Author: chuck

Cousin of Art Garfunkel, Pearlman began as an accountant and founding a helicopter taxi service.  Then he began leasing blimps.  One of  the blimps crashed and Pearlman moved toward a penny stock operation.  An initial public offering in 1985 for Airship International (ticker symbol: BLMP) raised $3 million in what may have been a “pump and dump” operation where while he was getting other investors in he was quietly selling his stake in the company.

Trans Continental would become the cornerstone of Pearlman’s Ponzi scheme of 84 businesses of varying degrees of legitimacy, in which investors contributed to the company’s Employee Investment Savings Accounts (EISA) program.

More blimps were involved in accidents.

The group the New Kids on the Block gave him inspiration to get into the music industry with boy bands.   He invested in the bands such as Backstreet Boys,  NSYNC, and others.  The he ended up getting sued by most of the bands and it was discovered how he had defrauded investors in his Ponzi scheme.

He fled the country and was arrested in Indonesia in June of 2007, and was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy, money laundering, and making false statements during a bankruptcy proceeding.

Rumors are swirling that someone important is about to check into a hospital as secret service has been reported checking several out.  The rumor is that Hillary Clinton will be the patient.  Some have suggested that her team itself put out a phony medical report as part of a disinformation campaign and to hurt the credibility of anyone who might get a hold of a real report.  Some say the report was also to distract from the obvious health problems she has been experiencing on the campaign trail.

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Gunnar Bentz apologizes for the garage bathroom incident but makes clear that the news media still does not have the story right.  The general consensus of many is that people inside of Brazil did in fact shake down members of our Olympic Team.  Whether you want to call it robbery or not, there was a shake down.  And for our media to attack members of Olympic Team without knowing the facts has been disgraceful.

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Someone over on CBS calls Trump’s call for African-American voters disgraceful. They and Hillary seem to perfectly happy with the plight that is too apparent in too many black communities.  Somehow the elite media, and Hillary, thinks stating the obvious is disgraceful.  Their attitude seems to be that why tell the truth when a lie is so much more fun.

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In this electronic age should D.C. be made virtual world so that Senators and House Members can be made to stay in touch with the people they are supposed to serve and less in touch with those who lobby them.  In other words, shouldn’t members of Congress live in the states they are elected from and just computer-commute to work.

Case in point. Evan Bayh has 2 multi-million dollar homes in D.C..  He has a condo in Florida.  But in the state for which he wants to be Senator, he has a one-bedroom condo in Indianapolis listed at $59,000.  And in Indiana, the state he wants to serve, he is listed as an inactive voter because it can’t be confirmed that he actually lives there.

So I think it would be so cool if D.C. were made a virtual world.  Not only in that world could they conduct the people’s business but they could be like in a video game.  Yeah, jump those barrels.  Jump them.  Whoops.  Someone just gave you a virtual wedgie.  Oh watch it Nancy Pelosi, Sarah Palin has just entered your cave and she is after your witches broom.

Anyways…

Hope everyone has a good day.

Okay, he is fighting mad, but he is using the law and not his fist to demand that his porn company not be discriminated against by California.  He has filed a complaint against mixed martial arts company Bellator and its owner Viacom, alleging that the companies have violated the same HIV regulations for which James Deen Productions was cited. His effort is not to cause Viacom problems–although it might seem that way–but is an effort to draw attention to what he described as the “unfair persecution of the adult industry”.

Deen’s complaint with California’s division of occupational safety and health (Cal/OSHA) alleges that the mixed martial arts company has failed to comply with state policies aimed at preventing exposure to blood borne pathogens, according to Deen’s announcement. Normally, workers file Cal/OSHA complaints against their employers. But the investigation into the condom practices of Deen’s company stemmed from a complaint by the Aids Healthcare Foundation, a nonprofit that is critical of the porn industry and has advocated condom requirements. Cal/OSHA announced penalties of $77,875 to Deen’s film production company, also known as Third Rock Enterprises, based on what some consider a frivolous complaint because as far as is known, no workers were found to have contracted any disease.

Whether the porn industry should use condoms or not is an open question. Testing does generally prevent accidental spread of disease though not always. Still, that said, the adult industry should do more to encourage the use of condoms. HIV/AIDS is a costly epidemic that continues to devastate communities. Just because there are better treatments now than when it began does not mean that its spread is not a tragedy.

Remember, sexual fantasy can be fun but reality has consequences. Whether condoms are worn in porn or not, be kind to yourself and practice safe reality.