FINANCIAL: Dealerships Give Car Buyers Some Advice: Just Stop Paying Your Loan – WSJ

Monday, February 17, 2020

The trade-in, where a buyer hands a car back to a dealership and uses it as credit toward another one, is often a crucial step in car buying. But some dealerships are instead telling buyers to give their old cars back to their lenders—and selling them new ones—in a practice known as “kicking the trade.”

Source: Dealerships Give Car Buyers Some Advice: Just Stop Paying Your Loan – WSJ

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This seems dishonest by both the dealer and the borrower.

Like the sub-prime mortgage fiasco, the banks are letting the “originator” off the hook.

The fix is easy.  Make the originator responsible — both jointly and severally — for the loan when and if it defaults.

Problem solved.

Be it any kind of loan, everyone needs to have skin in the game!

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A Hunt for Clues in Hawaii After a Tourist Couple Falls Ill With Coronavirus – Internewscast

Sunday, February 16, 2020

Aubree Gordon, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan, said she agreed with Hawaiian health officials that people who had traveled with the man were at greatest risk, though anyone who touched surfaces shortly after he did — such as a faucet or toilet handle — could also be at risk.

Source: A Hunt for Clues in Hawaii After a Tourist Couple Falls Ill With Coronavirus – Internewscast

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Sounds like avoid people and don’t touch anything.

Maybe germaphobes like Howie Mandel are the smart ones?

Us introverts have an advantage in we don’t like people.

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INTERESTING: Is Political Change Coming To China?

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Authored by Yuen Yuen Ang via Project Syndicate, In contemporary China, profound political transformation can – and has – taken place in the absence of regime change or Western-style democratization. The starkest example is the period of “reform and opening” that began in 1978 under Deng Xiaoping’s charge.

Source: Is Political Change Coming To China?

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Can China survive?  The USSR was too big.  Probably the USA is too.

I don’t know enough to predict, but it certainly seems possible.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Government agents seized $181,500 in cash at airport and won’t give it back | FOX 5 New York

Friday, February 14, 2020

The lawsuit says an agent gave Nulman a receipt to document the $181,500, but the federal agencies now say only $159,950 was confiscated. That’s $21,550 less than what the company says was seized.

Source: Government agents seized $181,500 in cash at airport and won’t give it back | FOX 5 New York

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Isn’t this nonsensical?

I don’t understand how that this type activity is allowed to continue.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: The next progressive threat from Albany: Universal rent control

Thursday, February 13, 2020

This new legislation is guaranteed to prompt rapid deterioration in buildings that are now high-quality, by forcing landlords to cut their spending on maintenance and repairs.

Source: The next progressive threat from Albany: Universal rent control

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“In many cases rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city—except for bombing.” — Assar Lindbeck

It’s hard to underestimate the arrogance and stupidity of politicians and bureaucrats.  BUT, then they go and “exceed expectations” to the downside.

I can’t image the logic that ignores the history of “rent control” and it’s impact on the housing market.

Maybe it’s time for a NY-Exit, like BREXIT, but for the states that are unsalvageable.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Photojournalist taken into NYPD custody while filming Manhattan arrest – New York Daily News

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

A news photographer filming an arrest in Chinatown was busted himself Tuesday night after police alleged he refused to step back.

Source: Photojournalist taken into NYPD custody while filming Manhattan arrest – New York Daily News

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No secret that the police don’t like to be filmed.  “He said; he said” is much easier when there is no video.  “We, The Sheeple” need video to be convinced.

It’s a shame that the politicians and bureaucrats can’t be trusted.  EVER!

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 TECHNOLOGY: Bring Drug Dispensing Into the Modern Age With Vending Machines | Cato @ Liberty

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

The technology has been around for a while. Vending machines have dispensed Plan B emergency oral contraceptive—the so‐​called “morning after pill”—on college campuses since at least 2017. Arizona State University and Florida State University installed pharmaceutical vending machines to dispense a wide range of drugs in their Student Health Services buildings back in 2014.

Source: Bring Drug Dispensing Into the Modern Age With Vending Machines | Cato @ Liberty

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I LOVE the idea of the drug vending machine.  I hope we see more of these.

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POLITICAL: Progressive Hell, by Sean Gangol

Monday, February 10, 2020

The local governments in both LA and San Francisco have experienced an increase in homeless people using their sidewalks as their campgrounds. This has led to an increase of sidewalks and streets being contaminated with human feces and used syringes. So, what is the solution offered by their noble leaders? To do nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Source: Progressive Hell, by Sean Gangol

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If the D’s “run” the country like they do “their” cities, then why would anyone EVER vote for a D?

Not that the R’s are that much better, but in the dimension of “city management” they have credentials.

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SECURITY: Don’t Get ‘Juice Jacked’ While Recharging In Public

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Do you plug your phone into free public charging stations? Be careful! According to NBC News , you may get ‘juice jacked’ by hackers who have installed malware that can tunnel and copy your sensitive personal information! Cybersecurity expert Jim Stickley demonstrates how a hacker could access a person’s phone through a public charging station.NBC News “Depending on the vulnerability they exploit, they would have access to everything you would have access to on your phone,” according to cybersecurity expert Jim Stickley.

Source: Don’t Get ‘Juice Jacked’ While Recharging In Public, Cybersecurity Expert Warns

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Personally, I don’t use “public charging stations”.  I have several cheap battery blocks for the purpose.  In the rare instance that I have to, I “juice” the block and then connect the device to the block.

Can’t be too careful in “security”

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Colorado boy dies of flu after mom took Facebook anti-vax group tips

Saturday, February 8, 2020

Najee’s mother, meanwhile, told the station she feels as if she “failed” her son.“I’m hurting so bad right now and so is his dad and brothers,” she told KKTV. “Our whole family is hurting and it feels like we failed him because we did what we had to do.”

Source: Colorado boy dies of flu after mom took Facebook anti-vax group tips

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I think it’s reasonable to be afraid and concerned about the safety of vaccines. If they were “perfectly safe”, then there would be no need for a Federal Gooferment program — National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program! https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/index.html

That being said, I think it’s unreasonable to rely on a facebook group for medical advice. Argh! At least, “Doctor Google” provides lots of dikw (i.e., data, information, knowledge, wisdom) that you can study and form your “own” opinions.

Personally, I rely on doctors to give me their “best guess” on health issues. It’s still an art; not a science. And, their “best guess” is much better than mine.

I think I have to be an “intelligent consumer” of medical services. That means, don’t follow blindly. But ask questions and observe results and evidence. That’s why I try you follow the advice of Michael Greger at https://nutritionfacts.org/. He features evidence for his advice.

As with all my ravings and rantings in life and this blog, YMMV!

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