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  • Sam Bankman-Fried: The End

    “The government has sought to turn Sam into some sort of villain, some sort of monster,” Cohen said. “It’s both wrong and unfair.”

    https://www.wired.com/live/sam-bankman-fried-sbf-ftx-trial-live-blog-verdict/

    Judge Kaplan is at times grotesque and being fearful of him is justified. At the same time, we should be grateful he is guarding that wall. Someone has to do it. But it is more about him earning the opportunity to be there. He is as good as it gets. He and others like him are the best we have.

    “This is not about complicated issues of cryptocurrency,” he said. “It’s about deception, it’s about lies, it’s about stealing, it’s about greed.”

    Same.

    “He spent his customers’ money, and he lied to them about it.”

    Again.

  • Evergreen

    This starts with Heather Graham and Sean Endsley. I received an email from Mr. Endsley, I think. I’ll get to that.

    The picture on the advertising post card is a house next to mine. It is an unusual neighborhood where people rarely move.

  • pcpfeiffer2

    Wow.

    I’m back but never left. Four years of Hostinger is now included here, as are all the years before that. It is a fresh start, but the past remains.

    1&1/Ionos made me an offer I couldn’t refuse–$12 and a domain name too, but only for a year. It is very fast. They do this, these companies. They have very enticing promos and then sock you with a renewal plan for three times the price. It is easier to start over. WordPress, for their part, has made it much easier to download and upload, and the database files are amazingly small. For me, 13 years of blog files are two databases of about 4-5MB each. And, the process now appears to include media uploads which was a bugaboo in the past.

    Above, the pic, is a gutter on my house. Enjoy!

  • Institutional Betrayal

    https://www.theringer.com/features/2017/11/6/16599528/brenda-tracy-advocate-against-college-football-rape-culture

    It is about a woman’s fight. Then she met Mel Tucker.

  • Whale

    10/9/25

    Links:

    https://insights.smartasset.com/family-trust-abrv?utm_source=pocket&utm_campaign=poc__falc_content_familytrustlite&utm_content=familytrustlite_grace_pencilsketch_hedline10

    trustee training Google search

    https://www.aba.com/training-events/online-training/duties-and-powers-of-trustee

    what are the main theories of autism Google search and AI mode

    file:///C:/Users/pcp/Downloads/REP%20Sent%20Email%20After%20Mother%20Passing-20251008T160836Z-1-001/REP%20Sent%20Email%20After%20Mother%20Passing/20240417-Mom_s%20Health-54931.pdf

    10/8/25

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KKrcaNWiOuxpAPhL0teDusqV6JMoDDgu?usp=drive_link

    4/2/25

    REP 4-2-25

    2/3/25

    Graduation

    It was around June or July or August of last year that Susan emailed and called, each a rarity in itself. I had only months ago but recently found out how and why I had been lied to for decades. My mother and only real, living relative had died. I hope she lived happily well into her 90’s. I reacted poorly.

    When at 64 years of age I finally set about pressing to find out about my family future I had one goal: no more stealing from my brother and sister. Every single pot, tool, computer, painting, file, personal item was taken. It was decades in the making. That is not doing the right thing and legal recourse is reserved for those who will not do the right thing on their own.

    Now the story comes to or toward an end–it is told below, at least from a concise, formal, legal or probate perspective. I could see it coming, I am relieved to get it out, but I am not glad I did it. When I was deposed by my brother, lurking from a hidden video feed, I knew I was right. It had to be done.

    Of course it still needs to be filled-in from the protagonist’s point of view, with records and documents. That may not happen; regardless, it will not change the story. That will not change what really happened.

    It had to be done because my parents deserve it. History cannot ignore the hegemony. Most narcissists mellow with age; those who do not can be dangerous. The warning is they bring others down with them. I owe that, the future, to my parents too.

    I have one more thing to do, plus a lot of smaller things: The Shyster Email. From 5/25/24, will remain private.

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  • Trump and Others

    https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2023/02/EX-PARTE-ORDER-OF-THE-JUDGE-2-16-2023-Report.pdf

    https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/1690/SPGJ–JURYS-FINAL-REPORT

    It is a new definition of peer. The 23 of them the first time thinks some of them lied. Make no mistake, Jack Smith will get convictions, but this one, the 10-day countdown is just starting.

    You can confess. You can plead. If you continue you will be eviscerated. And if you lie it will be worse.

    Meadows. Giuliani. Trump and the Secret Service. The crooked lawyers.

    Fulton County was 72% Biden in 2020.

  • Ukraine: the Counter Offensive

    Podcast Interview

    Q. We have been hearing about this counter offensive for months. Even Ukrainians are saying ‘Get on with it!’ What do you make of it?

    A. It is going on now. Russia is not making gains. They are fortifying, recruiting, and basically reorganizing–not a strong skill–the old, vast, and corruption-eaten stores of equipment. Civilians are being evacuated. Infighting, i.e., dismissals and complaints from the Wagner Group, seemingly the only actual, on the ground Russian warriors, are distracting. There is no way you can hide in plain sight, at least not a thousand miles or more of it. It is all a very wise distraction.

    Bitty attacks are appearing in the news–so a fraction of what is actually happening–but it is happening.

    No F-16s, but the quote going around is 98% of planned, requested, effective weapons are delivered. Soldiers are trained and familiar. At this point there is no evidence trenches, mines, or Russian equipment can match the Ukrainian force. This is of course not including the huge advantage the natives have over the oppressors–morale and all that comes with it, and geography too.

    Q. Why are you so certain it is not just a thing, or that it is, or will be, a big thing?

    This is Ukraine’s chance to rid themselves from Russia. Maybe not their only chance, but their best chance.

    Q. Will Ukraine succeed?

    Let’s go back to the objectives. The major one is to stop Russia from doing it again. Georgia, Moldova, the Baltic States, and certainly Finland and Sweden, are safer today than they were a year ago. For the rest of the democratic world it is a giant test market. Out with the old in with the new, all at the expense of Russia.

    Ukraine, in turn, wants the support. It is only securing its place in future, formal inclusion. Aside from the U.S., Ukraine has the strongest army in Europe (assuming Russia is not a part). It’s economy has huge potential both as a supplier and as a market. Ukraine is, as we watch, overcoming its corruption problem.

    They are succeeding in repelling Russia and protecting their country. As an example, F-16s, as with NATO, will come eventually–I am not attaching a date and it may take 10 years–as the integration becomes more complete.

    It may have been inconceivable that any country would

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  • America in 2023

    Just like Simon & Garfunkel, today I am writing about America. But I will be more specific: Americans.

    Things to watch and read are Ethan Crumbley parents, , the Murdaugh Family, and Theresa Felton Cain . A name to remember is Morgan Doughty.

    These are the worst times I have seen in my life and I am 63. Of course things are split between the haves and the have-nots. Some of the haves want more; some of the have-nots cannot survive.

    https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/oxford-school-shooting-ethan-crumbley-parents.html

    The first is about “the character of the Crumbleys” and “a pound of flesh.” I lived and went to high school and college, where I studied psychology and anthropology, in Michigan. I understand it a little.

    Living in a small house in Oakland, MI during Covid and winter while married with kids and trying to make a living is hard. I could never do it. Instead I am sitting here in Colorado receiving checks rather than writing them.

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  • The Line

    If you feel you have a legal right to enter my property, please explain it.

    It is one of those that takes a little longer or a little more experience. I experienced it and wrote about it around 20 years ago. I can barely remember. It was probably Comcast. You (they) think no one is watching. It is open space. I think gist was I caught someone redhanded. . And they tried to cover it up. But, the supervisor was super-responsive and somehow I ended up satisfied.

    At the time there was no fence. A pole climber could walk under the wires to the next pole and not bother me one bit. They always climb from the uphill side. The poles and wires are all over my uphill neighbors’ property. The road, for access, the closest, most direct path to the poles and the wires, is right in front of their homes.

    Little did I know that the promises are not long-lasting. And there is still CenturyLink and Xcel to deal with. Xcel is the worst and most frequent.

    There are a lot of clues from the trucks to the preliminaries to the work itself. The work itself is telegraphed too; this time it was with crampons, not a ladder; this enabled two at a time. I watched as they strapped them on and off, put a stap over their shoulders, grab all sorts of other “kit,” and trudge along a path that does not exist. I knew they would try/do it and I asked them to stop. Without even identifying themselves or the reason for the encroachment, they jingled and trudged on.

    The gear is like a weapon.

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  • My Lifeguard Week

    “When are we going to make love again?” Kelly (Kathleen Quinlan) asks Rick (Sam Elliott), the lifeguard.

    From there most people would probably think it is over.

    Of course it is a movie and it isn’t real. You may have seen parts before but like me you didn’t pay attention. It is perfect. It is part fantasy and mostly reality. It is just as real and not real now. I love coming of age movies.

    It makes me want to watch The Big Chill (1983).

    The ending is a surprise with an even happier or sadder outcome. That depends on your perspective. You may also look deeper, if you want to. You are free to choose.

    It has a “quiet philosophy of personal fulfillment” (link). Ratings on Amazon Prime are huge.

    From the movie Lifeguard (1976). Sung by Dale Menten. Words and music by Paul Williams.

    “Put it in a loop,” I read somewhere, maybe even here. If you look a little closer at the whole review on the site, there’s another great line by author Heath Holland: “I love how easy it is to watch.”

    Here it is in HD. And another reviewer who cannot stop.

    It is the story of Rick–Sam Elliott better than you have ever seen him before–as a very lucky guy. It is the Me Generation and all the characters are all exactly who they want to be, from the kids ripping bathing suits off young women in the surf to Cathy, Rick’s most prominent girlfriend, who is into the dollars and status. Sometimes it is so sappy it makes you realize the seriousness just the same. They are so real it is hard to believe they are made-up and from a time almost 50 years ago.

    The original screenplay, direction, and music are all excellent. My God, Southern California, the beach, Porsches, and beautiful women and men. You are there and living in a different time too.

    The plot, I won’t spoil it and there are not many ways to do that anyway given its simplicity. “Look man, will you just shut up!… Why don’t you just take that one, man, it goes with the suit!” I’m getting over the endless loop. Ms. Quinlan steals it, and as yet another reviewer failed to conclude, it isn’t about sex or whether she is 17 or 18 years old in the movie. It is all so simple–so easy to watch. There is nothing and everything deeper than what you see. Everyone knew exactly what they were doing, they just didn’t know why.

    Now I do. Watch it and you will too.

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