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Le Gaucher

Le Gaucher's Journal
Le Gaucher's Journal
October 9, 2017

Should We take the Trump DACA deal?

If the dreamers get legal status.. Is it not worth a stupid wall.. Which admittedly is a total fuckin waste of money.. Buy it will add some construction jobs.

But it will give the cheeto a political victory..

So deal or no deal?

October 7, 2017

Charter school bills taxpayers for empty desks

Be warned ... The article reads like a dickensian nightmare.


In one room, vacant chairs faced 25 blank computer monitors. Three students sat in a science lab down the hall, and another nine in an unlit classroom, including one youth who sprawled out, head down, sleeping.

Only three of the more than 170 students on Capital’s rolls attended class the required five hours that day, records obtained by ProPublica show. Almost two-thirds of the school’s students never showed up; others left early. Nearly a third of the roster failed to attend class all week.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2017/10/05/profit-charter-schools-bill-taxpayers-empty-desks/714433001/


Thank you Betsy Devos.. you fucking female version of a dick!!
October 5, 2017

If there is ever to be a silver lining in the horrible Vegas shoot out - I hope it is this.

I hope authorities never ever discover a motive for his killing or any kind of explanation. No mental illness , political beliefs. Nothing. Nada. Zip.

It will for once, I hope, focus attention away from the 'cause' to the effect and how guns enable it.

It will show killing on this scale CANNOT be predicted.

It will show that a man who is determined to kill will plan in a way without raising suspicion as long as he is within boundaries.

It will show that that our only hope is to make those boundaries as narrow as possible.

There is no earthly reason a person needs 20 thousand rifles.Or Twenty.

There is no reason he needs to discharge 2 rounds or more with a single squeeze of a trigger.

There is no reason he needs to have a 5 bullets in a cartridge. Not one reason.

I am hoping against hope, that this incident finally allows people to see, how our gun culture enables such tragedies.

Sadly, previous incidents allowed us the same understanding. But when you have the comfort of explaining it away with mental illness, racial hatred or feelings of revenge or any such reason, you don't see the most important piece of the puzzle.


We have a disproportionate number of gun deaths in our country. I do not believe, however, that we have a disproportionate number of evil or mentally ill people. We have a disproportionate number of guns and new gun sales.

We can fix this.

October 3, 2017

Brilliant take down of the big 4 by my NYU Stern marketing professor

Scott Galloway is usually the wittiest person in the room ..and although he can be bit of a dick at times.. His classes were super insightful.





October 3, 2017

Is there any other instance in any democracy, where the lawmakers

are eager to support the profits of an industry over public safety and have succeeded so spectacularly?

That this is possible in a society as litigious as ours speaks volumes about resilience of gun laws that seem to defy political gravity and forces of reason. (Just like Trump)

I really wonder what the mysterious dark forces are play here. Forces that are not plainly visible - yet are obvious in their effect. It can't be just money or voter mobilization. There are groups with greater spending ability than NRA - but have nowhere the same access to the squeeze button for congressional testicles that NRA does.

I understand gun being an identity issue for some. But how does NRA get away with so much loot.






October 2, 2017

Will hotels start airport like security measures?

I expect lawsuits against the hotel from victims - that if successful , will prompt the measures from insurance industry that will force the hand of Hotels close to large populations.

If so, it will most certainly come in the form of additional room rent. Yet another way - the gun industry can benefit from externalities.

October 2, 2017

Gun stocks on the rise

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/02/gun-stocks-rise-after-deadly-las-vegas-shooting.html


Shares of Sturm Ruger and American Outdoor Brands rose nearly 4 percent or more in Monday morning trading.

At least 50 people died and more than 200 people were injured after Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire at a Las Vegas concert in what was apparently the deadliest shooting in U.S. history.

The gains in the gun stocks apparently came as traders bet on a pickup in arms sales ahead of potentially tighter regulations.


Way to go AMERICA !! .. Why waste the opportunity to profit !!
September 29, 2017

There are two kinds of men who use the Urinal

Those who spit into it and those who dont.

I am not a spitter and have always wondered why people spit into it.

September 29, 2017

BMW to bring Alexa to its cars starting in 2018

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/27/bmw-to-bring-alexa-to-its-cars-starting-in-2018/


I dont know why - but feel the tightening stranglehold of AI assistants every single day .. they are becoming instrusive now



Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant will be your cockpit companion in future BMWs: The automaker will offer Alexa in select cars starting in 2018, Amazon announced today at a special event revealing a host of product news at its Seattle HQ.

The vehicle integration will begin in the middle of next year, the companies revealed, and will provide access to Alexa skills and voice-based capabilities right from the infotainment system. This isn’t the first time Alexa has shown up in vehicles, as Ford demonstrated a test version of its Sync platform with Alexa functionality baked in at CES last January.

BMW also previously teamed up with Amazon to release Alexa skills for the BMW Connected app, that let vehicle owners do things like check how much fuel there is in their cars from their Echo devices at home.


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