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Ted

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Given all the wisdom recently espoused about sexual relationships here at the ESMB philosophical watering hole, I am reminded of this bit of financial advice from an old dude who had been around the block a few times:


"If it flies, floats, or fucks...

"Rent it!"
 
Hatshepsut

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Ted said:
Given all the wisdom recently espoused about sexual relationships here at the ESMB philosophical watering hole, I am reminded of this bit of financial advice from an old dude who had been around the block a few times:


"If it flies, floats, or fucks...

"Rent it!"
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Another bit of financial advice...
Never transfer your assets into another's name unless you're absolutely SURE you won't live to need it.:duh:
 
afaceinthecrowd

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Ted said:
He didn't buy it; he didn't rent it. In true politician fashion, he attempted to get away with it scot-free.
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During the time of this little sordid affair I had a daughter that was on a summer internship with a politico.

I assure you that if my daughter had been in Monica’s shoes (or dress) I’d of had few words for the sumbitch…man to misogynist.:yes:

Preying on youth is sick...whether it be WJC or El Ron.:angry:

Face:)
 
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(Thanks to those of you who have expressed interest, here's the next part of this story):

I arrived at the Miami org, and right away I was impressed with the number of staff, the number of HGC auditors, and the personnel in Qual, particularly qual sec Jed McCord and Intern Sup John Gludovatz. Very professional, very friendly, very real in their communications. Eventually there were several dozen outer org auditor trainees. Among them was John Magerowski from Boston, a great guy. John and I became fast friends, and wound up paired as "twins" throughout our training. John and I were, from start to finish, steps ahead of all the other students and interns, so that worked out very well for both both of us.
I wound up being the "I/C" or "In-charge", of the outer org students, which was a lively and eclectic bunch. I recall a party that was ran late in the org, past the point at which I was turning in for the night, when we all had to be in the course room the next morning, and the noise and music was keeping me awake. There must have been 40 or so students dancing and partying. I walked back in and sent everyone home to their dorm rooms to be "studentable" (and so I could sleep). It was so cute, all these kids- teenagers and early 20's for the most part, streaming out past me, thanking me for "Keeping their ethics in", I felt like I was their dad or something:) .

It was an interesting crew of students, for sure. Some were just not capable of grasping the materials for whatever reason. I remember one girl student, sitting in the course room, always staring into space, no clue. One day, without pointing at her or stating her name, I just looked at the course sup, "Cuch" Figeroa, when he drifted over to me, and asked him "What is she doing here?" Knowing Cuch would have to know who I meant. He did. There was a guy from the Atlanta org, who, had a frustrated look on his face that said "What the F__k is this?" pretty much all the time. Finally, one day, he was sent to qual, where he was instructed to write down a list of everything he had a question about, everything he didn't understand. I saw the list while I was doing my internship. It was a very long list. One of his questions was "If I'm a class III auditor, how come I'm so dumb?" I could see where the intern sup had written in red, underneath that line, "Good question".:duh:

Obviously, this was the result of a "stat push" to fulfill unrealistic quotas forced on each org, and so in desperation (or perhaps annoyance), there were instances where in order to "comply with command intention", some orgs sent some untrainable "students".
Having risen to the top of that crop (intern sup John Gludovatz had declared me to be the top trainee of the group), I was frequently asked to act as review auditor for the "flat ball bearings", the public and student PC's that hadn't done well with their HGC or student auditors. I relished the challenge, and enjoyed accomplishing my goal to achieve that position.
There was one trainee from the Boston org, who had an inappropriate interest in me, and found no shortage of bad excuses to get my attention. The most outstanding time was when she tapped me on the shoulder in the course room, and spoke a "deadly serious" tone. She had a tiny speck of paper in her hand. She pushed in in my face and said "Dexter. do you recognize this?" (As though she was interrogating me in a dark room with a floodlight over my head). It turned out that she had taken it upon herself to get hold of the folder of the preclear I was auditing, in which I'd noted on the program sheet, as is proper form, what that preclear was voicing while the e-meter was registering a particular phenomena called a "rock slam", which is evidence of a bad intention. It gets noted for future case handling. She had failed to grasp that point, and had actually torn this off of the sheet to tell me that it was wrong of me to have written that in the folder, because, she claimed it could act to "3rd party", i.e. slander, that preclear. With a combination of annoyance and resignation, I walked her over to where the technical reference was that covered this situation, and told her to go tape that sliver of paper back onto the program sheet. For whatever reason, she continued to find ways to impinge on me. Some time later, I was asked by the case supervisor to audit her after she'd chewed up a couple of the org's HGC auditors, and nobody else wanted to deal with her. (footnote: even after that, a year or two later, she somehow managed yet another repeat performance. I'd been back in New York as Lead HGC auditor when she was sent there to do an internship as a case supervisor, got hold of my PC's folder, and abused her authority as acting Case Supervisor to suspend my certification as an auditor on the basis that she was unable to read my handwriting-not even on anything that occurred in the actual session, but on my notation of the preclear's meter read upon checking for basal metabolism- a mind-boggling example of nitpicking, and overreacting in biblical proportions).:grouch:

more to follow...

Love, Dex
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Good stuff, Dex...keep it comin'.:thumbsup:

Friends come and go but an enemy lasts a lifetime.:yes:

On the "Welcome to the Flag Internship" tape, circa early '70's, El Ron said that the difference in Flag auditing standards and every where else was that at Flag a comma out of place on a worksheet was a High Crime. Whatta buncha crap...and I bought it.:melodramatic:
 
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This for you guys and gals with money in the stock market . . either directly or via mutual funds.

full article at: http://www.zerohedge.com/article/insider-selling-buying-surpasses-1400-1

Insider Selling To Buying Surpasses 1,400-1
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/27/2010 09:56 -0500

For all those who thought last week's "dramatic" improvement in the ratio of insider selling to buying from 650:1 to "just" 290:1 was a sign things are turning and insiders may soon be selling only 100 or so times more stock per week than buying, we have some bad news. According to Bloomberg, the latest ratio of insider selling to buying was 1,411 to 1. Let us repeat: 1,411 to 1. Needless to say, corporate insiders are totally buying the Fed reflation story, and the economic recovery. Like, totally.
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For other commentary on this issue, and a recommendation to get the hell out of the way of the oncoming meltdown . . . see:
Insider selling of corporate stock by executives within the firm has been massive, hitting historical record levels. In September, the ratio of sellers to buyers saw a dramatic improvement from 650:1 to just 290:1 in a sign of working out of a drastic condition. Not so! The ratios two months ago were bad. They have gone viral. According to Bloomberg, the data from the last week of September showed a ratio of insider sellers to buyers jumping to 1411:1, defying claims of any improvement in the business climate. Corporate insiders are totally rejecting the USFed reflation story, and the USGovt economic recovery story. Quite a loud statement indeed!! In the first week of October, the insider sell ratio was worse, as it doubled to 2341:1, raising alarm and sounding bells. The Wall Street conmen and CNBC carnival barkers clowns still demand the public investment money. In the latest reported week, corporate executive insiders sold a combined $200 million in stock in the last week alone. Oracle insider sales of $223 million made up the bulk of the effect in the previous week. Insiders seem eager to dump shares, to say the least. They took advantage of the PPTeam juice and the USFed Printing Pre$$ to dump shares. Brass from only two firms did find value. Insider buying in two companies last week of General Dynamics and Best Buy stock accounted for a whopping total of $177 thousand. Corresponding sales amounted to $414 million. Something ugly this way comes, especially if and when the official props are discontinued. See the Zero Hedge article
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RogerB

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Here is an address to the absolutely scandalous fraud that has gone on to cause the mortgage melt down we are experiencing . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3JTPzW3xmg&feature=player_embedded

Just a little info as an indication of the extent of the mess:

Bank of America has $2.3 trillion in total assets but $1 trillion in its credit portfolio, most of which is real estate related. If only 15% of the portfolio is written off, that would eliminate their entire $150 billion market capitalization. Bear in mind that due to FASB rules, the balance sheet accounting is heavily exaggerated. For realism try at minimum 30% for $300 billion in writeoffs and a true BOA market cap yesterday of zero.

Bank of America was caught foreclosing homes and seizing properties that they do not own and do not hold title. In some cases, they foreclosed on homes owned free & clear without loans attached. Charlie and Maria Cardoso lost their retirement home in sunny Florida. There was just one minor detail & the Cardosa couple owned the home free & clear. Bank of America had no mortgage on the home. Now Bank of America is being sued for $500 thousand. Line them up.
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And this bit really spells out the consequences:
Intrepid gold community fearless leader Jim Sinclair pitched in with stern words. He does not mince words, and rarely are this champion's words off the target. He said, "Racketeering lawsuits (RICO), now as civil class action suits in two states, have hit the nail on the head. The civil suit says the banks do not have proper title to the homes on which they are foreclosing. This by direct inference questions if securitized debt on mortgages have real collateral behind them. Simply stated a long time ago by Marie McDonnell and myself, THEY DO NOT. That means legacy assets are cooked, dead, and worthless, yet are now marked up in value to cost and above. This is all thanks to FASB's capitulation that now represents a large amount of capital for the Western world's financial entities. It hit the fan today for those that understand. October 4th 2010, the essence of securitized debt on mortgages died!"
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Hatshepsut

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I love Sam Cook. He did not live long. Murdered outside in a bar parking lot or something. I know they still have these roadwork crews in Florida.
When I was 17 I left Ohio in the company of my girlfriend and her older beau. No one knew where we went for months. Her parents finding her at 15 and 7 months pregnant by the 33 yr old had him arrested under the Mann act. So for that and drug charges he was put on the chain gang in his home state of Louisiana in 73. So the tradition seems to be revived now and then.
 
purple haze

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Gary, I am NOT licensed in the state of California, but I have my Masters of
Social Work with my concentration in Mental Health. I am NOT "a licensed Psychologist and Marriage and Pre Marriage counselor". I AM a certified Match Maker from NYC [twice].

I do not dance crazy = it's called free form dancing. I incorporate Hawaiian Hula, Japanese bon dance, Tai chi, etc etc.

Happy we had a great time!:happydance:
 
Hatshepsut

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You gotta feel the music
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lkwdblds

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The first two corrections I accept, the 3rd........

purple haze said:
Gary, I am NOT licensed in the state of California, but I have my Masters of
Social Work with my concentration in Mental Health. I am NOT "a licensed Psychologist and Marriage and Pre Marriage counselor". I AM a certified Match Maker from NYC [twice].

I do not dance crazy = it's called free form dancing. I incorporate Hawaiian Hula, Japanese bon dance, Tai chi, etc etc.

Happy we had a great time!:happydance:
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On the first two items I stand fully corrected! On the dancing, you call it free form dancing incorporating Hula, Japanese bon dance, Tai Chi, etc. etc., fair enough, I will make note of that but to me it still looked crazy, not crazy as being in a "nut house" but crazy in the sense that it was very wild and did not appear to be structured. I saw it as a whirlwind of energy. There was this tremendous energy similar to those funnel shape whirlwinds which uplift houses. Anyway, Candy, you easily stole the show as the best and most passionate dancer. Johnny, as always, executed very deft dance moves, he is very good, then Lorinda really knows how to shake it, Edey dances very well as does Kevin and then I am the worst dancer by far. Once in a while, if there is a real strong rhythm, I can really feel the beat. and I can be half way decent

DANCING IN GERMANY Way back in 1967 I took a trip to Germany and went in to a place called the RIver Boat Salon in West Berlin. I was 27 and was a fairly decent dancer at that time for an American. I began to dance at the club in Berlin and the Germans were all very stiff and did not feel the beat. Their hand movements were stiff and robot like. In astonishment, I observed that I was the best dancer on the floor out of about 40 people. It was so empowering to excel at dancing when back home I was at best average and sometimes below average at it.
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