When I read the article by Oma Seddiq of Business insider, where Samantha Zager, President Trump's campaign deputy National Press Secretary said," When millions of voters will be making their decisions, the President will be silenced by the Silicon Valley Mafia, who will at the same time allow corporate Media to run their biased ads to swing voters in key states", my deep and projecting voice surely propelled my burst of laughter well into the next block.
Point 1: Given 'em Hell Donald!
Now, before you get yourself into a dither, I am one, from a business point of view, that likes President Trump very much. Even though Jeff Bezos' loss of 8 million didn't make him happy, it is, after all, chump change to Jeff and points out how one sentence can cost money in any job, not just the Presidency, or by him. While I don't have anything personal against the Pres, he does exactly what he said and marked how he thinks and that is: to keep 'em guessing! Corporate Media does not like that one bit.
Point 2: Business 101 at and between the gray areas
In 1971 on Central Avenue in Evanston, Illinois, while attending a two week seminar by North Whittmore Schults. The guy who made millions from that little metal cylinder that a roll of postage stamps fit into on your desk, was the head of a mail order business. It was the cat's meow of Marketing at the time.I learned one of the key factors of any business. Don't tell the competition what you are doing. Don't let them try to find out who your supplier is. Don't let that one item be the focus point, because you need other new things to keep the competition trying to keep up with the new stuff they soon turn their focus away from that little nifty gadget that holds your stamps and was making you piles of money. It continues ad infinite even in business today. Maybe more so than ever. The copy cats are all hungry for some of the meat left on the bone if not to steal the whole bone..
Point 3: Learn from watching people.You soon begin to see those you can trust and those you can't.
I have never been a fan of Mark Zuckerburg from the beginning and as time has slipped away, I have been one of those that feel that Facebook is more than just dangerous, this is like the Mofia of the Al Capone days. They are stealing your personal information right under your nose and have become so greedy its scary.. Recently I started some research about internet and smart phone companies (after all it is a mini computer of its own right). The recent mergers of Sprint and T-Mobil and how the big Verizon Media is more of a monster. It was a surprise greater than first thought. Some interesting stats came out of that and are still producing results. Of web sites visited since August 16, 77% of all sits collected information in fish net lots. The leader was Google at 64%; Verizon Media 14%; Facebook 16%; Abode13%; Warner Media 10%. The rest, totaled 35%, of which Twitter (my favorite) collected only 6% out of the 35% remainder. That's 10% less than Facebook.
I had a long time friend that was much older and had been a U.S. Marshall. He took Lonnie Licavoli, (of the Purple Gang of Detroit) to the federal pen. My friend Al, of the U.S.Marshall Department and my grandfather,who had also been a U.S. Marshall had also escorted prisoners to the federal pen at Fort Levenworth, Kansas. Both Al and my grandfather were much alike in both business and in their personal manors. Listening to Al tell about Lonnie Licavoli was interesting as could be. At the time, Detroit had a pretty active mob. From those stories that Al told (and you had to ask him to get them) I see very much the same in Zuckerberg's comments and actions over the years. In fact, he stuck out so much to me, that I have followed his career through the years. He's had his share of bumps for sure. If his ethics have not already crossed that line between good and bad, or lawful and unlawful, it's only a matter of time. In my book of quotes, someone had said that the gray area is where life happens.You get the picture.
When the Corona virus struck, it didn't take long for the Silicon Valley Boys to board their private planes and head to New Zealand before the government shut down their borders. They had been buying land up for some time and building underground bunkers. I did a little checking on that and sure enough, some just made it before the borders were shut. Why New Zealand you say? Well, they have had about 1800 cases total with 24 deaths at the last numbers being reported. The Silicon Valley Mofia ran like a bunch of scared chickens to New Zealand. Where did they get their information in the first place that caused them to dooms day a chunk of land at the near bottom of the world, all-be-it a nice place at that. With their bank roll, a nice place is part of their M.O.
In final thoughts, basically, mom's teaching us boys that when in a situation where someone is trying to manipulate you, threaten you or even attempt the old pic pocket game (in this case it is all digital) you do an about fact an look the other direction for those that are really behind the meat of what is going on (i.e. what Al Capone was to Lonnie Licavoli and those of the Purple gang). It's like the fashion world. What was fashionable 50-60 years ago is the hot fad today.Things have a way of recycling themselves.
