Wired has published an article. The Link. It says that "Do Gooders are Unpopular Team Members". It says that they are unpopular because they raise the bar for everyone else, that is not the reason.
We dislike people who are unselfish because it demonstrates that we are selfish. There is a scene in Scarface where the criminal says that we (the good people) need him to scare us into being good. That is criminal thinking. We don't fear there being bad people in the world, we know there are, heck, we have been bad. What we fear is good people, that means that we can be better.
We fear gratitude because it may cause us to pay our debts. I am funny with debts, usually tell people the same thing. Firstly, if I give someone something or do something for them, I don't expect them to ever pay me back even if they say they will. My payback ratio is about 10%, 90% never pay me back. Secondly, if I do something for someone I usually ask that they do the same in the future if they see someone in the same situation. They have a term for this now, "Pay it forward".
Where we are as a society is determined by each of us individually, we are all participants. If we had a society of people who would jump on a hand grenade to save others then we won't be throwing any hand grenades. The article is about how we have to be selfish to be social. People who are selfish are more likely to be liked is it's message. If you wish to be selfish, you will use the article to justify being selfish.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
I-Dosing, the real issue
To begin with, whenever the media puts out two alternatives, both are wrong. You are being led. There is a new thing out, it called I-Dosing. Basically, it is noise meant to have a effect similar to drugs. It is distributed over the internet.
Oklahoma has decided that this is dangerous and wants to warn parents about it. Both David Icke and Alex Jones have decided that this is another attempt by the government to control us and the internet. Others are saying that it doesn't work and is just silly. Everyone is missing the real issue. I don't care about I-dosing, it is irrelevant. The whole discussion is meant to be hypnotic suggestion.
Hypnosis is begun with a suggestion. It is the suggestion that another can make you believe things that are not true, that they have the power to hypnotise you. They do not. Hypnosis is self-delusion. I used to "hypnotise" people, I know how it works. You can read up on it. It is hyperfocus.
We are only consciously aware of a small amount of what is going on around us. Lets say 10%, for the sake of argument. I wrote a post recently about the gorilla in the room that nobody noticed. Same thing. If you are too focused, you miss other things. That is the essence of hypnosis. If you believe someone can hypnotise you then you are more susceptible to believing they did it.
Hypnosis works because we want to excuse ourselves for what we do and blame others. Our choices are our own. Noises will not make you think you are on drugs, you will convince yourself that it works because you want it to. Because most people wish to go along with others, they will convince themselves it works because their friends are all saying it works.
I am about to teach a young man self-hypnosis. I will explain that nobody can hypnotise you except yourself. I have to do it in this manner because I need to make sure that when he uses this concentration process he does not allow others to use it against him. It is meant to help him with a sleep disorder. The suggestion/induction will be reinforced with a post hypnotic suggestion that if he is unwilling nobody, including himself, can hypnotise him. I do not wish him left vulnerable.
The argument over I-Dosing is hypnotic induction. It won't work on everyone; but, the discussions will act as hypnotic induction on those who want it to be true. There was a movie called "The Ring", it was about a video and if you watched the video within X number of days you died. Mass media is an expert at using the power of suggestion and that is all it is, suggestion. It is nonsense. They provide the excuse and we take it.
What we need to watch for is the next shoe to drop. We will have a lengthy discussion about I-Dosing, some kid will kill himself and we will be outraged. The real trick is that we convince people that they can be manipulate via sound. The next trick is to say that some have placed subliminal sounds on the internet to program us. LOL. It is coming.
We are emotional beings having a material experience. We associate certain emotions with certain experiences, that does not mean that the experience causes the emotion. It is a choice of associations. As long as we remember that we make the choice, we are in control.
There is no war on for your mind, it is baloney. The war is on for you soul, for your willingly giving up your self will in exchange for being able to blame someone else for your bad behaviour. The purpose behind repentance is acceptance of responsibility.
The way the scumbag got to my ex-wife was repetition. 50 texts a day telling her how she was perfect. She wanted to hear that. Flattery, repetition and promises of cookies is how you control the masses. That is how the mass media works. The things you believe become the things you do. If you are looking for excuses, you will find them. The excuses always fall apart in the end no matter what you convince yourself of.
I-dosing will work on those who want it to work on them. The issue is not i-dosing, it is about taking responsibility for oneself. The garbage we have been selling people for the past 60 years is that if you see violence in the media, you are more likely to be violent. It is a lie. I can watch violent movies every minute and it will not make me be violent. Having said that, fill your minds with things of beauty and it will become a habit.
What we fill our minds with is our choice, we seek things out. If you spend all day killing people in a video game, it is because you wish to feel power. If you spend all day thinking of all the people who helped you, it will become your day. I became better when I began thinking of all the people who helped me. Gratitude is a great feeling; but, it requires that you recognize and appreciate what you have been given. We can look at how we all fall short or we can look at how far we have come. We are capable of growth.
Oklahoma has decided that this is dangerous and wants to warn parents about it. Both David Icke and Alex Jones have decided that this is another attempt by the government to control us and the internet. Others are saying that it doesn't work and is just silly. Everyone is missing the real issue. I don't care about I-dosing, it is irrelevant. The whole discussion is meant to be hypnotic suggestion.
Hypnosis is begun with a suggestion. It is the suggestion that another can make you believe things that are not true, that they have the power to hypnotise you. They do not. Hypnosis is self-delusion. I used to "hypnotise" people, I know how it works. You can read up on it. It is hyperfocus.
We are only consciously aware of a small amount of what is going on around us. Lets say 10%, for the sake of argument. I wrote a post recently about the gorilla in the room that nobody noticed. Same thing. If you are too focused, you miss other things. That is the essence of hypnosis. If you believe someone can hypnotise you then you are more susceptible to believing they did it.
Hypnosis works because we want to excuse ourselves for what we do and blame others. Our choices are our own. Noises will not make you think you are on drugs, you will convince yourself that it works because you want it to. Because most people wish to go along with others, they will convince themselves it works because their friends are all saying it works.
I am about to teach a young man self-hypnosis. I will explain that nobody can hypnotise you except yourself. I have to do it in this manner because I need to make sure that when he uses this concentration process he does not allow others to use it against him. It is meant to help him with a sleep disorder. The suggestion/induction will be reinforced with a post hypnotic suggestion that if he is unwilling nobody, including himself, can hypnotise him. I do not wish him left vulnerable.
The argument over I-Dosing is hypnotic induction. It won't work on everyone; but, the discussions will act as hypnotic induction on those who want it to be true. There was a movie called "The Ring", it was about a video and if you watched the video within X number of days you died. Mass media is an expert at using the power of suggestion and that is all it is, suggestion. It is nonsense. They provide the excuse and we take it.
What we need to watch for is the next shoe to drop. We will have a lengthy discussion about I-Dosing, some kid will kill himself and we will be outraged. The real trick is that we convince people that they can be manipulate via sound. The next trick is to say that some have placed subliminal sounds on the internet to program us. LOL. It is coming.
We are emotional beings having a material experience. We associate certain emotions with certain experiences, that does not mean that the experience causes the emotion. It is a choice of associations. As long as we remember that we make the choice, we are in control.
There is no war on for your mind, it is baloney. The war is on for you soul, for your willingly giving up your self will in exchange for being able to blame someone else for your bad behaviour. The purpose behind repentance is acceptance of responsibility.
The way the scumbag got to my ex-wife was repetition. 50 texts a day telling her how she was perfect. She wanted to hear that. Flattery, repetition and promises of cookies is how you control the masses. That is how the mass media works. The things you believe become the things you do. If you are looking for excuses, you will find them. The excuses always fall apart in the end no matter what you convince yourself of.
I-dosing will work on those who want it to work on them. The issue is not i-dosing, it is about taking responsibility for oneself. The garbage we have been selling people for the past 60 years is that if you see violence in the media, you are more likely to be violent. It is a lie. I can watch violent movies every minute and it will not make me be violent. Having said that, fill your minds with things of beauty and it will become a habit.
What we fill our minds with is our choice, we seek things out. If you spend all day killing people in a video game, it is because you wish to feel power. If you spend all day thinking of all the people who helped you, it will become your day. I became better when I began thinking of all the people who helped me. Gratitude is a great feeling; but, it requires that you recognize and appreciate what you have been given. We can look at how we all fall short or we can look at how far we have come. We are capable of growth.
Sick and Samson
Have a slight cold, been fighting it all week. I thought it was just my allergies; but, turned out to be a little more. Got me thinking about allergies. I am allergic to perfumes, not all but many. When I am around some my eyes get gooey and swell and I have a hard time breathing. Sometimes it kicks off my bronchitis.
Anyways, staying home was tough too. It was 105 degrees, just hot and miserable. LOL, just got an e-mail. It turns out that they sprayed my office building for bugs, I guess it was an allergy. I am allergic to certain chemicals, it also affected my stomach and made it queasy.
My stomach is my weak part, I lived with cluster headaches, I live with arthritis. I didn't take anything for the headaches. Mostly because back then they didn't have anything that worked. I don't take anything for the arthritis because it was too hard on my stomach. Everybody has a weakness.
For some reason it made me think of Samson of the bible. It is another one of those stories that leaves out something. Samson meets Delilah and falls in love with her after having his intended bride married off to his best man by her father. Delilah is paid silver in order to get her to discover the secret of his great strength. She asks him and he says he will be weak is tied up with fresh bow strings. He wakes up to discover that she has done so and he snaps them off. She asks again and he says he will be weak if tied with new ropes. He wakes up to discover that she has done so and snaps them off. She asks him again and he says he will be weak if his hair is woven, he wakes up to discover she has done so and he unweaves his hair. She asks again and he says the secret to his strength is his hair. While he sleeps she cuts it off and he is captured by the bad guys who poke his eyes out and make him a slave.
Now, here is my question. Why did he tell her? He could not have been so dumb that he didn't understand what she was trying to do. Did he like being tied up and think it was a game? I should point out something, Samson's strength was not because of his hair. That is a myth. Samson had taken a Nazerite oath to God. No alcohol and to not cut his hair. He would have lost his strength if he had wine, his strength was taken for breaking his oath.
The Greek tragedies were all morality tales. In general they would use the stories of people to explain a moral and to explain a flaw, the stories were meant to show the benefits and consequences of being one way or another. I believe God uses people and nations in the same way. Samson's strength was in his keeping his word to God. His weakness was what?
At the end of the story, Samson is tied up and on display in a Philistine temple. His hair had grown back; but, his strength had not returned. He prays to God for the strength to avenge the loss of his eyes. God gave him the strength, he pulls down the pillars and kills all inside and dies with them.
Now I shall give the key to most characters in the bible. They often are real world representations of the times they live in. Consider the prophets. One was made to marry a whore to show what God thought of Israel at the time. In the time of Samson, God was delivering Israel from the Philistines.
Israel was supposed to separate itself from those around them. Instead they took up trading with them and some even married them. Samson's intended wife was a Philistine. The parents married her off to his best man. Delilah is a Hebrew name and therefore we can assume she was Jewish and not Philistine.
His story begins to take on meaning. He (representing Israel) fell in love with other cultures and left the way of God. The family of the others rejected him and killed his family. He returned to his own culture (Delilah) and she sold him out for money. He was then captured by the enemy and enslaved and blinded. In the end he returned to God and killed his enemy. His story was meant to tell the Jews of those days to beware of taking on foreign ways and what?
Delilah means "One who uprooted or weakened or impoverished". Interesting. Samson was the last of the Judges. He was the leader of Israel. Delilah basically sold out her own people, she sold out her own countryman and lover for money. One may ask why she was with him in the first place. He was in charge, she didn't love him, she wanted what he had to offer. Power is an aphrodisiac to many.
Did Samson know that she didn't love him, probably. He didn't trust her and did not tell her the truth about his strength the first three times. It is possible that she asked him before or just after having sex. It does not say that Samson married Delilah, she was a booty call.
"Things fall apart, the center will not hold". Nations are destroyed from within. When your own people start selling out your country for personal gain, everybody loses. One must expect to have others attempt to take over your country, to destroy your self will and determination. They can rarely do that without help from within.
The United States is not being destroyed by illegal aliens, Iraq, Russia or China. We sold ourselves out. We indebted ourselves to China, they did not force us to buy from them. Our politicians sold us out to international banking and globalization. We turned on each other and took loans with no intention of paying them back, we have become a nation of corruption. We no longer keep our promises, we attempt to have others meet them for us.
If you live in a nation where everyone is out for themselves, it is simply a matter of time before you are destroyed. Strength is in sharing, in our relationship with one another as brethren, as being Americans. Our identification with each other as being in the same boat.
I might be a little under the weather; but, I hope some of my readers found this interesting. I did not know what I was going to write, I had asked a couple of people for some ideas. Then, I just started writing. After all the research and writing about the pension stuff I did not want to write anything really heavy, my research side needed a break.
It used to be that everyone who was a scholar knew the bible. It was a common language because of it's stories. They were so well known that they could be used to illustrate a point. One does not have to be Christian or Jewish to enjoy reading the bible. It is still a book and one that has been fairly popular over the years. It is very readable. I highly recommend to everyone to read it at least once all the way through.
When we read any book we should read it with an attempt to understand more than just the story. Every writer has a purpose beyond reciting what occurred. My youngest daughter writes very well, she is very good at saying something in such a way that other people can relate to the emotion she is attempting to bring out in the writer. That is not my strength, I believe I am good at making things accessible, taking terms of art and intricate thoughts and explaining them to non-experts.
This blog is clearly not for everyone. Most people could care less about the things I discuss. Quantum physics, public pensions, the bible and relationships. Having said that, I do try and make these subjects as amusing as I can. I thank my readers for being there. It gives me a reason to keep writing and I like writing. Thank you.
Anyways, staying home was tough too. It was 105 degrees, just hot and miserable. LOL, just got an e-mail. It turns out that they sprayed my office building for bugs, I guess it was an allergy. I am allergic to certain chemicals, it also affected my stomach and made it queasy.
My stomach is my weak part, I lived with cluster headaches, I live with arthritis. I didn't take anything for the headaches. Mostly because back then they didn't have anything that worked. I don't take anything for the arthritis because it was too hard on my stomach. Everybody has a weakness.
For some reason it made me think of Samson of the bible. It is another one of those stories that leaves out something. Samson meets Delilah and falls in love with her after having his intended bride married off to his best man by her father. Delilah is paid silver in order to get her to discover the secret of his great strength. She asks him and he says he will be weak is tied up with fresh bow strings. He wakes up to discover that she has done so and he snaps them off. She asks again and he says he will be weak if tied with new ropes. He wakes up to discover that she has done so and snaps them off. She asks him again and he says he will be weak if his hair is woven, he wakes up to discover she has done so and he unweaves his hair. She asks again and he says the secret to his strength is his hair. While he sleeps she cuts it off and he is captured by the bad guys who poke his eyes out and make him a slave.
Now, here is my question. Why did he tell her? He could not have been so dumb that he didn't understand what she was trying to do. Did he like being tied up and think it was a game? I should point out something, Samson's strength was not because of his hair. That is a myth. Samson had taken a Nazerite oath to God. No alcohol and to not cut his hair. He would have lost his strength if he had wine, his strength was taken for breaking his oath.
The Greek tragedies were all morality tales. In general they would use the stories of people to explain a moral and to explain a flaw, the stories were meant to show the benefits and consequences of being one way or another. I believe God uses people and nations in the same way. Samson's strength was in his keeping his word to God. His weakness was what?
At the end of the story, Samson is tied up and on display in a Philistine temple. His hair had grown back; but, his strength had not returned. He prays to God for the strength to avenge the loss of his eyes. God gave him the strength, he pulls down the pillars and kills all inside and dies with them.
Now I shall give the key to most characters in the bible. They often are real world representations of the times they live in. Consider the prophets. One was made to marry a whore to show what God thought of Israel at the time. In the time of Samson, God was delivering Israel from the Philistines.
Israel was supposed to separate itself from those around them. Instead they took up trading with them and some even married them. Samson's intended wife was a Philistine. The parents married her off to his best man. Delilah is a Hebrew name and therefore we can assume she was Jewish and not Philistine.
His story begins to take on meaning. He (representing Israel) fell in love with other cultures and left the way of God. The family of the others rejected him and killed his family. He returned to his own culture (Delilah) and she sold him out for money. He was then captured by the enemy and enslaved and blinded. In the end he returned to God and killed his enemy. His story was meant to tell the Jews of those days to beware of taking on foreign ways and what?
Delilah means "One who uprooted or weakened or impoverished". Interesting. Samson was the last of the Judges. He was the leader of Israel. Delilah basically sold out her own people, she sold out her own countryman and lover for money. One may ask why she was with him in the first place. He was in charge, she didn't love him, she wanted what he had to offer. Power is an aphrodisiac to many.
Did Samson know that she didn't love him, probably. He didn't trust her and did not tell her the truth about his strength the first three times. It is possible that she asked him before or just after having sex. It does not say that Samson married Delilah, she was a booty call.
"Things fall apart, the center will not hold". Nations are destroyed from within. When your own people start selling out your country for personal gain, everybody loses. One must expect to have others attempt to take over your country, to destroy your self will and determination. They can rarely do that without help from within.
The United States is not being destroyed by illegal aliens, Iraq, Russia or China. We sold ourselves out. We indebted ourselves to China, they did not force us to buy from them. Our politicians sold us out to international banking and globalization. We turned on each other and took loans with no intention of paying them back, we have become a nation of corruption. We no longer keep our promises, we attempt to have others meet them for us.
If you live in a nation where everyone is out for themselves, it is simply a matter of time before you are destroyed. Strength is in sharing, in our relationship with one another as brethren, as being Americans. Our identification with each other as being in the same boat.
I might be a little under the weather; but, I hope some of my readers found this interesting. I did not know what I was going to write, I had asked a couple of people for some ideas. Then, I just started writing. After all the research and writing about the pension stuff I did not want to write anything really heavy, my research side needed a break.
It used to be that everyone who was a scholar knew the bible. It was a common language because of it's stories. They were so well known that they could be used to illustrate a point. One does not have to be Christian or Jewish to enjoy reading the bible. It is still a book and one that has been fairly popular over the years. It is very readable. I highly recommend to everyone to read it at least once all the way through.
When we read any book we should read it with an attempt to understand more than just the story. Every writer has a purpose beyond reciting what occurred. My youngest daughter writes very well, she is very good at saying something in such a way that other people can relate to the emotion she is attempting to bring out in the writer. That is not my strength, I believe I am good at making things accessible, taking terms of art and intricate thoughts and explaining them to non-experts.
This blog is clearly not for everyone. Most people could care less about the things I discuss. Quantum physics, public pensions, the bible and relationships. Having said that, I do try and make these subjects as amusing as I can. I thank my readers for being there. It gives me a reason to keep writing and I like writing. Thank you.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Zuma Dogg
There is a blogger in Los Angeles, he gets most of the pension stuff; but, doesn't see it all. I hope he catches this blog, he will get the rest. Be well.
Lets talk about questionable things and relationships
Tonight I plan on giving some real nice detail about the impending Pensiongate. What happened in the City of Bell is nothing, the governments failure to pay their share for the pensions is nothing, nothing compared to the skulduggery.
Lets get down the cast of characters first.
First and foremost we have Elliot Broidy. He was not the biggest player; but, he got caught and decided to testify rather than go to jail. Things to remember, he sat on a public pension board, he has ties to Israel and was a co-founder of Markstone Capital. I want you to read the members of the management team at Markstone Capital and their background, mostly people who had Israeli ties.
Markstone's management team includes Mr. Dan Gillerman. Mr. Gillerman was an ambassador for Israel to the United Nations.
Then we have CIM Group. The link is to their website, I want you to read up about the three co-founders. We have Richard Ressler, Shaul Kuba (sorry that link was to the article where infamous gangster Eddie Nash said he sold his property to CIM Group because they wore him out) and Avi Shemesh.
Next we have Alfred Villalobos. Mr. Villalobos sat on the CalPers Board and was a Deputy Mayor in Los Angeles, he also lost quite a lot of money gambling in Las Vegas according to the Attorney General. Now if you read the article, you will notice that Mr. Villalobos' top client was Apollo Global Management.
The founder of Apollo was Leon Black. Mr. Black is one of the wealthiest men in the world and the son of Eli Black. You need to read the link to the Mr. Blacks. In 1975 the Securities and Exchange Commission for that Mr. Eli Black's United Brands Company had paid a $2.5 million dollar bribe to the Honduran president and Mr. Black, he jumped out a window and died.
I forgot something, I am getting old and feeble. I have, as the ex told me, lost my once formidable intellectual abilities. Please excuse this infirm old man. Richard Ressler, the guy from CIM Group. He is the brother in law of Mr. Leon Black.
Oh year, and we have Ares Management, which was co-founded by Anthony Ressler. I do hope you are finding this all sort of incestuous and sordid. Now lets talk about Sin City.
Apollo Management bought Harrah's the largest casino operation in the world. I used to be Diamond and usually stay at Harrah's properties. I may have to stay somewhere else. CIM bought the Lady Luck hotel and casino. CIM is working with the City of Las Vegas to rebuild the Lady Luck and assist in building a Mob Museum. I want to remind you that CIM is funded by public pensions. Why is my pension fund buying property from notorious murderers and building a Mob Museum?
Two things I forgot. Ressler used to work for Junk Bond King, Michael Milken. And this, the California State Retirement System CalSTRS and CalPers invested in Apollo Management's takeover of Harrahs. This occurred after Harrahs posted a $1.6 Billion loss. And remember, CIM Group is also funded by CalPers and CalStrs.
Now I want to tell you about a Law Firm. It is Fragner, Seifert, Pace and Winograd. It is a firm with some pretty impressive clients. Their founder is Matthew Fragner. He is the attorney for the CIM Group. Another attorney at the firm, Risa Winograd, has represented the California State Teacher's Retirement System, according to their website.
Wait a second, one attorney represented the retirement board that funded a company that is represented by the same office. That does not sound right, that could be seen as a conflict of interest. Perhaps someone in the State Bar that understands these things might look into that.
CIM Group, I just find them fascinating. Their Senior Vice President is a fellow named John Given. Mr. Given used to be on the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency and the Metropolitan Transit Authority. He must have heard quite a lot about planned developments. Perhaps that is why CIM always knew when a market was going to hit before it occurred. Just a thought. He is also a speaker at the Milken Institute.
Hey wait a second. I think that was founded by Junk Bond King Michael Milken, yes, it was. Eventually Mr. Milken was indicted and plead guilty to numerous crimes.
You may get glimmers of what lies behind all of this; but, I have not organized it well. I am just reading about where my pension fund money and the pension funds of other government employees has gone. By the way, deep within the Stimulus bill was something specifically written in for Harrah's. Your president signed the bill and then bad mouthed Las Vegas, how odd.
Our public pension funds have made billions for crooks. The politicians put questionable investors on our boards. They became "friends" with the employee board members, left the boards, created companies to advice the boards and made billions. Many of the investments were in Israel and failed. The investment advisers would sell the boards on investing in companies that their friends controlled and were paid finders fees.
The investments were often in Redevelopment projects which were government supported. They would get money from the Redevelopment Agencies. Hope you enjoyed seeing the people behind the public pension investments. How come Jerry Brown hasn't included this information?
Lets get down the cast of characters first.
First and foremost we have Elliot Broidy. He was not the biggest player; but, he got caught and decided to testify rather than go to jail. Things to remember, he sat on a public pension board, he has ties to Israel and was a co-founder of Markstone Capital. I want you to read the members of the management team at Markstone Capital and their background, mostly people who had Israeli ties.
Markstone's management team includes Mr. Dan Gillerman. Mr. Gillerman was an ambassador for Israel to the United Nations.
Then we have CIM Group. The link is to their website, I want you to read up about the three co-founders. We have Richard Ressler, Shaul Kuba (sorry that link was to the article where infamous gangster Eddie Nash said he sold his property to CIM Group because they wore him out) and Avi Shemesh.
Next we have Alfred Villalobos. Mr. Villalobos sat on the CalPers Board and was a Deputy Mayor in Los Angeles, he also lost quite a lot of money gambling in Las Vegas according to the Attorney General. Now if you read the article, you will notice that Mr. Villalobos' top client was Apollo Global Management.
The founder of Apollo was Leon Black. Mr. Black is one of the wealthiest men in the world and the son of Eli Black. You need to read the link to the Mr. Blacks. In 1975 the Securities and Exchange Commission for that Mr. Eli Black's United Brands Company had paid a $2.5 million dollar bribe to the Honduran president and Mr. Black, he jumped out a window and died.
I forgot something, I am getting old and feeble. I have, as the ex told me, lost my once formidable intellectual abilities. Please excuse this infirm old man. Richard Ressler, the guy from CIM Group. He is the brother in law of Mr. Leon Black.
Oh year, and we have Ares Management, which was co-founded by Anthony Ressler. I do hope you are finding this all sort of incestuous and sordid. Now lets talk about Sin City.
Apollo Management bought Harrah's the largest casino operation in the world. I used to be Diamond and usually stay at Harrah's properties. I may have to stay somewhere else. CIM bought the Lady Luck hotel and casino. CIM is working with the City of Las Vegas to rebuild the Lady Luck and assist in building a Mob Museum. I want to remind you that CIM is funded by public pensions. Why is my pension fund buying property from notorious murderers and building a Mob Museum?
Two things I forgot. Ressler used to work for Junk Bond King, Michael Milken. And this, the California State Retirement System CalSTRS and CalPers invested in Apollo Management's takeover of Harrahs. This occurred after Harrahs posted a $1.6 Billion loss. And remember, CIM Group is also funded by CalPers and CalStrs.
Now I want to tell you about a Law Firm. It is Fragner, Seifert, Pace and Winograd. It is a firm with some pretty impressive clients. Their founder is Matthew Fragner. He is the attorney for the CIM Group. Another attorney at the firm, Risa Winograd, has represented the California State Teacher's Retirement System, according to their website.
Wait a second, one attorney represented the retirement board that funded a company that is represented by the same office. That does not sound right, that could be seen as a conflict of interest. Perhaps someone in the State Bar that understands these things might look into that.
CIM Group, I just find them fascinating. Their Senior Vice President is a fellow named John Given. Mr. Given used to be on the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency and the Metropolitan Transit Authority. He must have heard quite a lot about planned developments. Perhaps that is why CIM always knew when a market was going to hit before it occurred. Just a thought. He is also a speaker at the Milken Institute.
Hey wait a second. I think that was founded by Junk Bond King Michael Milken, yes, it was. Eventually Mr. Milken was indicted and plead guilty to numerous crimes.
You may get glimmers of what lies behind all of this; but, I have not organized it well. I am just reading about where my pension fund money and the pension funds of other government employees has gone. By the way, deep within the Stimulus bill was something specifically written in for Harrah's. Your president signed the bill and then bad mouthed Las Vegas, how odd.
Our public pension funds have made billions for crooks. The politicians put questionable investors on our boards. They became "friends" with the employee board members, left the boards, created companies to advice the boards and made billions. Many of the investments were in Israel and failed. The investment advisers would sell the boards on investing in companies that their friends controlled and were paid finders fees.
The investments were often in Redevelopment projects which were government supported. They would get money from the Redevelopment Agencies. Hope you enjoyed seeing the people behind the public pension investments. How come Jerry Brown hasn't included this information?
Monday, August 23, 2010
What I won't write about
Too many conflicts are intentionally committed to lead people astray, distract them or convince them to make bad decisions. I won't get into a conversation about the mosque at "ground zero". It is a bunch of garbage designed to get people to accept the government having more control over religion. That is all it is. I won't get into long conversations about how the "illegal aliens" are responsible for every crime or problem.
I won't get into discussions on the blog about the BP oil spill. There is more than enough out there on it and everybody can see it is just to get us to stop using oil. The latest garbage about how we have withdrawn our fighting troops from Iraq is sufficiently silly that anyone can see we still have troops there and they will be fighting. The finger scanners at fitness gyms really speak for themselves and your loss of privacy.
The magician has nothing on politicians. Misdirection is there stock and trade. The mass media is just its tool. They post outrageous images and issues and then watch as we repeat them. It is all orchestrated.
Now, I will talk about things that are odd. This article for instance, it is about a copper scroll that was found along with the dead sea scrolls. It tells where treasure is hidden. Part of the treasure is perfumes and oil, the discussion is all over the gold and silver. It then talks about how they think it may be things taken from the temple in Jerusalem, that were hidden just before the temple was sacked by the Romans. Now let me tell you why this article is important.
The Israeli's have a place where all of the gold and silver things that went in the temple have been recreated. Here is what they don't know, what oils and spices and perfumes were used in the ceremonies. You see, the perfumes and oils were very important. Someone who attempted to use the wrong stuff before God was killed. He said he did not want unknown scents. On a few occasions God mentioned the pleasing smell. I would think knowing what the perfumes and oils were would be very important to the group that wants to rebuild the temple.
Oh yes, and I forgot. Remember earlier this year when an Ethiopian church said they were going to display the ark of the covenant? I posted about it. The following day they met with the pope and said they were going to wait because it wasn't time. They never said that they would wait forever.
What does Israel do if they find the needed oils and perfumes and then Ethiopia shows the ark? If they have absolutely everything they need to rebuild the third temple how do they not? How can they keep their national identity, as the jews, if they do not rebuild the temple? Their "right to the land" is based on their following the law, on being jews. How do they justify, to themselves, that they have anything in common if not their religious beliefs? You see the jews in Israel are Russian, Polish, French, Ethiopian and from everywhere else you can imagine.
I am not taking sides, it is just a fascinating question to me. They took Jerusalem from it's prior government. The justification was that it was their homeland. That God had given it to them. How do you then not rebuild his temple when you have everything you need? Their justification for being there at all is lost if they do not do what it is they were given to do? If they do not rebuild the temple their whole justification for taking any land from the Palestinians is gone. It is reduced to "we needed a place to stay so we took yours".
Israel's supporters have the same problem. They support them for being there because they believe it is their "promised land", yeah, well who promised it? If they don't say God they better have an even better explanation for taking a country away from people who did live there.
See, this little scroll is a problem. It is the last piece necessary to force this conversation amongst the Israelis. If you base your actions on a belief set or religion, eventually you have to face the hard questions. Believe me. In Texas-No-Limit we have a saying, "Are you all or are you all out". Where the rubber hits the road. The buck stops here. Where the Sxxx hits the fan. Put up or shut up. All say about the same thing.
I didn't both posting another link; but, in the dead sea scrolls they found the instructions and design of the temple. What happens in Israel as their people are confronted with the fact that they have everything to rebuild the temple and begin ceremonies? It is like the quantum physicist being confronted with unconnected things that are supposedly inanimate reacting to each other when unconnected.
I used to joke about what would happen if a Serial Killer found God. It was a edge question to see if people believed in salvation for the worst of us. I would explain that one was saved if their heart caused them to have a changed life, not becoming perfect, improving. I asked if a serial killer was saved and began killing less and less (serial killers are known for killing more and more until caught or killed), would he have a changed life? It was an extreme to test beliefs. The Kansas serial killer known as BTK did just that.
I found about BTK a couple of years ago, just before he reappeared. I determined he was different because his frequency decreased. I determined he was a church goer. Turns out he was, he was their Deacon. He wrote some of his files to the police on a computer that was owned by the church. He even took one of his victims and posed them for pictures in the church. He is a very disturbed and confused individual.
Good and evil are opposites. Sometimes opposites attract. While every victim of crime is to be felt sorry for, Nancy Fox stood out for me. As I read up on what BTK had done, that young lady just kicked me in the head. She had a backbone of steel, I mean she was one unafraid young lady. She made her way through the world by herself. I might add that she was quite a looker, very beautiful. She was killed by Dennis Rader, BTK, twit. My heart cries for all of his victim's; but, Nancy Fox always touched me on a personal and deep level.
When we read of tragedies we always end up finding one story the one that just strikes our heart. Miss Nancy Fox struck me and I kept reading about the case. I was not stuck by her death as much as I was struck by what a courageous lady she was. While the a-hole held a gun on her and said he was going to rape her, she asked to have a cigarette and get it over with as quickly as possible. All the people he killed were real people and their stories are stories of courage. Mrs. Wegerle fought with everything she had and the police suspected her husband for years. I pray for him and all of the people who died friends and loved ones.
Having said all that I have, Miss Nancy Fox was the person I most would have enjoyed getting to know. Every life is special and everybody has meaning. We choose what that meaning is and we choose what is important. We live with the consequences. Sometimes we cannot see the consequences in advance, we then have to live with our choices alone. That is the place where the proton must make a choice (prior post). The outcome is already determined, it is our choices that are not.
My brain is tired, it is bedtime. I did not finish this post; but, I will post it anyways. Be well and have a great week.
I won't get into discussions on the blog about the BP oil spill. There is more than enough out there on it and everybody can see it is just to get us to stop using oil. The latest garbage about how we have withdrawn our fighting troops from Iraq is sufficiently silly that anyone can see we still have troops there and they will be fighting. The finger scanners at fitness gyms really speak for themselves and your loss of privacy.
The magician has nothing on politicians. Misdirection is there stock and trade. The mass media is just its tool. They post outrageous images and issues and then watch as we repeat them. It is all orchestrated.
Now, I will talk about things that are odd. This article for instance, it is about a copper scroll that was found along with the dead sea scrolls. It tells where treasure is hidden. Part of the treasure is perfumes and oil, the discussion is all over the gold and silver. It then talks about how they think it may be things taken from the temple in Jerusalem, that were hidden just before the temple was sacked by the Romans. Now let me tell you why this article is important.
The Israeli's have a place where all of the gold and silver things that went in the temple have been recreated. Here is what they don't know, what oils and spices and perfumes were used in the ceremonies. You see, the perfumes and oils were very important. Someone who attempted to use the wrong stuff before God was killed. He said he did not want unknown scents. On a few occasions God mentioned the pleasing smell. I would think knowing what the perfumes and oils were would be very important to the group that wants to rebuild the temple.
Oh yes, and I forgot. Remember earlier this year when an Ethiopian church said they were going to display the ark of the covenant? I posted about it. The following day they met with the pope and said they were going to wait because it wasn't time. They never said that they would wait forever.
What does Israel do if they find the needed oils and perfumes and then Ethiopia shows the ark? If they have absolutely everything they need to rebuild the third temple how do they not? How can they keep their national identity, as the jews, if they do not rebuild the temple? Their "right to the land" is based on their following the law, on being jews. How do they justify, to themselves, that they have anything in common if not their religious beliefs? You see the jews in Israel are Russian, Polish, French, Ethiopian and from everywhere else you can imagine.
I am not taking sides, it is just a fascinating question to me. They took Jerusalem from it's prior government. The justification was that it was their homeland. That God had given it to them. How do you then not rebuild his temple when you have everything you need? Their justification for being there at all is lost if they do not do what it is they were given to do? If they do not rebuild the temple their whole justification for taking any land from the Palestinians is gone. It is reduced to "we needed a place to stay so we took yours".
Israel's supporters have the same problem. They support them for being there because they believe it is their "promised land", yeah, well who promised it? If they don't say God they better have an even better explanation for taking a country away from people who did live there.
See, this little scroll is a problem. It is the last piece necessary to force this conversation amongst the Israelis. If you base your actions on a belief set or religion, eventually you have to face the hard questions. Believe me. In Texas-No-Limit we have a saying, "Are you all or are you all out". Where the rubber hits the road. The buck stops here. Where the Sxxx hits the fan. Put up or shut up. All say about the same thing.
I didn't both posting another link; but, in the dead sea scrolls they found the instructions and design of the temple. What happens in Israel as their people are confronted with the fact that they have everything to rebuild the temple and begin ceremonies? It is like the quantum physicist being confronted with unconnected things that are supposedly inanimate reacting to each other when unconnected.
I used to joke about what would happen if a Serial Killer found God. It was a edge question to see if people believed in salvation for the worst of us. I would explain that one was saved if their heart caused them to have a changed life, not becoming perfect, improving. I asked if a serial killer was saved and began killing less and less (serial killers are known for killing more and more until caught or killed), would he have a changed life? It was an extreme to test beliefs. The Kansas serial killer known as BTK did just that.
I found about BTK a couple of years ago, just before he reappeared. I determined he was different because his frequency decreased. I determined he was a church goer. Turns out he was, he was their Deacon. He wrote some of his files to the police on a computer that was owned by the church. He even took one of his victims and posed them for pictures in the church. He is a very disturbed and confused individual.
Good and evil are opposites. Sometimes opposites attract. While every victim of crime is to be felt sorry for, Nancy Fox stood out for me. As I read up on what BTK had done, that young lady just kicked me in the head. She had a backbone of steel, I mean she was one unafraid young lady. She made her way through the world by herself. I might add that she was quite a looker, very beautiful. She was killed by Dennis Rader, BTK, twit. My heart cries for all of his victim's; but, Nancy Fox always touched me on a personal and deep level.
When we read of tragedies we always end up finding one story the one that just strikes our heart. Miss Nancy Fox struck me and I kept reading about the case. I was not stuck by her death as much as I was struck by what a courageous lady she was. While the a-hole held a gun on her and said he was going to rape her, she asked to have a cigarette and get it over with as quickly as possible. All the people he killed were real people and their stories are stories of courage. Mrs. Wegerle fought with everything she had and the police suspected her husband for years. I pray for him and all of the people who died friends and loved ones.
Having said all that I have, Miss Nancy Fox was the person I most would have enjoyed getting to know. Every life is special and everybody has meaning. We choose what that meaning is and we choose what is important. We live with the consequences. Sometimes we cannot see the consequences in advance, we then have to live with our choices alone. That is the place where the proton must make a choice (prior post). The outcome is already determined, it is our choices that are not.
My brain is tired, it is bedtime. I did not finish this post; but, I will post it anyways. Be well and have a great week.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Love is the drug
Love is a drug. Watch the video, have fun. I really like the girl on the right, watch her eyes.
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