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Election, Taxes, Three Card Monte, Auto Wrecks

You are walking down Broadway and a gaggle of people are watching the magic. Everyone knows it’s a con, the mark knows it’s a con; the patter of the dealer is just too enticing. Watching someone get fleeced is like slowing down at an auto accident, you say to the passengers “Oh it’s a wreck, [...]

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Election, Taxes, Three Card Monte, Auto Wrecks
• You are walking down Broadway and a gaggle of people are watching the magic. Everyone knows it’s a con, the mark knows it’s a con; the patter of the dealer is just too enticing. Watching someone get fleeced is like slowing down at an auto accident, you say to the passengers “Oh it’s a wreck, [...]
You can only go analog on Mars - Hosting Industry Sky Rockets
•  “Waaas Happn?” “Yougotit” – I was working up in Harlem in the seventies. I was often taken for a cop. It was a happening place, dangerous. I was in my cream leisure suit. If you have seen this new TV show “Life on Mars” you will note the hero is hit by a car, in 2008, [...]
Data Centers All in the definition. Millions of SQ FT Available
• If anyone is looking for a couple million square feet of new data center space, I’m your guy. A couple of weeks back I wrote a Blog entitled Managed Hosting and Colocation in 2009 and Beyond.  My basic thesis was based on these factors: (1)- There is a widening gap between required additional space today and [...]
Doing a deal at a Fire Sale Read My Alpha Red
•   As mentioned in my previous Blog “Fear – Reading Alpha Red” I think we were dealing with a fire sale. What is a fire sale? Generally you know it before you get there. Doing a deal at a fire sale. It’s the end of the day at your garage sale; your mother’s 1970 Nordic track is [...]
Fear - Reading Alpha Red
• If you have not heard it looks like Alpha Red is down, possibly out for the count, but apparantly not at this hour. What we do know: Washington State has filed anti-scareware suit against two businesses including Alpha Red. There are also complaints against Alpha Red's CEO James McCreary alleging violations of the Consumer Protection Act [...]