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How To Rig The Lottery

Rigging The Lottery

Now where were we?

Oh yes, I was so rudely interrupted by the night.

Well, what I mean by rigging the lottery is actually altering the system of draw in such a way as the randomness is lost, resulting in the numbers that are drawn are not what is meant to be the winning numbers. Consequently, this would also imply that causing some numbers NOT TO WIN will be termed as rigging the lottery.

Lottery draws are made using either mechanical or electronic devices. Computerized draws are commonly used for convenience what with less hands-on operations required. Once the computer is started, the winning numbers are displayed on the screen, and then printed. How can this system then be rigged?

Computers access memory banks, called registers, at lightning speeds and displays the number selected when the accessing is stopped. It must access the registers to select each number one after the next, otherwise it may display similar numbers at the same time. It may not access the numbers randomly, rather it goes through all the numbers serially, one by one, until the command tells it to stop, and the number it points to is the one displayed. This number depends upon the time that the accessing is stopped. Therefore the term random generation is a misnomer because the computer reads its registers one by one consecutively. The random generation happens when it is randomly stopped.

But the rigging does not occur at the time that the computer is accessing its banks. The rigging happens after it has stopped to read a number and is ready to display the number.. A side program kicks in, either inherent to the software or to the computer, which is executed with nobody noticing. This side program may ignore the number that is selected when comes any pre-programmed event, such as a date, or day of the month, or machine numbers, or passwords, or a combination of any event that changes.  The computer afterwards displays a number that it was pre-programmed to display.

The rigged computer will, of course, not display a set of numbers on any event that it comes up with, more than once, or it will be noticeable.

Rigging of computerized lotteries may also happen the other way around to prevent instead some numbers from coming up for a prolonged number of draws, giving bettors an advantage particularly if they are wheeling their numbers.

Also, more ingeniously, the computer may “borrow” and select a number from another lottery system which was drawn earlier.

Now if this is not interesting enough for you, wait till we come to the mechanically-drawn lotteries.

The Clamor For Putin’s Approval

From out of the blue comes America

trumpetting the call to talk to Putin.

This is after blaming Putin for everything bad

that happens all over the world.

And after snubbing him in the last G7+1 summit

which putin attended

and which Putin had to dine alone

by himself.

Suddenly Trump becomes a very willing

and accommodating fan of Putin.

What for you may ask?

Putin now is the target

to become the next feather in Trump’s cap

or another trophy around his belt.

Putin will become the next stage prop

to skirt around the wall that the EU is

putting up against Trump.

Or a pin to tickle the rib of Xi Jing Ping.

Sad to foil him again.

Putin is riding the crest of a favorable international popularity

brought about by the Sochi Olympics and FIFA 2018.

Disarmament talks?

NO WAY!

America leads Russia only on two things:

Aircraft carriers and drones.

Furthermore, Russia has now been successful

in solidifying his own international club

made up of mostly very progressive

and much populated countries

of Brazil. India, and China,

also Iran, Turkey and Syria.

Now tell me,

what would Putin want from America?

Russia has withstood American sanctions ever since

and has stood its ground amidst adverse 

Western propaganda

and unjustifiable denouncements.

And who would charm Putin,

the bully Bolton?

HAH!

No way will Putin allow the US

to have a piece of Syria,

nor even talk about the Iran deal.

Trump now feels the initial pangs

of being alone and ostracized.

And Putin just might have the heart

to throw him a rope

to climb out of the hole

he has dug for himself.

Putin, like Kim Jong Un,

is not only smart.

He is also shrewd.

Like Kim Jong Un.

Barbara Serra

Barbara Serra

The Trump Solution

This is the Trump solution

to the immigration problem.

Trump Solution.mp4

Now he picks on children.

(what are the Democrats going to do about this?)

SH-toopid

I said it was getting difficult to call Trump stupid!

Now I find it easy.

He called Canadians smugglers!

Now how low can a President get?

If he were not stupid

he should realize that shoes,

the example that he cited,

are covered by DUTIES,

and not TARIFFS

And getting them in to Canada freely

should satisfy the limit of $250.

There are no shoes in America worth $250.

They are also available in Canada

and at a cheaper price.

(With NAFTA, shoes are not even covered

by duties, so no smuggling there.)

I believe also that the foreign and domestic problems

are overpowering him.

Particularly when more than half the Americans

have lost faith in his abilities.

At least Canadians are not a national security risk anymore.

They are just plain shoe smugglers!

Is Trump smart enough to notice that Canadians

have never attempted to migrate to America 

by illegal means?

For Canadians,

America is not worth that much to aspire for! 

(Trump is losing it!)

Brainwashing the “Ugly Americans”

This is what I think

and you should read this

because this is one of the very few times

that I will write it.

This is not a guess now

This is what I think.

I believe that it is still a choice for anybody,

and for this matter any people,

Americans included,

to buy anything

from anybody or any place.

One does not blame the merchandise

nor the seller if one pays for it.

Therefore if America imports from any country

it is presumed that America needs to import from this country

not from anywhere else

and not any other merchandise

and not with any other price.

In other words, why does America believe that it is unfair

for them to import goods that they think they need

and then impose tariffs to punish the sellers?

Do you now see why others call them

“ugly Americans”?

They think they own the world.

There was a time when Americans were worshipped, idolized,

and treated as Gods.

But that was the time when they were “liberators”.

Today they are simply “meddlers”

and bring other people to heel

just to maintain the US dollar prominence.

Today the Americans are becoming like 

the North Koreans.

They are being brainwashed

and they have brown shirted people to do this.

The American States combined as the United States are still lucky.

They still have their Congress untainted.

This should prevent them from seeing

goose stepping policemen.

  The Americans now have

less taxes, more employment,

and  economic progress.

 Therefore they do not now need to be brainwashed

like the North Koreans.

No More!

Trumpling On

The Trump Apocalypse Horses

proceed to run roughshod over all

that bars their way.

Note that Trump’s populace asked for

tax deductions, employment

and labor improvements.

They did not ask for tariffs,

denuclearization, Iran deal cancellation,

and NAFTA removal.

These was all Trump’s ideas.

Trumpling on.mp4

The American Congress may be able to rein in these horses.

But it needs more Democrats and less Republicans.

Or more Wipers!

 (very nice dress!)

The October War

Tactical Errors and choice of armaments

can cost the war.

October War 1.mp4

October War 2.mp4

All Quiet On The Cistern Front

HAH!

A respite from the rantings of somebody we know.

Shucks!

And at a time that

The Voters are starting to get a clearer profile

of the man who will make America great again,

for a time,

at least.

There is the danger of him putting the country

in a serious predicament worldwide

wherein no amount of signature cancellations

and reneging will amend the situation.

Right now what Congress need is more Democrats.

Or even Republicans who have more spine and savvy

to understand that the institution that makes the laws

have now been commandeered

by somebody who is making his own laws.

The Richest Poor

The root of the American economic problem

still escapes the minds of their big economic geniuses.

If they did, America would never have the problem

of budget deficits, trade deficits, large credit accumulations,

trade wars, US dollar under valuation, and etc.

Employment, repatriation of businesses, tarrifs,

wage increases, wall street stock price manipulations,

are inutile solutions.

The root of the problem is staring them at the face

and no ouija boards, seances, fortune tellers,

nor witches’ cauldrons will help them.

Some of them howl like wolves, too.

God Bless America

Land that is loved.

Dairy Goof-Up

Trump continues his beef against Canada’s trade surplus

in his goofy effort to prove

that he was right in his last salvo.

More goof-ups.

The more he opens his mouth against Canada

the more difficult it is to refrain from calling him stupid.

I will not call him stupid, yet.

Probably, uninformed would be enough,

for courtesy’s sake.

No more Cry Baby.

Cry Guy will do for now.

And that even skips over Cry Boy.

His data about the dairy trade is everything but true.

Canada imports 5 times more milk than it exports to the US.

Furthermore—-

America has an oversupply of milk by the million gallons.

Canada is not about to allow dumping

millions of gallons on its soil

and pay for the process, too.

The Milky Truth.mp4

The POTUS is not now speaking

for the people of the United States!

(wait till Cry guy shifts topic to Softwood Lumber)

The First Shock

I did say that there will be shocking 

days after this first meeting.

I guess that the first shock will not be a shock

to the press nor to Trump’s brownshirted minions.

The first shock will be a statement by Kim

that, since he did the first step of

destroying the nuclear installations,

Trump should do the next act.

Kim will add that there are so many promises

that Trump has broken.

Kim will need proof first of Trump’s good intentions.

Kim does not need American dole outs,

only allow China to trade with North Korea.

Kim will not say that China is already sending some

trade goods in thru the Yalu River in a trickle.

Kim will also want the Americans to pull out

a division or more of troops out of South Korea

for a start. 

America has to do the move first before more talks

will ensue.

If Trump calls off the talks and walks away,

so be it.

Kim wins already because it will mean that Trump

as always breaks away from deals and negotiations,

and it will be up to Kim and Moon 

to complete the peace treaty.

 Trump thereafter goes back home

failing in both the G7 and the NK-US Summits.

I can feel now that Trump is more scared

than his brown shirted minions.

He’s stuck!

If the Democrats win the next election.

he gets impeached.

(my red line is still Canada, touch it and you get it. Get it?)

How To Cure Hyperactivity

These fitness rooms are open 24/7

in Singapore.

No bodyguards allowed!

What says The Democrats?

Nothing!

They are amused as to how Trump

keeps acquiring the rope that

he needs.

They know that the other party

has created a monster.

The National Security Risk

Dirty-mouthed Trump now really laid it on

the people of this country that sits

with its arse over America’s head

and is supposedly the country to blame

for the snow coming down over this

overblown bountiful head.

This dishonest and weak  country,

while following the heels of great America

in the latter’s intrusive wars all over the world,

has now been tagged as a national security risk

by the ingrate of a big brother.

(This photo makes the perfect substitute for my target practice dart board)

These ungrateful bullies so much as bombed

the camps of Canadians even with tents

of a big red cross painted over them.

yes, these Canadian soldiers do better,

more efficient, enviable jobs than the American pilots

who never could earn TOP GUN recognition

in their own air bases over the Canadian pilots.

Canadian troops were intentionally slain

by American “friendly” and jealous fire in

Iraq and Afghanistan.

As a reward, America is the selfish objector to Canada’s

merited seat in the UN Security Council.

This should add to America’s greatness, eh?

It is to be recalled, too, that some Louisiana farmer

sneaked in cattle infected with the Mad Cow Disease.

As a result, beef products from Canada, even when uninfected, was banned 

for more than a year by the international community,

including the United Sanctions of America.

National Security risk, says the brown shirts,

but which country  should have a beef 

against the other?

From The Genie Bottle

The Americans are now starting to realize

that they have created a monster

right out from a bottle.

Nafta Is Scuttled

Nafta was doomed.

This was what I posted on May 9.

It was already decided before the negotiations started.

Canadians should have expected to receive

demands which will be impossible to agree on

without sacrificing much from their side.

Tarrifs.mp4

But never fret—

Canada will not have a trade surplus against

America if America does not need Canadian products

that much to import them at a larger scale.

Your best retaliatory action would be

to slow down on the shipment of exports 

to America and then see what happens.

If I may again guess right—

Trump’s target is actually the Canadian Uranium.

This effort is set to bring down the price

of this yellow powder that is refined from

U238 to U235 to Plutonium.

Trump intends to restore the American

Uranium processing facility

and he needs lots of Uranium,

or that mineral that Clinton sold abroad.

Trump wants a better price on this mineral

and also a free access to it.

North Korea may be forced to give away its uranium

but certainly not to America.

Unless America makes North Korea rich

by buying the refined uranium.

Remember that America’s fissionable materiel

loaded on its missiles need refreshing

as regards the half-life.

In a nutshell,

Cremating NAFTA will be the

death of American foreign trade.

(today, thanks to the scuttling of Nafta, this man popularly called Justin Trudeau,

stood taller to lead his country as its Prime Minister. Bravissimo, Sir.)

Graham Greene

Graham Greene.mp4

He attempted to define PTSD.

He is right when he said that it is not a disorder.

I personally would go on further

to add the PTSD is  actually

a veteran’s longing for the cameraderie

and oneness he experienced with 

his military buddies.

It is that feeling that make soldiers

feel safe and protected,

and moving always with a mission

or a purpose.

PTSD is an obsession to go back

to the best experience man had

in his life.

It is not a disorder.

It is an adopted habit.

The Ottawa Solution

To solve the conflict between BC and Alberta

regarding the upgrade to the Kinder Morgan pipeline

towards the Bc coast,

the Federal Government of Canada prepares to buy out

the pipeline project and continue it

under federal jurisdiction.

That negates any decision from both BC and

Alberta so that the upgrade will continue,

unless some other private interests

decide to buy out the project

for themselves.

In the long run,

the project will end up being sold

to the public as Ottawa intends to do

after the project is completed.

BC will therefore not get its piece of the action

as was intended in its efforts to blackmail

Alberta using the safety of the environment

as an excuse.

Tough luck.

There will be no advance payments for any spills

that BC claims would happen.

And Vancouver will be turned into an oil port

instead of a port for Chinese

Chop Suey imports.

Kim Jong Un Goes to Plan B

With Trump’s anticipated and much-publicized

cancellation of the June 12 Summit

immediately after Kim’s destruction of all facilities

that can make missiles and bombs

Kim goes to Plan B,

“B” referring to BULGOKI.

“Once you learned how to make Bulgoki,

you can throw away the pots and pans

and utensils to make Bulgoki.

You can get them later.”

Denuclearization will still proceed for North Korea,

(with that one person-we-know disqualified for the Prize)

and a peace treaty will be between North Korea

and South Korea afterwhich the

reason for the American occupation

of South Korea will have to be justified,

 or else!

With Trump’s disinviting China to the

Pacific Rim exercises,

China will decide to completely ignore any sanction

that the Americans will put on China

for the latter’s continued resupply of North Korea thru the Yalu R.

Japan will have to follow suit in order

to join the electronic trade

between  China, Korea, and Russia.

Japan also went to War because of the oil sanctions

that the US put on it before WW II.

Geographically, North Korea has been

securing China’s territory as has Tibet,

and will now attempt to produce the needs

of China in agriculture as it converts

from ordnance production to farm work.

The Panmunjom border will remain as is for a time

and for as long as the Americans are in South Korea.

Kim Jong Un knows that the assassin/s that will go after him

will have to cross this border to enter North Korea.

(how’s that for a non-sadistic analysis of an American tantrum)

Trump Fights Back

Trump fights back,

finally,

against the anti-Trump

high-level elements

with investigative authority

using the guise of intelligence agents.

“Spygate”,

he calls it,

and rightly so.

Although I would agree more if he had

described the methods used

as another shade of J. Edgar Hoover.

This is another way to describe

how J. Edgar worked

to keep himself in power.

Dossiers is the weapon

and intimidation is its trigger.

Clearly, the intelligence community

is overstaffed and its budget

excessive,

so much so that they become sadists.

No Trade Changes

This meeting with the Chinese Trade Delegation

produced no decisive results.

It looks like Trump does not win today.

Let me guess what was discussed.

Trump is desperately after the repatriation

of the US greenbacks that China has

oodles.

He also wants,

and declares publicly,

that the China-US trade is lopsided

and has produced a huge deficit on the US.

He also argues that China steals US secrets,

a fact which he cannot sadly produce positive proof.

Tariffs on Chinese exports to the US was discussed

for which the Chinese replied that tariffs would also

be imposed on American goods.

Since America buys more than vice versa,

the Americans will tend to spend more

plus the prices will be higher as the

tariffs will have to be added to the

market price.

The Americans would have insisted that

the Chinese pay in USD

for which the Chinese would have insisted that

the Americans pay in Yuan

but the Americans have less Yuan

than the Chinese have USD.

Besides the Yuan is less in value than the USD.

The Americans would have insisted that the Chinese make up

their deficit by buying $200 billion more in

American goods for which the Chinese agreed

if and only if the American goods are cheaper

or at least have the same price as other

international sellers.

So the cornered Americans can only say

that they will have to put this trade discussions

for sometime in the future.

Making a deal is an art.

making a winning trade deal

takes more brains than art!

(curses, foiled again!)

Laws of Economics Debunked

The Laws of Economics,

crammed unto me in school;

such as Supply and Demand,

Let-Alone Policy,

Competition, and the like;

are now debunked,

and is treated as hogwash,

by none other than me,

I,

personally,

 I give you new terms to ponder

and consider before I render

and elaborate on the logic

as to why I do this.

The terms are:

PROFIT

PRICE

POLITICS

and

PEOPLE.

Examples for my reasoning

are now being experienced by all of us.

If you can relate these events to the

four terms that I have mentioned,

then you have the potential of being 

the exceptional, very intelligent,

genius of a human being,

same as somebody

we (Ahem) know today!

What Does Kim Really Want?

Every writer, newspaperman, journalist

answered this question wrongly.

What Kim really wants

is what his father before him wanted

which is exactly what his grandfather before him wanted.

If you still cannot figure this out

then you have no business

analyzing the man.

Just leave him be.

He is oriental.

He will survive.

With head unbowed.

Another Goof By Trump’s Brigade

Another Screw up by the undaunted brigade.

The idea was to show force

and prove that it was the US

that forced Kim Jong Un to denuclearize.

What now will compel him to go to the summit table,

fear of sanctions?

American bombers?

Afraid to be dubbed as wishy-washy as Trump?

Guess again.

Kim is not bluffing when he cancelled the summit!

And Moon approves.

Kim wants his country secure

as much as Trump wants his country secure.

Kim’s problem is his country cannot be  secure 

when American nuclear-tipped rockets is just miles down his border.

So he has to have his own nuclear-tipped rockets

pointed to American cities also for security.

He has to stop denuclearizing

and build ICBMS to hold the bombs.

Kim wants the Americans to bug out of South Korea.

Kim and Moon can do this project all by themselves.

The US has nothing to do with it.

If there be a medal to be presented

it should be to Moon, Kim, and Xi.

Remember also that North Korea is a buffer zone

to China from the American forces in South Korea.

China would also want American bases out of Korea.

Also, Putin’s bridge to Crimea is finished.

So he can start building his railway to North Korea as planned.

Thereafter, America will not no more get benefits from South Korea

aside from its soldiers ravishing Korean women as usual.

It is not America’s business to be in South Korea.

If Trump’s brigade is still blinded by euphoria

to realize this,

y’all have a look at my oriental crystal ball.