Friday, January 24, 2020
Setting Up A Dummy Corporation :: Get Rich Quick
How to get anything you ever wanted for free... The "system" is a series of checks and balances. It's an insiders club and unless you know the rules or are willing to break them, you'll probably never have a pot to piss in. Not.... Where does it say, we have to put up with, read about or watch on TV, the exploits of people like Donald Trump, Robin Leach or one of the "Kennedy's". Personally, I'm tired hearing about all their bullshit. Who gives a shit what Hillary or Tipper are wearing either? When people like "The Donald" make a poor business investment and can't pay their bills on time, what do they do? They renegotiate. Yep, that's right. They tell the bank "I can't pay" but I'm such a fabulous person you should renegotiate my loan. Bullshit! How fast do you think the bank would have you or me out on our ass? In record time, right? Money is power and unless you have money you're powerless right? Not... Money is an illusion. Power is an illusion. Both are projected by cunning and affluent people and organizations to get what they want. And, if they can't pay for it, they go bankrupt or renegotiate. Why should they have all that luxury and not us? Hell, I can default on a loan as well as any of them! Almost every company in America will ship you goods on credit if you project the right image, ask the right questions and have the right answers...People will kiss your ass if they think you have great wealth. The best resturants will seat you "up front" if they think "you're a player". Why not? Sounds good to me... Is this method for acquiring material things legal? Hell no! But half the shit Big Brother does to us everyday isn't legal either...Want to ride around town in a big black imported car for free? How about a brand new Pentium computer for the office? The kids want Mopeds? Nooooooo problem! Pay attention. Picking a company name... What's in a name? Business wise it could mean everything...if you want to get over. It also has a lot to do with what you want to acquire for free. Let's say you want to start a new business and need all-types of office equipment. You could call yourself "Sal's Pizzeria" but that wouldn't wash too well when you're trying to establish a $100,000 line of credit. Most credit managers will dump the application in the round file and require COD cash. Not the best choice of names. How about something like Tri-Star Industries Intl or RCA Electronics?
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Consider the theme of loneliness in the novel, Of Mice and Men Essay
n ââ¬Å"Of Mice and Menâ⬠, John Stienbeck explores the theme of loneliness, set in the farmland of 1930ââ¬â¢s California, where Stienbeck grew up. Stienbeck worked as a farm hand on his fathers land and so the countryside described at the beginning of the book, and a ranch itself would have been very familiar to Stienbeck. Characters described in the novel are lonely for different reasons depending on their social status. Age, Race and Sex are some of the reasons for characters loneliness, Stienbeck uses the novel to make these aware in society. George and Lennie are the main characters in the book; they are migrant workers, who are men that travel the countryside harvesting wheat for the farms and doing any other jobs they can find. The ââ¬Å"Wall Street Crashâ⬠caused jobs to be scarce, during the 1930ââ¬â¢s, when there was very unemployment in the United States. Agencies were set to send farm workers to where they were needed: ââ¬Å"You remember about us goinââ¬â¢ into Murray and Readyââ¬â¢s, and they give us work cardsâ⬠. They earned $2.50 or $3.00 a day, plus food and very basic accommodation. These sorts of people lived very lonely lives, as they migrated they had to pick up their roots and move on, on their own and so this what makes them lonely also it was much easer to get work for one-person rather than two or more. George and Lennie are total opposites. George is decribed as ââ¬Å"small and quick, dark of face with restless eyes and sharp, strong fetures.â⬠Lennie on the other hand is â⬠a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes with wide, sloping sholdersâ⬠. Stienbeck decribes Georges personality as careful and protective while Lennie seems to be rather stupid with a childââ¬â¢s mind. Heââ¬â¢s very forgetful and likes to pet nice things with his fingerââ¬â¢s ââ¬Å"sofââ¬â¢ thingsâ⬠. George likes to be in charge of himself, and this is why he appreciates the time out under the stars where he can relax with his friend Lennie. Lennie however, enjoyes being with George and so the time under the stars is appreciated, but only because heââ¬â¢s with George. George and Lennie share share an special relationship like father and son where George helps Lennie with everything and looks after him. This is shown when George is talking to Slim about Weed: ââ¬Å"We sat in an irrigation ditch ââ¬Å". This shows how George takes risks to save Lennie. George sometimes gives the impression that he would rather have nothing to do with Lennie but it is clear that George actually depends on Lennieââ¬â¢s friendship, being with someone gives him something to live for unstead of just being a migrant worker: ââ¬Å"I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after youâ⬠, Lennie loves George because George looks after him, George being the only person who looks after him, George shows Lennie how to do things and gets food for them. George is in control as he does almost everything for Lennie: ââ¬Å"I got three cans of beans in my bindleâ⬠. George and Lennie travel togeather although this is not usual and this is why they are not lonel y. Steinbeck introduces Candy, the old ranch hand into the novel as a ââ¬Å"tall, stoop-shouldered old manâ⬠. Candy is kept on the farm as a janitor, he has one hand after he got the other one caught in a machine. He is not much use for anything and he knows this. Candy fears when he is to old to do anything that he will just get ââ¬Ëcannedââ¬â¢, which is why he buys into the friendship with George and Lennie. The only thing that motivates Candy is his old dog ââ¬Å"gray of muzzle and with pale, blind old eyesâ⬠, which unfortunately is killed after Carlson decides not to put up with the smell and Candy is ganged up on to get rid of him; ââ¬Å"If you want me to, Iââ¬â¢ll put the old devil out of his misery right nowâ⬠. The ââ¬ËAmerican Dreamââ¬â¢ is shared by George and Lennie who dream of the ââ¬Å"little house and a couple of acresâ⬠. For American society as a whole, the dream ended with the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Cinema is the last American dream for many. Curleyââ¬â¢s wife is one: ââ¬Å"Could have been in the movies, anââ¬â¢ had nice clothesâ⬠. Steinbeck describes Crooks with a ââ¬Å"lean face lined with deep black wrinkles, and he had thin , pale-tightened lipsâ⬠. Crooks lives in ââ¬Å"a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barnâ⬠. Crooks reserves the only right he has, ââ¬Å"You got no right to come in my roomâ⬠. However, when Lennie goes into Crooksââ¬â¢ room he relaxes and enjoys the company. Crooksââ¬â¢ job is a ââ¬Å"Stable buckâ⬠, which means he tends the horses. He is the only black man in the novel and the other charactersââ¬â¢ attitude towards him, shows the position of blacks in America at the time. Steinbeck describes Crooksââ¬â¢ past as a peaceful one. Crooks mentions this to Lennie: ââ¬Å"The white kids came to playâ⬠ââ¬Å"I went to play with themâ⬠. This shows that racism did not really affect him as he did not understand but his ââ¬Å"olââ¬â¢ man didnââ¬â¢t like thatâ⬠. This shows how racism would affect his whole life. The scene in his shed, where it all appears that he is finally accepted for who he is, the reality comes back when Curleyââ¬â¢s wife says, ââ¬Å"listen Niggerâ⬠ââ¬Å"I could get you strung upâ⬠. Because Crooks is black, he is forced to spend his time reading books: ââ¬Å"Books ainââ¬â¢t no goodâ⬠ââ¬Å"A guy goes nuts if he ainââ¬â¢t got nobodyâ⬠. Curleyââ¬â¢s wife is the only woman on the ranch; she cannot escape from the sexual image that the men have of her. She, therefore, uses this image as a means of getting noticed. She has ââ¬Å"full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. When George and Lennie first meet Curleyââ¬â¢s wife George describes her as ââ¬Å"jail baitâ⬠. Steinbeck makes the reader feel the same way as the workers when it comes to discrimanating. The reader is made to feel that Curleyââ¬â¢s wife is a ââ¬Å"tartâ⬠. Workers at the ranch have this impression: ââ¬Å"I think Curleys married â⬠¦a tartâ⬠. However, the workers are frightened to talk to her. Curley is known as a boxer and the workers know if they get involved with his wife, Curley will beat them up. The hasty marriage of Curley and his wife proves to be a failed attempt, on her part, to escape her own lonliness. From what we hear Curleyââ¬â¢s wife married to spite her mother. However she discovers that her husband is not what she expects, ââ¬Å"I donââ¬â¢t like Curley. He ainââ¬â¢t a nice fellaâ⬠. It would appear at first that she likes Curley, as she wanders arround looking for him but it soon becomes clear that she is just looking for someone to share her feelings with. Curleyââ¬â¢s wife describes her life on the ranch to Lennie as if it is no good: ââ¬Å"I coulda made somethinââ¬â¢ of myselfâ⬠. She uses her sexual image as a woman to get the mensââ¬â¢ attention just so she can talk to them. However, this does not usually work as most of the men are often to scared to talk to her. Although Curleyââ¬â¢s wife looks and acts like aâ⬠tartâ⬠she is just craving attention and this is the only way she knows how to get it. At the end of the novel, her lonliness causes her to converse with Lennie in the barn where the irony is that when she finally gets someone to talk to, it leads to her death! Curleyââ¬â¢s wife is the victim of sexism, she is lonely because she has no one to talk to as people are afraid to talk to her. Lennie suffers from discrimination because of his learning disability. The fact that they are both unequal brings them together in the barn. Lennie is there to bury his puppy and Curleyââ¬â¢s wife is there to have a conversation. However in the end, Lennieââ¬â¢s disability causes her death: ââ¬Å"donââ¬â¢t you go yellinâ⬠ââ¬Å"he shook her and her body flopped like a fishâ⬠. The incident in the barn affects George, Lennie and Candyââ¬â¢s relation because Lennie has finally gone too far. When George knows he has to kill Lennie, then the dream dies with Lennie leaving George and Candy lonely. ââ¬Å"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.â⬠In conclusion Stienbeck makes aware a serious problem leading to loneliness in 1930ââ¬â¢s California through his novel ââ¬Å"Of Mice and Menâ⬠.
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
The Nsa s Prism Program Information Without Public Knowledge
The question of whether the government has a right to access unlimited amounts of information without public knowledge, has been a popular topic of debate among not only our nation, but others as well. This all started when Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance analyst, told the world that the NSA had a program that was using the servers of U.S internet companies to gather information. Snowden leaked a document, detailing his findings about the NSAââ¬â¢s PRISM program retrieving information from prominent tech companies. (ââ¬Å"What is the NSA Controversy and what did Edward Snowden leak?â⬠) PRISM or Planning Tool for Resource Integration, Synchronization, and Management, is a government program which collects data from U.S. phone call records to search for possible links to terrorists abroad, and works on surveillance of online communications to and from foreign targets to detect suspicious behavior. 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