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Sylvia Browne Dead at 77

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, November 21, 2013, 03:50:09 AM

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Anna Mae Bollocks

#15
November 23, 2013, 03:25:49 AM
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 22, 2013, 06:06:20 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on November 22, 2013, 06:02:06 PM
Note:  She did in fact foresee her death.  At 88.   

Rounding.   :lol:

One final incorrect prediction is kind of fitting.

Shit Sylvia Browne supporters say:

It's a DOUBLE NUMBER just like 77!

She correctly predicted that Amanda Berry's mom would NEVER SEE HER AGAIN!

I just want to know how to make $900 an hour.  :lol:



Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

LMNO

#16
November 23, 2013, 03:28:57 AM
Be less honest.

Money is easy once you abandon integrity.

Anna Mae Bollocks

#17
November 23, 2013, 03:53:38 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 23, 2013, 03:28:57 AM
Be less honest.

Money is easy once you abandon integrity.

That explains the business (and the world at large) really well.

Now if I could just claim to communicate with angels and deceased loved ones without throwing up.
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

LMNO

#18
November 23, 2013, 03:56:52 AM
Supressing your gag reflex is entirely up to you.

There are side benefits, however.

Nephew Twiddleton

#19
November 23, 2013, 04:18:30 AM
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on November 23, 2013, 03:53:38 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 23, 2013, 03:28:57 AM
Be less honest.

Money is easy once you abandon integrity.

That explains the business (and the world at large) really well.

Now if I could just claim to communicate with angels and deceased loved ones without throwing up.

I hear televangelists make mad bank.
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The Good Reverend Roger

#20
November 23, 2013, 04:32:14 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 23, 2013, 03:28:57 AM
Be less honest.

Money is easy once you abandon integrity.

What's interesting is that this only works in show business.

In any other form of business, sustained, real wealth is usually best served by principled actions.  No shit.  Fact is, there are so many unscrupulous bastards out there that it SEEMS that everyone is dishonest.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO

#21
November 23, 2013, 04:37:15 AM
OK, i mostly give you that.

But a structured business con can get you shit tons of cash, and if you get out in time, you won't even get charged.

The Good Reverend Roger

#22
November 23, 2013, 04:44:37 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 23, 2013, 04:37:15 AM
OK, i mostly give you that.

But a structured business con can get you shit tons of cash, and if you get out in time, you won't even get charged.

Yep, happens all the time.  But what I've noticed is, while some people make out like bandits, more go to jail.  And even a "country club" prison is still prison.  The companies I have worked for have been above-board (the one I work for now is positively neurotic about it), and do very well indeed.

Most of the shenanigans have to do with public trading of bonds and (to a lesser extent) stocks.  Goldman Sachs comes to mind.

I suppose I should have limited my statement to industry, now that I think about it.   :lulz:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO

#23
November 23, 2013, 04:47:33 AM
Yeah, when you need to qualify what is meant by "risk", you've got a problem.

The Good Reverend Roger

#24
November 23, 2013, 04:50:56 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 23, 2013, 04:47:33 AM
Yeah, when you need to qualify what is meant by "risk", you've got a problem.

Our "risk" is calculated in TWENTY YEAR BLOCKS.  As a result, I don't even worry about impropriety any more.

You just can't manage the other kind of risk that long.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#25
November 23, 2013, 04:52:24 AM
Funny thing is, my company is honest (!!!) and completely transparent.  And in this economy, we are tripling our workforce over the next 2-4 years.

We INVITE regulatory agencies in.  They've stopped bothering.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#26
November 23, 2013, 04:53:42 AM
Contrast that to when I was working in the national defense biz (1999-2000).

I always felt like I had insects crawling on me.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO

#27
November 23, 2013, 04:58:51 AM
Calling your own shit on yourself has always been the best tactic.  My department escaped the latest roudn of cuts because we announced a gap discovery, and the solution, rather than letting someone else call us out on it.

The Good Reverend Roger

#28
November 23, 2013, 05:06:57 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 23, 2013, 04:58:51 AM
Calling your own shit on yourself has always been the best tactic.  My department escaped the latest roudn of cuts because we announced a gap discovery, and the solution, rather than letting someone else call us out on it.

On a personal level, I have found that giving my employees full credit for their successes but admitting failures as a department has given me HUGE returns.

Your successes are your own.  Your failures belong to all of us.

Believe it or not, the shit works.  My job isn't to be a genius, it's to hire and manage competent people.  On the other hand, I have a smart boss.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO

#29
November 23, 2013, 05:11:54 AM
I'm amazed that this was discovered years ago, but people continue to insist on recreating the wheel.  Maybe the point is to keep re-motiviating the workforce?
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