Gyroscopic Investing

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 4:19 pm Do you operate black sites? Ahh fuck it, it sounds good either way.

Not anymore. Sold in 2015. We had about 2 dozen guys in the sandbox at any one time. Air and ground.

Funny, I just noticed that my last non-compete fell off earlier this year. I do like to compete

That stuff sounds too nice for me to have played with. Ravens and preds only for this guy.

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 5:38 pm That stuff sounds too nice for me to have played with. Ravens and preds only for this guy.

Those were beautiful birds. We did a couple of test mounts on their hard points, but it was never practical.

Joking aside, are we getting close to the point where we will read daily pieces about a mass exodus of police officers to private security?

Just had a discussion tonight with a detective with a local university. He is thinking of leaving his position due to his belief that the state will be taking away qualified immunity for those in law enforcement.

Vinny

I don't know about police officers shifting to new jobs, but there is a huge spike in police officers suddenly deciding to retire:

https://nypost.com/2020/07/08/nypd-limi ... this-week/

WiseOne wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:08 pm I don't know about police officers shifting to new jobs, but there is a huge spike in police officers suddenly deciding to retire:

https://nypost.com/2020/07/08/nypd-limi ... this-week/

Yeah, I saw something similar.

Looting is reparations': BLM protesters gather outside Chicago PD in support of looters who ransacked city Sunday night, as organizer claims 'anything they wanted to take, they can take because these businesses have insurance.’

Ok then.

Do people making these statements know how insurance works - the concept of deductibles and premiums?

I heard the same thing when the looting/riots happened in the Seattle area. Like somehow no harm is done because the business owners may have insurance.

Kramer: It's a write-off for them. These big companies, they just write everything off.

Jerry: Write it off /what/? You don't even know what a write-off is!

Kramer: But they do. And they're the ones writing it off.

drumminj wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:47 pm Do people making these statements know how insurance works - the concept of deductibles and premiums?

I heard the same thing when the looting/riots happened in the Seattle area. Like somehow no harm is done because the business owners may have insurance.

Math is racist, so obviously insurance is also racist.

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:35 pm Looting is reparations': BLM protesters gather outside Chicago PD in support of looters who ransacked city Sunday night, as organizer claims 'anything they wanted to take, they can take because these businesses have insurance.’

Ok then.

I saw that next to an article about local black Chicagoans telling BLM protestors to get lost.

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:57 am

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:35 pm Looting is reparations': BLM protesters gather outside Chicago PD in support of looters who ransacked city Sunday night, as organizer claims 'anything they wanted to take, they can take because these businesses have insurance.’

Ok then.

I saw that next to an article about local black Chicagoans telling BLM protestors to get lost.

https://babylonbee.com/news/riotous-blm ... ack-people

Who knows what is actually in people's heads....

There was a fascinating thread on NextDoor, in which people wrote in bemoaning the increase in my neighborhood in crime, graffiti, groups of people shooting up drugs & playing loud music at 2 am, etc. There was a post to the effect that it was all Trump's fault.

I wrote in pointing out that the mayor and council of this city have far more responsibility for this state of affairs than Trump possibly could, given who actually is in charge here. The responses were hysterical. Entirely consistent with people who firmly believe that 2 + 2 does not equal 4. Here's one of my favorites:

The three examples you gave (bail reform, ending broken windows, not keeping as many people in Rikers) are not making our city worse. They're stopping our city from disproportionately punishing poor people and/or people of color.

There are a lot of mistakes De Blasio has made, and I'm not exactly a fan of his, but police, prison, and bail reform all help to protect ALL members of our our community rather than just a chosen few.

I did not bother responding...though I would like to ask just how these measures are protecting us, and how these people would explain the runup in crime. Well I already had the answer to that last one...see above.

If these are the people who are dominating in NYC elections, then geez....our city really is doomed. The good news is that my neighborhood is faring much better than neighborhoods like the Upper West Side, and I heard that was true in the 1980s as well.

WiseOne wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:10 am The responses were hysterical.

I’ve been quietly talking politics with neighbors — email not NextDoor — and we were surprised to learn we’re on the same page. I just had to make the first move. It kind of grew organically from a conversation about “is the trash ever going to get picked up?” This is a block where a number of my neighbors shined their flashlights into the sky for the number of seconds that G.Floyd had a knee on his neck, so i was initially hesitant.

Bill O'Reilly explains the George Soros' connection to Black Lives Matter, as well as the organization's shady fundraising practices.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61do-MF ... e=youtu.be

A fascinating look at the ongoing revolution:
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/arti ... evolution/

Simonjester wrote:
good article !

Xan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:36 pm A fascinating look at the ongoing revolution:
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/arti ... evolution/

Overall a good article from a first quick read, except for this, which is clearly incorrect:
"Unlike Mao’s campaign, which lasted from 1966 to 1976, our revolution hasn’t been engineered from the top down."

George Soros and the rest of the globalist elites have been working toward this revolution for decades. They have decided now is the time.
I hope they are wrong, or the world will descend into darkness.

Xan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:36 pm A fascinating look at the ongoing revolution:
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/arti ... evolution/

"All the while, armchair lynch mobs have continued to claim the scalps of those who veer from or merely stumble on the path to social-justice enlightenment. It is the full-time job of any American with a public presence to bow down before the identity cult."

Yep

and for WiseOne:

" As for the public, 62 percent of all Americans, according to a poll by the CATO Institute, now say they’re afraid to voice their political views lest they be punished professionally."

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:45 pm " As for the public, 62 percent of all Americans, according to a poll by the CATO Institute, now say they’re afraid to voice their political views lest they be punished professionally."

Wow, that's higher than I thought. Not because I didn't believe that unapproved thoughts could lead to being fired or sanctioned, but due to the finding that 62% of Americans actually have those unapproved thoughts. That is cause for celebration!

Of course it goes without saying that those of us who live below our means, save a substantial portion of our income, and invest in the PP have an excellent form of protection that the vast majority of that 62% don't: financial independence. This is why I'm as free with my ideas on this forum as I am. If someone at my workplace finds out about this forum and links it to me, the worst that will happen is that I will say the following two magic words: "I quit." It is incredibly important to be able to say those words at need, even if you have no definite plans to do so.

WiseOne wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:22 am

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:45 pm " As for the public, 62 percent of all Americans, according to a poll by the CATO Institute, now say they’re afraid to voice their political views lest they be punished professionally."

Wow, that's higher than I thought. Not because I didn't believe that unapproved thoughts could lead to being fired or sanctioned, but due to the finding that 62% of Americans actually have those unapproved thoughts. That is cause for celebration!

Of course it goes without saying that those of us who live below our means, save a substantial portion of our income, and invest in the PP have an excellent form of protection that the vast majority of that 62% don't: financial independence. This is why I'm as free with my ideas on this forum as I am. If someone at my workplace finds out about this forum and links it to me, the worst that will happen is that I will say the following two magic words: "I quit." It is incredibly important to be able to say those words at need, even if you have no definite plans to do so.

Yes, having an adequate amount of FU money is very liberating.

I found that out in 2010 when I was working at a megacorp and found out that I was going to subjected to an arbitrary firing that had to be meted out to 10% of the workforce every year. My manager hated doing that but otherwise it would be his scalp. I cheered him up a bit by saying "I'll resign instead. That way you can get credit for my leaving without having to fire me."

In fact he changed his career path soon thereafter, going from manager to "individual contributor", I suspect largely because of that arbitrary rule.

Well, Well, Well..
I guess the Police are not enough for scared citizens.
Some of these areas are Looking more like places in the 3rd World.

Mercenaries from Iconic Global USA are on the streets of Seattle, Washington to stop any riots

https://youtu.be/vD4j-CRuiFI

shekels wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:52 am Well, Well, Well..
I guess the Police are not enough for scared citizens.
Some of these areas are Looking more like places in the 3rd World.

Mercenaries from Iconic Global USA are on the streets of Seattle, Washington to stop any riots

https://youtu.be/vD4j-CRuiFI

How can I buy stock in mercenaries?

P.S.

Protestor: Help, my rights have been violated by mercenaries!
Police: Sorry, man, you defunded us. We don't have the manpower to do anything about it.

Simonjester wrote:
lmao...

BLM mob demands white people move out of their houses and give their homes to black people....

https://twitter.com/i/status/1294076760078684160

They apparently think the people in these houses work for Amazon and they don't like Jeff Bezos very much. Interesting since he's a big BLM supporter.