I've just reached the place

 Where the willow don’t bend

There’s not much more to be said
It’s the top of the end
I’m going
I’m going
I’m gone  (Dylan)

Truth is I  left hours ago....riding the Steel Locomotive North towards the Big Apple......I left a China Robot the password to my blog and this is probably him typing now.....who knows.

anyway....it's laughable how all of a sudden BIG Tech is sounding the alarm bells on themselves and begging the Govt or someone to put the breaks on the artificial intelligence movement......how  every democrat politician woke up one morning and started waving the caution Flag on data centers.......how the MSM has lost it's collective mind that someone from Anthropic quit because he suddenly found a conscience and fears for the future of humanity....the timing is wild...isn't it ? General Tso chicken is soooo gooood.....

First Off.....Big Tech has no soul, filet or rhythm......they would,  and probably already have; sold their grandmothers for a competitive edge....the big boys are already 95% of the way there.....the only thing that worries them is that someone might be gaining on them.....and SO.....they want EVERYONE to stop moving forward....until they can sew up the little loose ends and completely corner the market future.....you want fried rice with that ??

The demonrats are allergic to the truth , greedy and pretty dumb (with a B )and will sing any song on behalf of china or a chinese backed lobbyist....and so each day they digest the theme of the day memo from Doctor Evil , or Xi Xi Ping Pong, and regurgitate the same sound bites.....he said 2 eggroll....not 3.

Jessica tarlovski and the leftist media are all fired up because some clown Coxon quit Anthropic ....they first insisted he left millions on the table and walked away without his options because he is afraid A I will kill everyone real soon....and he wanted Nothing to do with it .

turns  out this jackass was only there 4 months.......just how many options do we think he accumulated in 4 months ?  my guess from past experience with Firms going public is 0 ....ZERO.....NADA.....Nuthin....he's either a Chinese agent that was about to be fired or a lazy moron that wants to start a podcast or write a book .

side note.....i'm disgusted with the swamp move of Trump offering $5K as a bribe for votes in the midterm...this is wrong on every imaginable level......I assume he is deliberately trying to blow this up , but i'm not sure why.......no more duck sauce.

Thursday Night......Mike & Eddie playing in Pippins....JC behind the stick....giddy up.

this robot must have a short circuit.

2+3= Tsingtao

I’m closin’ the book
On the pages and the text
And I don’t really care
What happens next
I’m just going
I’m going
I’m gone

Old Man down

 way down, down, down by the docks of the city

blind and dirty, he asked me for a dime

a dime for a cup of coffee.....

i got no dime but i have some time

to hear a story (Hunter-Garcia)

so i remember the cup with maroon triangles more than anything else.....i see it consistently....i dream about it....it's always there......i will try to find a picture on the internet.......it's significance to me is not just because i was fiddling with the lid to add sweet & Low when i was knocked out of my chair and onto my desk when the first plane struck my building.....it was the last thing i saw before all hell broke loose......i had a recurring dream ( and still do) that i am in the building and i am the only one that knows the planes are coming....and that cup is always there......and all of a sudden in my dream i realize that i have to run for the stairs......usually wake up in a cold sweat......but that cup....yep......it never should have been there, but it may have saved my life.

In the summer/autumn of 2001 I was working for Instinet Clearing Services ( a subdivision of Reuters...we were one of the first and only at the time ECN ; electronic crossing networks) we were on the 13th Floor of the North Tower...TOWER 1....first hit, last to fall. I was part of their venture into a Retail Brokerage offering and a Clearing Corp......we were still in our early stages and Reuters was prepping for an IPO to take us public ( an offering that i would have close to 100,000 share of options ...i was going to retire before my 50th birthday) i digress.....in the summer of 2001, since we did not have much work, the Margin Dept did a lot of sitting around, we took extended lunches in Little Italy or the Village, Drank in O'Haras and played on the computer......but we had a regular breakfast in the Port Authority Cafeteria on the 43rd floor of Tower 1 ( we had to take 2 elevators to get there)  we would sit there and admire the incredible views while we read the post and drank coffee.....It was me, Johnny Fraulo, Pooch and Anthony.........but the day prior it just so happened that Fraulo was on Vacation in Vegas.....Pooch was on Jury Duty in Staten Island and Anthony was always late on the Express Bus from Brooklyn.......so as i rode the ferry over from Hoboken i decided to grab a coffee from a street vendor on Vesey street between wtc 6 and wtc 7.......ironically i then walked up the survivor staircase to the plaza and into Tower 1....and so a few minutes later i was at my desk ( and NOT in the elevator going to the cafeteria) i have often wondered what would have happened if any of the other 3 were in the office......the howling screams i heard coming from the elevators just a few minutes later (while i was on the Emergency Phones by the Stairs) could have been my own screams....the burnt, smoldering corpses that littered the lobby just 10 minutes later , the still smoking bodies we had to step around to get to the Vista Hotel could have been me and my buddies....

I remember Sept 13th ....i was the only person in my car on the NJ Transit train....I had to walk from Hoboken to our disaster site at 101 Pavonia Ave in Jersey City...it was a ghost town....we setup shop in a room that housed our computer servers...it was freezing in there, it had to be.....and the Old AC unit made a loud BANG every time it kicked on.....which was every few minutes......i remember some of the women were in tears from being scared by the loud noises....i remember some of them were sent home....i remember we had one long window in the room that faced lower Manhattan......we spent a month there.....there weren't any good bars there along the water in 2001......but we had a deli......and everyday the four of us would grab 3 or 4 pints in brown bags and sit on a park bench and stare across the Hudson at the smoldering pile that used to be our office (years later Dorrians would open across the street)  we watched the smoke change from Black....to grey......to a sickening yellow haze......for weeks it continued to rise....slowly killing everyone and everything in it's path.....and we sat helpless across the river just watching...wondering ...waiting.

I share some of this today because i fear that many in the country have....if not forgotten...have chose to move on......i fear that attention paid to the anniversary will only wane and diminish from year 26 and forward...i wanted to get this out and on paper before it slipped from my memory too....although i doubt that will happen ....my luck, even i have Alzheimer's someday; this will be the only shit that sticks with me.....the Cup with the maroon triangles....i wish i could find one, i would post a picture.

anyway...stay safe......i'm going off the grid until saturday.....i have a beach chair and a cooler full of beer with my name written all over it

I got up and wandered
Wandered downtown
nowhere to go
just to hang around

well they Say

 that time loves a hero

But only time will tell
If he's real he's a legend from heaven
If he ain't he was sent here from hell (Little Feat)

and so just a few days before the 25th anniversary comes news that 9/11 related cancers saw an dramatic uptick this past year , but who knows if that is even true....doctors, lawyers and other liars are all in this game for the money....they have managed to put a price tag on everything from cancer to heart burn....does it diminish from the people that truly lost their lives on that day or years later from the smoke ? that's for everyone to decide on their own........i just think its disgusting to live in a time where everything has to taken with a grain of salt...so many lies, distractions and censorship.......I fully understand how older folks become so jaded and distrusting of anyone and everything.

This week Gov Pataki said the he has a 9/11 related "restricted airway disease"  .....ok..........he was Gov from 1995-2006......did he stand up for the people of his State and insist that the air quality was a problem in the days, weeks, months afterwards.....OR...did he hide behind Kristy Todd Whittman........Whittman of course apologized for claiming the air was Fine.....in 2016......what took so long ?

Yesterday mandanni released files that he said were found in lock boxes in city hall.....smoking gun memo's showing the Guliani Administration knew all along that the asbestos in the air was a problem and that they hid the truth and were more concerned about the cities lawsuit liability.

I am grateful that i am still here 25 years later.....i don't know if it helped....but while i spent an Hour in a thick cloud of smoke outside Castle Clinton and the Holocaust Memorial ( so thick i couldn't even see Mondo standing next to me, could hear his voice, couldn't see his face) i used a water bottle that someone was giving out , to wet the sleeve of my work shirt and then i tried to breathe through the shirt....using the wet shirt as a filter to block some of the dust from getting to my lungs....maybe it helped....i still feel in the back of my mind that i will walk into a doctor someday and be given a 6 month death sentence.....nothing i can do about that, i try not to think about that too much....but every year this month of September gets worse and worse.

anyway, this time next week i will be in good old Bayridge......Blisstock on the 19th and the Hoban run on the 20th.....hopefully i see a lot of friendly faces on the Hill at Owls Head....

Some say my uncle that he's a zero
His life as a shell, he left it back at Stateside
I'd say he's doing well without his shell
Bumming 'round the beaches of Puerto Rico
The beauty of the sunrise and sunset
To his friends he wish he could tell
They're at home still running for bells
Better San Juan than that blue collar hell

What's happening on Wall Street

 What´s happening at the Stock Exchange

I want to know
What´s happening on Squawk Box
What´s happening with my stocks
I want to know
I watch you on the TV every single day
Those eyes make everything okay ( Joey Ramone)

Well the true Queen of Bayridge has been unceremoniously fired by the Fox News Corporation.

From a coat check girl at the Rex Manor to Halls of Fontbonne Academy to the Floor of the NY Stock Exchange she blazed a trail...her rise was fast and furious....she put up with a great deal of harassment when she became the first woman to broadcast from the lions den ( the all male floor of the NYSE)...and she threw out the first pitch before a sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium...and as referenced above, she had a song written for/about her by none other than the great Joey Ramone....not bad for a kid from Brooklyn.

Her reporting at Fox Business was simply put, the best there ever was; if you never saw her live, you should spend a day searching for clips from the show.....she interviewed Corporate tycoons, thousands of politicians, foreign heads of state and POTUS himself on a regular basis.....she let nobody off the hook......in her famous Brooklyn accent she demanded of every political blowhard " Whatta are Ya gonna do about it"?.....she was toughest on Republicans that came on the show expecting to be treated with kid gloves, but she was relentless....she love to demand to know WHEN a vote would happen.....and when the politician tap danced...she would remind her audience how many days were left in session before concluding " Your Not gonna get that Vote before recess" .

She was a China Hawk......she never let up on the origins of Covid and wrote a book about how China was trying to corrupt the world...she befriended Jimmy Lai before he was imprisoned in Honk Kong and she had Gordon Chang on as a regular guest......but the thing i admired most was her style of interviewing.....she listened......most Talking Heads are busy thinking about their next question....but she was notorious for picking up something in the persons answer and then going off script and pushing back or calling people out for what they just said.......she was also the one of the first that accused China of deliberately spreading the virus....she railed on the fact that China sent a huge delegation to Davos in Feb 2020 to attend the economic forum....."in years prior you didn't even know if they were there" she would say.." but in 2020 everywhere you went there was someone from China mingling with Economic big shots, locals and reporters"  she was never afraid to call a spade a spade.

The early reports on her firing are troubling....not for her....bur for FOX.

apparently when the President gave his  National Address back in July and he accused CHINA of election interference ...the bosses at Fox instructed their staff to censor the story....do NOT report what the President said and do NOT further his theories.....and they put that in writing via internal Memo's and texts......and allegedly Maria shared this TRUTH with the White House.

I don't know about you but i think this could be the final nail in the MSM coffin.....this provides furthur conviction that nobody can really be trusted....no network, no newspaper , no body ! ......i watch the news for entertainment value.....but i tuned to Maria's multiple shows for the truth....no matter how unpleasant or inconvenient it was to report....and now, that too; has been taken from us.

if only there was a Blog that told the truth, the whole truth and nuthin but the Truth...with some booze and jocularity tossed in for good measure......the truth is many of the stories i share with you originated from Mornings with Maria.....i'll wait patiently for her statement and her next move.....hopefully instead of signing an NDA, she comes out swinging and suing and writing a book about Murdoch's Regime.

it's funny now how all the demonrats are spewing the same taglines about Data centers...all of them negative talking points that originated in ? you guessed it, CHINA....but my favorite is AOC......she suggested they build a Data center near Mar-a-Lago to see how Trump like it.......of course by now you can surmise correctly that there are 2 data centers within a mile of Mar A Lago.......is she really that stupid or does she just think that you are ?

2+3=  FOX news censored the answer

I watch her at the big board every single day
While she´s reporting you best stay out of her way
I watch her every day
I watch her every night
She´s really outta sight

Maria Bartiromo 

Maria Bartiromo

Maria Bartiromo

After all the jacks are in their boxes

 And the clowns have all gone to bed

You can hear happiness
Staggering on down the street
Footprints dressed in red
And the wind whispers
"Mary"  (Jimi)

I think Hakeem is stalking me........no, not Hakeem Olajuwon......he's Hakeem the Dream.....i'm talking about the New York Nightmare....Hakeem Craig Jeffries...

Thursday i gave a brief overview on Data Centers and how i thought they could be reigned in and managed so that both sides benefitted....and yesterday Hakeem took the bait. ( Truth be told/ in fairness he was responding to POTUS......Trumpski said cities that reject Data centers flat out, are backwards and doomed to be left behind this economic windfall)

But Hakeem of course had to paint data centers as the new satan.....and insisted the Repubs were trying to unleash this horrible monster on the American public....it's kind of sad, but the big blue North gets what they deserve when they continue to elect morons.....they vote on party lines only , and in primaries they choose the candidates with the best sound bites or whomever their union tells them to support.......data centers do not have to / nor should they be a partisan issue......both sides should be actively pursuing  their construction in their districts, with safeguards and on good financial terms for their constituents.

So, what we can expect to see is that more data centers will be built in Red States in the South......already low property taxes will shrink or go away entirely....quality of life investments like parks and recreation will flourish and technology field jobs will be created.........and up north ? more of the same red tape... just like how  they will squander the FB payout on more bureaucracy and govt overreach programs.......it is a shame, because i truly do love NY/NJ and do not wish to see these states abandoned.

Lots of Talk about these FLOCK cameras.....i don't see why it is such a problem to fix......i share concerns with many over the loss of privacy...and i despise Big Brother Govt spying....but in this day and age with so many abductions of children and ex spouses, a few minutes could be the difference between life and death....I think it can be an fixed.....limit access to the data....only provide unlimited access in the areas surrounding a disappearance /abduction, and for a brief window....and only grant access after the fact ( for evidence gathering) if accompanied by a warrant........do not allow Cops to search for their ex wife's whereabouts on his lunch hour.......and no blind searches for a specific plate without a warrant.

I am following this Clancy case in Mass.......lady killed her 3 toddlers and then either tried to kill herself or create a smokescreen to distract everyone......the murder of the kids is NOT in doubt....from what i understand they are trying to determine her mental state at the time of the killing....I do not think a jury of average Joe's should be responsible for that.....this sb a trial before a judge and let both side provide their experts testimony....and let the judge decide.

must be bitter resentment for fans of the Notorious B.I.G (Chris Wallace) aka Biggy Smalls......he was murdered in 1997 as payback for the part he played in the murder of Tupac Shakur....this was during the infamous Rap wars between East Coast and West Coast Rappers........Martians, this is not a joke.....well now it turns out that Tupac was killed by the Uncle of some LA rapper that he beat up earlier in the evening.....and Biggy had nuthin to do wit it......shame.

anybody seen Mikie ?  an 8 month old infant was killed and his Mother & Sister hospitalized , when they were run over by a vehicle in a supermarket parking lot in Jackson ( i believe) New Jersey.......spoiler alert...not only was the driver unlicensed, but she was illegal....maybe, just maybe...if the State of NJ cooperated with ICE ( instead of protesting outside of Delaney Hall) this 20 year old miscreant would have been identified and detained BEFORE she murdered an infant.....maybe the family of the deceased should file a $100 million lawsuit against the State for Failing to enforce /assist Federal Immigration policies .

a few sports prognostications........NFL win totals

Falcons  over 7 1/2

Browns  over  5 1/2

Broncos under 9 1/2

Jaguars under  8 1/2

and NVDA is lingering between 215 and 220.....this is a $300 stock.....if you have patience and a few sheckles....load up......i'd say it hits $300 next May around earnings time...

and 2+3=BEEER

Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past?
And with this crutch
Its old age and its wisdom
It whispers, "No, this will be the last"

Blisstock T-shirt Link

 I know everyone has too many t-shirts already, and most of us are trying to downsize our wardrobe, but i created these shirts as a nod to a fantastic Bayridge event....BLISSTOCK.....and to raise a few sheckles for a worthy Bayridge Institution....The Guild for Exceptional Children.........spoiler alert....we are keeping the window to purchase a shirt open until After Blisstock.....we think quite a few people may be inspired that day to buy a shirt....so the physical shirts will not be delivered until early October......you may also just make a donation if you really do not want a shirt...

https://www.customink.com/fundraising/a-group-of-lifetime-friends-gather-annually-to-raise-money-for-worthy-worthy-causes?utm_campaign=desktop-campaign-page-share-v3&utm_content=a-group-of-lifetime-friends-gather-annually-to-raise-money-for-worthy-worthy-causes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link

Wake of the Flood

 Laughing water, 49

Get out the pans
Don't just stand there dreaming
Get out the way, get out the way

Here comes sunshine
Here comes sunshine  (Hunter-Garcia)

The footage from the flooding in Nepal is a not so subtle reminder that Water is the strongest force on the globe....Water covers 71% of the earth  surface.....water extinguishes fire....and water ruins a nice glass of whiskey.

not defending Zuckerberg or Face page.....but this settlement is crap....Madison Avenue spends 24 hours a day trying to come up with ad campaigns that convince people watching television that they cannot live without the products they are pitching.....millions of entrepreneurs spend their life's worth trying to create a product that can capture the imagination of the consumer and hold them for a Kings ransom....the objective of every business in a Capitalist society is reel in as many customers as possible and to crush their competition......to hold FB financially responsible just because they did IT better than anyone else is shameless money grab.

NJ will get close to $700 million......will they invest in roads or paydown their debt ?  no, they will create a new State run agency to combat social media addiction....i wish i was kidding......i wonder if Zuck regrets giving $100 Million to the Newark School System over 20 years ago ? 

NVIDIA blew away the estimates with their earning release last night....stock is up over 7% in after hours trading....still a bargain at $225 a share.

lots of chatter lately about Data Centers....my feeling is that although they are unsightly, ugly warehouses.......they are essential to the AI future......local communities can use this opportunity to pull themselves out of debt and even fund some of their pet projects, they can put in reasonable guardrails that ensure the DC's are energy self sufficient and not a drain on the grid, insist that they use non drinkable water for cooling, and they can prohibit them from buying farmland or open spaces to build.....one idea that seems like a no brainer to me would be to force these data centers to occupy/convert abandoned shopping malls or outdated warehouses or yesterday's factories......but the one truth that cannot be denied is that if these municipalities get greedy and have unreasonable demands.....well the private sector is always two steps ahead of govt jugheads......they will build the DC's in the desert, underwater or as Elon suggests; in outer space....they will utilize mini nuclear power plants and will keep all their Coins to themselves....and the stupid politicians will blow another chance to save their sinking ships.........i hope when the Martians are reading this is 250 years, they will leave a comment and tell me if i was right or wrong. 

Stay tuned for an exciting offer from Sweater Nite......we are finalizing the Design for some Blisstock T-Shirts ....we will be donating the proceeds from the sale of these shirts to a worthy local Bayridge Institution.....John Duffy's alma mater; The Guild for Exceptional Children....i hope to have the link to order shirts by tomorrow.

2+3=BEEER

Line up a long shot
Maybe try it two times
Maybe more

Be good to know
You got shoes to wear when you find the floor
Why hold out for more?