Tag: jail mode
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What is a reporter for?
Matt Taibbi is following all the bad rules of “journalism”, which are the same as the rules of Deepstate. Protect sources above all. Never reveal anything that your source doesn’t want to reveal. Well then, what the fuck is your PURPOSE? You’re not reporting, you’re just an unpaid (or maybe paid) part of Deepstate. You’re…
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Mercy for orphans
Sammy’s got a Substack now, opened just a few hours ago. In his first post he puts out some carefully lawyered-up caveats, and then bashes the bankruptcy CEO for not undoing Sammy’s crimes fast enough. Later: Various discussers are trying to figure out Sammy’s motives. At least one lawyer has already given up on him,…
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Not woke, just literati
Kurt Mahlburg at MercatorNet is complaining about woke dictionaries. In 2020, Merriam-Webster infamously updated its entry for female to include “having a gender identity that is the opposite of male”. Now the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary has gone one better: in addition to being “an adult female human being”, a woman is now…
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New thought on experiential lessons
Shkreli’s advice to Sammy got me thinking again about my 1969 jail experience and the BIG lessons learned. I kept the lessons about basic human nature, but I lost the lesson about government. (I restored the lesson much later after throwing away the TV.) Questions: 1. How did I lose it? 2. Why was this…
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Advice for Sammy
Shkreli gives excellent advice to Sammy. First plead guilty and sing, though it’s already too late for the full effect of confessing. Then try to form a more masculine front for prison. Shkreli gets down and dirty in this department around 27 minutes. “He is an effeminate guy, and his demeanor is not the sort…
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Year-end shit
Not in a mood for a year-end or Xmas piece. I’ll repeat 2020’s piece, which still holds true, then add one vaguely quasi-semi-hemi-demi-positivishesque note. = = = = = START REPRINT: Guess I should continue the habit of doing a year-end dump. Not worth it this time. 2020 needs to be thrown away and skipped,…
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Gangsters take care of their own
Sammy has been released on bail IN THE CUSTODY OF HIS PARENTS. This is like releasing Thomas Gambino to the custody of Carlo. Looking up more about Thomas, the parallel is strong. Thomas played the Effective Altruism game to the hilt. Got a college education and engaged in massive “philanthropy” while stealing and killing. =…
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Works wonders
Via Reuters: After two days in a real Bahamas jail, Sammy has decided to let US extradite him. Jail works wonders on spoiled brats. A real threat of punishment also works wonders on young professional criminals like Sammy who are accustomed to bullying and cheating through all obstacles. Reminds me of my experience on the…
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Spoiled brat
Supposedly Sam’s lawyers tried to prevent his arrest and jailing by pleading vegan and ADHD. He won’t be able to get his chosen diet in jail, and he shouldn’t be jailed because he needs his Adderall or whatever. Fortunately the Bahamas authorities didn’t listen. A couple weeks in a REAL jail might do him a…
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Great interview on economics
Another great interview. Elliott explains macroeconomics in a truly understandable way. His approach should be used in textbooks. The prison analogy is strictly accurate. Been there, done that.
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Wrong kind of flail
Vox discusses Elon’s first week and completely misses the point. Not surprising considering the idiotic source. Vox thinks Elon is incompetently flipflopping because he doesn’t know what he wants. It is sad to see @elonmusk expunge and drive away so much talent at @Twitter and push safety aside. He is totally flailing and causing way…
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Superstition
Just adding one empty item to get past a superstitious number in the count of published items. = = = = = Later adding a random thought so it’s not quite — THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK — When I got word that the courseware was due for a new edition, my first step was…
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Reprint on jail and jobs
First written 11/1/17, linked in previous item, worth a reprint. = = = = = START REPRINT: An article in Aeon starts with an excellent and evocative question: Should life in jail be worse than outside, on principle? Author Chris Barker is a prof at a small POST-Christian college (Methodist) in Winfield. You don’t see…
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Parkinson, not cheating
Via UncommonDescent, suspicion falls on the work of a Nobel-winner in genetics. Several research articles co-authored by Nobel-prizewinning geneticist Gregg Semenza are being investigated by publishers after internet sleuths raised concerns about the integrity of images in the papers. Journals have already retracted, corrected or expressed concerns about 17 papers over the past decade, and…
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Would be nice…
Latest from Kirn: Someday creativity, free speech, civil liberties, peace, prosperity, and a balanced respect for tradition and exploration will not be assailed as “extreme” positions. The Boy Scout in me hopes that a more open Twitter will help in this process. I think it might. I think it won’t. This is one of the…
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