Position: diamond holder GME 40@120, down about $2500 and looking to buy the dips in the 40's Ok so I am tired of looking at the flat GME chart so I started looking for ideas on something else. So looking for 'hype' I found Ivermectin. I am thinking the share price of producers of Ivermectin are going to rise soon, and have taken a small gamble on Merck (MRK). The theory is that the hype that ivermectin helps to manage the pandemic is likely to reflect in the stock price soon. Why I like the stock:
Vaccines are less effective on new mutations - takes 6+ months to bring out and update all the while new mutations are being discovered. AstraZeneca is pretty much useless against 501.V2 or B.1.351
Vaccine-phobia - people don't trust the safety of rush jobs
I think ivermectin news is muzzled because scientist are worried that it will become another hydroxychloroquine episode, but eventually, if it works the evidence will be undisputed.
The stock is not highly overvalued so the bags will not be as heavy as GME.
Merck is a US based company that produces ivermectin and the US has a lot of vaccines so they might not be keen to push this. Also Merck already stated it does not seem interested in this idea because of the lack of evidence. They might prefer to make the vaccines of other companies over selling their own cheap ivermectin (why not do both?). There are many producers in China and India that is probably more hungry for this business and might catch Merck napping.
The hydroxychloroquine episode made any medical option other than vaccines taboo.
ivermectin is extremely cheap. In a capitalist world cheap means it won't make it to the front-page. Money chases money, relentlessly and stupidly e.g. Remdesivir even if its not really effective.
TLDR: Gamble on Merck(MRK) might pay off, maybe not. Either way it will be a healthy distraction. WDYT of ivermectin? Disclaimer: Not financial advice, just thinking out loud and looking for someone to point out, with facts, why I am an idiot. This is half baked so far, but could turnout good.
DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) - Deep Dive Research - Part 1
TL:DR
This is Part 1 of my two part deep dive on DraftKings (Ticker: DKNG, I will refer to the company as “DK”)
This first part introduces you to (1) me, (2) the company, (3) my thesis on the company, and (4) digs into how they make money.
The second part (already released, you can read it here - but get through part 1 first :) ) will go in depth to explore the question “Can we 10x from here?”
DK is an exciting, disruptive company working to change how we experience watching sports and make it better.
I am not a financial advisor and this is not investment advice. These are just my opinions to help facilitate learning and discussion.
Hello, welcome to my first deep dive write up. My name’s Mark and I’m an accountant with a passion for investing. About two years ago, I used to work as an auditor at a public accounting firm and have been behind the scenes at many different publicly traded and privately held companies in the U.S. My goal is to bring my unique perspective from that past experience, my current experience working in a new role at a large corporation, and my understanding of accounting to help break down some of the most exciting growth stocks on the market today. I’m a long-term investor. I am focused on finding great companies and holding them for a long time. I’m willing to endure volatility, crazy price drops, and everything that comes with this approach as long as the facts that led me to originally invest and believe in that company have not changed. If you want to learn more about this approach. I recommend reading the book “100 Baggers” by Chris Mayer. Introduction I think it’s fitting that my first stock pick has to do with sports. Sports has been a part of my life since I could walk at the age of 2. First with baseball and soccer, and then later in my childhood with golf. I’ve always played American football and basketball for fun as well and have always been an avid fan of all the major sports in the US. I started playing fantasy sports (mostly just fantasy football) about 6 years ago and have always enjoyed it. Traditionally, with fantasy football you draft a team at the beginning of the year and those are your players for the rest of the season. If you have a bad draft, oh well. You can try to improve your team with trades and free agent additions but it is tough. Leagues usually consist of 10-14 teams (each managed by an individual) and there’s obviously only one winner at the end of the season (about 4 months after the draft). This can lead to the managers of the lower performing teams losing interest as the season wanes on. I believe DraftKings’ (DK) founders saw this issue and saw an opportunity. Enter, daily fantasy sports. Now, with the DK platform you can draft a new team every week. Or if you want, every day. This allows fans of fantasy sports to engage at whichever point of the season they want and at varying financial stakes. The Thesis Statement For every stock pick I make, I want to provide a quick thesis statement that can serve as a reminder for why I’m buying and holding that stock for the long term. I’ll always aim to make it just a few sentences long so it can easily be remembered and internalized. This helps during times when the price may sporadically drop and you need to remember why you’re holding this position. The thesis statement I have come up with for DK is as follows: “DraftKings: The leader in allowing fans to engage financially with their favorite sports, teams, and players. Having money at stake makes the game a lot more interesting to watch. The era of daily fantasy sports games, online sports betting, and online betting (outside of sports), is just getting started and DK is as well positioned (or better positioned) than anyone to capitalize off of this trend.” Notice how I said “allowing fans to engage financially” as the first sentence and not necessarily “allowing fans to gamble”. There’s a reason for that. According to US Federal Law, Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) contests have specifically been exempted from the prohibitions of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). DK has always been, and I believe will continue to be DFS contests 1st, sports betting 2nd, and other forms of gambling/entertainment 3rd. It is noteworthy that states at an individual level can still deem DFS contests illegal if they so wish, but as of this writing (11/26/20), 43 of the 50 US States allow DFS contests and DK, accordingly, is offering DFS contests in all 43 of those US States. I’ll try to clarify the difference between DFS contests and sports betting real quick: DFS Contest – Pay a pre-set entry fee to enter a contest. All entry fees go towards “The Pot”. “Draft” 9 players to be on your “Team” for 1 week. Enter your “Roster” into a contest with other players (could range from 1 other person to 1,000s of people, the DK user can choose). Whichever “Roster” amasses the most points for that week out of all contestants wins. The winner will get the highest payout, and depending on the nature of the contest, other top finishers will receive smaller payouts as well. Sports Gambling – Team A is considered a 10 point favorite to defeat Team B. This means that Team A is expected, by the professional gambling line setters, to outscore Team B by 10 points. This is known as a point spread. You can bet on the underdog or the favorite. If you bet on the favorite, they have to win by more than 10 points for you to win the bet. If you bet on the underdog, you will win the bet as long as the underdog keeps the game within less than a 10 point defeat. These are just a couple simple examples to help you see the difference. Sports Gambling (the 2nd priority of DK) is a very lucrative market just as the DFS contests are. However, in the US, Federal Laws and regulations are a lot stricter on Sports Gambling than they are on DFS. As of this writing (11/27/20), 22 states (including the District of Columbia) out of 51 possible allow sports gambling. DK is still in the infancy stages of getting their sports gambling business going. In the 22 states where they could potentially operate, they currently have a sports gambling offering in 11 of those states. The sports gambling business model for DK can be broken into two main offerings – mobile sports betting, and retail sports betting. Mobile sports betting means you can place a sports bet online from the comfort of your own home, while retail sports betting means you must go to a casino and place a bet with the sportsbook in person. I personally believe mobile sports betting is the real potential cash cow for DK out of the two types of sports betting offerings due to the convenience and ease of access. DK is currently working on and encouraging customers to lobby their state lawmakers to legalize sports gambling in more states. How DK makes money At the very least, before you invest in a company, you better understand how they make money. In Chris Mayers’ excellent book, 100 Baggers, that I mentioned above, he continually references top line revenue growth as one of the main common indicators of a possible 100 Bagger. This isn’t to tell you that any stock I pick will be a 100 Bagger just because it has great top line revenue growth, but if I am looking at a growth stock to hold for the long term, revenue growth is one of the first things I look at. For DK, their means of making money is quite simple. I already went into detail above about DFS Contests and Sports Gambling. In DK’s latest 10-Q filing with the SEC (filed 11/13/20), revenue is broken out into two main streams: Online Gaming and Gaming Software. Online Gaming (82% of Total Revenue for 9 months ended 9/30/20): Online gaming is the true core business of DK and includes the aforementioned DFS Contests, Sports Gambling and additional gambling (non-sports) opportunities. DK refers to their additional gambling (non-sports) as “iGaming” or “online casino”. For the 9 months ended 9/30/20, Online Gaming revenue totaled $239M, up 30% YoY from $184M in the same prior year period. Keep in mind, that this is an increase that happened during a COVID-19 global pandemic that delayed and shortened many professional sports seasons. Online gaming revenue is earned in a few ways that are slightly different, but very similar overall. In order to enter a DFS contest, a customer must pay an entry fee. DFS revenue is generated from these entry fees collected, net of prize payouts and customer incentives awarded to users. In order to place a sports bet (sports gambling), a customer places a wager with a DK Sportsbook. The DK Sportsbook sets odds for each wager that builds in a theoretical margin allowing DK to profit. Sports gambling revenue is generated from wagers collected from customers, net of payouts and incentives awarded to winning customers. The last form of online gaming revenue is earned in similar fashion to a land-based casino, offering online versions of casino games such as blackjack, roulette, and slot machines. Gaming Software (18% of Total Revenue for 9 months ended 9/30/20): While the Online Gaming revenue stream mentioned above is a Business to Consumer (B2C) model, the Gaming Software revenue stream is a Business to Business (B2B) model. The Gaming Software side of the business was born out of the acquisition of SBTech, a company from the Isle of Man (near the UK) founded in 2007 that has 12+ years of experience providing online sports betting platforms to clients all over the world. The acquisition occurred as part of the SPAC driven IPO in April of 2020 that combined “the old DK company” with SBTech so that they now are “the new DK company” listed as DKNG on the NASDAQ. SBTech is a far more important part of the story than just being 18% of today’s revenue. The reason for this is because DK will eventually (planned mid-late 2021) be migrating all of their DFS and gambling offerings onto SBTech’s online platforms. Currently, for DFS, DK uses their own proprietary platform but that will move to SBTech with the migration. Currently, for online gambling, DK uses Kambi, the same online gambling platform that services Penn Gaming (PENN), a DK rival. But that’s enough about the software migration for now, back to the Gaming Software revenue. The Gaming Software revenue stream for DK is essentially a continuation of SBTechs’ B2B business model. DK contracts with business customers to provide sports and casino betting software solutions. DK typically enters two different type of arrangements with B2B customers when selling the gaming software:
Direct Customer Contract Revenue: In this type of transaction, the software is sold directly to a business (casino for example) that wants to use the software for their own gambling operations. This revenue is generally calculated as a percentage of the wagering revenue generated by the business customer using DK’s software and is recognized in the periods in which those wagering and related activities conclude.
Reseller Arrangement Revenue: In this type of transaction, DK provides distributors with the right to resell DK’s software-as-a-service offering to their clients, using their own infrastructure. In reseller arrangements, revenue is generally calculated via a fixed monthly fee and an additional monthly fee which varies based on the number of gaming operators to whom each reseller sub-licenses DK’s software.
As mentioned above, SBTech was an international company based in the Isle of Man before being acquired by DK. Thus, the majority of their business in their first 12 years of operating independently has always been international and outside of the United States. This has helped DK, which has historically been US focused, expand it’s international reach. A perfect example of expanding this international reach occurred recently during October (technically Q4) in which DK’s B2B technology (powered by SBTech) helped enable the launch of “PalaceBet”, a new mobile and online sportsbook offering from Peermont, a South Africa based resort and casino company. The deal was headed by DK’s new Chief International Officer, Shay Berka, who previously spent 10 years working for SBTech as CFO and General Manager. Mr. Berka took on the role of DK’s Chief International Officer upon the merger in April earlier this year. I think this deal shows that DK has integrated SBTech and it’s business very well into the larger business as a whole. They are not wasting any time using their newly acquired resources to expand their reach and bring in new sources of revenue. This is the end of my first article about DK. My goal is to drop Part 2 later this week. The focus of Part 2 will be an in depth answer of the question – “Can we 10x from here?” Disclosure: I am/we are long DKNG. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it. I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) - Deep Dive Research - Part 1
TL:DR
This is Part 1 of my two part deep dive on DraftKings (Ticker: DKNG, I will refer to the company as “DK”)
This first part introduces you to (1) me, (2) the company, (3) my thesis on the company, and (4) digs into how they make money.
The second part (to be released later this week) will go in depth to explore the question “Can we 10x from here?”
DK is an exciting, disruptive company working to change how we experience watching sports and make it better.
I am not a financial advisor and this is not investment advice. These are just my opinions to help facilitate learning and discussion.
Hello, welcome to my first deep dive write up. My name’s Mark and I’m an accountant with a passion for investing. About two years ago, I used to work as an auditor at a public accounting firm and have been behind the scenes at many different publicly traded and privately held companies in the U.S. My goal is to bring my unique perspective from that past experience, my current experience working in a new role at a large corporation, and my understanding of accounting to help break down some of the most exciting growth stocks on the market today. I’m a long-term investor. I am focused on finding great companies and holding them for a long time. I’m willing to endure volatility, crazy price drops, and everything that comes with this approach as long as the facts that led me to originally invest and believe in that company have not changed. If you want to learn more about this approach. I recommend reading the book “100 Baggers” by Chris Mayer. Introduction I think it’s fitting that my first stock pick has to do with sports. Sports has been a part of my life since I could walk at the age of 2. First with baseball and soccer, and then later in my childhood with golf. I’ve always played American football and basketball for fun as well and have always been an avid fan of all the major sports in the US. I started playing fantasy sports (mostly just fantasy football) about 6 years ago and have always enjoyed it. Traditionally, with fantasy football you draft a team at the beginning of the year and those are your players for the rest of the season. If you have a bad draft, oh well. You can try to improve your team with trades and free agent additions but it is tough. Leagues usually consist of 10-14 teams (each managed by an individual) and there’s obviously only one winner at the end of the season (about 4 months after the draft). This can lead to the managers of the lower performing teams losing interest as the season wanes on. I believe DraftKings’ (DK) founders saw this issue and saw an opportunity. Enter, daily fantasy sports. Now, with the DK platform you can draft a new team every week. Or if you want, every day. This allows fans of fantasy sports to engage at whichever point of the season they want and at varying financial stakes. The Thesis Statement For every stock pick I make, I want to provide a quick thesis statement that can serve as a reminder for why I’m buying and holding that stock for the long term. I’ll always aim to make it just a few sentences long so it can easily be remembered and internalized. This helps during times when the price may sporadically drop and you need to remember why you’re holding this position. The thesis statement I have come up with for DK is as follows: “DraftKings: The leader in allowing fans to engage financially with their favorite sports, teams, and players. Having money at stake makes the game a lot more interesting to watch. The era of daily fantasy sports games, online sports betting, and online betting (outside of sports), is just getting started and DK is as well positioned (or better positioned) than anyone to capitalize off of this trend.” Notice how I said “allowing fans to engage financially” as the first sentence and not necessarily “allowing fans to gamble”. There’s a reason for that. According to US Federal Law, Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) contests have specifically been exempted from the prohibitions of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). DK has always been, and I believe will continue to be DFS contests 1st, sports betting 2nd, and other forms of gambling/entertainment 3rd. It is noteworthy that states at an individual level can still deem DFS contests illegal if they so wish, but as of this writing (11/26/20), 43 of the 50 US States allow DFS contests and DK, accordingly, is offering DFS contests in all 43 of those US States. I’ll try to clarify the difference between DFS contests and sports betting real quick: DFS Contest – Pay a pre-set entry fee to enter a contest. All entry fees go towards “The Pot”. “Draft” 9 players to be on your “Team” for 1 week. Enter your “Roster” into a contest with other players (could range from 1 other person to 1,000s of people, the DK user can choose). Whichever “Roster” amasses the most points for that week out of all contestants wins. The winner will get the highest payout, and depending on the nature of the contest, other top finishers will receive smaller payouts as well. Sports Gambling – Team A is considered a 10 point favorite to defeat Team B. This means that Team A is expected, by the professional gambling line setters, to outscore Team B by 10 points. This is known as a point spread. You can bet on the underdog or the favorite. If you bet on the favorite, they have to win by more than 10 points for you to win the bet. If you bet on the underdog, you will win the bet as long as the underdog keeps the game within less than a 10 point defeat. These are just a couple simple examples to help you see the difference. Sports Gambling (the 2nd priority of DK) is a very lucrative market just as the DFS contests are. However, in the US, Federal Laws and regulations are a lot stricter on Sports Gambling than they are on DFS. As of this writing (11/27/20), 22 states (including the District of Columbia) out of 51 possible allow sports gambling. DK is still in the infancy stages of getting their sports gambling business going. In the 22 states where they could potentially operate, they currently have a sports gambling offering in 11 of those states. The sports gambling business model for DK can be broken into two main offerings – mobile sports betting, and retail sports betting. Mobile sports betting means you can place a sports bet online from the comfort of your own home, while retail sports betting means you must go to a casino and place a bet with the sportsbook in person. I personally believe mobile sports betting is the real potential cash cow for DK out of the two types of sports betting offerings due to the convenience and ease of access. DK is currently working on and encouraging customers to lobby their state lawmakers to legalize sports gambling in more states. How DK makes money At the very least, before you invest in a company, you better understand how they make money. In Chris Mayers’ excellent book, 100 Baggers, that I mentioned above, he continually references top line revenue growth as one of the main common indicators of a possible 100 Bagger. This isn’t to tell you that any stock I pick will be a 100 Bagger just because it has great top line revenue growth, but if I am looking at a growth stock to hold for the long term, revenue growth is one of the first things I look at. For DK, their means of making money is quite simple. I already went into detail above about DFS Contests and Sports Gambling. In DK’s latest 10-Q filing with the SEC (filed 11/13/20), revenue is broken out into two main streams: Online Gaming and Gaming Software. Online Gaming (82% of Total Revenue for 9 months ended 9/30/20): Online gaming is the true core business of DK and includes the aforementioned DFS Contests, Sports Gambling and additional gambling (non-sports) opportunities. DK refers to their additional gambling (non-sports) as “iGaming” or “online casino”. For the 9 months ended 9/30/20, Online Gaming revenue totaled $239M, up 30% YoY from $184M in the same prior year period. Keep in mind, that this is an increase that happened during a COVID-19 global pandemic that delayed and shortened many professional sports seasons. Online gaming revenue is earned in a few ways that are slightly different, but very similar overall. In order to enter a DFS contest, a customer must pay an entry fee. DFS revenue is generated from these entry fees collected, net of prize payouts and customer incentives awarded to users. In order to place a sports bet (sports gambling), a customer places a wager with a DK Sportsbook. The DK Sportsbook sets odds for each wager that builds in a theoretical margin allowing DK to profit. Sports gambling revenue is generated from wagers collected from customers, net of payouts and incentives awarded to winning customers. The last form of online gaming revenue is earned in similar fashion to a land-based casino, offering online versions of casino games such as blackjack, roulette, and slot machines. Gaming Software (18% of Total Revenue for 9 months ended 9/30/20): While the Online Gaming revenue stream mentioned above is a Business to Consumer (B2C) model, the Gaming Software revenue stream is a Business to Business (B2B) model. The Gaming Software side of the business was born out of the acquisition of SBTech, a company from the Isle of Man (near the UK) founded in 2007 that has 12+ years of experience providing online sports betting platforms to clients all over the world. The acquisition occurred as part of the SPAC driven IPO in April of 2020 that combined “the old DK company” with SBTech so that they now are “the new DK company” listed as DKNG on the NASDAQ. SBTech is a far more important part of the story than just being 18% of today’s revenue. The reason for this is because DK will eventually (planned mid-late 2021) be migrating all of their DFS and gambling offerings onto SBTech’s online platforms. Currently, for DFS, DK uses their own proprietary platform but that will move to SBTech with the migration. Currently, for online gambling, DK uses Kambi, the same online gambling platform that services Penn Gaming (PENN), a DK rival. But that’s enough about the software migration for now, back to the Gaming Software revenue. The Gaming Software revenue stream for DK is essentially a continuation of SBTechs’ B2B business model. DK contracts with business customers to provide sports and casino betting software solutions. DK typically enters two different type of arrangements with B2B customers when selling the gaming software:
Direct Customer Contract Revenue: In this type of transaction, the software is sold directly to a business (casino for example) that wants to use the software for their own gambling operations. This revenue is generally calculated as a percentage of the wagering revenue generated by the business customer using DK’s software and is recognized in the periods in which those wagering and related activities conclude.
Reseller Arrangement Revenue: In this type of transaction, DK provides distributors with the right to resell DK’s software-as-a-service offering to their clients, using their own infrastructure. In reseller arrangements, revenue is generally calculated via a fixed monthly fee and an additional monthly fee which varies based on the number of gaming operators to whom each reseller sub-licenses DK’s software.
As mentioned above, SBTech was an international company based in the Isle of Man before being acquired by DK. Thus, the majority of their business in their first 12 years of operating independently has always been international and outside of the United States. This has helped DK, which has historically been US focused, expand it’s international reach. A perfect example of expanding this international reach occurred recently during October (technically Q4) in which DK’s B2B technology (powered by SBTech) helped enable the launch of “PalaceBet”, a new mobile and online sportsbook offering from Peermont, a South Africa based resort and casino company. The deal was headed by DK’s new Chief International Officer, Shay Berka, who previously spent 10 years working for SBTech as CFO and General Manager. Mr. Berka took on the role of DK’s Chief International Officer upon the merger in April earlier this year. I think this deal shows that DK has integrated SBTech and it’s business very well into the larger business as a whole. They are not wasting any time using their newly acquired resources to expand their reach and bring in new sources of revenue. This is the end of my first article about DK. My goal is to drop Part 2 later this week. The focus of Part 2 will be an in depth answer of the question – “Can we 10x from here?” Disclosure: I am/we are long DKNG. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it. I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
I was fortunate to work with a group of guys who also became my close friends. I work for a small private sales firm that specializes in selling medical equipment. The owner of the company believes in revenue sharing so we are always trying to cut expenses. We never fly first class and we stay at cheap hotels. Ben and I were scheduled to take a flight from Harrisburg to Chicago on Budget Airlines. When I arrived on the flight I was a little bummed out that they didn’t have movies available and instead they had audiobooks available through their WiFi. I figured that I would just sleep and Ben decided to listen to “The Shining” audiobook. Ben seemed to be intently listening almost like he was in a trance and I eventually passed out. We arrived in Chicago and checked into our hotel. We met the hospital administrator at the local hospital and we were happy because they actually bought 40 of our medication carts. We were even able to cut our trip short because of the quick sale so we arrived back in Harrisburg on Tuesday night. That same Friday something horrible happened. Ben was pulled into the owner of the company, Doug’s office and was terminated for stealing money from the company. Doug even called the police. This completely caught me off guard almost like if you were told that Mr. Rodgers was responsible for introducing methamphetamines into the United States. I’ve been working with Ben for almost a decade and he attended church every Sunday and he was married with two kids. He was the absolute last person I would suspect to steal money. Apparently he stayed late at the office on Wednesday and rerouted funds to his personal account. The office security cameras saw him doing it so when Ben was pleading to the point where he was crying, Doug wasn’t listening to his sob story. Ben kept saying “I swear I have no idea what your talking about.” I always heard of people living double lives, but I was in complete shock. Ben was actually charged with grand theft and was released on bail. He called me and said that he had zero recollection of ever staying at the office on Wednesday night. He also told me that security cameras at his bank caught him withdrawing that same money. Then the police were able to track him to going to the post office, where he mailed the money to an unknown address. Ben said he had zero recollection of going to the bank or to the post office. Typically when your caught on camera it’s kind of hard proving your innocence, but I knew Ben and I wanted to help him. He came over to my house and we met in my backyard. He seemed like he was a completely defeated person. He was going to loose his house and possibly his wife. We both talked for hours trying to figure out what happened. He called off sick on Wednesday. Ben had only called off one other time so that was highly unusual for him. He fully admits that looking at the security cameras that unless there is a spot in doppelgänger then it’s probably him, but he has absolutely zero recollection. Ben’s wife thought he was at work that Wednesday and Ben says he doesn’t have an inkling of where he went. Nothing weird happened on the trip and he wasn’t into drugs or gambling. Ben payed a fortune on hiring a lawyer and still had to spend 30 days in jail. Absolutely no one would hire him so he’s been out of work and his wife has been supporting the family working as a cashier. I had to go to California on Monday this time by myself. I flew the same Budget airlines. I wasn’t tired so I decided to listen to one of their audiobooks on the plane. Right before takeoff I chose “The Shining” to listen to, because I never read the book. Our takeoff was delayed so I was already an hour into the audiobook before our flight took off. I was completely enamored with the audiobook. I felt myself drifting into a different dimension. Almost like my body was floating out of my seat and I was being transported to this other place. This other place was just so vivid and lifelike. It felt like I was in England hundreds of years ago. I see a princes who is magnificently beautiful who is begging me. Then I hear “Sir! Excuse me sir. Sir Excuse me sir,” from a distance and My body floats back to my seat and I quickly come back to reality. I couldn’t explain the feeling it was almost like being pulled back from the best dream I ever had. Then the flight attendant says “Please put your carryon bag under the seat.” I try to start the audiobook again and it starts over from the beginning and it won’t let me fast forward, so I just turn it off. I’ve seen the movie “The Shining” so I was completely lost of why my mind drifted to meeting a princess which had nothing to do with the movie “The Shining.” I was able to get a quick sale in California, so I went back home the next morning on the same Budget airlines. I thought to myself that Stephen King wouldn’t appreciate someone altering his original book, so I actually audio copied the portion of the audiobook that went awry onto my cell phone. I remembered it was about 55 minutes into the audiobook where the plot of “The Shining” went into a different direction. I decided that I would listen to the copied audiobook portion sometime this week. I got off the plane and drove home. I greeted my wife and we went food shopping and eventually I went to bed. Something extremely odd happened this night that has never happened to me in my adult life. At 4:00 am I was in a sleepwalking type of trance about a mile from my house. Apparently the cops were patrolling the area and saw me walking then they saw me stop and from what they told me it seemed like I was confused like I didn’t know what direction I should go. The cops told me that once they grabbed my arm towards their police car I snapped out of whatever trance I was in. I declined EMS services and just walked home. When I got home My wife confirmed to me that in the 12 years that we were married I had never sleepwalked. I’m now pondering what the heck just happened to me. I had no recollection of getting changed and leaving the house. The thought came to my mind that this scenario seemed eerily similar to Ben’s where he had no recollection of staying late at the office or going to the bank and the post office. It eventually dawned on me that somehow both Ben’s and my brains were subconsciously infiltrated. Eventually I focused on the commonality of “The Shining” audiobook that both Ben and I listened to. I did some online research and from what what I gathered was “The Shining” was used to get your mind to focus intently and then from there someone goes off topic and breaks through the person’s protective central nervous system and implants subliminal messages. Based on Ben’s behavior the subliminal messages were meant for him to carry out criminal behavior. I listened to the remainder of the recording I made on the plane and I was struck with awe on just how soothing the woman’s voice was who was narrating the audiobook. She was the Michael Jordan of voice overs. I purposely put my guard up to listen objectively and not let my self get pulled into the trance. I figured out what my objective was supposed to be. The “princess” on the audiobook wanted me to rob the local Burger King by my house and then mail the money to a PO Box in Missouri. The oddest thing that I learned from my online research is that for the most part there are no laws regarding the use of hypnosis so I didn’t know where to turn next. I actually called the airlines and after waiting nearly two hours I finally spoke to a customer sales rep who had no idea what I was talking about. I was at a dead end. I couldn’t find anymore information that would help my cause. I knew the woman’s voice on the audiobook was non American, but I couldn’t pin point the exact country perhaps South Africa or Wales. The one thing that I did learn was trying to get a name from a P.O. Box was difficult. One way to get the name of the company or the name of the individual is to say you were receiving political advertisements from the P.O. Box then there is a form to fill out and then the USPS will release the owners name. I made up a political flyer and I sent it to the Missouri post office along with the corresponding forms. I waited three weeks then I received a response from USPS which stated that the owner of the P.O. Box was Hunsucker enterprises. That name sounded way too familiar, but I just couldn’t pin point it. I jogged my memory for a while, then I realized where I heard that name “Hunsucker enterprises.” Doug the owner of the company that I work for was using them as a consultant firm. Another odd coincidence that I learned was that my employer, Doug had received a substantial insurance check for the money Ben had stolen. After about literally making 100 phone calls to budget airlines I learned some additional information. The airlines was close to declaring bankruptcy, so Hunsucker Enterprises approached the airlines with an offer that Hunsucker would install the audiobook hardware on each plane and would pay the airlines a certain percentage for each person who listened to an audiobook. I couldn’t figure out if Budget Airlines was aware of the hypnoses scheme. The airlines went out of business a few weeks later so I my unresolved questions would always remain unresolved. I approached Doug, about Hunsucker Enterprises and he started to get squirmy about owning up to any type of affiliation with the company. Then the following day I was metaphorically punched in the gut by Doug. He actually terminated my employment. Pennsylvania is an at will state so Doug didn’t have to give me any rationale for my termination. I am now left pondering how long Doug had been using Ben and I to carry out his wicked mind game deceptions. Another odd thing I learned was the hospital system that purchased 40 medication carts had actually canceled the order for the carts and returned them back to Doug’s medical supply company. I questioned if the medication carts were actually being used to transport illegal drugs from state to state. The buyer of the carts always seemed way to willing to purchase from us almost like arrangements had been set up prior to me or Ben meeting the person. Since I was terminated from Doug’s company I couldn’t do anymore internal research, so the extent that Doug was using Ben and I over the years will probably always remain a mystery.
I was fortunate to work with a group of guys who also became my close friends. I work for a small private sales firm that specializes in selling medical equipment. The owner of the company believes in revenue sharing so we are always trying to cut expenses. We never fly first class and we stay at cheap hotels. Ben and I were scheduled to take a flight from Harrisburg to Chicago on Budget Airlines. When I arrived on the flight I was a little bummed out that they didn’t have movies available and instead they had audiobooks available through their WiFi. I figured that I would just sleep and Ben decided to listen to “The Shining” audiobook. Ben seemed to be intently listening almost like he was in a trance and I eventually passed out. We arrived in Chicago and checked into our hotel. We met the hospital administrator at the local hospital and we were happy because they actually bought 40 of our medication carts. We were even able to cut our trip short because of the quick sale so we arrived back in Harrisburg on Tuesday night. That same Friday something horrible happened. Ben was pulled into the owner of the company, Doug’s office and was terminated for stealing money from the company. Doug even called the police. This completely caught me off guard almost like if you were told that Mr. Rodgers was responsible for introducing methamphetamines into the United States. I’ve been working with Ben for almost a decade and he attended church every Sunday and he was married with two kids. He was the absolute last person I would suspect to steal money. Apparently he stayed late at the office on Wednesday and rerouted funds to his personal account. The office security cameras saw him doing it so when Ben was pleading to the point where he was crying, Doug wasn’t listening to his sob story. Ben kept saying “I swear I have no idea what your talking about.” I always heard of people living double lives, but I was in complete shock. Ben was actually charged with grand theft and was released on bail. He called me and said that he had zero recollection of ever staying at the office on Wednesday night. He also told me that security cameras at his bank caught him withdrawing that same money. Then the police were able to track him to going to the post office, where he mailed the money to an unknown address. Ben said he had zero recollection of going to the bank or to the post office. Typically when your caught on camera it’s kind of hard proving your innocence, but I knew Ben and I wanted to help him. He came over to my house and we met in my backyard. He seemed like he was a completely defeated person. He was going to loose his house and possibly his wife. We both talked for hours trying to figure out what happened. He called off sick on Wednesday. Ben had only called off one other time so that was highly unusual for him. He fully admits that looking at the security cameras that unless there is a spot in doppelgänger then it’s probably him, but he has absolutely zero recollection. Ben’s wife thought he was at work that Wednesday and Ben says he doesn’t have an inkling of where he went. Nothing weird happened on the trip and he wasn’t into drugs or gambling. Ben payed a fortune on hiring a lawyer and still had to spend 30 days in jail. Absolutely no one would hire him so he’s been out of work and his wife has been supporting the family working as a cashier. I had to go to California on Monday this time by myself. I flew the same Budget airlines. I wasn’t tired so I decided to listen to one of their audiobooks on the plane. Right before takeoff I chose “The Shining” to listen to, because I never read the book. Our takeoff was delayed so I was already an hour into the audiobook before our flight took off. I was completely enamored with the audiobook. I felt myself drifting into a different dimension. Almost like my body was floating out of my seat and I was being transported to this other place. This other place was just so vivid and lifelike. It felt like I was in England hundreds of years ago. I see a princes who is magnificently beautiful who is begging me. Then I hear “Sir! Excuse me sir. Sir Excuse me sir,” from a distance and My body floats back to my seat and I quickly come back to reality. I couldn’t explain the feeling it was almost like being pulled back from the best dream I ever had. Then the flight attendant says “Please put your carryon bag under the seat.” I try to start the audiobook again and it starts over from the beginning and it won’t let me fast forward, so I just turn it off. I’ve seen the movie “The Shining” so I was completely lost of why my mind drifted to meeting a princess which had nothing to do with the movie “The Shining.” I was able to get a quick sale in California, so I went back home the next morning on the same Budget airlines. I thought to myself that Stephen King wouldn’t appreciate someone altering his original book, so I actually audio copied the portion of the audiobook that went awry onto my cell phone. I remembered it was about 55 minutes into the audiobook where the plot of “The Shining” went into a different direction. I decided that I would listen to the copied audiobook portion sometime this week. I got off the plane and drove home. I greeted my wife and we went food shopping and eventually I went to bed. Something extremely odd happened this night that has never happened to me in my adult life. At 4:00 am I was in a sleepwalking type of trance about a mile from my house. Apparently the cops were patrolling the area and saw me walking then they saw me stop and from what they told me it seemed like I was confused like I didn’t know what direction I should go. The cops told me that once they grabbed my arm towards their police car I snapped out of whatever trance I was in. I declined EMS services and just walked home. When I got home My wife confirmed to me that in the 12 years that we were married I had never sleepwalked. I’m now pondering what the heck just happened to me. I had no recollection of getting changed and leaving the house. The thought came to my mind that this scenario seemed eerily similar to Ben’s where he had no recollection of staying late at the office or going to the bank and the post office. It eventually dawned on me that somehow both Ben’s and my brains were subconsciously infiltrated. Eventually I focused on the commonality of “The Shining” audiobook that both Ben and I listened to. I did some online research and from what what I gathered was “The Shining” was used to get your mind to focus intently and then from there someone goes off topic and breaks through the person’s protective central nervous system and implants subliminal messages. Based on Ben’s behavior the subliminal messages were meant for him to carry out criminal behavior. I listened to the remainder of the recording I made on the plane and I was struck with awe on just how soothing the woman’s voice was who was narrating the audiobook. She was the Michael Jordan of voice overs. I purposely put my guard up to listen objectively and not let my self get pulled into the trance. I figured out what my objective was supposed to be. The “princess” on the audiobook wanted me to rob the local Burger King by my house and then mail the money to a PO Box in Missouri. The oddest thing that I learned from my online research is that for the most part there are no laws regarding the use of hypnosis so I didn’t know where to turn next. I actually called the airlines and after waiting nearly two hours I finally spoke to a customer sales rep who had no idea what I was talking about. I was at a dead end. I couldn’t find anymore information that would help my cause. I knew the woman’s voice on the audiobook was non American, but I couldn’t pin point the exact country perhaps South Africa or Wales. The one thing that I did learn was trying to get a name from a P.O. Box was difficult. One way to get the name of the company or the name of the individual is to say you were receiving political advertisements from the P.O. Box then there is a form to fill out and then the USPS will release the owners name. I made up a political flyer and I sent it to the Missouri post office along with the corresponding forms. I waited three weeks then I received a response from USPS which stated that the owner of the P.O. Box was Hunsucker enterprises. That name sounded way too familiar, but I just couldn’t pin point it. I jogged my memory for a while, then I realized where I heard that name “Hunsucker enterprises.” Doug the owner of the company that I work for was using them as a consultant firm. Another odd coincidence that I learned was that my employer, Doug had received a substantial insurance check for the money Ben had stolen. After about literally making 100 phone calls to budget airlines I learned some additional information. The airlines was close to declaring bankruptcy, so Hunsucker Enterprises approached the airlines with an offer that Hunsucker would install the audiobook hardware on each plane and would pay the airlines a certain percentage for each person who listened to an audiobook. I couldn’t figure out if Budget Airlines was aware of the hypnoses scheme. The airlines went out of business a few weeks later so I my unresolved questions would always remain unresolved. I approached Doug, about Hunsucker Enterprises and he started to get squirmy about owning up to any type of affiliation with the company. Then the following day I was metaphorically punched in the gut by Doug. He actually terminated my employment. Pennsylvania is an at will state so Doug didn’t have to give me any rationale for my termination. I am now left pondering how long Doug had been using Ben and I to carry out his wicked mind game deceptions. Another odd thing I learned was the hospital system that purchased 40 medication carts had actually canceled the order for the carts and returned them back to Doug’s medical supply company. I questioned if the medication carts were actually being used to transport illegal drugs from state to state. The buyer of the carts always seemed way to willing to purchase from us almost like arrangements had been set up prior to me or Ben meeting the person. Since I was terminated from Doug’s company I couldn’t do anymore internal research, so the extent that Doug was using Ben and I over the years will probably always remain a mystery.
I was fortunate to work with a group of guys who also became my close friends. I work for a small private sales firm that specializes in selling medical equipment. The owner of the company believes in revenue sharing so we are always trying to cut expenses. We never fly first class and we stay at cheap hotels. Ben and I were scheduled to take a flight from Harrisburg to Chicago on Budget Airlines. When I arrived on the flight I was a little bummed out that they didn’t have movies available and instead they had audiobooks available through their WiFi. I figured that I would just sleep and Ben decided to listen to “The Shining” audiobook. Ben seemed to be intently listening almost like he was in a trance and I eventually passed out. We arrived in Chicago and checked into our hotel. We met the hospital administrator at the local hospital and we were happy because they actually bought 40 of our medication carts. We were even able to cut our trip short because of the quick sale so we arrived back in Harrisburg on Tuesday night. That same Friday something horrible happened. Ben was pulled into the owner of the company, Doug’s office and was terminated for stealing money from the company. Doug even called the police. This completely caught me off guard almost like if you were told that Mr. Rodgers was responsible for introducing methamphetamines into the United States. I’ve been working with Ben for almost a decade and he attended church every Sunday and he was married with two kids. He was the absolute last person I would suspect to steal money. Apparently he stayed late at the office on Wednesday and rerouted funds to his personal account. The office security cameras saw him doing it so when Ben was pleading to the point where he was crying, Doug wasn’t listening to his sob story. Ben kept saying “I swear I have no idea what your talking about.” I always heard of people living double lives, but I was in complete shock. Ben was actually charged with grand theft and was released on bail. He called me and said that he had zero recollection of ever staying at the office on Wednesday night. He also told me that security cameras at his bank caught him withdrawing that same money. Then the police were able to track him to going to the post office, where he mailed the money to an unknown address. Ben said he had zero recollection of going to the bank or to the post office. Typically when your caught on camera it’s kind of hard proving your innocence, but I knew Ben and I wanted to help him. He came over to my house and we met in my backyard. He seemed like he was a completely defeated person. He was going to loose his house and possibly his wife. We both talked for hours trying to figure out what happened. He called off sick on Wednesday. Ben had only called off one other time so that was highly unusual for him. He fully admits that looking at the security cameras that unless there is a spot in doppelgänger then it’s probably him, but he has absolutely zero recollection. Ben’s wife thought he was at work that Wednesday and Ben says he doesn’t have an inkling of where he went. Nothing weird happened on the trip and he wasn’t into drugs or gambling. Ben payed a fortune on hiring a lawyer and still had to spend 30 days in jail. Absolutely no one would hire him so he’s been out of work and his wife has been supporting the family working as a cashier. I had to go to California on Monday this time by myself. I flew the same Budget airlines. I wasn’t tired so I decided to listen to one of their audiobooks on the plane. Right before takeoff I chose “The Shining” to listen to, because I never read the book. Our takeoff was delayed so I was already an hour into the audiobook before our flight took off. I was completely enamored with the audiobook. I felt myself drifting into a different dimension. Almost like my body was floating out of my seat and I was being transported to this other place. This other place was just so vivid and lifelike. It felt like I was in England hundreds of years ago. I see a princes who is magnificently beautiful who is begging me. Then I hear “Sir! Excuse me sir. Sir Excuse me sir,” from a distance and My body floats back to my seat and I quickly come back to reality. I couldn’t explain the feeling it was almost like being pulled back from the best dream I ever had. Then the flight attendant says “Please put your carryon bag under the seat.” I try to start the audiobook again and it starts over from the beginning and it won’t let me fast forward, so I just turn it off. I’ve seen the movie “The Shining” so I was completely lost of why my mind drifted to meeting a princess which had nothing to do with the movie “The Shining.” I was able to get a quick sale in California, so I went back home the next morning on the same Budget airlines. I thought to myself that Stephen King wouldn’t appreciate someone altering his original book, so I actually audio copied the portion of the audiobook that went awry onto my cell phone. I remembered it was about 55 minutes into the audiobook where the plot of “The Shining” went into a different direction. I decided that I would listen to the copied audiobook portion sometime this week. I got off the plane and drove home. I greeted my wife and we went food shopping and eventually I went to bed. Something extremely odd happened this night that has never happened to me in my adult life. At 4:00 am I was in a sleepwalking type of trance about a mile from my house. Apparently the cops were patrolling the area and saw me walking then they saw me stop and from what they told me it seemed like I was confused like I didn’t know what direction I should go. The cops told me that once they grabbed my arm towards their police car I snapped out of whatever trance I was in. I declined EMS services and just walked home. When I got home My wife confirmed to me that in the 12 years that we were married I had never sleepwalked. I’m now pondering what the heck just happened to me. I had no recollection of getting changed and leaving the house. The thought came to my mind that this scenario seemed eerily similar to Ben’s where he had no recollection of staying late at the office or going to the bank and the post office. It eventually dawned on me that somehow both Ben’s and my brains were subconsciously infiltrated. Eventually I focused on the commonality of “The Shining” audiobook that both Ben and I listened to. I did some online research and from what what I gathered was “The Shining” was used to get your mind to focus intently and then from there someone goes off topic and breaks through the person’s protective central nervous system and implants subliminal messages. Based on Ben’s behavior the subliminal messages were meant for him to carry out criminal behavior. I listened to the remainder of the recording I made on the plane and I was struck with awe on just how soothing the woman’s voice was who was narrating the audiobook. She was the Michael Jordan of voice overs. I purposely put my guard up to listen objectively and not let my self get pulled into the trance. I figured out what my objective was supposed to be. The “princess” on the audiobook wanted me to rob the local Burger King by my house and then mail the money to a PO Box in Missouri. The oddest thing that I learned from my online research is that for the most part there are no laws regarding the use of hypnosis so I didn’t know where to turn next. I actually called the airlines and after waiting nearly two hours I finally spoke to a customer sales rep who had no idea what I was talking about. I was at a dead end. I couldn’t find anymore information that would help my cause. I knew the woman’s voice on the audiobook was non American, but I couldn’t pin point the exact country perhaps South Africa or Wales. The one thing that I did learn was trying to get a name from a P.O. Box was difficult. One way to get the name of the company or the name of the individual is to say you were receiving political advertisements from the P.O. Box then there is a form to fill out and then the USPS will release the owners name. I made up a political flyer and I sent it to the Missouri post office along with the corresponding forms. I waited three weeks then I received a response from USPS which stated that the owner of the P.O. Box was Hunsucker enterprises. That name sounded way too familiar, but I just couldn’t pin point it. I jogged my memory for a while, then I realized where I heard that name “Hunsucker enterprises.” Doug the owner of the company that I work for was using them as a consultant firm. Another odd coincidence that I learned was that my employer, Doug had received a substantial insurance check for the money Ben had stolen. After about literally making 100 phone calls to budget airlines I learned some additional information. The airlines was close to declaring bankruptcy, so Hunsucker Enterprises approached the airlines with an offer that Hunsucker would install the audiobook hardware on each plane and would pay the airlines a certain percentage for each person who listened to an audiobook. I couldn’t figure out if Budget Airlines was aware of the hypnoses scheme. The airlines went out of business a few weeks later so I my unresolved questions would always remain unresolved. I approached Doug, about Hunsucker Enterprises and he started to get squirmy about owning up to any type of affiliation with the company. Then the following day I was metaphorically punched in the gut by Doug. He actually terminated my employment. Pennsylvania is an at will state so Doug didn’t have to give me any rationale for my termination. I am now left pondering how long Doug had been using Ben and I to carry out his wicked mind game deceptions. Another odd thing I learned was the hospital system that purchased 40 medication carts had actually canceled the order for the carts and returned them back to Doug’s medical supply company. I questioned if the medication carts were actually being used to transport illegal drugs from state to state. The buyer of the carts always seemed way to willing to purchase from us almost like arrangements had been set up prior to me or Ben meeting the person. Since I was terminated from Doug’s company I couldn’t do anymore internal research, so the extent that Doug was using Ben and I over the years will probably always remain a mystery.
I was fortunate to work with a group of guys who also became my close friends. I work for a small private sales firm that specializes in selling medical equipment. The owner of the company believes in revenue sharing so we are always trying to cut expenses. We never fly first class and we stay at cheap hotels. Ben and I were scheduled to take a flight from Harrisburg to Chicago on Budget Airlines. When I arrived on the flight I was a little bummed out that they didn’t have movies available and instead they had audiobooks available through their WiFi. I figured that I would just sleep and Ben decided to listen to “The Shining” audiobook. Ben seemed to be intently listening almost like he was in a trance and I eventually passed out. We arrived in Chicago and checked into our hotel. We met the hospital administrator at the local hospital and we were happy because they actually bought 40 of our medication carts. We were even able to cut our trip short because of the quick sale so we arrived back in Harrisburg on Tuesday night. That same Friday something horrible happened. Ben was pulled into the owner of the company, Doug’s office and was terminated for stealing money from the company. Doug even called the police. This completely caught me off guard almost like if you were told that Mr. Rodgers was responsible for introducing methamphetamines into the United States. I’ve been working with Ben for almost a decade and he attended church every Sunday and he was married with two kids. He was the absolute last person I would suspect to steal money. Apparently he stayed late at the office on Wednesday and rerouted funds to his personal account. The office security cameras saw him doing it so when Ben was pleading to the point where he was crying, Doug wasn’t listening to his sob story. Ben kept saying “I swear I have no idea what your talking about.” I always heard of people living double lives, but I was in complete shock. Ben was actually charged with grand theft and was released on bail. He called me and said that he had zero recollection of ever staying at the office on Wednesday night. He also told me that security cameras at his bank caught him withdrawing that same money. Then the police were able to track him to going to the post office, where he mailed the money to an unknown address. Ben said he had zero recollection of going to the bank or to the post office. Typically when your caught on camera it’s kind of hard proving your innocence, but I knew Ben and I wanted to help him. He came over to my house and we met in my backyard. He seemed like he was a completely defeated person. He was going to loose his house and possibly his wife. We both talked for hours trying to figure out what happened. He called off sick on Wednesday. Ben had only called off one other time so that was highly unusual for him. He fully admits that looking at the security cameras that unless there is a spot in doppelgänger then it’s probably him, but he has absolutely zero recollection. Ben’s wife thought he was at work that Wednesday and Ben says he doesn’t have an inkling of where he went. Nothing weird happened on the trip and he wasn’t into drugs or gambling. Ben payed a fortune on hiring a lawyer and still had to spend 30 days in jail. Absolutely no one would hire him so he’s been out of work and his wife has been supporting the family working as a cashier. I had to go to California on Monday this time by myself. I flew the same Budget airlines. I wasn’t tired so I decided to listen to one of their audiobooks on the plane. Right before takeoff I chose “The Shining” to listen to, because I never read the book. Our takeoff was delayed so I was already an hour into the audiobook before our flight took off. I was completely enamored with the audiobook. I felt myself drifting into a different dimension. Almost like my body was floating out of my seat and I was being transported to this other place. This other place was just so vivid and lifelike. It felt like I was in England hundreds of years ago. I see a princes who is magnificently beautiful who is begging me. Then I hear “Sir! Excuse me sir. Sir Excuse me sir,” from a distance and My body floats back to my seat and I quickly come back to reality. I couldn’t explain the feeling it was almost like being pulled back from the best dream I ever had. Then the flight attendant says “Please put your carryon bag under the seat.” I try to start the audiobook again and it starts over from the beginning and it won’t let me fast forward, so I just turn it off. I’ve seen the movie “The Shining” so I was completely lost of why my mind drifted to meeting a princess which had nothing to do with the movie “The Shining.” I was able to get a quick sale in California, so I went back home the next morning on the same Budget airlines. I thought to myself that Stephen King wouldn’t appreciate someone altering his original book, so I actually audio copied the portion of the audiobook that went awry onto my cell phone. I remembered it was about 55 minutes into the audiobook where the plot of “The Shining” went into a different direction. I decided that I would listen to the copied audiobook portion sometime this week. I got off the plane and drove home. I greeted my wife and we went food shopping and eventually I went to bed. Something extremely odd happened this night that has never happened to me in my adult life. At 4:00 am I was in a sleepwalking type of trance about a mile from my house. Apparently the cops were patrolling the area and saw me walking then they saw me stop and from what they told me it seemed like I was confused like I didn’t know what direction I should go. The cops told me that once they grabbed my arm towards their police car I snapped out of whatever trance I was in. I declined EMS services and just walked home. When I got home My wife confirmed to me that in the 12 years that we were married I had never sleepwalked. I’m now pondering what the heck just happened to me. I had no recollection of getting changed and leaving the house. The thought came to my mind that this scenario seemed eerily similar to Ben’s where he had no recollection of staying late at the office or going to the bank and the post office. It eventually dawned on me that somehow both Ben’s and my brains were subconsciously infiltrated. Eventually I focused on the commonality of “The Shining” audiobook that both Ben and I listened to. I did some online research and from what what I gathered was “The Shining” was used to get your mind to focus intently and then from there someone goes off topic and breaks through the person’s protective central nervous system and implants subliminal messages. Based on Ben’s behavior the subliminal messages were meant for him to carry out criminal behavior. I listened to the remainder of the recording I made on the plane and I was struck with awe on just how soothing the woman’s voice was who was narrating the audiobook. She was the Michael Jordan of voice overs. I purposely put my guard up to listen objectively and not let my self get pulled into the trance. I figured out what my objective was supposed to be. The “princess” on the audiobook wanted me to rob the local Burger King by my house and then mail the money to a PO Box in Missouri. The oddest thing that I learned from my online research is that for the most part there are no laws regarding the use of hypnosis so I didn’t know where to turn next. I actually called the airlines and after waiting nearly two hours I finally spoke to a customer sales rep who had no idea what I was talking about. I was at a dead end. I couldn’t find anymore information that would help my cause. I knew the woman’s voice on the audiobook was non American, but I couldn’t pin point the exact country perhaps South Africa or Wales. The one thing that I did learn was trying to get a name from a P.O. Box was difficult. One way to get the name of the company or the name of the individual is to say you were receiving political advertisements from the P.O. Box then there is a form to fill out and then the USPS will release the owners name. I made up a political flyer and I sent it to the Missouri post office along with the corresponding forms. I waited three weeks then I received a response from USPS which stated that the owner of the P.O. Box was Hunsucker enterprises. That name sounded way too familiar, but I just couldn’t pin point it. I jogged my memory for a while, then I realized where I heard that name “Hunsucker enterprises.” Doug the owner of the company that I work for was using them as a consultant firm. Another odd coincidence that I learned was that my employer, Doug had received a substantial insurance check for the money Ben had stolen. After about literally making 100 phone calls to budget airlines I learned some additional information. The airlines was close to declaring bankruptcy, so Hunsucker Enterprises approached the airlines with an offer that Hunsucker would install the audiobook hardware on each plane and would pay the airlines a certain percentage for each person who listened to an audiobook. I couldn’t figure out if Budget Airlines was aware of the hypnoses scheme. The airlines went out of business a few weeks later so I my unresolved questions would always remain unresolved. I approached Doug, about Hunsucker Enterprises and he started to get squirmy about owning up to any type of affiliation with the company. Then the following day I was metaphorically punched in the gut by Doug. He actually terminated my employment. Pennsylvania is an at will state so Doug didn’t have to give me any rationale for my termination. I am now left pondering how long Doug had been using Ben and I to carry out his wicked mind game deceptions. Another odd thing I learned was the hospital system that purchased 40 medication carts had actually canceled the order for the carts and returned them back to Doug’s medical supply company. I questioned if the medication carts were actually being used to transport illegal drugs from state to state. The buyer of the carts always seemed way to willing to purchase from us almost like arrangements had been set up prior to me or Ben meeting the person. Since I was terminated from Doug’s company I couldn’t do anymore internal research, so the extent that Doug was using Ben and I over the years will probably always remain a mystery.
Alright, so I’m just gonna bring up an idea. It may sound stupid but hear me out. What if the United States abolished all it’s federal taxes, massively cut down on military spending, privatized Social Security, privatized Medicare and Medicaid, transferred the management of welfare to private charities or state governments, and most importantly, established a monthly lottery nationwide? A well known nation that has a national lottery is South Africa, which generates R3-4 billion a year. However, in the United States, lotteries make much more money, totaling $93 billion dollars in sales around 2019. Now, imagine if the United States had an official lottery system managed by a government agency, where money generated from monthly lotteries went straight to federal tax coffers. Personally, I see this as a viable voluntary tax. No one has to buy a lottery ticket, but they make the choice to do so. Thus the NAP isn’t violated. The only problem I have with such a policy is that the federal government would need to also cut aid to the states, as $474 billion dollars in aid are given to the states. Perhaps a privatized Medicare and Medicaid system would allow for such cuts, as 83% of the aid is used to fund healthcare programs like Medicaid? Another problem with the idea would be constitutionality. Simply put, the Constitution doesn’t give the U.S. Congress the Power to hold lotteries, thus it would be a violation of the 10th Amendment. Furthermore, gambling is illegal in several states. This can be combated through a constitutional amendment and a possible movement to legalize gambling nationwide. I don’t know. Maybe such a system is too ideal. I’ll let the comments discuss such an idea.
The Corruption of Conservation - (Article & Video) - The many faces of colonialism
INDIA - ANNIHILATION DURING THE BRITISH RAJ AND BEYOND Poor and rich in colonial India: 1892 Corruption of Conservation - Source Article An Inconvenient Truth: Pristine Wildernesses and Other Myths Peddled by the BBC: Europeans, who came to India in 18th century with new technology, were the real plunderers of wildlife in the country. They came with new weaponry in the form of guns and explosives and with them came industrialization, which erased the respect that people had for nature. Since this article was written, India’s Supreme Court has ordered the eviction of up to 8 million tribal and other forest-dwelling people in the name of tiger conservation. Campaigners have described this as “an unprecedented disaster,” and “the biggest mass eviction in the name of conservation, ever.” "The wholly different narrative they expose begins with the revelation that protected areas were never “pristine wildernesses” in the first place; they were home to local peoples who actually created the “wild” ecosystems, and who were then thrown out and destroyed when parks were imposed by national governments. The grass plains of the Serengeti, the Amazon rainforest, and so on, were all formed by vigorous human intervention over thousands of years. Experts now accept this, but it remains little known among the general public. Why? Because very few BBC nature viewers have ever been told the real history: After all, it profoundly undermines the fake one. " Fuck David Attenborough & The BBC (Youtube Video Link) British Broadcaster & Murderous Colonizer David Attenborough The destruction of the original landowners, the creators, and curators of the world’s “wildernesses”, is criminal in several respects. One is that they were often far better at maintaining biodiversity than the incoming, usually white, conservationists. The latter often fail, and usually blame the locals when things go wrong. Things must change, and not only to respect the law and human rights. If they don’t, we could soon be facing the end of protected areas and their wildlife. The local backlash against them is gaining increasingly angry momentum and is bound to prevail, especially in Africa where “our” cherished conservation is increasingly seen as nothing more than land-grabbing colonialism. The imagery that has filled our screens throughout my lifetime must acknowledge its bias and start reflecting the real world. We should be shown how protected areas are the result of thousands of years of human habitation; how local, especially indigenous, people, have enhanced both the landscape and wildlife; how evicting and mistreating them leads to biodiversity loss; and how it is they who must be returned to the forefront of protecting wildlife, in all its forms. You don’t need environmental qualifications to realize that the people defending their own land and resources are going to be better guardians than the hired, underpaid rangers who are easily tempted by corruption. We should be listening to them, the locals, much more than to the environmentalists and broadcasters. The British Raj was the rule by the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947. The BBC, with its millions of viewers, really should play a leading role in the conservation of nature, but it’s not the one currently acted out on our screens: In the long run, the images now transmitted into the comfort of our living rooms are deeply counterproductive for conservation, irrespective of their undoubted beauty and the money and accolades they gather. BBC Natural History Unit has also presented a single, unshakable view of wildlife and conservation. No one doubts that it works magnificently; it’s the corporation’s biggest money earner. It formed and still shapes the public’s view of what conservation actually means in distant continents. This specialized BBC unit shows us a pristine wilderness full of photogenic beasts whose existence, we are told (usually by the same David Attenborough), is endangered by loss of habitat, human overpopulation, and of course “poaching” – such threats apparently emanating from Africans or Asians. The same narrative is also peddled by the big conservation organizations, which thrive in financial symbiosis with the BBC’s orthodoxy as the corporation makes money from its programs and as donations from the viewing public flow to the NGOs. Each presents the complex question of conservation in exactly the same way, and each proposes the same, simple – and entirely wrong – solution. It is“fortress conservation” with more and more“brave guards” and increasing military force and weaponry to defend the animals against the human killers (who are never white). British Broadcaster & Murderous Colonizer David Attenborough To anyone who knows the other sides of conservation, the bias is obvious, but the BBC unit’s ideology is relentless and impacts the wider BBC as a whole. BBC news report in 2017, “Killing for Conservation”, by correspondent, Justin Rowlatt. His film exposed the atrocities committed in the name of conservation in India’s Kaziranga National Park – cinematically visited by Prince William and Kate – where rangers have “shoot on sight” orders and are never prosecuted for vigorously deploying them. They killed around twenty so-called poachers a year, sometimes more than the number of animals poached. Some “animal liberationists” may raise a cheer at this gruesome news, but Rowlatt filmed testimony from innocent locals who had been devastated as a result, including relatives of a man with severe learning difficulties, fatally shot as he was rounding up cows near the park’s edge, and 7-year-old Akash Orang, crippled for life when rangers fired on him by mistake. His father told Rowlatt, “He used to be cheerful, he isn’t anymore. In the night he wakes up in pain and cries for his mother.” Killing for Conservation was about Kaziranga in Assam, but many other atrocities have been reported from dozens of protected areas across India. At the time of writing, no less than 280,000 people, mostly tribal Adivasis,* face illegal and forced eviction from tiger reserves, usually from places where they’ve lived successfully in close proximity to the big cats for generations. For years, Survival International has been reporting harrowing testimonies about atrocities committed against the Mising, Baiga, Jenu Kuruba, and many other tribal peoples in the name of conservation. On December 2018 the BBC Natural History launched a new flagship series, “Dynasties”, which repeats the usual old falsehoods. Viewers are lectured (by the very same David Attenborough), “In India today there are new pressures, making it harder than ever [for tigers] to rear a family.” This simply isn’t true. According to the Indian authorities, tigers are increasing in numbers, albeit slowly, and so wasn’t it really “harder than ever” for them during the British Raj’s tiger massacre (starting in around the 1870s and carrying on in independent India)? This “sport” lasted a hundred years and killed tens of thousands, taking the animal to the edge of extinction. The blood from that slaughter lies on the hands of the parents and grandparents of many of today’s British viewers, but it’s always safer, and supposedly less “political,” simply to blame poor villagers in today’s India. - INFORMATION CONTINUED - Map of India under British colonization comparing 1765 and 1805 India under British colonization, comparing 1837 with 1857 Shikar (hunting for sport) was introduced in India by Mughals who ruled the country for more than three hundred years (1526-1857). It was generally the sport of royal families and it used to be a highly organised and tiring affair, in which one outing could last even for fifteen days. Despite this, Shikar did not do much damage to the wildlife because swords and arrows were the only weapons that were used to kill. Under the foreign rule the Indian subcontinent saw in 1852, the introduction of telegraph and the following year, the railways and Innumerable destruction of habitat. Europeans, especially the British that came as traders soon became masters. Hunting was their favourite past time, which soon became a prestigious sport. This is where the real decline of big cats started. The local Maharajas, who were always in search of an opportunity to please their white masters, played a special role by organising shikars and playing host to their British patrons. Those "concerned" with tiger shikar always inflated the estimated figures of the population in order to enjoy unrestricted hunting. tigertribe.net (website) Tigers Killed in India These outings were considered exotic, heroic sport and tigers were the ultimate trophies. Staging elaborate big game hunts was also a favorite pastime for the British Raj that succeeded the Mughals, an activity that showcased their royalty, machismo, power, and wealth. They took out tigers with reckless abandon, along with their Indian counterparts that ruled (nominally) sovereign “Princely States.” Kings and lords, generals, and Maharajas went out in large parties, carried by 10, 20, 30 or even 40 elephants; their servants often drugged and baited tigers before they arrived so the hunters were in little danger. They legitimized the slaughter by vilifying the cats, casting them as terrible, bloodthirsty beasts with an unquenchable desire for human flesh. The ecological impoverishment of India has been chronicled graphically in the personal diaries, memoirs, and photos of British officers who ruled India. Similar to the 1880s shooting spree that decimated bison herds on the American plains. Anyone who laid hands on a gun joined in. Soon after, hunters streamed in from around the world, seduced by the guaranteed premiere trophies advertised by travel agencies—tiger, elephant, rhino, lion, and other iconic species. The Maharajas created staggering new hunting records. General William Mitchell, regarded as the ‘Father of the US Air Force’, recounted his visit as a guest of the viceroy in 1924, “We had killed so many animals during our last three days that their pelts were not sufficiently dry to pack, so we had to spread them on top of the truck that was to carry our baggage south, allowing them to dry en route.” So spoilt by the fruits of India’s jungles were the British, that with great flamboyance they enacted the Forest Act of 1878, practically converting over one-fifth of the land mass of South Asia into prime hunting ground. The Indian subcontinent became the best source of unlimited supply of timber and ‘forest produce’ — which included skins, tusks, bones and horns — for Britain. https://preview.redd.it/892fkoglbwr51.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3c5f5675353a25b9a7ca01e9acb6e8664821557 After ascending the throne in 1911, King George V and his retinue traveled north to Nepal, slaying 39 tigers in 10 days. Colonel Geoffrey Nightingale shot more than 300 tigers in India. In the 1920s, Umed Singh II, the Maharaja of Kotah, modified a flaming red Rolls Royce Phantom for tiger safaris in the Rajastani hills, outfitting it with spotlights for night hunting, a mounted machine gun and a Lantaka cannon. Newly-crowned Rewa kings in Central India thought it auspicious to slay 109 tigers after their coronation. Shooting a tiger was a coming-of-age ritual for young Indian princes. According to historian Mahesh Rangarajan, “over 80,000 tigers…were slaughtered in 50 years from 1875 to 1925. It is possible that this was only a fraction of the numbers actually slain.” Not all were trophy-hunted: In some regions, the cats were considered vermin, systematically exterminated with incentive from government bounties. The British hunted tigers, cheetahs and leopards with high-velocity rifles, speared bears and conducted khedah-catching of elephants for ivory. They invented the logic that hunting was good for the development of ‘character’, and that it trained young men to be good soldiers, while keeping them away from more harmful pursuits like gambling and opium. Reparations for the destruction of India's wildlife (economictimes.indiatimes.com Article) It should be noted that the British Raj included only about two-thirds of modern India, with the other portions under the control of local princes. However, Britain exerted great pressure on these princes, effectively controlling all of India. The British Raj in India (How British Rule of India Came About—and How It Ended) Poor and rich in colonial India: 1892
Favor for the GTA Reddit of the day. Kudos to - www.wizardslots.com and various Redditors for input. I have removed those fields that are just for 'Land Based' as they should allow online gambling alright. Some have very odd laws and will need tested.
Afghanistan
Algeria
American Samoa
Argentina
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belarus
Brunei
Cambodia – gambling is illegal for natives, but land-based gambling is legal for foreign visitors
Cayman Islands – land-based gambling is illegal, and online local casinos are banned, whereas foreign slots are not
China
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus – online sports betting ok with a license
Czech Republic – majority of online gambling is illegal (except online lottery and online sports betting)
Ecuador
Greece – some online gambling is illegal
Iceland – online casino gambling and online poker illegal – offline gambling is legal
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jamaica
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg – illegal online other than sports betting and online lottery
Maldives
Mali – only legal for foreign visitors
Mauritania
Malta - gambling services need a license from the government, this is up to R* to apply for
Malaysia - note: seems to work for some and not for others. No clear reasons why so far.
Montenegro
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Poland – everything but online sports betting is illegal
Portugal - gambling services need a license from the government, this is up to R* to apply for
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
South Africa - online gambling is illegal
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syria
Thailand - everything but Horse Racing and the Government Lotto
Tuvalu
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam
Venezuela
Notable edits - Originally the USA was added to this, it is illegal to gamble in Hawaii and Utah for example but the casino seems to function as normal there. There are a few countries as well that have gambling laws but again GTA's seems to duck underneath these. I'm not an enforcer of the law, nor am I a solicitor but common sense would lead me to say if GTA is allowing you to do it then you shouldn't have to worry about anything. If you cannot access the Casino games, VPN's are a known work around but this could net you in trouble. I won't be assisting players on where to find those (various comments have so far) but be warned it is to be used at your own discretion.
Trump consistently nominates the worst possible person for every job. His campaign slogan was "drain the swamp", but instead he's putting lobbyists and business executives in charge of regulating their own industries. His nominees enrich their business buddies and waste taxpayer money for their own pleasure. I'll break down his cabinet, nomination by nomination. (plus a couple cabinet-level positions such as EPA administrator)
Commerce
Wilbur Ross
Completely out of touch. He wondered aloud why furloughed federal workers went to food banks rather than applying for loans
Bragged about the lack of protests in his Saudi trip (protest is illegal in Saudi Arabia)
Tried to add a citizenship question to the census. This wouldn't be objectionable on its own, but leaked emails revealed that the citizenship question was part of a Republican plot to reduce the reply rate of immigrants and rig the census in favor of Republicans.
Held Russian and Chinese assets during his tenure, despite pledging to divest from them on his ethics agreement. After learning that reporters were looking into these holdings, he dumped some of them before the news could bring the stock price down. This may count as insider trading.
Allegedly, Ross habitually stole large sums of money from his businesses. The allegations total over $120 million.
Trump mistakenly said that Hurricane Dorian was forecast to hit Alabama. Simple mistake that can quickly be corrected, right? Not with Trump. He doubled down on it and demanded that his administration fall in line. Ross Threatened to fire NOAA officials who didn't repeat Trump's misstatement as fact. Dorian, by the way, did not wind up touching Alabama.
Retaliates against employees who speak out about climate change
Said climate change has nothing to do with the severity of California's wildfires, and instead promoted a conspiracy theory about terrorist groups
Used taxpayer money on private aircraft trips. He tried to get out of it by saying that technically he never took a private jet, because they were private planes and helicopters instead
Pushed for the 2017 tax cuts for the rich, saying they'd pay for themselves. Now that we've seen trillion-dollar deficits from those tax cuts, he's doubled down on his claim.
Violated ethics rules by letting his son offer business partners the chance to have access to him
Is trying to adopt a new rule that would allow homeless shelters to discriminate against anyone who looks like they might be trans.
Transportation
Elaine Chao
Mitch McConnell's wife
Her sister and father have big investments in China, leading to conflicts of interest
Failed to divest from a paving company as required by her ethics agreement. She later sold them at a higher price than when she took office.
Energy
Rick Perry
The Department of Energy was one of three departments Perry campaigned on abolishing back in 2012. (along with Commerce and Education)
Instead of doing his job and promoting clean energy, he tries to keep us reliant on fossil fuels. He spreads climate denial and makes utterly absurd pro-fossil-fuel arguments like that they can help prevent sexual assault in Africa
Met with coal executives to set up subsidies for coal companies and rollbacks of Obama-era regulations.
He even believes in climate change. (which is an incredibly low bar to clear for Secretary of Energy, but he does clear it)
Education
Betsy DeVos
Doesn't know a thing about education. Completely clueless any time she's questioned. Didn't know about the debate between measuring by growth vs measuring by proficiency, didn't know that federal law protected students with disabilities, and didn't know about school accountability standards.
Her family are long-time GOP mega-donors. She bragged that her donations were buying influence, saying "We expect a return on our investment".
Stopped investigations into fraud by private universities, and put a DeVry executive in charge of the department that was supposed to do those investigations
Pledged to divest from dozens of companies as part of her ethics agreement during confirmation, but refused to follow through. This leads to some serious conflicts of interest, such as her investment in Neurocore.
Was VP of the Edgar & Elsa Prince Foundation, which made large donations to extreme anti-gay groups such as Focus on the Family. She claims to have had no involvement with the foundation.
DeVos's lifelong drive has been to shift power and funding from public schools to religious and charter schools. This article is well worth reading, and goes into detail on her motivations and actions. She said "Our desire is to confront the culture in ways that will continue to advance God’s kingdom."
Succeeded in getting Michigan to adopt widespread charter schools, ultimately leading to worse outcomes
Is fine with government funding going towards private schools that refuse to accept LGBTQ students
Redirected millions in COVID funds inteded for public schools to private schools
Sided with Trump's threat to cut funding to public schools that delayed reopening. Said kids being in school is not "in any way dangerous".
Homeland Security
John Kelly
Joked that Trump should attack members of the press with a sword
Came up with the family separation policy, explicitly saying that its goal was to be a deterrent.
Left after 6 months to become Chief of Staff
Kirstjen Nielsen
This is a good timeline of Nielsen's role in carrying out the family separation policy. Of note:
She repeatedly denied the existence of a family separation policy
DHS separated families that were legally seeking asylum
At least 471 parents were deported without their children
Eventually, she and Trump gave in to backlash and repealed the policy. Trump later fired her for refusing to reimplement it.
Nobody
Cabinet officials need Senatorial approval, which (even with a Republican-controlled Senate) is more oversight than Trump is comfortable with. He found a loophole of not appointing a nominee at all, thus letting his "acting" DHS secretary run the department indefinitely. The current acting secretary is Chad Wolf
Under Wolf, DHS is sending unmarked federal officers to take protestors off the streets with no accountability.
Racked up a long list of conduct allegations during his time as personal White House physician. These include freely writing prescriptions for whatever people wanted, writing himself prescriptions, creating a hostile work environment, and repeatedly being drunk while on duty.
Withdrew his nomination after it became clear that he wouldn't get confirmed
The whole reason that he was considered for a cabinet position is that he sucked up to Trump by giving him a laughably positive bill of health. This included lines such as "He has incredibly good genes, and it's just the way God made him".
Robert Wilkie
Pro-Confederacy. In a 1995 speech, he heaped glowing praise on Jefferson Davis, criticized abolitionists, and said the South's cause was honorable.
Lied to Congress that he didn't have more recent ties to Confederate groups
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