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Someone dressed like the Monopoly guy is photobombing the Senate’s Equifax hearing
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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It turn out that wasn’t a “guy”. But yes, that was the perfect stunt. The idea apparently was so that those shameful bankers and data mongers to get the adverse publicity they so deserve before they slink off into anonymity.
Even without that huge negligent data breach, who the hell is Equifax anyhow? And who decided (on my behalf) that it was OK for them to not only have my private information, but to enrich themselves by selling it to all comers?
They also make credit cards for about a zillion financial institutions. I was the fix-it guy for the machines that made the little plastic debt producers before Equifax unceremoniously closed the Madison, WI operation and moved the equipment to the Florida site. They promised the rumors weren’t true and no one was going anywhere as it was prudent to have two separate operations for redundancy; six weeks later, we was unemployed. A few months later, a hurricane took ’em out. Karma, baby!
Yeah, I was told the same thing when I was doing training development for Daiwoo. GM was buying the whole international shebang so they could sell GM cars in Asia. I and a roomful of others were solemnly promised that GM would never close Daiwoo Motor America, since it was the only part of the company making money.
I said, “Yeah, you’re also the only part directly competing with GM,” and headed for the door ASAP. A few months later, everybody who stayed was unemployed.
I do believe that’s the only time in my career I got that right.
Been thru the downsizing, layoff thing at 2 companies. When management starts talking about some minor financial difficulties and promising it doesn’t mean layoff – update your resume and pound out applications.