I had my hair cut at a barbershop owned and run by “Jane” (not her real name), a Vietnamese woman. During my haircut we got on the subject of the Presidential Election. Jane said that she is voting for “Trump“.

She told me that she would not vote for Hilary. When I asked her why that was, she said that, “Clinton just wants to get more money.  She’s in it for herself.”

Jane is an immigrant and refugee. She told me in her community a lot of people say to vote for “Clinton“. She said that we need a change.

Jane said that under “Obama” her business has suffered. She said that she used to have five people working for her cutting hair,  Now she works the business alone because, she said, that people don’t have the money for a $10 haircut.  She feels that “Clinton” wants the country stay on the same path that hurt her business and only wants to be president to “get money“.

Jane said that she now has medical coverage under Obamacare but here is what I found interesting. She said having Obamacare doesn’t matter in her choice for President. I believe her words were, “I have Obamacare.  I don’t care.  We need to think about OUR country“.

This is from someone who fled a communist takeover of her birth country, came to The United States, started a business, and most importantly, CHOSE to become a citizen, adopting this country as HER country.

There is a lot of wisdom in the phrase, “We need to think about our country“.

Just a quick update on a some news related to a previous post about SHORT SELLING, Hacking and Short Selling for Fun and Profit.

St. Judes Medical is fighting back against the short seller Muddy Waters Capital LLC who claims that they have evidence that a cardiac pacemaker manufactured by St. Judes can be hacked. St. Judes filed a lawsuit on Sept. 7 against the short seller seeking damages and disbursement of profits from their short holdings.  Here a LINK to a Wall St. Journal article with details on the lawsuit.

The unfortunate problem is that even if St. Judes prevails in court their reputation may already be irreparably damaged.

Additionally similarly to the effect of the ONE (now discredited) report that fuels the LETHALLY dangerous stupidity of the “Anti-vaxxer” movement amongst young mothers and old panderers such as Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, there may be a fallout against devices like those made by St. Judes by an uninformed public.

Okay, I can’t just let go of Jill Stein’s position on Anti-vaxxing, a position which may be vexing to a logical person.  She argues that “all concerns” have not been addressed.  This is Rees’ Maxim, “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence”.  She says we MAY not have evidence because the Food and Drug Administration, FDA and Centers for Disease Control, CDC are paid stooges of big drug companies.  Just another Looney Tunes presidential candidate.

No offense to Looney Tunes.  The Looney Tunes characters are more insightful than our current crop of candidates!

Th, th, th, that’s all folks!