout the state together with a November tally problem to legislate non-medical use of marijuana, according to the short article. Now think about the contents of a short blurb in the July 23, 2010 issue of The Week publication that reported on a Rand Research that wrapped up from their evaluation that the legalization of cannabis would reduce the street cost by as much as 90%. Hence, the efforts in The golden state may help in reducing the street rate of the medication which in turn would considerably reduce the power, riches and also influence of the Mexican medicine cartels which would be a good thing. cbd oil niagara falls ny Nevertheless, in the face of this good collection of end results (more income for the city governments, much less of a stigma of cannabis users, much less law enforcement sources invested in busting cannabis users, the weakening of the Mexican drug cartels) do we assume that the Jabba the Hutt beast in DC is active sufficient to comprehend what the advantages are or will it proceed down its path of problem at the Federal medicine enforcement degree?

- Think About a Washington Message article from May, 2007, qualified ""Federal Loans Fuel Promote Coal Power Plant Kingdoms."" The short article reviews a remaining Anxiety era Federal program that supplies inexpensive loans to build coal terminated, high air pollution nuclear power plant using taxpayer cash. According to the article, ""the [lending] assistance is a significant force behind the rush to coal plants, which spew co2 that scientists blame for international warming."" Hence, while the Obama administration is pressing an environment control costs in order to fight versus international warming, the very same federal government is funding power plants that do just the contrary. Makes no feeling.

- A recent Partner Press post reported just how the Feds had busted 94 people for defrauding the Medicare program. This was a good growth however why was our Jabba so slow in obtaining these arrests done? Medicare scams has been taking place given that the day Medicare began a number of decades ago, why did it take such a shateringly sluggish time to start apprehending the cheats? One of those jailed had filed over 3,700 deceitful cases under her name prior to she was jailed, how sluggish can you get?

We can continue. The U.S. government has gotten so huge therefore slow-moving, much like Jabba the Hutt, that its several folds of skin hide waste, stupidity and also the doubling back on itself, i.e. public law as well as actions in conflict with itself or the desires of those running the federal government. We might go on and on regarding exactly how slow-moving, inefficient, and wasteful our Jabba is, about just how our Jabba never ever solves a problem whether it is troubled boundaries, falling short public institutions, intensifying health care prices, and so on, just how our Jabba wastes unknown billions of bucks on trademarks, useless initiatives, and also fraud-infested programs, or just how our Jabba does not know exactly how to control the economic climate, causing skies high public debt degrees as well as a really creaky financial situation with reduced growth and also high joblessness.

Jabba is extremely bad for everyone however he is difficult to dislodge. Via the allocate process, the gerrymandering of Legislative areas, do-nothing project money regulations, and also other techniques, Jabba has lots of defenses versus loss in an election, defenses that even a Jedi light saber could not easily pierce. Long term, it is vital we begin to impose term limits on political leaders to make sure that they never once again obtain as fat, slow-moving, wasteful, and also inefficient as Jabba The Hutt. Short-term, this November is crucial considering that it begins the process of voting out the Jabba incumbents and finally entering some sleek, efficient, and also bold Jedi warriors who will certainly make the challenging choices to get the dimension of government controlled as well as make that scaled down government more efficient and also less weird and also much less contrasted."

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ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS, BLOCKCHAIN IS NOT SAFE ANYMORE

Academics describe scenarios that put the use of blockchain technology at risk

Network security specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security reported a couple of weeks ago an unusual incident in Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange platform: an attack on its blockchain.

In the attack, a hacker somehow managed to take control of more than half of the network’s processing power, using it to rewrite the transaction history in the blockchain. Thanks to this it was possible to spend the same cryptocurrency more than once (a fact known as “double spending” in the cryptocurrency community).

According to specialists from the MIT Technology review, since 2017 hackers have stolen nearly 2 billion dollars in virtual assets, mainly attacking platforms such as Coinbase; in addition, these are only known incidents, undisclosed breaches have not been considered ).

MIT Technology review: Once hailed as unhackable, Blockchains are now getting hacked

The blockchain are especially attractive for groups of malicious hackers, mainly because, unlike traditional financial systems, transactions carried out in this way cannot be reversed. In addition, although blockchain technology has unique security features, it also suffers from unique security vulnerabilities; although developers argue that blockchain technology is “impossible to hack,” they should reconsider their claim.

Hacking a blockchain

A blockchain is a cryptographic database maintained by a computer network, each of which stores a copy of the most recently updated version; that is what makes it so attractive for many organizations, mainly financial ones. Even the New York Stock Exchange will be launching its own blockchain implementation.

Recently, those in charge of Zcash cryptocurrency, which allows users to perform private transactions through complex mathematical processes, revealed the correction of “a small cryptographic flaw” incorporated into the Zcash protocol. But protocol is not the only thing that has to be secured; to swap cryptocurrency on your own or run a node you must run a software client, which can also contain vulnerabilities.

Still, most recent hacking incidents did not present themselves in the blockchain, but in exchange platforms, websites where users can buy, exchange, or store their virtual assets.

51% attack

During the cryptomining process, nodes spend enormous processing power resources to demonstrate that they are sufficiently reliable to add information about new transactions to the database. If a miner somehow manages to take control of most of the network’s mining capacity, it can defraud other users by sending them payments and then creating an alternative version of the blockchain in which the transaction was never performed (this version is known as “fork”).

The attacker, who controls most of the mining power, can make the “fork” the authorized version of the blockchain, so they can use the same cryptocurrency again.

Carrying out this type of attack against a popular blockchain is very expensive; as mention by specialists in network security. According to experts, renting enough processing resources to attack the Bitcoin blockchain would cost about $250k USD an hour. However, the situation changes when it comes to less popular cryptocurrencies. Considering that there are currently more than 1 500 virtual assets, this becomes highly probable; moreover, the fall in the prices of these assets represents less protection for the blockchain.

Smart contracts attacks

A smart contract is a computer program that runs on a blockchain network used to automate the circulation of cryptocurrency, according to its own rules.

The decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) were created in 2016 using the Ethereum blockchain system. Shortly thereafter, an attacker stole over $60M USD in cryptocurrency, exploiting an error in a smart contract that ruled the DAO. This vulnerability allowed the hacker to continue soliciting money from the accounts without the system registering that the transaction had already been performed.

In traditional computer systems, vulnerabilities can be corrected with update patches, although this does not apply to blockchain technology, as transactions in a string cannot be reversed.

There are some alternative solutions. Although smart contracts cannot be patched, adding an additional smart contract might work as a sort of update. Developers can also implement central switches on a network, so they can stop any process if they detect anomalous activity, although, again, network security specialists emphasize that this does not reverse the cryptocurrency theft once the process is completed.

The only way to recover the money is to rewrite the transaction history, return to the point in the blockchain before the attack, create a new link for a new blockchain and have everyone on the network agree to use that specific point. This was the case of Ethereum; many users accepted the transition to another blockchain, while the remaining developed Ethereum Classic.

Thousands of smart contracts could contain vulnerabilities, according to recent research. Given the nature of the blockchain, if there is an error in a smart contract, the hackers will surely find it.

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Spindle Zone: Helping the General Public Invest In Crypto Technologies

Although the concept of blockchain was a ground-breaking one, it took some time for it to gain traction as a viable way to approach business, investment, finance, and operations. In the simplest of terms, a blockchain is basically a series of tamperproof transactions between parties who engage in exchanging assets without having to rely on a third-party to oversee their trade. Blockchains track these interactions while maintaining consistency across a database that provides data security and privacy and transparency, all at very low costs. Although blockchain was first introduced in 2008, it wasn’t until the ICO boom of 2017 that it really became clear to the mainstream public just how transformative the technology was.

Legacy Issues

Until very recently, we relied on slow, ambiguous, and complicated ways of recording data, verifying transactions, and keeping track of processes – including everything from procurement and legal record-keeping to financial legislation and public as well as private information. The matter was complicated by the fact that many people did not understand the technical terminologies used by each specific industry. If a banker told an investor that they suffered a margin loss, or that a stop-trade went wrong, there wasn’t much that could be done but to trust the word of the professional. The same applied to legal issues; if a lawyer said that someone was defrauded, or that there was a tort case on a property, the owner usually had to pay his or her way out of the mess with little recourse to a second opinion or alternative solutions.

Disrupting the Market

Blockchain brought with it the promise of transparent, auditable, clear, unambiguous, and reliable record-keeping. If someone performed a certain action, or if a trade was made, or if certain events occurred, the blockchain would record it, and the record was permanent and could not unilaterally be changed.

The importance of this cannot be overstated: it took the power from institutions and gave it to the people.

Investment in Crypto

With the introduction of blockchain came transparent, auditable, and verifiable transactions that were open to everyone. The general public now had the power to invest in projects and initiatives of their choosing without the restrictions of technical jargon or going through the difficult process of obtaining certifications for trade on centralized exchanges (such as a stock broker’s license). As a result, the money poured in, and the crypto boom ensued.

Exchange Issues

Every new idea is not without issues, unfortunately.

Firstly, many people still do not understand the underlying technology behind blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Also, since the market is open to everyone around the globe all the time, it is a truly 24/7 market with no close. Because of this, and because of the nature of blockchain projects and the social hype they have been able to generate, investment vehicles of all sorts (in other words, cryptocurrencies and assets) exhibit very high levels of volatility, and trade takes place on hundreds of different platforms, from online exchanges to specialized hedge funds. According to data from the Autonomous NEXT, there are 226 crypto funds as of February 2018, and its number is expected to increase further.

Ordinary Hedge Funds vs Crypto Hedge Funds

Crypto hedge funds are marked by high volatility, an absence of clear rules, and currency decentralization. Crypto hedge funds generally manage portfolios of cryptocurrencies and have the following characteristics:

High volatility

Speculative markets

Low liquidity

The risk of pump and dump

Vulnerability to hacking

A lack of reliable trading facilities

High volatility results in both high risk as well as high returns, but because many reliable projects have issued cryptocurrencies native to their own platforms, these coins are backed by real benefit and are expected to grow in value over time. However, high speculation, a lack of effective trading tools, high rewards for circumventing system securities (in other words, hacking), all make this a very risky industry to trade in. Furthermore, a lack of legislation and clarity on crypto classifications make tax issues and government intervention two threats that stand in the way of mass adoption.

Enter SPINDLE

A group of experts in the fields of finance, investment banking, law, and technology has developed the SPINDLE project. This ambitious project aims to provide a comprehensive space that enables everyone, regardless of his or her background and experience, to participate in cryptocurrency investment independently.

Mr. Hirai, one of the project founders, states that hedge funds make it difficult for general consumers to distinguish good and bad products. SPINDLE, therefore, aims to enable people to educate themselves and lower the risks of investment to benefit from the value created by crypto projects.

Benefits

Because it is built on blockchain technology, SPINDLE’s Zeta is an investment matchmaking platform that provides unalterable and highly transparent information based on blockchain ledger entries and smart contract technologies. Data on the history, growth, profit, and performance of participants in the cryptocurrency space publicly available and searchable, and it allows customers to make judgments on investment options based on information that cannot be falsified.

Using Zeta, customers can make direct investments such that no third party can intervene in the investment process. Such investment are immediately recorded in the blockchain using smart contract technology so that the relationship between investors and asset managers is created on equal terms without the need for conventional banks or securities companies to act as intermediaries.

The benefits are not limited to privacy, easy participation, and cost-savings, although these are three major benefits that cannot be discounted. The most important benefit of the SPINDLE project is that common investors will have access to the knowledge and investment advice of professionals who can guide them in their investment decisions. Advice ranges from which projects to invest into when, based on anticipated market fluctuations, to buy or sell an asset to maximize profit.

Conclusion

Both traditional, as well as crypto hedge funds, handle billions of dollars’ worth of trade and investment annually. However, traditional funds lack transparency and are difficult to participate in, and crypto funds generally face high volatility and a lack of clarity into which assets are the best options to choose for investment. SPINDLE brings together the best of both worlds and removes their shortcomings by creating the first match-making platform for private investors and cryptocurrency funds where users are able to compare transparent information about each crypto fund and connect with asset managers of their choosing to help them diversify and grow their investments. These managers are extremely experienced and knowledgeable in matters of financial investments, and they are skilled in applying aggressive investment strategies along with complex risk management tools.

To learn more, visit Spindle.zone and embark on your journey to crypto investment 2.0.

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Divorcing A Narcissist And Other Jerks

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(This divorce and this book is dedicated to my ex and his tax returns, his amended tax returns, the hidden invoices, the invisible invoices, the double set of books and the triple set and hiding it all until one day, he said, ‘I owe you a lot of money’ and walked off with it all.   Also dedicated to his Palo Alto attorney Jeffrey Kaufman who helped him hide it and told the pro tem, “Fraud is no big deal and we’re going to blame it on Ann.”

 But thanks to Judge Kathleen Lucero who didn’t believe either one of them, sanctioned them $10K for obstructionism and delay and ruled in my favor.  And to the CA 6th Dist Court of Appeals where, when they appealed,  told them, “go away, you harmed her, what do you think you have to complain about?”  And to PTH, who stayed with me, on a $1000 retainer for 2 years.  And to MC, an attorney who believed in me, believed mothers should not be hit over the head with a 2×4 and offered to loan me money.  I honor the ethics, compassion and intellect of people like yourselves.)

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  A narcissist has a need to destroy to feel better. Many threaten: “I will grind you into the ground until you are gone.”  The narcissist cannot understand there is anything abnormal and evil in his actions.  The narcissist is aware only of his universe and his sense of entitlement overrides any pain he inflicts. Stealing doesn’t matter as long as he doesn’t get caught.  When caught, he does not apologize. Only by blaming and belittling can he feel good.  My divorce, the lawyers and the legal system are chronicled in DIVORCE: The Real Truth, The Hidden Dangers, Surviving Deception, Betrayal and Narcissism

But what you have ahead of you is a long difficult road, that no one – male or female – is ever prepared for.

Why?

Because divorce is one of those things that most people assume they know how it works  – and what you should do  if you are in the middle of one.

But divorce is a secret club with many things you never heard about. And divorce lawyers have secrets they don’t want you to find out about.

Naivete in divorce is dangerous.  If you have a deceitful and uncooperative spouse, you need information, a roadmap and a plan. Otherwise you lose custody, money, and everything you’ve spent a lifetime building.

 Divorce attorneys use unethical and just plain wrong tactics to try to “win” the divorce. They throw out accusations and lies to defraud the court so they can get a win.

These are the types of people you’re going to have to deal with in your divorce, and if you’re not prepared you’re going to be in for a terrible ride.

Trust me, I’ve been through a horrific and downright awful experienceof my life in the form of divorce, and you need to listen to every word I’m about to say, here is…

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Divorce is always difficult for everyone involved, and its especially hard on the children if there are any.

If marriage is about love, divorce is about money, power, control, and the manipulation of an unethical legal system.

THE DIVORCE INDUSTRY

Divorce is a huge industry. This book explores the culture of divorce in a dysfunctional legal system and what this means to you. Divorcing a narcissist makes every problem worse. Although my husband had told me hid assets and I had the evidence, we ended up at trial. His lawyer was a typical “scorched earth policy” divorce attorney.  Dirty tactics in divorce? You bet.  

For most people divorce is one of the only times they’ve probably ever had to stand up for themselves in life, and many are unprepared. But many men fall into that category too. Divorce is for the lawyers…everyone pays.

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My ex-husband was probably one of the most difficult people to deal with in divorce, period. This man was a complete narcissist and helped by a greedy attorney.

SURVIVE DYSFUNCTIONAL DIVORCE! Many women from this generation are socialized to be “nice”. Part of this socialization process means that you trust what people tell you, look out for others before yourself, and give when asked.

Are you vulnerable to lies? Do you know what tactics lawyers use? Do you know what the “mommy tax” is? Is your divorce high conflict or stalking through the legal system? Why do narcissists keep on fighting? 

Why did a Professor of Psychology write a book called ‘Whores of The Court’ and what does this have to do with your divorce?

I was ripe for attack in the divorce process. Put this together with a narcissist and his narcissistic lawyer and the war was on.  I survived by wearing a metaphorical badge called “Target”. I wore this to remind myself I really was targeted and not insane.  

He made my life a complete living hell for over four years as we went through a complicated mess of a divorce, most of it spurred on by his lawyer.

I nearly lost everything, including my financial well-being, my health, and my love of life.

I was sick, my son got sick too, and we were both victims of a sick and dysfunctional system where corruption, greed, and money override everything.

From hiding large amounts of income, to withholding child support payments, to trying to “starve me out” so he and his attorney could get us to settle, my ex-husband did everything he could to make the divorce a nightmare. He even took me to the Court of Appeals.

Why am I telling you all of this?  Because I want you to know that I’ve been where you’re about to go.

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In my book, “Divorce: The Real Truths And Hidden Dangers”, I not only reveal details of my horrible divorce, but I also give you real life tactics, tips, and techinques that you can use in your own divorce to be able to save yourself lots of heartache, headache, money, time, and most importantly, your sanity.

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LOUISIANA TAXPAYERS ON HOOK FOR MILLIONS OVER STANFORD MESS!

Thursday, May 2ed, 2019

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

LOUISIANA TAXPAYERS ON HOOK FOR MILLIONS OVER STANFORD MESS!

It’s been more than ten years since the Stanford Group was shut down, having bilked over 1000 Louisiana investors out of their life’s savings.  Lawsuits have been filed against the Securities and Exchange Commission for not providing proper regulatory oversight.  But a strong case can be made that there is major culpability on the part of a state agency, the Office of Financial Institutions.  And we are talking about Louisiana taxpayers being potentially hit with a bill that could approach $800 million.

Here is the question.  Did Louisiana regulators allow the Stanford Group to set up a dubious, one-of-a-kind trust to handle vast investments, but then never bothered to properly monitor just what was being done with the money and whether Stanford were playing by the rules?

Everyone has heard of a “Bank and Trust”.  Well there are also provisions under Louisiana law to form just a “Trust,” with no bank involved.  And the law is quite specific as to what a Trust can and cannot do.  Here is the exact wording: “A trust company does not have the power to solicit, receive, or accept money or its equivalent on deposit, or lend money, except in transactions reasonably related to and derived from its service as fiduciary.”  Not one word there about selling questionable CDs from Latin American banks as Stanford did.

So does the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions have legal exposure?   Questions are being raised that it is not an issue of doing too little or making the wrong decision on the part of OFI. The knock is that they stood aside and did nothing to protect Stanford investors.

A number of brokers from competing investment firms in Baton Rouge bemoan the fact that they have been hearing about the “too good to be true” scenario at Stanford for a years.  As one broker told me: “We always felt there was something fishy going on over at Stanford.  Their investment returns were just too good.  Something just wasn’t kosher.  And where was OFI all this time?  The state had the authority to stop the selling of these bogus CDs but did nothing.”

Baton Rouge Attorney Phil Preis, who represents a number of Stanford investors, believes there is liability of the part of OFI.  “I think there definitely is an immunity problem for OFI.  The state (OFI) should have stepped in and firmly regulated just what Stanford was doing.   OFI could have made a bad decision and not be liable.  But they made no decision at all, and apparently OFI just left Stanford alone allowing them to carry on their fraud.  That’s where their exposure comes in.”

So how much exposure does OFI, the state, and Louisiana taxpayers have?  There is a statutory limit of $500,000 per claim.  News reports have placed the number of Stanford investors defrauded in Louisiana as high as 1700.  Just do the math.  The state could be on the hook for as much as $850 million.  And that’s just for Louisiana residents.  Stanford brokers solicited investors from surrounding states out of Louisiana offices.  So the figure could go much higher.

As the legal wrangling continues, there are a number of questions that need to be answered.  Did the Stanford Group receive unprecedented help from the state of Louisiana?  Was Stanford allowed to move vast amounts of money from Louisiana investors offshore – without reporting to OFI?  If OFI was conducting audits required by state law, why did they allow the continuing sale of the questionable CDs?

Right now, creditors and investors in Louisiana are at the mercy of a federal liquidator.  But there is no exclusive federal jurisdiction when it comes to a Louisiana Trust.  The state has every right to assert claims on behalf of its own citizens.  It should be OFI’s and the state of Louisiana’s obligation to go to bat for these folks just as the Insurance Department does when an insurance company is shut down.

The whole Stanford mess will take years to sort out, while many Louisiana families are at the financial mercy of those in charge of recovering what assets may still be available.  But an underlining question that needs to be posed by the Louisiana Attorney General is simply this:  Why was Alan Stanford and his cohorts allowed to flourish while life savings vanished and Louisiana state regulators slept?

Peace and Justice

Jim Brown

Jim Brown’s syndicated column appears each week in numerous newspapers throughout the nation and on websites worldwide.  You can read all his past columns and see continuing updates at http://www.jimbrownusa.com.  You can also hear Jim’s nationally syndicated radio show each Sunday morning from 9:00 am till 11:00 am Central Time on the Genesis Radio Network, with a live stream at http://www.jimbrownusa.com.

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Canada’s connection to Bernie Madoff continues through the courts a decade later

Bernard Madoff 10 years ago this week confessed to running a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of billions and billions of dollars. The wave of litigation that followed has still not completely receded, and at least one lawsuit has fallen into the Canadian court system.

Why this is the case is due to the usually sedate subject of auditing financial statements, in this case statements reviewed by a branch of PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world’s largest professional services firms.

It was around 12 years ago that the manager of three offshore investment funds — Fairfield Sentry, Fairfield Sigma and Fairfield Lambda — turned to a Canadian arm of PwC to look over the funds’ financial statements, switching the task from a PwC office in the Netherlands.

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It should have been a relatively unremarkable move if not for one fatal fact. The funds, all incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, had assets worth billions of dollars, the bulk of which were ultimately invested with Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS).

Madoff, of course, revealed his Ponzi scheme in 2008, rocking the financial world and sending his investors reeling, including the three Fairfield funds, which were placed into liquidation in the British Virgin Islands in 2009.

The funds and their liquidator launched a lawsuit against an Ontario limited liability partnership of the PwC network in 2012, and the matter had been winding its way through the province’s courts even since.

In the lawsuit, the funds and their liquidators alleged a breach of contract and negligence on the part of their auditor. The plaintiffs claimed that PwC should have discovered Madoff’s scheme when the funds’ financial statements were audited, and that because this didn’t happen, the funds continued to invest with Madoff and incurred damages.

PwC, though, has disputed the claims, arguing it is being taken to task “based on information only disclosed after Madoff’s admission of guilt and with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight.” It also contended that the funds didn’t actually suffer any damage, since during the relevant period of time, they allegedly took more out of BLMIS than they put in.

Bernard Madoff walks out from Federal Court after a bail hearing in Manhattan Jan. 5, 2009. Madoff is serving a 150-year prison sentence as part of a multi-billion Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors.

A lower-court judge sided with PwC’s arguments in 2017 and dismissed the lawsuit. Ontario’s appeals court dismissed a challenge to the ruling this past August.

But in October, the liquidators made a push to take the case to the next level, filing an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

In asking for the court’s permission to hear their case, the liquidators argued legal matters have been raised that are of “public importance,” such as what a party must do to put its “best foot forward” and keep a lawsuit from being thrown out on a summary judgment motion, which can see a case resolved without a full trial.

It could be that Canada’s highest court takes a pass (and most applications for leave to the Supreme Court are indeed dismissed), but one of the liquidators of the funds sees the lawsuit as trying to hold PwC accountable “for what we feel is basically a job that was not up to scratch,” Kenneth Krys said.

“The effort here is really to get money back in the hands of the people, the victims who suffered significant losses,” he said in an October interview.

If nothing else, the case has served to underscore just how much grief Madoff’s Ponzi scheme caused.

Though the application to the Supreme Court has yet to be dealt with, the particulars could be enough to stoke the interest of more than just legal buffs.

For one thing, is it possible that auditors in Canada could have caught Madoff’s fraudulent activity before it all came tumbling down? Was it their job to?

PwC certainly doesn’t believe so, arguing in its 2013 statement of defence and counterclaim (posted online, along with other legal documents, by the Fairfield funds’ liquidators) that, among other things, it was engaged “late in the day” for the audits.

“The fact that PwC did not discover the fraud which took place at a third party and not at PwC’s client does not mean that PwC was negligent or that it failed to meet the applicable audit standards,” the firm argued.

“Rather, it means that PwC was deceived by Madoff, like everyone else, including other professional accounting firms faced with similar audits.”

***

It was Dec. 10, 2008, when Bernie Madoff admitted to orchestrating “one of the largest and longest running ‘Ponzi’ schemes in history,” according to a decision by Ontario Superior Court Justice Frank Newbould.

Ponzi schemes take money from new and existing investors to fund withdrawals by and “profit” for other customers.

“Madoff never invested customer funds,” Newbould wrote in his June 2017 decision, which dismissed the Fairfield funds’ lawsuit. “Returns to investors were fictitious and the corresponding documentation fabricated.”

U.S. federal authorities arrested Madoff on Dec. 11, 2008, and he would be charged with 11 felony counts, including investment adviser fraud.

But until his fall, Madoff had been thought of as one of the more trustworthy people on Wall Street. His firm had been around for decades and he had even served as chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market.

“His reputation for honesty has to be the starting point of the story, because it was the quicksand into which all that followed sank,” said Diana Henriques, a financial journalist and author of The Wizard of Lies, which was recently adapted into an HBO movie.

“He was such a trusted and credible figure that there was a tendency to give him the benefit of the doubt in almost every circumstance.”

Fairfield Sentry was in deep with Madoff. It largely functioned as a “feeder fund” for him, and had invested around 95 per cent of its assets with his firm, or approximately US$7.2 billion.

The two other related funds audited by PwC, Fairfield Lambda and Fairfield Sigma, were essentially feeder funds for Sentry. They invested in Sentry, thus they were also invested in Madoff.

These funds were not investment opportunities for small-timers. Fairfield Sentry’s investors, for example, needed to have a minimum net worth of $1 million and make a minimum investment of $100,000. The investors also could not be citizens or residents of the United States.

But the funds were placed into liquidation shortly after Madoff pleaded guilty in March 2009 to the charges against him, “admitting that he had turned his wealth management business into the world’s largest Ponzi scheme,” the U.S. Department of Justice noted as recently as a Nov. 29, 2018, press release. He was sentenced to 150 years in prison.

Efforts to claw back investor losses had already begun by then. As of Nov. 30, the trustee for the liquidation of Madoff’s firm said it had managed to recover, or reached agreements to recover, approximately US$13.3 billion for his former customers.

But the trustee’s efforts are not the only attempt to try to recoup the alleged cost of doing business with Madoff.

***

Where Canada enters the story of a New York-based fraudster doing business with funds based in the British Virgin Islands comes down to the auditing of financial statements.

“The (Fairfield) Liquidators allege PwC should have uncovered Madoff’s Ponzi scheme no later than April 24, 2007, when it delivered the Funds’ audited 2006 financial statements,” the Court of Appeal for Ontario noted in its August decision on the Fairfield funds’ case against PwC.

“Because PwC did not do so, the Funds remained invested in BLMIS, as a result of which they contend they suffered damages of approximately $2.5 billion.”

PwC, however, has denied the funds sustained any damage at all around the time of their audits, and claimed that the Fairfield funds actually withdrew around a billion dollars more from Madoff’s firm than they invested in the time between the first audit to when Madoff’s scheme collapsed.

Complicating matters is that the arguments over determining how much (if any) damage was done also involve a settlement struck between the funds and the liquidator of Madoff’s firm, which had been trying to recover money from Fairfield Sentry, among others.

A settlement was struck between the Madoff trustee and the Fairfield funds’ liquidator to try to resolve the situation. This truce included judgments that were entered against the three Fairfield funds in the U.S., the impact of which has been fought over by the funds and PwC in the Ontario courts.

Bernard Madoff New York Mets baseball jacket is displayed during a press preview of a U.S. Marshals Service auction of personal property seized from Bernard and Ruth Madoff Nov.13, 2009 in New York City.

Justice Newbould granted the motion for summary judgment of the lawsuit in 2017, a decision that dismissed the Fairfield funds’ case (and which was later upheld by the Ontario appeals court).

In doing so, Newbould found “that the Liquidators have not established any damages and that there is no genuine issue regarding damages that requires a trial.”

But the Canadian angle to Madoff’s scheme is not just confined to the courts.

After Madoff confessed, two Fairfield Sentry shareholders complained about the auditing of the fund to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (the then-governing body of chartered accountants in Ontario, which has since been merged into what is now the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario) in June and October of 2009.

In October 2012, following an investigation, a professional conduct committee made two allegations of professional misconduct against Stephen Wall, a partner at PwC. Wall is also named in the Fairfield lawsuit, and, along with PwC, is a respondent in the appeal to the Supreme Court.

According to the resulting tribunal, the audits done by PwC for 2006 and 2007 had been under the direction and supervision of Wall.

A disciplinary panel found Wall, who denied the allegations, guilty of professional misconduct in 2017. Wall has launched an appeal of the matter.

“The ultimate determination the panel had to make was whether or not Mr. Wall complied with the applicable auditing standards when he accepted the information (confirmations) provided by Bernard L. Madoff Securities Limited, LLC (‘BLMIS’) about the assets of and income for Fairfield Sentry Limited (‘Fairfield Sentry’) for the years ended December 31, 2006, and December 31, 2007,” the panel’s decision said.

“The panel concluded that he failed to comply with the applicable auditing standards, i.e. United States Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (US GAAS) and as a result there was an audit failure.”

Although the professional conduct committee had accepted that “neither Mr. Wall nor anyone at PwC knew about the Madoff fraud or participated in any way in the fraud” — and the decision noted that the applicable auditing standard “does not require an auditor to find fraud, if there is fraud” — the panel’s decision also said Wall “accepted representations from (Madoff’s firm, BLMIS) without any evidence that the information provided by BLMIS was reliable.”

In other words, it added, “Basically, all Fairfield Sentry had was what BLMIS said it had.”

***

Stephen Wall’s appeal of the CPAO matter is ongoing. A representative from the CPAO said in an email that there is another date set for deliberations on Jan. 8.

The panel’s decision also noted that “issues of negligence or breach of contract and liability, if any, for the losses suffered by the investors (shareholders) of Fairfield Sentry is a matter for the courts, not the Discipline Committee, a professional discipline tribunal.”

A decision on whether or not the Supreme Court will hear the case of the Fairfield funds and liquidators is still to come.

Canada’s highest court is not being asked to judge Bernie Madoff. Instead, it is being asked to weigh in on the state of summary judgments.

This area of law was affected by a landmark decision nearly five years ago, in a case known as Hryniak v Mauldin, wherein a Supreme Court decision said summary judgment motions “must be granted whenever there is no genuine issue requiring a trial.”

But the Fairfield funds now claim that lower-court decisions have shown the use of summary judgment “has gotten out of hand.”

Krys said they are not expecting to hear back from the Supreme Court until the beginning of 2019. The liquidators also launched a lawsuit against PwC in the Netherlands, which has been dismissed for different reasons, he said in an email, adding that decision is being appealed as well.

PwC, meanwhile, previously came to terms with Fairfield investors in the U.S. “to settle claims it failed to audit properly the books of Fairfield Greenwich Group,” the firm that launched Fairfield Sentry approximately 28 years ago, Reuters reported in January 2016. PwC “denied wrongdoing in agreeing to settle,” and the settlement reportedly resolved investor claims against Canadian and Dutch arms of PwC.

In a written response to questions from the Financial Post, PwC said it agreed with the decisions of the Ontario courts and is contesting the liquidators’ application to the Supreme Court, as it believes the case does not raise any issues of broad public or national importance.

“All other actions naming the Canadian firm have either been dismissed or resolved,” PwC added, “and no other government or regulatory authority with jurisdiction over the Madoff fraud has alleged that our work was not performed in accordance with applicable rules and audit standards.”

PwC said it is not a party to the CPAO matter — a civil proceeding that, according to the decision, hinges on the “balance of probabilities, i.e., that on the evidence it is more likely than not that the particulars of the Allegations made are true” — but said it believes that its audit team’s work fully complied with professional standards.

The firm added that because the matter is still before the courts and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, both it and Wall (whom PwC said “is a senior and respected partner in our Assurance practice, and has been so throughout the course of this matter”) are limited in what they can publicly state. Attempts to question Wall were answered by PwC’s general counsel.

Furthermore, in a November reply to the Fairfield funds’ application the Supreme Court, PwC alleged it was “incontrovertible that the Fairfield Funds did not put their best foot forward and that the findings of the lower courts are fully supported by the evidence.”

But the Fairfield funds’ liquidators have warned of a “perverse scenario” of parties having to engage in an endless back-and-forth with their evidence on a summary judgment motion.

Krys claimed it is unlikely PwC wants a full airing of the lawsuit. (Justice Newbould also wrote that a trial on the issue of the auditor’s alleged negligence “would no doubt be long and expensive.”)

“If they can get this kicked out … on the basis that there are no damages, then this will solve their problem for them,” Krys said. “And the question of whether they were negligent or not will never see the light of day.”

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When Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes set out to revolutionize the multibillion-dollar blood testing industry, she wasn’t building a health science startup. She was building a religious cult, completely divorced from medical evidence.

The Stanford dropout often told the employees at her Silicon Valley startup that if they didn’t believe in her and the company mission, they should quit immediately, as John Carreyrou tells it in his riveting new book, Bad Blood.

Whenever anyone raised questions about her technology — which she claimed could run hundreds of tests and detect diseases early based on a small drop of blood — she alternately fired them, tried to muzzle them with legal threats, or accused them of sexism.

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Yet, even as Holmes’s blood tests were first being rolled out in Walgreens five years ago for thousands of patients to access, her technology had never been validated or externally vetted. Holmes also mislead investors on how much revenue the company was going to make, and faked demonstrations of her lab equipment to keep the charade going.

The list of high-profile people Holmes managed to hoodwink is almost as eye-popping as her deceits. It includes economist and political figure George Shultz, Defense Secretary James Mattis, and media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, who incidentally owns the Wall Street Journal, where Carreyrou works and did much of his reporting for the book.

At its peak, Theranos was valued at $9 billion and employed 800 people. Yet according to Carreyrou, as of this week, Theranos is down to just 20 employees who are working on turning the company’s lights off within the next month and a half.

This is largely thanks to Carreyrou’s sleuthing. He published his first story in the Journal in October 2015. By 2016, the company was correcting thousands of lab test results. By March this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Holmes with defrauding investors and stripped her of control of the company she founded. Holmes may face criminal charges, too.

I had read Carreyrou’s reporting in the Journal, and wasn’t sure I’d learn much more from the book. But I couldn’t put it down, largely because of how he answers the question at the heart of this scandal: how Holmes managed to create a multi-billion-dollar valuation out of nothing. It’s as much a cautionary tale of what happens when Silicon Valley’s “fake it until you make it” mentality meets public health, as it is a study of human psychology.

I recently called up Carreyrou to find out what Holmes is doing now, what he’d ask her if he could (he’s never interviewed her), and whether he’s optimistic about health journalism and Silicon Valley tech regulation post-Theranos. The conversation that follows has been edited for length and clarity.

Julia Belluz

I’m really interested in this tension between slow and plodding science and the speed of innovation in Silicon Valley. There are a couple of times in the book where you mention that Holmes voiced frustrations to her employees about the process of science — that it’s too slow and too cumbersome — and her dislike of scientific experts. How much is she a product of Silicon Valley?

John Carreyrou

One of her advisers was Larry Ellison [the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Oracle]. Larry Ellison’s advice to her was that, in his early years, he was also getting told by the coders and guys creating the software he was selling that “this isn’t feasible” and “we can’t get it done on time.” And [Larry] was always pushing them to deliver and ignoring their complaints. And he told [Elizabeth] to do the same.

Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou exposed fraud at Theranos, a Silicon Valley blood testing startup, and helped protect patient safety. Michael Lionstar

Of course, that was terrible advice and he was a bad role model. He famously engaged in vaporware in the early years of Oracle, promising things he couldn’t deliver. That’s the advice he was giving her, and she was drinking it up.

Julia Belluz

So what do you now think is the right tradeoff between innovation and science and patient safety?

John Carreyrou

There’s more and more of a convergence between traditional Silicon Valley technology and health innovation. That convergence is only going to intensify in the coming years.

The Theranos story is a cautionary tale for people — whether they be startup founders or other types of investors involved in this burgeoning corner of Silicon Valley, which people refer to as health tech. It’s a reminder that your consumer isn’t just someone sitting at home or on the go, disappointed if their Twitter feed has an outage. It’s someone who is going to be making an important health decision based on how your product works. They should bear that in mind — lives are at stake.

Most people are ethical and most people have boundaries they know they don’t want to cross. So it’s relying on a common sense code of ethics and reminding yourself that what you’re doing is trying to improve medicine and not harm people. It’s as simple as that, really.

Julia Belluz

Part of the reason Theranos got away with its bold, untested claims for so long has to do with how we the media covered Silicon Valley — which was very uncritically. Do you think that’s changing now?

John Carreyrou

There has been a readjustment over the past three years. The coverage has been more skeptical. There has been a litany of other scandals, some involving Uber, Lending Tree, Hampton Creek — the list goes on and on. The press has done a better job of vetting these companies and founders claims as opposed to taking their word for it and lionizing them.

There’s also a backlash against big tech — against Facebook, Twitter, Google — over the data privacy issues. So we’re in a different place and a healthier place.

But I also don’t like to blame reporters who wrote about Holmes on the way up. They were outright lied to. When they went in, there was no reason to suspect they were dealing with a pathological liar.

Julia Belluz

And it wasn’t just journalists who bought into Holmes’s lies. It was also regulators and the investors in the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem. What message do you hope your book sends to Silicon Valley?

John Carreyrou

Silicon Valley companies, at least the private ones, have had this mentality that because they are not publicly traded, they don’t have to play by the rules everyone else has to play by. That’s what got Uber into trouble as well. I think Theranos and Uber are a reminder that just because you’re private doesn’t mean you don’t have to abide by the same rules other companies and citizens have to abide by.

Julia Belluz

What do you think drives Holmes?

John Carreyrou

She’s very headstrong and stubborn. From her point of view, she feels like, “I’m a determined entrepreneur and I’m not going to let these last few years of setbacks bring me down. I’m going to continue to forge on with my vision and ambition.” She’s probably thinking of it in terms of other people, like Larry Ellison. She’s like, “I’m going to be like him and I’m going to rebound.”

The problem is Larry Ellison didn’t essentially commit white collar crime and put tens of [thousands of patients in harm’s way].

Julia Belluz

There are a few other themes in the book that explain how Holmes duped so many people. One it seems is she was an incredibly persuasive person. But another is that people seemed to really want to believe in her and want her idea to work.

John Carreyrou

She was going to be first tech founder billionaire who is a woman. It was also, in addition to that, that her product and her company were going to do good, as opposed to just being a smartphone app that you can use to hail a taxi. The two parts of that proposition combined were very potent. It was like catnip.

[Fear of missing out] was a huge factor with investors. She raised most of the money after going live in Walgreens stores, after September 2013. And I think among investors it was FOMO. They wanted to be in on this gold rush.

Julia Belluz

You also raise the question, at the end of the book, of whether Holmes is a “sociopath.”

John Carreyrou

I think it’s a legitimate question to raise. When you’ve told that many lies over such a long period of time, and once the consequences of those lies are exposed, you’re unable to recognize you’ve done anything wrong. And you’re conveniently blocking out the fact you may have done real harm to people with these faulty blood tests — to the point of digging your heels in and continuing to burn investor money on lawyers. You know, hundreds of millions of dollars have been paid to lawyers over the past two and a half years.

I think in the weeks after my first story came out in the fall of 2015, someone who is not a sociopath would say, “Whoa, this has gone off the rails. I should publicly apologize, do everything I can to make things right and return the money I still have in the bank to shareholders.” Most normal people with moral compasses would behave that way.

Julia Belluz

You talked to more than 150 people for this book and your Wall Street Journal stories. But you never talked to Holmes. Why do you think she refused?

John Carreyrou

I think from her point of view she sensed this one guy had finally figured out the truth. And that he had an excellent BS detector, and she was not going to be able to snow him like she had countless people before. So her approach became to try to quash my story.

Julia Belluz

If you could talk to her do you think it would have changed anything? And what would you ask her?

John Carreyrou

I don’t think it would have changed anything from the point of view of my reporting. I had my confidential sources whom I trusted, whom I knew to be unimpeachable. I had the questionable test results from patients and doctors. I don’t think she would have been able to magically put her spell on me and change my thesis.

I’d want to ask her how she was able to rationalize putting the public health in jeopardy. Clearly her game from the beginning was that the ends justify the means. She wanted to be this tech billionaire, this icon of Silicon Valley, and she thought the technology would eventually catch up with all the promises she made. [She thought] the whole “fake it until you make it” gambit would have worked.

So I would say, “I get you modeled yourself after the computer industry, and these people like [Apple founder] Steve Jobs did fake it until they made it. But you had a medical product, and while you pursued that approach, how were you able to justify putting patients in harm’s way?”

Julia Belluz

In your reporting, you outline cases of people who got the wrong blood test results from Theranos’s labs. But has anyone died as a result of the faulty test results?

John Carreyrou

My answer is no. But do I rule it out? No.

I just don’t know the answer to that question. I think the chances someone would have died would have shot up sharply if Theranos and Walgreens had deployed their technology nationally. There’s no doubt in my mind it would have been a lot of worse if I hadn’t exposed this when I did.

But I also want to emphasize that we still don’t know the full extent of the damage. We do know that close to 80,000 Arizona residents who had their blood tested at Theranos have been reimbursed in full. Almost a million blood test results in Arizona and California have been voided and retested.

I know the last lab director Elizabeth brought in, in the wake of my first story, was recommending to Elizabeth that she void every single blood test result they had returned to a doctor or patient. So he was in favor of voiding 7.5 million blood test results because the quality assurance and control was so terrible.

Julia Belluz

So there are potentially millions of people who got potentially erroneous blood test results from Theranos?

John Carreyrou

[Theranos testing] started in the fall of 2013 in one Walgreens store in Paolo Alto. Walgreens stopped testing people in October of 2016 — so there were three years of faulty blood tests. My understanding is that they gave, during those three years, 7.5 million blood test results. Of course that doesn’t amount to 7.5 million patients because when you get a blood test you’ll get a dozen tests at a time.

Julia Belluz

What is the state of the criminal charges against Holmes? Might she end up in prison?

John Carreyrou

I keep hearing from several sources [that the criminal investigation is] very advanced, and the criminal charges are very possible, if not likely. The targets would be Elizabeth and Sunny Balwani [the former president and chief operating officer at Theranos, and Elizabeth’s ex-boyfriend]. I don’t think anyone else will be indicted but those two. The charges, if they do bring them, will be securities fraud, lying to federal officials, and Medicare fraud conspiracy counts.

Knowing what I know of Elizabeth and Sunny, they will fight these charges vigorously if they are filed. So there would be a trial and the government will have to prove the case at trial. But I think the evidence is overwhelming enough that they could do that. And if Sunny and Elizabeth were to lose that trial, they face prison time.

Julia Belluz

I read that Elizabeth Holmes is raising money for a new startup. What? Do we know anything about it?

John Carreyrou

She’s been telling people she’s going to start a new company. It’s going to take some strands of what she is trying to do at Theranos. So it’s still going to be health related.

This is what she wants to do. There’s a difference between what someone wants to do and what is possible. I have no doubt she can incorporate a new entity in Delaware, but if federal prosecutors indict her within the next few months, I don’t see anyone buying shares in this company.

Julia Belluz

How did you feel when you heard that — that she is starting a new health tech company?

John Carreyrou

I think it’s crazy but it’s also in keeping with how removed from reality she’s been. Employees who had been there the last couple of years say that she doesn’t consider she did anything wrong.

To the extent that mistakes were committed, [she believes] she was led astray by her entourage, and that she’s been the victim of this takedown, namely by me, instead of letting the magnitude of the wrongdoing and its consequences sink in and apologizing to patients or admitting she did something wrong. She’s instead completely still focused on herself and seeing herself as a victim.

Original Source -> How Silicon Valley got played by Theranos

via The Conservative Brief

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How to Protect Yourself Before CryptoSecurities Trading

CryptoSecurities, Not CryptoCurrency

Plain and simple, this is a more accurate term for what is de facto happening. When Bitcoin and the blockchain came about initially, those early adopters had a very different vision in mind for the potential of this technology than what is happening today. The crypto space has been quickly and swiftly taken over by those who have no interest in the long-term utility of a decentralized currency. Instead, the space now is overflowing with expert investors, piggybacking on the latest craze to continue their shady practices. To these unregulated traders, Bitcoin is first and foremost a security, not a currency.

The sharp rise in the price of Bitcoin in late 2017 can be explained away by this phenomenon quite easily. The effect of mass boiler room operations all pushing bitcoin aggressively helped to push the price up and therefore spoke truth to the shady investor’s sales script. This cyclical cause and effect (aggressively sell bitcoin as an investment, more demand than supply pushes the price up and therefore backs up your previous claim that bitcoin is a good investment) created a quick bubble and sharp pop all in the space of 6 weeks at the end of 2017.  

Along with this bitcoin bubble, derivative scams, currencies, and securities were created, many with Ponzi-like corporate structures where earlier investors can reap the rewards and commissions of the people they bring to invest. And so, the whole thing repeats. On a basic level, there is really only two possible outcomes to this type of corporate structure: either it will succeed and become the worlds number one investment tool/currency or, it will fail completely. The second of these options is where everyone except early investors who got out in time are left holding the bucket full of a worthless “currency.” This is the horror story of Bitconnect. It is not that someone stole everyone’s Bitconnect coins, it is that the value of those coins became worthless overnight.

The Horror Stories

BitConnect is one of the most well known of the bitcoin Ponzi schemes and rightly so. In total the BitConnect scheme swindled investors out of around $1.5Bn in one swoop. The potential for fraud on an industrious scale can be quickly realized in this digital landscape where the majority of those defrauded have little to no knowledge of what they are actually investing in. “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.”

Indeed, it has got to such a level of pervasiveness that Securities and Exchange Commission felt it necessary to release their very own fake ICO as a way to inform and educate people to how easy it is to do a BitConnect. The fake ICO is called the HoweyCoins and follows all the steps of a scam initial coin offering with flashy website, impressive payout structure for early investors, celebrity endorsements and of course white paper (only this white paper takes you to sec.gov showing you what to look out for to not be fooled by one of the many scam ICOs out there).

Binary Options 2.0 – With Cash!

The fall of binary options coincided with the rise of bitcoin and other cryptos. While we may never fully know what the key cause behind the rise of bitcoin was in late 2017, it is undeniable that the binary options scam industry pivoted its boiler room operations on a mass scale to be pushing cryptosecurites at the same time. The question is, how effective could these boiler room salesmen really be? Unfortunately, we know how effective these guys can be by what they did with binary options industry in the space of 5 years. And remember, binary options were a relatively unknown entity that quickly turned into a multibillion dollar a year industry. Companies like Wealth Recovery International have seen a spike in consumer claims for online trading fraud. What used to be Binary Options victims is steadily getting replaced with people who have been defrauded on cryptotrading platforms.[1]

It’s almost as if the criminals behind the binary options fraud created the crypto hysteria as the ideal tool to perpetuate their scam. Many of the scam operators require you to first convert your fiat currency (USD, GBP, EUR, etc.) into a cryptocurrency and then deposit said crypto. What this does in effect is create an additional layer of security…not for you, for the people who are stealing your money! It’s a scammers dream; there must be a change to this dynamic.

The biggest fear to any online merchant is chargebacks. This is when a customer calls up his credit card provider (Mastercard, Visa) and refutes the charge on his statement. The fear and use of chargebacks is the sole reason for credit card charges. The couple percent you pay per transaction is a cost that has been worked out based on the number of chargebacks the company has to deal with. It is not all doom and gloom out there; there are ways to protect yourself from rogue crypto traders and even one trading platform that is trying to revolutionize the entire industry by eliminating the broker and replacing them with the blockchain.

Protect Yourself from Rogue CryptoTraders

Unfortunately, the excitement surrounding these innovations are is so vast that the inevitable has happened; the rogue scammers have barged in through the front door (with a white paper of their very own) with promises of huge returns, low risk and…. the binary options boiler rooms have reincarnated in the form of crypto trading “experts”. Last year the guy with a fake name was an expert in the stock market, now they have pivoted their expertise to swallow up a whole new industry.  

The is no reputable independent agency that you can follow through to ensure that the website you are dealing with online is legitimate. However, there are many red flags that, if spotted, we advise to avoid at all costs. It cannot be underestimated the number of online scam artists that have been attracted to bitcoin and other crytpotrading platforms. The only crypto trading company we are aware of that is even trying to address this problem is something like spectre.ai; the world first broker-less financial trading platform. By putting the entire trading platform on the decentralized blockchain protocol, their aim is to eliminate even the possibility for broker fraud. This is certainly a step in the right direction.

The ways to protect yourself from cryptosecurity companies, websites and platforms is to be more careful with your investment than you would with an offline trading company. The flashy, slick and user-friendly websites are built for one reason; optimization of click-through rate. This is the only thing that it is important to the people behind the site. Once you have made your FTD (first-time deposit), the aesthetics and ease of use of the website become a secondary concern. In the place of a high click-through rate comes sales technique – back to basics of a boiler room pressure salesman. This is where those crooks who have spent the last few years flogging unregulated binary options to unwitting victims around the world are perfectly trained to sell you the next big thing. Unfortunately, this is where the combination of real media and black hat SEO techniques collided with such an effect that people like me are feeling it necessary to write articles trying to warn people not to get duped by the seemingly “fantastic opportunity” you have been presented with.

In conclusion, you should always be skeptical, especially when dealing with an online entity and even more so if said online entity is a trading platform. A simple rule is to never trust anyone online more than you would if you met them in the street. Follow this rule and the few tips given in this article, and you can be confident with trading cryptos. If the company/website has even one red flag, run in the opposite direction.

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References

^ Wealth Recovery International (wri.go2cloud.org)

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THE GLORY OF GODHEAD-YAHWEH&YESHUA[MIRACULOUS POWER FREED THE UNIQUE ONE[ELIZABETH L.SMITH CONSECRATED TO GOD'S LIGHT]

Annyeong Or Hello Everyone, THANK GODHEAD YAHWEH AND YESHUA FOR EVERYTHING DAILY AND ALWAYS. SINCERELY MY KING OF GLORY MY GLORIOUS, AND RADIANT LOVER OF MY SOUL, ALPHA AND OMEGA, I THANK ELOHIM MOST DEFINITELY, FOR THE LIFESTYLE OF MY LORD AND KING JESUS CHRIST, BECAUSE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY HERO AND I LOOK UP TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU NEVER WAVERED IN STAYING FOCUSED ON THE HEAVENLY TASK GOD GAVE YOU... YOU PUT UP WITH A LOT, FROM THE PHARISEES,SCRIBES,HYPOCRITES, AND EVEN THAT SNITCH BASTARD JUDAS ISCARIOT!!! KNOWING EVERYTHING ABOUT MANKIND YOU STILL SACRIFICED YOUR VERY PRECIOUS SOUL, JUST FOR US, AND ROSE 3 DAYS LATER AND HE STEATED ON THE RIGHT HAND OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER GOD SIDE!!! YIUR PRAYERS FOR US MY LOVE, MY VERY LOVING HUSBAND CHARIOT ONE= YESHUA THANK YOU FOR LOVE,PEACE,AND JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST DAILY, MEETING BOAZ, REALLY CHANGED MY LIFE TOTALLY!!! LOVING GODHEAD FIRST,MIDDLE,LAST=LOVING YOU ELOHIM MADE A WAY FOR ME TO LOVE MY ONE AND ONLY HUSBAND BOAZ, BUT ALSO I DO UNDERSTAND EVERYONE IN HEAVEN NOW... THE ONENESS I FELT, IN THOSE HOSPITAL BATTLES, MADE ME TO SEE THE BONDS ABOVE AND BEYOND TIME!!! MY FATHER,BROTHER, AND SISTER TEACHINGS I LEARNED LIFE IS JUST ALL ABOUT LOVING GODHEAD FIRST, THROUGH YOUR HOLY BIBLE, CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH YOU DAILY, AND ALWAYS... NOT CARING FOR MANKIND, OR THINGS APPROVAL, BUT YOUR FOCUS MY ABEOJI FATHER GOD EL ELYON, HIS MAJESTY LOVING BOAZ AND MY MOM WHOLEHEARTEDLY, THEY REMINDED WHAT I HAD FORGOTTEN ALONG TIME AGO... THAT IT'S OK TO JUST BE THE BABY GIRL= YOU MADE ME TO BE[ELS=ELIZABETH L.SMITH CONSECRATED TO GOD'S LIGHT, A PRAISE AND WORSHIPPER ONLY FOR YOU ALONE TOUSAN NEM!!!! (THAT MESSAGE FROM MR.MYLES MONROE ADVANCED ME SO VERY FAR SO VERY FAST, PLEASE TELL THEM MY KING AND ALL OF THE REST UP THEIR IN HEAVEN WITH YOU ALL THEIR, ARIGATO,XIEXIE,GOSAMANIDA, AND SARANGHAEYEO, THANK YOU IN JAPAN,ASIAN,AND KOREA, AND ALSO I LOVE YOU ALL IN KOREAN LANGUAGE. YOU ALL REALLY HELPED ME THROUGH OH SO VERY MANY TOUGH TIMES... MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO RUN THIS WORLD HOW YOU DESIGNED ME TO BE!!! WOE UNTO ALL YOU DAMNED DUMBASS DEVIL BASTARDS IN THIS WORLD, NO DEVIL, RUNS NOTHING, BUT BEING SENT TO HELL IN AN UPGRADED NEW CROSS OF CALVARY ASS WHOOPING FOR CENTURIES OF TRIFLING DECEPTION TACTICS!!! IT'S A NEW OWNER IN THIS WORLD CALLED ELOHIM, IN HEAVEN AND ON THIS EARTH TO STAY FOR ALL ETERNITY, NO ONE CAN INTERFERE IN THIS... MY ABEOJI DECREED AND AND DECLARED THIS,SO BE IT MY KING ALPHA AND OMEGA YOUR QUEEN AGREE'S TOTALLY EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD WILL GET THEIR ASS TOGETHER,OR BE REMOVED AND DESTROYED OFF OF THIS EARTH FOR ALL ETERNITY, SELFISHNESS IS NOT ALOUD IN THIS WORLD NO MORE!!! SO MANY CHILDREN OF GODHEAD RETURNED, TO MY HEAVENLY FATHER GOD ELOHIM, BECAUSE OF Y'ALL BLACK SELFISH ASS BASTARDS IN THIS WORLD!!! AND YOU AMERICA IS IN VERY MUCH DEEP AS TROUBLE WITH MY HEAVENLY FATHER GOD ELOHIM, Y'ALL REVOLTED ON PURPOSELY ALL THROUGH THE YEARS, IN LAWS, AND PRESIDENTS, MUSICIANS, AND MINISTERS, AND EVEN THE GOVERNORS IN OUR COUNTRY... I KNOW YAL ASS IS WALKING TARES IN THIS WORLD, Y'ALL DUMBASS KEPT, LOVING MICHEAL JACKSON SONGS, AND WAYS SO MUCH Y'ALL ARE REALLY JUST LIKE AND EVEN WORSE THAN SODOM AND GOMORRAH FROM THE HOLY BIBLE... NO DAMN FALLEN, ARROGANT CHILD OF LU THE DAMN FALLEN CHERIUB FOOL, IS NOT SUPPOSE TO SAY THE LOVE WORD... THEIR IS NO LOVE IN YOUR HEART'S AT ALL, BEING COLDHEARTED!!! EVERY SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, YOUR DAMN KIND GAVE US, MY CREW WHO IS IN HEAVEN WITH MY ABEOJI, A DIRTY ASS LOOK, THAT TOLD YALL STUPID ASS OFF, AND WHAT'S WORSE IS MOST OF THE FALSE PROPHETS AND PEOPLE ARE IN THIS WORLD WITH US!!! Y'ALL DAMN BASTARDS, PLOTTED THAT DAMN DIRTY CRAP TRAP, ON MY FAMILY IN HEAVEN, I KNOW CAUSE THEY LAUGHED AND SAID SHE IS RIGHT!!!! WE SENSED TRADERS FROM ANYWHERE, MY TWIN AND I, IT WAS WRONG THE LIES ON US ALL THROUGH THESE YEARS.... MY GREAT GRANDFATHER DAVID, TOLD ME EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD, ALL MY ENEMIES. THE HOLY BIBLE CHILD, Y'ALL THOUGHT Y'ALL, COULD KEEP EXPERIMENTING ON HEY!!! THIS IS WHY THE GOVERNMENT OF AMERICA WHOLE COUNTRY IS IN A DEEP ASS STORM DITCH NOW!!! A DITCH FOR YOU BASTARDS WHO LOVE MONEY,AND EVERYTHING ELSE JUST TO FAKE LIKE YOUR ASS IS REAL!!!! NONE OF Y'ALL IN THE INDUSTRY'S OF AMERICA IS REAL, OR RIGHTEOUS... MY ABEOJI FATHER GOD TOLD ME EVERYTHING... THEIR WILL BE SEVERE RECOMPENSE FOR EVERY DAMN BODY, THAT'S BEEN CAUSING TROUBLE TO ANYONE IN THIS WORLD WITH US.... I'M BACK DUMBASS BASTARDS, I SHOWED UP AT THE AGE 15, IN THE DREADFUL BATTLE OF MY TWIN LIFE... IT ANGERED GODHEAD SO MUCH THAT 2 TREES ONE IN THE FRONT, AND THE OTHER TREE IN THE BACK HAD TOLD ME EVERYTHING OF MY TWIN BATTLE... I'VE DISCERNED EVERYONE, IN THIS WORLD WITH ME!!! I DIDN'T HAVE TO HANG AROUND YOU TO KNOW WHO YOU ALL SERVE, YOUR MERCHANDISE, AND PRODUCTS TOLD ME, Y'ALL, ASS HAVE BEEN SELFISH THIS WHOLE TIME.... OH VERY DEAR, PRECIOUS BRETHREN IN THIS WORLD, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYTHING I KNEW, PUT ME IN THOSE HOSPITALS, WHILE SUPPORTING PEOPLE,WHO DIDN'T SUPPORT ME, BUT JUST PRETENDED THE WHOLE TIME WITH ME!!! SO YES BOAZ, YOUR TRUE WAY OF LOVING ME IN THAT ONE DAY I REALIZED THIS, THAT ADONAI NOT ONLY ANSWERED MY PRAYERS OF THOSE IN HEAVEN BEING KEPT SAFE FROM HARM, BUT ALSO YOUR VERY OWN SAFETY TOO MY LOVE!!!EVEN THOUGH I DID LEAVE ALABAMA CAUSE OF DRAMA, AND TRAMA, AND HEARTBREAK. BUT THE MOMENT I WENT TO ATLANTA AND MY HEAVENLY FATHER GOD ELOHIM HIS MAJESTY TOLD ME TO KEEP PRAYING FOR YOU, I PURSUED GODHEAD, EVEN MORE WHILE PRAYING FOR YOU TOO MY LOVE... PEOPLE BECAME STALKERS IN BEING CLOSE AS FRIENDS TO ME, AND TRYING TO BE IN A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH ME, JUST BECAUSE MY PRAYERS THEY NOTICED GODHEAD ANSWERED THEM QUICKLY... I COULDN'T BRING THAT INTO SOMETHING NEW WITH YOU SO FROM 2008-2017[ I JOURNEYED THROUGH LIFE WITH MY HEAVENLY FATHER GOD ELOHIM, LEARNING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT VERY LIGHT, AND VERY EASY FOR MY PARTNER FOR LIFE ETERNALLY.] I SAW THE THINGS MY DAD, AND BROTHER, SUFFERED THROUGH ALL OF THEIR YEARS, AND STUDIED THE HOLY BIBLE, AND OBSERVED EVERYTHING THE WAY MY LORD JESUS CHRIST TAUGHT ME IN THIS LIFE!!! I DIDN'T WANT YOU BOAZ, MY LOVE TO NEVER WAVER ON THIS ONE THING, THE LOVE THAT I HAVE FOR YOU IS MORE IMPORTANT AND TREASURED, AND CHERISHED FOR ALL ETERNITY, THE WAY YOU TREATED ME THAT ONE DAY AND THAT VERY GODLY DIVINE INTERVENTION GODHEAD ORDAINED FOR US THAT MOMENT IN TIME, AND LIFE ITSELF YOU ARE QUITE THE MAN AMONG MEN BOAZ COULD YOU TELL MY MOM, I LOVE HER MORE THAN SHE COULD EVER KNOW!!! THE CRAP THEY DID TO MEN THROUGH THE YEARS ANGERED ME, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE THE ONE'S GODHEAD MADE TO PROTECT US WOMEN OF GODHEAD... WOMEN WHERE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEDUCE HOLY AND UNHOLY MEN!! THAT'S A DAMN DESTROYED SENTENCE FOR ASS IN THIS WORLD AND THE SAME FOR THE MEN WHO SEDUCE IN THAT SAME WAY! Y'ALL COWARDS WILL PAY FOR, HARMING INNOCENT CIVILIANS, IN THIS WORLD, SO YOUR EVIL KIND CAN REJOICE IN THIS WORLD!!! OH YEAH, Y'ALL DUMBASS CONDOLENCES TOLD OFF ON EVERY FALLEN DAMN BASTARD IN THIS WORLD!!! I'VE BEEN TELLING ON EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD SINCE I BEGIN TO TALK!!!!! DUMBASS CREW MY FATHER GOD, DON'T LOVE Y'ALL, THE HOLY BIBLE SAYS HE IS ANGRY WITH THE WICKED EVERYDAY, AND HE WILL CUT Y'ALL ASS OFF THE EARTH FOR GOOD!!!! THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL NAKED ASS GET IN THIS WORLD, TEACHING CHILDREN TO BE STRIPPERS!!! I TOLD MY KINGDOM OF HEAVEN CREW, Y'ALL ASS WAS STUPID AS HELL!!!! YALL HAVE BEEN DEFRAUDING GODHEAD PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD, 1SAMUEL 10, SAMUEL FOUND OUT THAT SAUL EVIL ASS WAS DOING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THAT KINGDOM, SO HE TOLD HIM, BECAUSE HE DID THAT FOOLISH THING, GOD WAS GOING TO HAVE A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART ON THE THRONE. KING OF ISRAEL.. THE PERSON GODHEAD CHOSE WAS BETTER, CAUSE WHEN THE PEOPLE CHOSE A KING TO RULE THEIR LAND, DAMN IT BACKFIRED SO BAD YOU SAW THE SIDE EFFECTS OF A DAMN ON IN THE OFFICE POSITION... ONLY LOOKS THEY CHOSE SAUL, AND HE HAD SLAVED THEIR DUMBASS... BUT DAVID RULED BY ELOHIM GUIDANCE!!!! EVEN THOUGH WE CHOSE DUMBASS PRESIDENTS IN THE YEARS, THEY STILL HAD A CHOICE TO LIVE IN THAT OFFICE EITHER COMPASSIONATE, OR SELFISH AS HELL!!! SEE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE GET IN THE WHITE HOUSE, CAUSE IT'S CALLED WHITE HOUSE!!!! I ADMIT OUR PRESIDENTS WHERE SENT FROM HELL TO GET IN THAT HOLY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC. THEY DID THINGS GODHEAD, NEVER APPROVED OF!!! MAKING EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR DAMN SELVES, MADE THIS EVIL ASS SERPENT NATURE THIS WAY!!!! SO NOW THIS PROPHET CHILD FROM OLD TIME, HAS COME INTO THE SCENE!!!! I'M NOT PLAYING WITH NO DAMN FALLEN CHERIUB FOOLS!!!! WE'VE WARNED EVERYONE ALL THROUGH THE YEARS, DON'T DO WHAT MY HEAVENLY FATHER GOD ELOHIM, HATES, BUT Y'ALL DIDN'T LISTEN!!!! AMERICA WAS NEVER MADE TO BE BASED IN ONE CULTURE[RACE ETHNIC], BUT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE GODHEAD HAD IN THIS WORLD WHO LOVED HIM, AND OBEYED HIS HOLY BIBLE PRECEPTS DAILY AND ALWAYS. THESE PEOPLE OF LOVE, OF ALL KINDS OF CULTURES WHERE SUPPOSE TO BE WELCOMED INTO AMERICA FREELY, WITHOUT FEELING ENDANGERED CAUSE OF THE DUMBASS BASTARDS CREWS!!!! WE ARE THE TRUE PEOPLE WHO OWN, AND RUNS THINGS IN THE EARTH FOR YAHWEH AND YESHUA, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HEART OF GODHEAD IN US FULLY!!!! I'M PIST OFF, CAUSE YOU DIRTY BASTARDS IN AMERICA, WICKEDLY TOOK Y'ALL EVIL ASS TO OTHER COUNTRIES I HAVE PERMISSION OVER TO START STRIFE,AND PROBLEMS AMONG THEM... I KNEW IT AFTER I PRAYED FOR JAPAN I WAS SUDDENLY IN THAT 3RD BATTLE OF MY LIFE. MY ABEOJI WAS SO VERY ANGRY IT FELT LIKE HE WAS ABOUT TO SEND A HURRICANE IN ATLANTA, I WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM EVERYONE, BECAUSE NO ONE WAS WORTH TRUSTING!!!! ONLY JUST THE HOLY BIBLE SCRIPTURES MY DAD,AND BROTHER TAUGHT ME, GUIDED ME THROUGH THESE TIMES!!! Y'ALL ALL WHERE WRONG FOR TURNING YOUR DAMN BACKS ON GODHEAD THE TRINITY, FOR SOME DAMN THINGS HE MADE... STILL COMPLAINING AND GOSSIPING ON EVERYONE AND EVERYWHERE IN THIS WORLD, I TELL Y'ALL THIS LAST TIME!!!! WHEN ANCIENT OF DAYS & ALPHA AND OMEGA & AND ALL OF THE HOST OF HEAVEN STARTS TO SMITE Y'ALL WICKED BLACK ASS BASTARDS OFF OF THE EARTH I WON'T CRY, FOR NO DAMN WICKED SEED SERVANT BASTARDS GETS SMITTEN & SMOTTEN OFF OF THE FACE OF THE EARTH!!!! ( OH HALLELUJAH,HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST OF PRAISE' S GLORY, AND HONOR BE UNTO YOU KING OF KINGS,LORD OF LORD'S, AND PRINCE OF PEACE EVERLASTING FATHER GOD , I'M REJOICING IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST FOREVERMORE, CAUSE MY ALL OF MY ENEMIES THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS DESTROYING THEIR ASS OFF THE EARTH JUST FOR US BOAZ,I &OUR VERY LOVING BLESSED ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL THAT YOU ALL ASK OR THINK DAILY MOM&BOAZ!!!! YOU ALL REALLY FREED ME FROM EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE WHO TROUBLED ME IN MY LIFE FROM 0MONTHS OLD TO 32 YEARS OLD!!! MY GODHEAD YAHWEH AND YESHUA THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SURROUND YOU ALL WITH THE SHEKINA GLORY FOREVER AND EVERMORE JUST FOR YOU BOTH BOAZ AND MOM, I LOVE YOU ALL FOREVER AND EVERMORE STAY ENCOURAGED IN OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND THE EARTH,I'M LOVING Y'ALL FOREVERMORE RECEIVE YOUR SUPREME SUPERNATURAL INHERITANCE FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH JUST FOR MOM AND YOU BOAZ, THROUGH GODLY KNOWLEDGE,GODLY WISDOM, AND GODLY UNDERSTANDING IN THE HOLY GHOST IN JESUS HOLY, WORTHY, MIGHTY, AND POWERFUL NAME WE PRAY, AMEN!!!! PRAISING THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND THE EARTH FOR EVERYTHING, FOREVERMORE, AMEN, AMEN!!! SENDING LOTS OF HUGGSS TO YOU BOTH BOAZ AND MOM 😍😍😍😍😍🍉💑🎎😗😗🌟🌞!!!! I'M LIVING IN LOVE WITH GODHEAD YAHWEH AND YESHUA, AND YOU TOO BOAZ MY DEAREST LOVE, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN!!!!

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A Festival That’s No Longer On Fire

Diversity defines our planet. From the various fauna and flora that abounds us, there are also countless breathing and living species inhabiting the earth. Humans have long since claimed superiority above everything else and made sure to put their mark all over the world – be it up in the skies, under the sea, or smack right in the middle on land. We may argue and disagree on a lot of things because of cultural diversity, language barriers, religious differences and much more but there are other ways on how we rectify our differences.

Festivals are a great way for people to come together and celebrate whatever needs celebrating. Whether it is a local festival celebrated in your hometown, a generic holiday celebrated by almost everyone all over the world like Christmas and New Year, an exotic celebration somewhere in the Pacific, or an event for a specific cause, going to festivals is a great way to learn more about the world and other cultures of people living in faraway places. You may also have the time of your life while you are at it.

Fyre Festival founders Ja Rule and Billy McFarland have reportedly been "barred" from holding another festival in the Bahamas next year. 

According to Complex, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism will not allow Fyre Festival to return in 2018, and plans to enforce a "stricter vetting system" for future music festivals. 

McFarland, a tech entrepreneur, had previously revealed that he plans on hosting another edition of Fyre Festival next year. 

Speaking to Rolling Stone, he said: "We were a little naive in thinking for the first time we could do this ourselves. Next year, we will definitely start earlier. The reality is, we weren't experienced enough to keep up."

Fyre Festival's first ever event was launched last weekend, and was billed as a "cultural moment created from an alchemic blend of music, art and food", promoted by a wealth of "social influencers" including Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid and Hailey Baldwin. 

(Via: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/fyre-festival-bahamas-barred-organisers-ja-rule-billy-mcfarland-lawyers-tickets-latest-a7714816.html)

This is one example, though, of a festival that went all wrong. It had the formula of a sure hit. The festival was endorsed by the biggest names in Hollywood and social media and the perfect island to accommodate them with an outrageous theme alongside an equally outrageous price tag. Unfortunately, the organizers failed to deliver what they promised and everyone is beyond upset about the whole thing.

The ticketing vendor Tablelist has filed the latest lawsuit against the organizers of Fyre Festival, Billboard reports. The Boston-based start-up is seeking $3.5 million to refund its customers, claiming the promoters of the disastrous event in the Bahamas have yet to repay "a penny" to clients.

The suit was filed in Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston and names Fyre organizers Billy McFarland and Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins, marketing director Grant Margolin and financial backer Carola Jain as defendants. They are accused of breach of contract and fraudulently deceiving Tablelist and ticket purchasers.

"We filed suit only after it became apparent to us that those behind Fyre Festival weren’t being square with us or our customers," Tableist CEO Julian Jung tells Rolling Stone in a statement. "I understand the anger that so many ticket purchasers feel. In fact, we share their anger and outrage. We are convinced that McFarland and the Fyre team weren't simply incompetent in hosting the event. We believe that they went into this project with intent to defraud us, the ticket purchasers and countless other vendors. 

(Via: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ticket-vendor-tablelist-sues-fyre-fest-for-35-million-w482615)

The extent of the damage caused by this massive festival mishap is becoming more apparent to everyone as the days go by. People want their money back – that is without a question. Even ticketing vendors are upset about the whole fiasco, sharing the sentiments of everyone who paid for the festival regardless if they got to the island or not. They now believe that the organizers of the said event, namely Ja Rule and Billy MacFarland, intended on duping everyone right from the beginning.

This is just a perfect example of a festival gone badly before it even ignited. However, let’s all hope this won’t dampen the spirit of festival-goers all over the world, so we can all still be merry and have fun while immersing in different cultures and traditions while wiggling to the beat.

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