Clearly - this is not a good solution - but I think it shows how things can go out of control way too fast - and I sense that as James Shields had started a GoFundMe page asking for $30,000 money had something to do with it. In other words - he was trying to spend his way out of the problem - which is not a good long-term plan for anyone who has gotten Divorced knows.
All of that aside, this ended the life of many involved with Mr Shields and one may be led to wonder why or how everyone was blindsided so tragically by his deterioration.
Not that I ever doubted it - but apparently many within Academe have downplayed this idea in the recent past. And of course it manifests itself in many different ways depending on where you are. This fellow had to apologize as he had said in 2013 not to worry. I think that waiting until the trend was well and truly established was quite brave of him - plus 5 yrs is not a bad for such a forecast!
This week was a bad one for FANG as FB dropped 20% immediately after the market closed on Wednesday once it was disclosed that Headcount was up 47% in the Quarter and Cash-Flow was down 20%. All of "strum und drang" is in the wake of further evidence that Conservative Opinion and FaceBook/Twitter/Youtube viewers are being increasingly repressed, shutdown and marginalized. [Even Alex Jones of Infowars was outrageously effected!]
Happily the fever also spread to others including the primary ire of my rage TWTR (but not GOOG who seems to be insulated from this rage - so far).
To mark this return to reality for these gravity-defying Social Media stocks and in honour of all the remarkable Conservative/Libertarian personalities and viewpoints have been banned, taken off-line or threatened with unemployment I posted this (Jan 2018) YouTube video on my Twitter account. Of course its producer @BakedAlaska has been "disappeared" from the service a long time ago - as have many others.
I will be moving to Gab.ai in next few days - and I hope others do as well. As hard a habit it is to shed - we can not be complicit in our own silencing - and dropping off Twitter and FaceBook (I committed full FaceBook Seppiku in Dec 2017) is necessary to make them feel it.
And the Conservative Purge has not stopped there. Recently Faith Goldy (who just announced that she will be running for Toronto Mayor) and RedIceTV have been banned by from receiving payments by PayPal.
I have been on a bit of tear listening to Owen Benjamin over the last few days and just thought I would include a few of his inspired comedy cover tunes.
First Day of my Life
Miss America Song
Government ShutDown Song
The Portland Song
John Lennon's "Gun Control"
Justin Trudeau "It's Time" Peoplekind
Wish you were Queer
The Ballad of Soyboy
Jane Bond 0077
including this hit that he did right after Tommy Robinson was jailed
I saw this quote from Dr Jordan Peterson recently and thought it was right on. He was quoting an article that had covered many of the lazy news media attacks on his work - which has been substantial - not unlike practically ever TV/Radio interview he has given for the last 18mths. It explains alot of his popularity - that he is able to "game, set match" many of the faux intellectuals he faces in these interviews. From their questions it seems that many have not actually read his book (some even admit as much in Reviews!) or they clearly have no grasped what he is talking about.
But more revealing and damaging for the media is how completely intellectually bankrupt the truly are - many have no deep knowledge on anything - and many are just throwing off simplistic, solipsistic pop culture yet imply they are somehow Public Intellectuals.
They are barely News Readers for God's sake!
Here is most recent discussion with popular YouTuber Joe Rogan on the topic.
Clearly the cop was over-reacting (seemed to be alone which is risky) and although I think he was in the wrong - and truly could not have been more cooperative - I can see how his quick reply's/actions may have been un-nerving to the cop - especially where we know they are being trained to treat VIRTUALLY ANY action as hostile. This is reinforced by the I would say by the very unsympathetic media portrayal there are facing which just makes them ornery.
Here is body-cam footage of the encounter.
And here is the visit to the Chief of Police to discuss his complaint.
