John Deere is ripping customers off by charging for PDF downloads of the manuals for the vehicles they own. I would highly recommend NEVER buying anything from John Deere if you can avoid it. Bad deal.
$450 for a PDF?!!?!?!?!?! What a nightmare.
Month: August 2020
Freedom is Dying Globally, What Will You Do?
Watch “What I learned from President Obama – Smarter Every Day 151” on YouTube
Russia is Crushing USA in Cyber Conflict
“They are going to find the division in our society and amplify it”.
Do you now understand why America is becoming far more polarized politically? Powerful foreign adversaries are maneuvering in cyber warfare against us and we don’t even know it.
The oldest strategy in warfare is divide and conquer. It is being applied to the internet and social media right now by foreign countries trying to divide Americans.… read more “Russia is Crushing USA in Cyber Conflict”
We need a national right to repair law
I can’t even get the manual for my John Deere excavator or repair guides without going through John Deere’s absolutely terrible website or dealer network. Such a nightmare.
The Problem with Government Regulations
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/columns/a33447381/why-is-america-stuck-with-bad-headlights/
The biggest problem with government regulations is that they are often written in a reactionary or temporary way, but then become enshrined either by bureaucracy or entrenched interests.
Private Equity Destroys Hospital Chain
Private equity companies destroy good businesses while making themselves rich. It is a very simple formula they follow: buy a company, take on a huge amount of debt, cash out bonuses, and walk away when the company burns down.
They will dress up how they do it with lies. In the case of the hospital above, the CEO De La Torre said they would improve care and invest in all sorts of nice initiatives.… read more “Private Equity Destroys Hospital Chain”
China Uighurs: A model’s video gives a rare glimpse inside internment – BBC News
Free Market Capitalism vs Government Socialism
Socialism by definition involves the government directing resources. Capitalism by definition involves individuals self-directing themselves.
so·cial·ism – a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Free market capitalism – A market economy is an economic system in which the decisions regarding investment, production and distribution are guided by the price signals created by the forces of supply and demand.… read more “Free Market Capitalism vs Government Socialism”
Cancel Culture
We look back at the peleponnesian wars and think about the destructive waste… They basically took turns burning down in a few days what it took the other party years to build.
I think the same thing is happening with cancel culture. People are trying to say you should never watch entertainers who make a politically incorrect statement or take a bad action.… read more “Cancel Culture”