Good day, brothers and sisters. I hope this post finds you in good health and spirits. I hope y'all enjoyed the wild-ass Credit Sus weekend.
I was doing some thinking about our company, the $GME short-squeeze thesis, the infinity pool, generational wealth, DRSed shares, brokerage shares, and Ryan Cohen's unknown master-plan when I had an epiphany:
What would happen if GameStop issued a 5% ETH dividend? There is a precedent for a crypto divi; Overstock issued one in 2020. 5% is not an excessive figure- Lots of companies offer a 5% cash dividend. So why not an ETH dividend from GameStop?
We talk about $GME squeezing into phone numbers. We talk about the Infinity Pool. But how would that work? How can we secure the Infinity Pool, never sell our shares, and enjoy generational wealth all at the same time?
An ETH dividend is how. Imagine your post-MOASS investment worth 1000x or 10,000x or 100,000x what it's worth today. Now imagine you receive 1.25% of that in ETH every quarter sent straight to your GameStop wallet. Could you live on that? Could your family live on that? I know mine could.
Imagine 200,000 wealthy-as-fuk apes putting 5% of their net worth into Ether every year. What would that do to the price of Ether? What would that do to grow our new Etherium based financial system?
Imagine short-sellers on the hook for billions and billions of brokerage share dividends. They would have to pay up. They'd be fukter than they already are.
I don't know what RC's master plan is, but he's hinted at OverStock in the past. We've speculated about an NFT divi, but do we even need that? In my mind, a 5% ETH divi would remove our incentive to sell, preserve the Infinity Pool, grow the Etherium eco-system, and fuk the short-sellers all at once. Thoughts?
Much love to all y'all. Obligatory: Buy, Hold, DRS, Book.

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#	Team	Δ	Record	Comment
1	Bucks	--	51-20	The Bucks are rolling. As winter fades away in Milwaukee, they have emerged as the clear-cut favorites to win the East -- and maybe the whole thing. They have a 2.5-game cushion over the second-place Celtics and Sixers with only 11 games left, and Vegas has finally given them their due respect as the title frontrunners. Giannis is the best player in the sport even if nobody wants to give him the MVP, Brook Lopez might be playing the best basketball of his All-Star career at 34, and Khris Middle is basically back to normal. Watching this team the last few months has been a treat as a fan, it certainly feels like the best Bucks team I'll see in my lifetime.
2	76ers	+2	48-22	The Sixers are rolling and Joel Embiid might finally lock up a legacy defining piece of hardware. It's hard to argue against the Sixers being one of the hottest teams in the league right now, especially as some of the teams in front of them are having some stumbles down the stretch. A big reason why The Sixers are succeeding? Tyrese Maxey. He's once again found his aggression and his shot from deep. They'll need him and Harden to play at this level to finally break the second round curse.
3	Celtics	--	49-23	The Celtics are 7-6 since the All-Star break and have continuously floundered to find any sort of stable footing. The fanbase is fighting over whether to place the blame on Joe Mazzulla or Jayson Tatum, or a combination of the two. Tatum has been hot and cold all season, and recently has played awful. At the same time, Joe Mazzulla has had multiple questionable to outright malpractice coaching decisions, especially when it comes to in-game play calling down the stretch. To make matters worse, the 76ers finally caught up and overtook the Celtics for the 2 seed in the East. It's time to nut up or shut up for the Celtics, and the final 10 games of the season will determine how the fanbase and the team as a whole feels going into the postseason. They've got matchups @Kings, Pacers, Spurs, @Wizards, @Bucks, Jazz, @76ers, Raptors twice at home, and then the Hawks at home to close out the season. The fight for the 2 seed could very well come down to April 4th when the Celtics go into Philly, but before that you have to take care of business and win the games you're supposed to win, or else the Celtics won't even be in a position to fight for 2nd.
4	Nuggets	-2	48-24	Despite remaining on top of the West, the Nuggets have struggled as of late, only winning 2 of their last 7 games. Defense and rebounding have disappeared and allowing second chance points has been a common theme. Despite this, the team is still at full strength and they still have time to adjust and refocus in time for the playoffs.
5	Cavaliers	+2	45-28	The Cavs went 5-2 since the previous power rankings and will need to have a 5-4 or better record over the last 9 games to get their first 50 win season without LeBron in 30 years. With 7 of those matchups being against Brooklyn(2x), Houston, Charlotte, Indiana, and Orlando(2x), it would be a massive disappointment for them to go under .500 in this final stretch. Evan Mobley has been special over the last two months, averaging 18.8 ppg on 58.6% ts%, 9.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.4 stocks a game, while cementing himself as a DPOY candidate as the anchor of the Cavs #1 rated defense. On the season, he’s leading the league in defensive win shares, he has the most 3s contested in the league, and is in the 99th percentile rim protection. Cavs fans would take to the streets for anything less than 1st team all-defense for the 21 year old Mobley.
6	Kings	+2	43-27	The playoffs are well within the grasps of the Kings.. showing they can beat some of the best teams in the league Fox continues to show he’s the 4th quarter assassin. Sabonis has been on fire throughout this tough stretch putting up triple doubles and making sure this team gets open look with his passing and screens.. Keegan “Keegan Murray” Murray continues to showcase his three point game as he is 22 away from breaking the rookie 3pt record held by Donovan Mitchell. This team continues to their mission to not only stay within the top 6 but have their eyes set on the 1 and 2 seed in the west.
7	Knicks	-2	42-30	GO NEW YORK GO NEW YORK GO
8	Grizzlies	+1	43-27	The team has responded nicely to the absence of Ja while he was on his healing retreat; and frankly there's a ton of praise to be passed around. Tyus Jones getting his first triple double, Dillon Brooks being generally a menace to society, David "Big Body" Roddy jumping up the rookie charts, but ultimately the love has to be centered around Jaren Jackson Jr. His last three games have him averaging 28/6/2 as well as keeping his blocks average close at 3. The version of JJJ we saw against Golden State is a guy that could be an MVP caliber player; an elite offensive rim protector and an elite post threat. His fouling has been much better all season, and the race for DPOY between him and Brook Lopez looks to be a photo finish. Ja comes back from his suspension on Monday, with a potential to make his first appearance on Wednesday against the Rockets; just in time to prime up for what looks to be a promising playoff run.
9	Suns	-3	38-33	KD slipped during warm ups. Luckily he looks alright and I think he's just out as a precaution, but we gave up two important pieces to get him and it shows given the recent stretch of games while he's been out.
10	Clippers	+4	38-34	Westbrook is starting to settle into his role, and Ty Lue is searching for the best rotations. Already Westbrook has been an amazing facilitator, and even when his shots aren't falling the way he wants to, he is still able to rebound, find open shooters, or just organize the offense in ways we haven't seen since CP3. With only 0.5 games behind the suns, the Clippers could regain the 4th seed for some home field advantage, likely against the Suns.
11	Heat	+2	39-34	Things have gone better as of late but they're going to hopefully get better. We went .500 against teams in similar places as us as well as blowing the Grizzlies out of the water. Now we're headed into a couple difficult games mixed in with some games that we have no business losing. The tentative hope would be for us to sneak out of the play-in, although we're probably not getting passed our first match up. If we do avoid having to play the play-in tournament, then best match up to see us in the 2nd round would be the Cavaliers. However, a Celtics - Heat match up would be very exciting to watch. Or maybe a throwback of Knicks vs Heat from forever ago. First thing's first is making sure we are actually involved in the postseason this year.
12	Nets	+4	39-32	The Nets are looking better defensively as the players get more familiar with one another. While the offense depends on good shooting from the three point line, defense is something that the Nets can control every night. High powered offense will give this Nets team trouble as they will have to scramble to match the offensive output some teams can put forth. It's a developmental season for this unit, they will look to hold onto the 6th seed and try to put upa fight in the playoffs as they move forward to the draft with 2 picks to work with
13	Mavericks	-2	36-35	The Mavs may have saved their season off of Maxi Kleber's heroic 3 against the Lakers and Dwight Powell's 22 & 8 on 100% shooting vs the Spurs. The common factor in those games is that Christian Wood played 28+ minutes in both games, which has become a rarity. If the Mavs can finally play their three best players (Luka, Kyrie, Wood) for 30+ minutes each, they should be able to close their weak end of schedule out with dominance.
14	Warriors	-4	36-36	The road Warriors strike again. The last time the Warriors lost at home was Feb 11th (8 game win streak) The last time they won on the road was January 30th (11 game losing streak). Nothing like sleeping in your own bed. With his wrist injury Iguodala is essentially retired. The once cornerstone roll player quintessential to the 2015 championship run will be forever a Warrior and fan favorite.
15	Thunder	+6	35-36	The Thunder are still somehow alive for a play in spot. This week we play the Clipper twice and Lakers once and will likely determine the feasibility of whether or not we can pull this off. Every game has been super intense because the stakes have been so high (for us). Each win feels more and more important, and all I can really say is: the vibes are immaculate.
16	Lakers	+2	35-37	The team built great momentum and really looked poised to get into the top 6, until they dropped two inexcusable losses to the Rockets and Mavericks, specially the Mavericks loss was a gut punch for the team and fan base. The Western standings are so fluid that the Lakers were a Kleber buzzer-beater away from being the 6th seed and now instead are the 10th. They bounced back on Sunday vs. the Magic led by AR’s career-high 35 and the hope is to keep fighting through till the King’s anticipated return within the next couple of weeks. Meanwhile, AD has struggled with his offense as of late and the team needs the big man to tune himself back in for the final push.
17	Raptors	-1	35-37	Toronto looks like a team slightly better than .500. For some fans, this gives them hope, while some other fans are worried the Raptors will be stuck in the no man's land for years to come.
18	Hawks	-1	35-36	There's a lot of "Is Quin Snyder actually better than Nate McMillan" discourse going on right now. Mostly because the Hawks with Quin have also been terrible, but most people seem to be missing the point of why we brought Quin in the for the final 20 games. It wasn't for him to come in and turn our season around and win us a championship. There was never going to be enough time for Quin to make tangible changes. These last 20 games are for Quin to evaluate the roster and figure out who he does and doesn't want around next year. This team was always going to end up the play-in, but that doesn't matter because this season (and last season) was a wash the day they signed Nate to an extension. I don't really know if the future is bright or bleak, but it's the only thing worth focusing on.
19	TWolves	-7	35-37	Tough season for the Wolves got tougher over the weekend. A season compromised by the injury of Karl-Anthony Towns got worse with Anthony Edwards going down to an ankle injury. Combined with so-so play and tough losses the Wolves season is looking like a disaster.
20	Bulls	+4	33-37	Pat Bev was able to score 14 points in 2 and a half minutes, so I'm feeling better about this team. They have been playing better at both ends, and are actually making 3s now, shooting 42% since the last rankings. Whoever told Demar to start shooting 3s and Vucevic to stop shooting 3s was a genius. The next 2 games against the Sixers will show how this team can handle playoff talent in the East.
21	Jazz	+1	34-36	The Jazz face a choice, so dire, To compete and let the players aspire, Or tank and aim for a high draft pick, For a new franchise star and experience to stick. To give up now, and look ahead, Or fight for wins, and never dread, To a future, with a top prospect in tow, To fight for each win and go with the flow. Lauri Markkanen, a star on the rise, could he lead the team, to a new prize, And Walker Kessler, has blocks to spare, should the Jazz keep pushing, or choose to take care? A dilemma, that weighs heavily on the mind, But the answer, they will eventually find, For every player, coach, and fan, Utah need to hold firm and take a stand.
22	Pelicans	-3	34-37
23	Wizards	-3	32-39	Lizards are part of a group of animals known as reptiles. They are most closely related to snakes. In fact, some lizards, called sheltopusiks, look like snakes because they have no legs! Many lizards today resemble the ancient reptiles of the dinosaur era. Their ancestors appeared on Earth over 200 million years ago. That was also the last time the Washington Wizards looked like a competitive, cohesive basketball team. Corey Kispert has been incredible these past couple of weeks as he prepares to become a married man. Bradley Beal continues to be enemy number one for fans as nothing he does can appease critics of his large contract. And unfortunately, it looks like the Wes Unseld Jr era could be coming to a close after this season and he continues to have worse rotation management than a flat tire. Its a sad season.
24	Pacers	+1	32-39	The Pacers continue to tread water as the season winds down. Rookie sixth man Bennedict Mathurin and Tyrese Haliburton's injuries have put a damper on the final weeks, but Indiana still finds themselves just outside the play-in games. 8 of Indiana's last 11 games are against current playoff teams, so they'll probably need some assistance from the other playoff hopefuls if they want to sneak into one of the last spots.
25	Magic	+1	29-43	Probably stuck in the same spot in the standings regardless of what happens rest of the season. So time to just look forward to the lottery and the draft.
26	Trail Blazers	-3	31-40
27	Hornets	--	22-50
28	Spurs	+1	19-52	Jeez we gotta stop timing these with drinking weekends, I live in Boston and St. Patty's is always a mess. The Spurs have been on a bit of a heater recently by our standards (as have Houston, for that matter), while Detroit seems to be leaving the rest of the tanks in the dust at this stage. Keldon and Devin have been playing great (Keldon's averaging 22/7/4 while Vassell is averaging 17/4/4), and are showing the potential of being great supporting pieces on a future playoff team. Zach Collins has been a stud since Jakob was traded as well, averaging 16.6/8.1/3.8 on 46/44/91 splits over that time, and more recently has average 23/8/4/1/1.5 on 53/57/100 since getting choked out by MPJ in a game. We have NOP, MIL, WAS, @BOS, UTA, @GSW, @SAC coming up over the next two weeks, home stretch time!
29	Rockets	+1	18-53	Jabari Smith's surge mirrors what we saw from Jalen Green after the all star break last year, and it has brought newfound optimism to the Rockets fanbase, and KJ Martin seems to have stepped up in tandem. Make no mistake, the tank is still in effect, but we're seeing the first signs that the team could make the step up that is demanded next season.
30	Pistons	-1	16-56	James Wiseman is coming off of what was probably the best game of his career last night against Miami. I've still got mixed feelings about trying to develop both him and Duren, but they have looked nice together at times recently - particularly against Denver when they were throwing each other lobs. Otherwise Ivey's cooled off on his shooting recently but his ballhandling continues to, generally, be getting stronger as the season wears on. Eugene Omoruyi has been a surprisingly strong late season addition that much of our fanbase would rather retain over Marvin Bagley. That said, the tank rolls on as we look toward a draft that seems to have more question marks in it - not less - as we inch closer to it.

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So Brad Holmes has gone into this offseason far more aggressive than I expected, and through free agency has completely revamped several key positions for the upcoming year. With the draft still yet to come, I think it bears evaluating where the team stands right now.
These are my expectations for where who the starters and backups will be, obviously subject to change based on the draft and future free agents (I thought they were done with major free agent changes as of yesterday, but I was very clearly wrong then and reserve the right to fix this later on).
Notes:

1. Numbers in parentheses represent the number of years the Lions still have that player signed for (including this year)
2. * indicates RFA/ERFA at end of contract
3. ⁺¹ indicates draft pick Lions have an extra (fifth) year available due to first-round pick contract.
4. ^+v indicates a void year(s) at end of contract

Offense

Position	Expected Starter(s)	Expected reserves [Plus currently signed, but expected Practice Squad/cut]	Analysis
QB (1)	Goff (2)		The Lions are set with Goff starting, but still have to address the backup spot(s). Holmes not addressing this in FA yet really sends a strong signal that they're going to heavily consider a developmental QB in the draft.
RB (5)	Montgomery (3+v) /Swift (1)	Reynolds (1), Jefferson (1), Bell (2)*	It's tough to really say whether Swift or Montgomery will start, because it's likely that they both will alternate with starter's reps. Montgomery is a true three-down back, but I'm hoping that Ben Johnson develops Swift into more of a toolbox scatback type of player to both take advantage of his ability in the open field and mitigate his hesitancy and mediocrity with pass-blocking and running inside. Either way, it's a competent if unspectacular running back duo that could would be an acceptable group but has room for a high-end player (like Bijan).
WR (9)	St. Brown (2), Williams (3+1)	Reynolds (1), Raymond (1), Cephus (1), Kennedy (2), [Alexander (2), Benson (1)*, Berryhill (1)]	St. Brown and Williams should be a formidable young WR duo, and Reynolds and Raymond make a very good pair of backups. Williams gives this group one of the higher upsides in the league, but they lack height across the board and could use a taller receiver to round it out. Their starters are here past this year, but their backups are mostly one-year guys, so keep an eye on picks later in the draft for development.
TE/H-Back (5)	Cabina (1), Wright (1)*	Zylstra (1)*, Mitchell (3), [Deese (2)]	Probably their weakest overall position group right now, though still functional. Mitchell gives them developmental upside, and these guys were used effectively last year, but there's definitely room for improvement and long-term players. Interestingly, they helped mitigate the Lions' lack of receiver height in the red zone, so it could be that this group is seen as complete because of team scheme and needs.
OT (5)	Decker (2+v), Sewell (2+1)	Nelson (1), [Eze (2), Paulo (1)]	Decker and Sewell are one of the better tackle duos in the league, and Nelson gives them a competent backup. Because the Lions use a lot of jumbo packages, expect them to add another swing-tackle unless Eze or Paulo takes a significant step forward.
IOL (7)	Jackson (1), Vitai (2), Ragnow (4)	Glasgow (1) [Stenberg (1), Pierschbacher (1)*, Awosika (1)*]	I grouped G and C together because Glasgow will likely backup both positions. The Lions are likely set here at starter, but look for them to add another guard/tackle hybrid to backup, and likely to develop for future seasons given that only Vitai and Ragnow are signed beyond this season.

Defense
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Position	Expected Starter(s)	Backups	Need(s)*
IDL (5)	McNeill (2), Buggs (2)	Onwuzurike (2), Jones (1)*, [Taylor (1)]	This is the Lions' biggest need at starter this year, and it isn't particularly close. Buggs is solid, but more of the kind of guy you want as a rotational backup. At backup, Onwuzurike may never actually play another snap and Jones leaves a lot to be desired. Expect Detroit to hit this early in the draft.
Edge/OLB (7)	Hutchinson (3+1), R Okwara (1)	Paschal (3), Cominsky (2), J Okwara (1), Houston (1)*, Harris (1+v)	The Lions are deep here, with all of these guys capable of being at least average level starters. Retaining Romeo is a potentially huge win for this unit - if he's back to where he was two years ago, this could low-key be a top-5 edge group with star power, depth, youthful upside, and versatility.
LB (4)	Anzalone (3+v), Rodriguez (3)	Barnes (2), Pittman (1)*	Anzalone and Rodriguez are both limited guys that are capable of being at least average starters. Linebacker is Holmes' least prioritized position on defense and their starters are signed for the long-term, but I expect them to add at least one more for special teams purposes (Josh Woods?)
CB (10)	Sutton (3), Moseley (1), Gardner-Johnson (1)	Okudah (1), Jacobs (1)*, Harris (1), [Lucas (3), Dorsey (1), McCain (1)*, Williams (2)]	This expected starting unit has been completely revamped, and gives the Lions a lot of versatility in their pass defense schemes. They lack a true shutdown corner, and five of their top 6 are only signed for this year, so they still have need for both current and future options.
S (5)	Walker (2), Joseph (3)	Moore (2), Melifonwu (2) [Breeze (1)]	Harris and CGJ could be considered safeties, as they'll play a bit of a hybrid slot/safety role in AG's defense. Walker and Joseph could potentially be a very good safety duo, and Moore is a very good special-teamer. This group lacks a true strong safety, however, and with AG preferring 3-safety looks, this is still in play.

Special Teams

Position	Expected Starter	Analysis
P	Fox (4)	One of the best in the league, not going anywhere.
K	Badgley (1)	A competent kicker, though unexciting. Expect an addition at some point to compete for a kicking job in camp, because that's just how Holmes/Campbell run things.
LS	McQuaide (1)	I expect McQuaide to win the job over Daly. Not much else to say here, other than it's unlikely the Lions would prioritize this enough to draft.

Final notes:
1) The Lions heavily prioritizing the secondary this offseason really gives them more freedom going into the draft. Other than DT, there really is no position where they have to draft a player, which means they can go for the players they like in the long-term without having to plan on relying on rookies to start.
2) The Lions have long-term needs everywhere. Other than special teams, center, and maybe safety, there's no position that they couldn't justify in the first round, which gives them the freedom to go BPA:

• At QB, while Goff is a very good QB, he's athletically limited and expensive relative to a potential R1 QB. Drafting his eventual replacement to sit and learn behind him (and from Ben Johnson) for two years not only gives them a backup QB and a future low-cost QB option to build around, but also a scenario where Goff getting injured isn't a waste because it becomes a development opportunity.
• Taking Bijan in R1 sets them in the long-term and a gives them a hell of a three-headed monster this year.
• Getting an OT like Skoronski allows him to back-up G and T, and potentially replace Decker in several years.
• Getting a G allows them to cut Vitai this year, and/or replace Jackson next year.
• Getting a true three-down threat opposite Hutch would give them one of the best units in the league at one of the most important positions.
• Getting a starting DT would fill their one true starting need.
• Adding Simpson or Sanders could give them someone to develop as a hybrid linebackestrong safety and fill two needs at once.
• This a deep cornerback class and the Lions still don't have an island CB so if they feel like they can find one they could jump in it.

3) The lack of definitive needs at nearly every starter position means they can package some of their 8 picks together to move up if necessary, while the need for depth could justify trading down if they like enough players as more longer-term developmental talent.
4) Heavily addressing CB while leaving QB wide open has made it much more difficult for other teams to guess what they're going to do, giving them an edge in the draft.
5) Finally, signing all of these free agents to 1-year contracts means they are not only leaving themselves future financial flexibility, but they're setting themselves up in the long-run by putting those players in a position to show out and earn big FA contracts, which could give the Lions comp picks next year if they aren't keen on the free agent options available.

Hello gamers! Big week for the number 4 as we have Resident Evil 4 Remake and John Wick 4 gracing our eyeballs soon. I know we are here for games, but hype levels for John Wick are through the roof for me.
Destiny 2 - I made the jump and I have zero idea what is going on but having a good time. Got through the tutorials and then when I booted it up randomly I got dropped into a Lightfall campaign? Do they do that to try to get you to buy the expansion? Was running around with the strand ability so I guess so. Idk but plan to keep playing through the main stuff. Playing on PS5.
Space for the Unbound - Still plugging away, 4.5 hours in and story continues to get weirder and weirder. I think Barrett and Greg would really dig it if they got around to it. Playing on Switch.
Marvel Snap - CL level 2,966. Still running Hazmat mainly, I hate the "win location with one card" objective. Also, make a playlist that bans Cosmo.
Who is excited for RE4 Remake? Any love for Tchia out there? Will Chris Pine's DnD movie have a higher Metacritic than Shazam 2?

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Hello -
I wanted to take some time to get down my thoughts regarding the recent AFC Gamma earnings call and price activity since.
In my opinion the call was not positive and the tone didn’t have much optimism to it.
The transition of the role of President of AFCG was not discussed.
The, what appears to be deteriorating, status of a number of loans was not discussed. The $11M increase in reserves against loans was not discussed.
The questions asked by analysts seemed phoned in. I took 10 minutes to review management discussion and loan disclosures in the financial statements and easily could have had actual questions – not a few softballs.
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Volume: Prior to the earnings call volume was in a range of 80-200k/day. Volume since the earnings call – March 7th 306k, March 8th 850k, March 9th 220k, March 10th 875k, March 13th 220k, March 14th 450k, March 15th 295k, March 16th 211k. That is 3.5M over 8 trading days. I am guessing that a lot of the selling is driven by the institutional investors not liking what they heard (or didn’t hear) and getting out. The call was on March 7th – discussions had at investment firms and orders to be documented and approved – March 8th sell-off.
Close March 7th 2023: $15.45
Close March 16th 2023: $12.33
Loss since call: ($2.12) or (13.7%).
During that same time NASDAQ (^IXIC) is up roughly 1.5%. That is a ~15% downside swing in a little over a week.
If you go back a month AFCG closed at $16.06 on February 15, 2023. Down ($3.73) or (23%).
Similar tickers I follow for industry news and general comparisons are IIPR, NLCP, REFI and SSIC. Different strategies but give a good picture of underlying cultivators/dispensaries ability to meet their financial obligations. IIPR is traded on the NYSE and has a market cap of $2.3B. NLCP is OTC and has a market cap of $300M. AFCG, REFI and SSIC are traded on NASDAQ and have market caps of $250M, $240M and $60M.
During the period from February 15, 2023 to close on March 16, 2023:
IIPR: Down ($8.59) or (9.4%)
NLCP: Down ($5.18) or (27.1%) [this is AFTER a $10MM stock buyback in Q4 22]
SSIC: Down ($0.25) or (2.6%)
REFI: Down ($1.70) or (11.4%)
I did not listen to the earnings calls but read some of the earnings releases and it appears a lot of the NLCP difficulties stem from tenants that are unable to pay rent as agreed. Typically in a REIT this would not be a major issue because another tenant could take over the lease and cash flows are only lost temporarily. With a lot of the space being leased by cultivators/dispensaries – the next best use of the leased premises would result in much less rents resulting in those leases being less valuable. Would AFCG be in a similar position if the deals started going bad? I would assume so.
REFI is probably the most similar entity and seems to mirror AFCG or AFCG mirrors REFI. Upon quick review of the 2022 financial statements there were no disclosures regarding troubled borrowers or any other items that really give pause. The have roughly $4M credit reserves and over 90% of loans are categorized as risk 3 or better (majority of AFCG are risk 3 with the remaining worse).
In general the cannabis industry is having industry-wide financial difficulties. There was a major rush to get up and running at various state levels to meet demand and a lot of companies that had no business entering the space were able to get financing at terrible terms. Cash was easy and the economy was pumping (regardless of whether or not artificially). Now reality is setting in.
Comparing price activity I would say a majority of the recent decline in price is driven by AFCG directly while 5-10% of that is driven by the market/industry.
CONCERNS:

1. BORROWERS: In my opinion this was the biggest issue with the call. Zero discussion regarding the current borrowers. Zero questions from analysts regarding the status of the loans. Zero questions regarding ability of the borrowers to stay current and meet terms as originally agreed upon.

During Q4 2022 there was an increase of $8.5 million to CECL and $11.5 expensed/added during the full year. These losses are added back for calculation of distributable earnings. Basically this is saying the loans are impaired and will incur losses – but we currently have the cash to pay a dividend as if the loans were current and performing.
At December 31, 2022 there was $14.2M reserved for CECL.
In Note 6 of the financial statements they break out the loans by risk rating. 3 is the best risk rating held by AFCG 5 is the riskiest. At December 31, 2022 there was $105M between category 4-5. Category 4 is defined as “high risk/potential for loss”. Note – all of REFI’s are Category 3.
At December 31, 2022 roughly 5% of all loans or 13.5% of Category 4/5 Loans were reserved for. Does this seem light? Given the struggles of the cannabis industry and borrower developments I feel this is low.
Other notes from the financial statements:
- Private Co. A ($1.2M): Non-accrual status ($1.2MM) that is fully reserved.
- Subsequent Events:
o Private Co I ($10.5M): January 2023 – Deferred upcoming principal payment. March 2023 – Deferred another principal payment and PIK a cash interest payment. Not good.
o Private Co K ($25.2M): February 2023 - Reduced loan commitment. Smart fiscal move by borrower but shows that the industry is slowing.
o Private Co B ($15.9M): March 2023 – Entered into a forbearance and modification agreement with borrower. Waive financial covenants. Not good.
Note: This is only what was required to be disclosed by the auditors. There was no additional discussion during the call. Unsure on the status of the other loans – assume they are paying current.
Between Private Co’s A, I, and B loans at December 31, 2022 totaled ~$27.6M. CECL reserve at 12/31/2022 was $14.2 million. Does this seem reasonable? Loans having significant issues are 50% reserved and nothing else on the remaining ~$250M portfolio?
Even if the borrowers are able to make regular payments – what is the plan when the loans near maturity? I would assume the loans have extremely large balloon payments that the borrowers will not be able to meet. Depending on the regulatory environment would AFCG seek to sell the loans? Would the terms/rates be adjusted and rolled into a new agreement?

1. STRATEGY: AFCG is now exploring opportunities outside the cannabis industry. Basically this shift in strategy is AFCG coming out and saying there are no sizeable opportunities in the cannabis industry and we don’t foresee any in the near term so we are going to try and put your capital to work elsewhere.

They took hundreds of millions of dollars of investor money under the premise of a REIT with a cannabis industry focus and are now working with a pipeline is not producing. Hopefully new opportunities arise and/or opportunities outside cannabis provide reliable/healthy rates.
If the team of experts produced a deal with terms that are having to be amended and concessions given less than two years into the agreement – what is to give investors confidence that these experts can legitimately vet “other” lending opportunities that won’t sour?
For purposes of my analysis I am not assuming any growth/additional lending subsequent to 12/31/22.

1. PIPELINE: As of March 1, 2023:

- Commercial real estate: $454M
- Cannabis: $245M
Leonard Tannenbaum noted during the call that it could take “months” before anything is completed. I would guess that means we won’t see anything before the next earnings call.
Also – with the recent SVB/Signature Bank developments – how has the overall lending environment been impacted? Will this change the due diligence process?

1. CASH FLOW: AFCG has ~$100M of creditors that get paid before a dividend is even considered.

In the financial statements it was noted that $60M was drawn on the line of credit at year-end and repaid January 3, 2023. I am not sure the purpose behind this but assume this is for a REIT qualification benchmark.
Distributable earnings is a non-GAAP measurement. GAAP earnings were $0.14 but due to addbacks (stock compensation and CECL reserves) the income needed for a $0.56 dividend was met.
$46M of unfunded commitments.
What is the plan for raising cash for additional lending? Would there be demand for AFCG notes at 6-7%? Investors can get 4% on government securities. The additional 3% is not worth the risk. Would additional stock be issued and at what price?
What is management’s realistic expectation of dividends in the future?

1. INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: Previously noted, volume has been through the roof since March 7th. My guess is a lot of out-flows of institutions. Where does that lead us? Unfortunately the 13-F for Q1 is not due until May 15, 2023. By that time the stock could fall another 25% and the 13-F shows the big-dogs left and only bag holders remain. An extremely uncertain time.

There was a post on Reddit where the user said “Tannenbaum bought in here – good sign” around March 13, 2023. Based on the detail on SEC’s EDGAR, Tannenbaum did not directly buy more AFCG. A related foundation purchased 50,000 or so shares as part of an equity agreement.
Leonard Tannenbaum owns ~3.5MM of shares of AFCG. 50,000 shares is a drop in the bucket (~1.5% of total investment). If $20.50 was paid per share that is a paper loss of $21MM. A quick Google search would show that he is extremely wealthy. $20MM of unrealized loss isn’t anything to scoff at but doesn’t hurt nearly as much much when your name comes up in billionaire discussions.
It is also important to note that the management and related fees are paid to Leonard Tannenbaum’s management company – owned by him and his wife – outside of AFCG. The $21MM of unrealized loss on the shares owned is actually significantly less if you factor in the amount of fees. During 2022 there were $15.7M in management and incentive fees. During 2021 there were $8.3M of management and incentive fees.

1. INDUSTRY: Obviously the cannabis industry is a big risk-on investment and there are going to be large swings in price due to issues like regulatory activity at the state and federal level. The investors expect to be compensated for this risk leading to high dividend yields.

Understanding the cannabis industry struggles right now - If AFCG’s borrowers are not able to make payments and need to amend terms to avoid default – how many of these leases and lending agreements that were entered into during the “boom” have terms that can realistically be met? How hard have the auditors pressed to realistically reflect expected credit losses? If reserves are light and there is a lot of trouble ahead – how does that impact cash flows (dividends)?
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I have a cost basis of about $15.60. That would mean I am sitting on an unrealized loss of about (21%) - with dividend rates of roughly 15%. Understanding it is a difficult time for the cannabis industry overall I am OK with the risk and downturns – assuming dividends continue to get paid at rates similar to where they currently are.
I obviously have concerns.
I apologize for the massive post but I feel these are all valid questions/discussion points. None of this was discussed on the earnings call which I feel like should have been discussed.
Playing devil’s advocate:
- What if the 13F comes out and institutional holdings have reduced from 35% to 15%?
- What if the loans discussed in subsequent events continue to have difficulties and the Q1 23 earnings call the CECL reserve is required to be increased to 50% of the Risk 4 Loans (~$50M)?

BASICS:
Born: February 22, 1989
Jersey Number: 61 (White Sox), 40 (Athletics, Mets, Blue Jays)
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Position: Starting Pitcher
Drafted: 2011 by the White Sox, Round 16, Pick 501
MLB Debut: August 30, 2014
Teams: White Sox (2011-2014), Athletics (2015-2021), Mets (2022), Blue Jays (2023-present)
Twitter: @C_Bass419
Instagram: @cbass419
2022 STATS:
Games: 30
Innings Pitched: 181.2
Wins: 15
Losses: 9
ERA: 3.42
Strikeouts: 167
CAREER STATS:
Games: 136
Innings Pitched: 737.1
Wins: 46
Losses: 34
ERA: 3.45
Strikeouts: 671
Complete Games: 1
Shutouts: 1
CAREER AWARDS:
All Star - 2021
AL Pitcher of the Month - September 2020
Athletics Jim Catfish Hunter Award - 2021
THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:
His dog was at his wedding.
He played baseball at University of Akron.
He has two kids.
He likes fishing.
He is an Ohio State Buckeyes fan.
He also played basketball in high school.
2022 HIGHLIGHTS:
He had an 11 K game
He threw seven scoreless innings
He pitched eight innings in one game
He had a strong Mets debut
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
He threw a shutout in 2021
He got nine straight wins in 2021
WHY I LIKE HIM:
He's a good pitcher and I love seeing guys from Ohio doing well!
PREVIOUSLY FEATURED PLAYERS:
11/14: Mike Trout 11/15: Jose Ramirez 11/16: Julio Rodriguez 11/17: Michael Harris II 11/18: Sandy Alcantara 11/19: Framber Valdez 11/20: Justin Verlander 11/21: Shane Bieber 11/22: Clayton Kershaw 11/23: Paul Goldschmidt 11/24-11/25: Break 11/26: Aaron Judge 11/27: Spencer Strider 11/28: Oscar Gonzalez 11/29: Lars Nootbaar 11/30: Brendan Rodgers 12/1: Daulton Varsho 12/2: Brandon Belt 12/3: Trent Grisham 12/4: Corey Seager 12/5: Myles Straw 12/6: Sean Murphy 12/7: Christian Yelich 12/8: Nico Hoerner 12/9: Joey Votto 12/10: Bryan Reynolds 12/11: Dylan Cease 12/12: Andres Gimenez 12/13: Luis Arraez 12/14: Bobby Witt Jr 12/15: Miguel Cabrera 12/16: Francisco Lindor 12/17: JT Realmuto 12/18: Victor Robles 12/19: Steven Kwan 12/20: Shane McClanahan 12/21: Alek Manoah 12/22: Adley Rutschman 12/23: Kiké Hernandez 12/24-12/26: Break 12/27: Mookie Betts 12/28: Jake Cronenworth 12/29: Brandon Crawford 12/30: Zac Gallen 12/31-1/1: Break 1/2: Cal Quantrill 1/3: Ryan McMahon 1/4: Cal Raleigh 1/5: Patrick Sandoval 1/6: Nathaniel Lowe 1/7: Cole Irvin 1/8: Corbin Burnes 1/9: Liam Hendriks 1/10: Josh Naylor 1/11: Ian Happ 1/12: Nick Lodolo 1/13: Oneil Cruz 1/14: Byron Buxton 1/15: Riley Greene 1/16: Triston McKenzie 1/17: Brady Singer 1/18: Carlos Carrasco 1/19: Aaron Nola 1/20: Jazz Chisholm 1/21: Keibert Ruiz 1/22: Anthony Rizzo 1/23: Amed Rosario 1/24: Tyler Glasnow 1/25: Matt Chapman 1/26: Cedric Mullins 1/27: Rafael Devers 1/28: Matt Olson 1/29: Rich Hill 1/30: Josh Bell 1/31: Jesse Chavez 2/1: Ty France 2/2: Alejandro Kirk 2/3: Jeff McNeil 2/4: Marcus Semien 2/5: Luke Jackson 2/6: Mike Zunino 2/7: Christian Walker 2/8: Walker Buehler 2/9: Jose Trevino 2/10: Nolan Arenado 2/11: Mitch Haniger 2/12: Yu Darvish 2/13: Logan Webb 2/14: Daniel Bard 2/15: Trey Mancini 2/16: Taylor Ward 2/17: Seth Brown 2/18: Willy Adames 2/19: Seiya Suzuki 2/20: Hunter Greene 2/21: Michael Kopech 2/22: Andrew McCutchen 2/23: Jhoan Duran 2/24: Eric Haase 2/25: Salvador Perez 2/26: Vladimir Guerrero Jr 2/27: Yandy Diaz 2/28: Ramon Urias 3/1: Trevor Story 3/2: Zack Wheeler 3/3: Jon Berti 3/4: Lane Thomas 3/5: Willson Contreras 3/6: Jose Abreu 3/7: Spencer Torkelson 3/8: Xander Bogaerts 3/9: Pablo Lopez 3/10: Cody Bellinger 3/11: Jacob deGrom 3/12: Adam Frazier 3/13: Max Muncy 3/14: Andrew Benintendi 3/15: Tyler Anderson 3/16: Christian Vazquez 3/17: Max Scherzer 3/18: Jesus Aguilar 3/19: Rhys Hoskins

Thank you for your votes! :) know it’s earlier than usual but I’m out soon. If any change to heat 6 results, I’ll edit them later :)
Heat 6 results
1st- Les Battersby- 94 points
2nd- Jason Grimshaw- 85 points
3rd- Luke Britton- 50 points
4th- Craig Harris- 34 points
5th- Andy Carver- 20 points
6th- Carol Baldwin- 6 points
7th- Kayla Clifton- 5 points
8th- Debs Brownlow- 5 points
9th- Caz Hammond- 1 point
10th- Ravinder Kalirai- 1 point
In an all male top 5, Les finished king of the castle, spending the whole heat 1st, and following ex wife Janice in round 2. Runner up Jason was on a mission to beat him and never stopped following Les, but sadly he didn’t have enough in him to win in the end. Luke came super close to usurping Jason really early on, but lost his bottle midway through, and got settled comfortably in third. Luke’s success means a full house for the Brittons! Craig experienced a sudden rise up the ranks also at the halfway mark, and climbed from fifth to fourth, becoming the first member of his family through. However despite clinging onto the final place, Andy was still guaranteed survival, as he finished well above the women. A 3 way tie between Carol, Kayla, and Debs for wildcard number 6 ended when Carol broke away to take it, so sadly this means Kayla, Debs, Caz, and Ravinder are eliminated
Congratulations to Les, Jason, Luke, Craig, and Andy though! They’re our next 5 qualifiers, so go into the table below:
Round 2 qualifiers:
Imran Habeeb, Rob Donovan, Charlie Stubbs, Gloria Price, Claudia Colby, Lloyd Mullaney, Steph Britton, Molly Compton/Dobbs, Robert Preston, Bev Unwin, Ashley Peacock, Emily Bishop, Janice Battersby, Eddie Windass, Angie Appleton, Michelle Connor, Anna Windass, Moira Pollock, Owen Armstrong, Vicky Jefferies, Jim McDonald, Sunita Parekh/Alahan, Danny Baldwin, Tony Gordon, Maya Sharma, Les Battersby, Jason Grimshaw, Luke Britton, Craig Harris, Andy Carver….
Wildcards:
Umed Alahan, Len Windass, Jade Rowan, Tyler Jefferies, Amber Kalirai, Carol Baldwin….
The men outnumbered the women just then, but will the women get their own back on heat number 7? There’s only 3 men here!
Link to part 2:
https://www.reddit.com/coronationstreet/comments/11wmeuj/your_favourite_past_corrie_character_or_pet_2000s/
Voting ends on Wednesday at 4pm. Happy voting! :)
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Ethical Anarchy
Every 1 million years, we vote on whether or not to keep Ethical Anarchy as a system.
Ethical Anarchy is a system based on the individual adoption of law. The only ground political contracs are the no killing, destruction or attempted destruction contracts, nor claiming ownership of the property except Simeon. A final ground ethical contract states that penalties for all crimes may be taken in blindness, pain, time or money. Simeon is immune.
Before, countries operated based off violence and war. Now they use money, lotteries and anti money to get better results. People had no real influence over the state. Even in democracies, the wisdom of the crowd was lost to bad education.
Ethical Anarchy has rules that distinguish it from old governments.
Law is individually adopted and enforced nonviolently.
People individually adopt laws that only apply to acts done against their person or property.
The "government" only has the power to keep you off of public property, not kill you. It has jurisdiction over the environment and streets. Any law enforced with prison, fines or anything else must be approved by a majority of the public in a referendum via ethical contract. There is no death penalty for anything other than murder, and that is decided individually or locally per star system, where life in hell or death are options in the death penalty referenda.
There is a judicial anarchy and rules for trials and appeals. Anyone can serve as a justice elector, but only has as much judicial power to share as people who vote for them. It takes a minimum of four votes to become a judicial elector, however a new ethical contract may decide. To have a trial, determine the size of judicial pool and how many judges you want. Judges are randomly selected from the drawn jurisdiction pool. Both victim and defendant pick half the applicable districts and can strike one of the other’s. They must also select a common language for the trial, if not then the language spoken by the most people on that planet will be chosen automatically.
Judges are rated by both the public and official rating services, or collections of rating services elected by the public that have a higher vote rate. Victim and defendant both rate judges after the trial. Highest rating judges are automatically selected. Appeals require you to bring in more judges.
There shall be one judge seat per 10,000 people judges serve a 10 year term. Each judge elected during phase 1 gets 1000 judicial points per vote they receive and bids on available judicial seats. Alternately, they can vote directly for candidates to fill each seat and use approval voting.
Good vs. Evil is replaced with left vs right as a main dichotomy and driving force in society.
Law enforced via warrant contracts.
All have authority to act in situations that require someone to act when they can
Land points used as money.
No force, just subvention as a means to enforce laws.
No destruction or death for anything other than murder, trespassing, breaking of ethical contracts and violating the bill of rights. This list may not expand without the 7/8ths consent of congress and the public in a referendum.
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Media and Education Funding would be done via congressional grant with the president possessing a line-item veto.
Economy, Land Ownership and Integration.
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All must work or go to school. Distributaries fund schools and set standards for payment for taking different subjects or completing assignments. Individuals in space get paid to go to school, and must use this money to pay for entertainment , food and gaming access. The more and better assignments you do , harder classes you take or tutoring you complete, and better grades you get, the more money you earn.
Money must be used by all to pay land taxes, food taxes, and identity theft and reputation damages insurance among other things.
Licenses to sell food, access or traverse a bounded area, peak, trade, warp, park, live in a home, eat in space cost money, and must be paid each time a service is used. There shall be at least two licenses to sell food issued per star system, and all must be distributed via auction. The final number of food licenses must be determined by outlawry congress, and limited to no more than 90% of the population. Transferable eating licenses are to be sold by multiple providers in packs of 50, with each 50-pack being auctioned off.
Money may also be earned by interacting with the human economy: Creating, Buying and selling books, ideas, media, or online shopping, design, data entry, or any other digital or creative service. Drones may also be rented and space vacations sold. All earth money earned by working an ordinary job is matched at a rate set by the tax property assessor.
All entertainment must be paid for and original creators, be they people or being, be paid for rights to view, copy or share their work. Beings must purchase entertainment licenses from original creators by accosting movie studios or otherwise remunerate them. Copyrights in space last a minimum of 200 years, with the final amount being decided by ethical contract.
Money supply:
A UBI of $1000/month must be given to all individuals, and a circulating money supply of 4x extra must be distributed via work, grants, school and lotteries. The UBI must be funded through taxation of all income and is the only government expenditure besides game funding. Earth money is convertible into space money. On earth, space money can be used to pay for church expenditure, spirit cards and media.
In space, earth money can be used to pay for media and buy land for kingdoms.
Land Ownership
All land must be assessed a land tax by property assessors- general elected y the oubic using RRV, and each property asessor having the power to assess properties proportional to their vote share. Simeon and the body public at large, represented and effecting their will via congress, own the property.
Land value tax is not to be not less than 1% or land value per year, used to fund UBI.
All must send their taxes to a local galactic treasurer elected by all in a galaxy, who runs a census and distributes the money minus their salary equally to all. They must state their salary upfront before election and take no more than that amount from the tax haul to pay themselves. Nonpayers get their property claims ignored and their property sold at auction with the money going to everyone else.
Land must be leased for a time specified in a contract, during which the land rentnever goes up. Whoever offers the highest rent per month wins. Permanent land ownership is forbidden.
Any group of 10 or more contiguous landowners may agree to bound their neighborhood and charge tolls for access or traversal to nonresidents. All must pay except those egressing and giving notice. Rates shall be regulated by ethical contracts. Control zones one galaxy wide must be established.
Kingdoms
Gods must fund kingdoms with people money earned from followers, businesses and ventures on earth. No space-earned money can be used to build your kingdom other than what was earned via congress.
License to operate planet-based currency exchanges may be given out or auctioned, with the method to be determined by ethical contract.
Policing
Police forces must enforce centralized law that an absolute majority of the population selects. There would be a monopoly on police funding, but decentralized forces may be able to do police work. Police consumer cooperatives may be established to compete, selling no more than 20 percent of stock to non owners.
All police forces must be organized as consumer police cooperatives, with a minimum of fifty members. unless a majority of a star system's residents choose to allow private police. Everyone must join one, and police cooperatives may self-defend or contract with external agencies for defense, serving as buyer's coops. All members of police coops must vote on police chief leading the department and sign a thirty year security contract.
Cooperatives will compete to provide property insurance and security to members. Any group of fifty or more people can start a security force and be legal to buy weapons. All security cooperatives are funded by the people they serve and everyone must join one.
Anyone who is properly trained can do policework in ethical anarchy. Any person can make an arrest after attending free or paid police education. Police would be able to enforce orders of outlawry on the population. Only trained police officers could make arrests. Police forces would operate independently and be able to outlaw rogue agencies after a trial, where agencies representing a ¾ majority of the public could convict and shut down a police force.
Police services would partner to respond to calls and trade tokens. If police force a responded to a call from someone in police force b, then police force b would need to respond to one call from police force a in the future.
No cooperative may be created excluding customers from a segment of the population and compete to hire centrally trained and licensed police officers. No limit on police licenses given out may be issued.
Police Coordinator
Elected by the police chiefs of all forces one vote one police force, most votes wins. The police coordinator is elected by all cooperative leaders in a system, sector, galaxy and universally. Cooperatives decide who votes for them. Additional funding may be given to cooperatives based on membership.
Central Police Chief
Chosen by Jungle primary FPTP.
No special power to kill, just right to evict trespassers from public property and transfer to rison.
CPC appointed officers would accompany those seeking to arrest individuals for a bounty to make sure rogue agencies couldn't make false arrests. A court established by congress or ethical contract could outlaw an agency found to be in breach of local guidelines for operation, like extortion.
Funding
Services would be funded via warrant contract. Contributors to essential charities a majority of the public likes, like educational and health services would band together and refuse to buy, sell or admit people who traded with those who didn't contribute. Alternatively, they could simply charge them more. This works for the military too. For business owners, they would pay personal income taxes or their personal homes and property would not be protected and crimes against them would not be investigated.
Prison and Outlaws
All prisons could be run either privately or publicly by the highway police. All would be funded via warrant contract. Regulations for prisons and police would be created by congress.
Who may outlaw? Only a democratically elected judge or their delegates chosen by an absolute majority of people in any given area. This implies a two stage election w/runoff. FPTP with runoff if no candidate receives an absolute majority should be used.
Higher levels of government might offer veto and safe harbor to an outlawry notice.
Who can arrest?
Anyone if someone is a suspect. And there’s the issue.
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President is elected every two weeks via approval voting and can serve up to ten years in a row before they must resign. The president must maintain a high approval rating and keep their coalition energized to stay in power. Politics would be fun. Debates would be held all over the place. Approval voting means you could vote for as many people as you wanted. The president would have the power to..
Appoint prosecutors, one fifth of judges to the supreme court and lower courts,
They may veto congress and the results of referendums, pardon criminals and commute sentences. They may also appoint the heads of agencies open during their term. Terms of heads of agencies are decided by congress.
President appoints theme leader, and may create as many positions as they need for their administration.
Kudzumi
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Tax collection. Taxes, I'd they exist would be collected socially via warrant contracts. Nonpayers would be refused service at businesses or be charged higher prices because taxpayers would band together and refuse to patronize businesses that didn’t. It’s far more likely that nontaxpayers would pay extra.
Congress
Everyone has a right to create a party for congress and collect the votes of nonvoters, gathering petitions from those who want to give their votes to a party for a given length of time, say, 2 weeks to 5 years.
Congress would consist of a single unicameral legislature with 1 seat per 10000000 people. Parties would be elected. Uninterested voters may be able to give their votes to a party or congress as a whole as mentioned. Congress would establish agencies, tribunals and provide oversight. They could impeach and remove a president from power. They would also hold contests..
Congress could make rules enforceable by deprotection, outlawry or confinement to home or building with a simple majority. Congress could not force, but relies on society and local governments to implement its will. It could also withhold funding.
A good ethical anarchistic congress can..
Congresses have the ability
To fund, subsidy, To mint To tax gods and people.
To create universal educational and other requirements for bounty hunters and police.
To establish by law and have Thaos enforce a land, wealth, and income tax and any other tax they so desire. To grant To establish roads and prisons and other infrastructure To imprison with simple majority To kill with unanimous consent minus the person accused or their representative. The required majority may not be lowered. To regulate the use of force in society. To regulate the dichotomy To raise an army, navy and police forces to suppress insurrection and false claiming. To budget and law the economy and work trade, investment and businesses To create banks To license and control businesses To establish copyrights, trademarks and register or renumerate original ideas. To establish themes and technology taxes To fund games and prizes on game shows. To rate To establish mediations To regulate advertising and media. To spread the word and issue proclamations and directives to lower congress and attach democratically decided (by congress) stipulations.
To kill with the 99% approval of all members in each house of congress minus the representative(s) of the person effected and their locale or home district.
To outlaw and deprotect with a majority.
Congress may refuse to fund or give grants to businesses for any reason, including effusing to require a person to follow congressional law, which might be approved or rejected as a package.
To create all laws assistant and just to serve these ends.
Police and Security Districts
Are drawn by the president or people in referendum, and the map must be approved by congress. Everyone voting in one may select the police chief.
Collective Action
Collective action gets accomplished voluntarily through collective action contracts or labor lotteries where you get paid to sign and remain on-call.
Terror and Ethical Anarchy
Voluntary monitoring of Extremist views and voluntary censorship and reporting via individual anti-terror contract, no sig, no job, you are looked at suspiciously.. And do not serve.
War and Military
People who donated to the military and businesses woohol supported it would refuse to hire noncontributors. The goal is for everyone to support the military, so those who did not support it could not buy houses
Education funding
Would occur via warrant contract, lottery or Human Capital Contract or the nominal budget
Would be funded using all kinds of things, including Human Capital Contracts and Diverse Microinvestment
All constitutions must respect and not violate the full bill of rights in the original constitution listed here.
The constitution that gets the most Thaos verified signatures in two weeks in th is chosen for four hundred weeks. No person may stop signatures from being gathered.
Forms of government are chosen every hundred weeks.
Border Control
Access to zones in ethical anarchy would be established via a pay to enter system or free at the community's request.
Nominalism pays
Political problems come from guns your guns. How deserving are polticians to decide how they are used?
Discrimination. Discrimination is bad. How can an ethical anarchy handle discrimination when local majorities support it? Ethical anarchy can do just as well as a democracy does when businesses discriminate. All it takes are smart warrant contracts. Businesses need supplies from all over to function. Those who refuse to hire or serve an underpriveleged minority can lose when other businesses boycott their suppliers or charge them extra. This will force them to go out of business or stop discriminating. Customers who support discriminatory businesses can be charged extra when they shop elsewhere, as may workers or owners.
This makes gathering and arresting suspects easy even en masse as they do it themselves. People who refuse to turn themselves in for questioning are most likely guilty, so crime solved itself. The less crime, the more resources there are to solve the little crime that exists, making us better at it. Everyone could be investigated eventually, and road cameras or overhead blimps could surveil the territory.
Ethical Anarchy
Weapon, Tool stores and gun stores would be required to record all buyers.
Any underhanded purchases would be caught by a double sting system. Purchases without proper identification would result in shutdowns and sentences. Gun store owners would be rewarded for reporting people who attempted to buy guns without the proper identifying info. They would have their property seized, sold and go to jail.
As for gun store owners, they would have their businesses, personal property and possibly lives taken if an unauthorized buyer successfully bought a gun. They would go to jail for life at the very least.
To operate without violent mobs burning down the store, gun stores would work with local police and advertise the fact in the window. No person would try buying a gun without valid ID.
All transfers of guns and lost or stolen guns and other weapons must be reported. Or else you go to jail or pay. However, any time you have a gun to someone who used it in an aggressive shooting you would be fined.
Gun safes and checkups would be handled by the gun store so they didn't get taxed.
Deterring crimes. More stings may occur than crimes. The media may report this. And report on successful stings. This would replace most bad news. Anyone could participate in or start a sting operation.
Ask are you buying a gun for someone else? And do some stings. Asking to or offering to straw purchase would be crime.
Refusing to allow mediators in to your house to search or arrest would be seen as suspicious.
Voluntary Congress and Fun
Ethical Anarchy can be made far far better with a universal basic income and voluntary congress. Congress would pay you a stipend of four hundred dollars every month as long as you obeyed all laws it passed. There may be a requirement to obey several dozen laws or so on and stop receiving money if you refuse until you turn yourself in.
Another way to run it is t are incentivize people to sign ethical contracts individually from a central fund and use reciprocal democracy to fund laws. This just means politicians get paid based on how many votes they Recieve, giving them an incentive to vote well.
Contracts and Enforcement
All contracts notarized by a congressionally authorized individuaal could be considered valid In reality. And thus enforced.
Penalties for Murder
Economic imprisonment is the best way forward, rather than prison.
For murder, a person would be burned for three times as long as they and the victim had been alive in addition to modern slavery. They would be chained to a work facility, weighted and fed by their employer or get food subsidies for authorized food. They would have ninety percent of their wages or more taken and the rest used to buy time away from fire. While prison costs money and resources, and death takes them away, this creates them. When not at work or in the bathroom, the prisoner slave would be blindfolded.
They could also be burned.
Why ethical anarchy? A story.
Democracy is better than dictatorship, but it's still rule by the few chosen by the mostly uneducated. Democracy is bad on rights. If the government can kill you, it has too much power. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat. Ethical Anarchy is excellent on rights because everyone only has power over their own property and bodies, not yours. Collective property like air, water and roads are managed publically through democracy and local congresses. Your stuff is managed by you.
Individual property is managed and well taken care of by people.
But at the same time, collective property accessible by those paying for it's upkeep will be managed by an elected manager.
Anyone who wants to access collective property may if they pay a fee. Only those who pay may enter or use it. Stewards are chosen by paying members or a central authority.
The author suggests that property upkeep be auctioned off to the lowest cost highest quality firm via contract.
Democracy works sometimes, but other times it doesn't. Imagine if we democratically decided what to eat for dinner instead of letting people make their own choices. In ethical anarchy, personal rights and freedom win every time because the system is built off of it. Ethical anarchy protects the smallest minority of all, the person.
Unified police training
Voluntary Congress and Fun
Ethical Anarchy can be made far far better with a universal basic income and voluntary congress. Congress would pay you a stipend of four hundred dollars every month as long as you obeyed all laws it passed. There may be a requirement to obey several dozen laws or so on and stop receiving money if you refuse until you turn yourself in.
Another way to run it is to incentivize people to sign ethical contracts individually from a central fund and use reciprocal democracy to fund laws. This just means politicians get paid based on how many votes they Recieve, giving them an incentive to vote well.
Contracts and Enforcement
All contracts notarized by a congressionally authorized individual could be considered valid in reality. And thus enforced. n issue may be having congress deenforce certain contracts with a 2/3 majority.
Lottery
Lotteries can be used to enforce law by providing inspiration to obey rather than force.
Captain of Police chosen by Daily approval voting.
Consumer Safety
And now, for the piece de la resistance, consumer safety. The chief of justice would run an agency tasked with listing all business service providers that were up to snuff. Nobody would shop at a business that didn't have the seal. Lying about approval would be grounds for a raid and closure of the business. All businesses would be required to have insurance to cover loss and damage before they opened up in a city. God may also regulate it. This would be regulated by deprotection. The list of ethical contracts you and your business have signed enabling the consumer safety authority to investigate you would be publically displayed.
To be approved, grocery stores would only carry merchandise from approved businesses. Any business not approved would be allowed to warn

Ethical Anarchy
Preamble
In times, we have sought to create the most free, most fair, most joyous and happy society. Praise be to God, our journey is complete. We have lived through and seen dictatorship, the weakness of democracy and ineffectiveness of anarchy. We resolve to choose none of the preceding and avoid repeating the errors of the past. We the people of Paelia, Karine, Nara, Rallfallamine, Pellend, Cassini, Section, Trace and Ledder along with surrounding states combine to form an Ethical Anarchy, and name our new country Ethica, in honor of said system as developed by our founder and freemaker Simeon Burks.
Remembering the many just who died to ensure our liberty and freedom during the transition and war for congress,
All honor and glory be to, amen.
We establish a new state based on Non destruction and
Legislature
The legislature for ethical anarchy shall consist of the people and a bicameral Congress for outlawries.
The people shall freely adopt ethical contracts as they wish, with a fifty one percent majority of the public being sufficient to send power to an ethical contract. Once powered, violators of an ethical contract may not access, traverse or use public property. They must also submit to tribunals and punishments described in the ethical contract although they may not have signed. Until powered, ethical contracts only bind people who sign them.
No person may be forced to sign an ethical contract, but individuals and groups may require the adoption of certain ethical contracts for entrance, or membership. Failure to ratify an ethicalrecal contract is valid cause for firing or dismissal from a group.
The legislature shall have the power to outlaw a person or create reasons for outlawry with a fifty one percent majority in addition to the public. Members of Parliament shall have the right to broadcast ethical contracts to all on a monthly ballot. The legislature controls ballot access. The legislature may make any law with any penalty except death with a fifty one percent majority. Acceptance of law is mandatory to travel on public property. Congress shall regulate police divergence, arrests and academies. Congress may regulate the economy and choose an economic system with a simple majority.
There shall be 454,000 seats distributed daily proportionally by party. The party getting the most votes selects the president.
The upper house (House of Gods) consists of 16,000 seats, and approves all judicial appointments, or regulations on god (not taxes) and standards for becoming one by a simple majority. Otherwise, legislstion needs only the first house. Thaos reserves a third of this house. It is elected by personal, national and local gods, each getting a vote number equal to the number of people supporting them, be they followers or voters. 40 year terms. The house of gods may block a lower house bill for up to 2 years or until the next election and regulate contests and coregulate space commerce. It, along with Chaos shall publish reports rating gods. It may rule on questions of the day and issue pronouncements via the figure.
The upper house shall select a yearly figure, chief distributary and person of the year. The same person may win up to two times in a row.
The vote gods possess in this house is cumulative. Gods choose a virtual district 1-sixteenthou and must stick with it for three elections.
Ethical contracts may only bind a person and their property, never third parties who did not sign unless the contract is mutual or about children, who may be considered collective property.
Ethical contracts must be voluntarily signed without coercion, although pressure and incentives can be used.
The legislature consists of a Congress for force that determines legitimate reasons for using force. No person has a unqualified legal right to use force, only valid and invalid reasons. Only a majority of people in both Congresses or the mediations it establishes may determine if a particular use of force is valid.
Ethical contracts are enforced using warrant contracts, blacklisting, boycott and exclusion from the use of public property if a contract is mutual. They may also specify other penalties.
When a person who has not signed an ethical contract acts against someone who has not signed it, the person not signing is indemnified unless the contract was powered with a majority vote, in which case the person breaking the contract is subject to legal action.
Ethical contracts cover acts done against signing people on public property, the private property of signers and the private property of nonsigners if signers are there, but not the private property of nonsigners if no signers are around.
Simeon has a prenalty of twenty million at 999 nonbinillion cubed providing immunity from all nonmurder crimes.
The territory allows no individual or group destruction or government issued a death penalty. If someone is outlawed nobody may protect them and they may be hurt or killed by any person.
Outlawry may only be used in cases of murder and for people failing to report to arrest, questioning, or prison.
Executive
The leader of the day selected by the largest party possesses the right to unilaterally appoint judges of the day and police chiefs. They may make any policy or appointment, subject only to veto by the guardian council and standing council. They may be impeached and removed by a 4/5 vote of either. Policies and appointments may last 1 day. The same person may be reelected 5,200 times in total, and for 1400 days in a row. Every two years we elect a special Leader of the day who serves a two year term. This person serves as a long term planner and appoints or oversees the election of visionaries at local discretion.
Guardian council is a 10,000 member council of randomly selected citizens who pick the highest numbers minus the top 4000. As selects. Standing council is all interested citizens who voluntarily join. They can block any action of the leader by majority vote as may congress.
The Congress may create congressional agencies and staff them at it's discretion.
A Standby Emergency Director shall be selected via mass petition. The person with the most votescollected in 4 days wins a three month term. Voters may vote for as many candidates as they want. The SED shall have the power to coordinate and lead emergency response if Congress declares a state of emergency for up to six months. The same person may win twelve times.
Law Enforcement
Every level of government is to elect a chief of police coordination and emergency response to oversee investigations and arrests and choose watchers.
If someone is listed as an outlaw by a congressionally established mediation or Congress itself, any person may make an arrest and Recieve a reward if the subject is captured alive. There will be a fine if the subject is killed during arrest unless watchers oversee the arrest and verify it was conducted lawfully in accordance with congressional rule
Prison
Prisons are public, private and mixed. They are to be regulated by law. Refusing to voluntarily go to jail to await a trial or sentencing is automatic outlawry.
Warrant Contracts
Warrant contracts, or pledges not to trade with people who trade with other people
Security
The people shall elect a monthly minister of security via petition. The person with the most signatures by the end of the month wins the position. The Minister of Security shall oversee regionwide defense and intelligence.
LSDD is Provisional Minister of Security until a new one is elected.
Security Districts to elect local police chiefs are drawn by the Minister of Security. Police chiefs elected every three months.
Naos is part of the security plan. XDD must be made programmed to resurrect chaos.
Judicial
Daily judges elected by leader of the day service all typical cases. Every second year, the second leader of the day appoints two year justices who serve as a court of appeals. Judges must be allowed to complete cases they start regardless of whoever appointed them's term being up.
Everyone is entitled to nine appeals before they go to Naos or a religious court.
The lower house of congress shall create an act organizing the supreme court (s) and visionaries. Congress shall create cours in addition to the 11 member Supreme Court. They shall approve or reject supreme court nominees by the Emergency Director.
For Ethical Anarchy Territory, As shall Staff the thirty five member supreme court.
The supreme court is the final arbiter of appeals for all cases on or in the territory.
There shall be sixteen districts throughout the land, each of equal population. District map drawn and approved by Chaos and Force Congress. God's compete over districts courts and the right to organize or sponsor police departments.
Property and Land
Chaos registers property. Simeon owns the land and caretakes it for Ethical Anarchy.
No person may be kept on a persons territory by force.
World and Environment
Simeon owns Naming rights. The environment the constitution may regulate is defined as any public or private property that flows into and intermixes with public property. (i.e, air and water) The public may regulate activity in and on such.
Ballots and Information
Individuals may create ballot listing services compiling a list of ethical contracts for readers to sign. The parliament regulates fraud and valid signature collection. It is not the government's responsibility to gather and list all Ethical contracts in one place.
The government may establish signing houses for people to sign notarized ethical contracts free of compulsion and mandate their use. Alternatively, they may send people who were listed as signing an ethical contract a notification.
Money and Minting
Simeon owns the minting and Economic system. Money must be used to pay taxes, buy a $10,000 weekly travel pass, land, play games and view media, but land and travel expenses. Simeon shares the mints with Congress. You earn money by attending school and going to parties or by playing sports. School attendance pays up to 15,000 weekly with good grades paying more.
Permanent Seats in Congress
Simeon Satan Narissa Shan Sitch Saddeus Entamion
Thaos reserves thirty percent of Seats in Congress
Chief Visionaries
Tiara and Vivian
Each selects 1/3 of Visionaries who serve at their leisure.
Visionaries serve a minimum of fifty years and promote and demote people in government positions and can recall elected and judges officials, comment on ballots, create themes
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Proxies.
Police chief
oathkeepers, forgeries, lotteries figure of the day, rolling agenda. strategist,
Figures of the day, month and year elected every so often.
President elected every four months
distributaries and contests chief chosen by president.
Figure: 1/3 popular vote 1/3 congress 1/3 presidential college every 4540 years.
Media grants, advertising distribution, education regulations.

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Law: Interpreting Ethical Anarchy is the responsibility of Simeon, RHo and Sitch and fmy mother and father and Entenny. They may clarify and add addendums to law.
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Happy Monday! I spent the last three days in zoom class, so my brain is a little fried! Today's post is fueled by the delicious leftover Pad Prik Khing I have waiting for me for lunch from THAI (The House of Authentic Ingredients). Would also recommend their Khao Soi, or really anything on the menu.
The school I'm in is an interfaith seminary, which is pretty much the opposite of what you might expect from a data scientist, but we all contain multitudes. My college thesis advisor once said "two roads diverged in a wood, and Seth took both of them." I'm excited to spend the day away from my laptop, but like the character in that Robert Frost poem, I've got promises to keep, so let's get into it.
Someday I might make a real methodology post but today is not that day. It's nothing too complicated though, I just grab the rest of season game-by-game win probabilities from 538's ELO model and use them to simulate the rest of the season 10,000 times. Why 10,000? I don't know, it's a nice big number and it only takes my MacBook about half an hour to do it, even with the wildly inefficient way I wrote the code. For simulating the play-in tournament, I just assume the home team has a 60% chance of winning. Perfect? No. Good enough? Probably.
Yesterday was a scoreboard-watching day and we didn't get a ton of help as the Nugs, Pels, Clippies, and Lakes all lost. One important exception is that the Suns lost to the lowly Thunder, which puts them 5.5 games behind us and basically locks us into at least a 3 seed and the division title (99.3% chance at winning the division and legitjuice/ getting a really nice payout on that +30000 bet). So the only real change from yesterday is that our chance at the 1 seed went down almost 5 points to about 6% but our chance at ending below the 3 seed is now under 1% (it's 0.7%, the other end of that 99.3% shot at winning the division).
We've got almost a 70% chance at 50+ wins now, which is honestly just crazy. Not crazy wrong, I believe the number, it's just crazy thinking back to when we were all like "I think this team has a good chance to make the play-in." The 50-win mark went up about 1% compared to yesterday, which I'm guessing is because the Suns and Blazers ELO ratings took a hit and we play them 3 more times total (1 Suns, 2 Blazers).
First round opponent hasn't changed much from yesterday except the Lakers are down a little and the Wolves are up, which I don't really have an easy explanation for except that the Thunder won yesterday, which makes it a little harder for the Lakers to get into the first play-in and a lot harder for them to get to the 6 seed. One minor change is I went back to the table showing opponent by seed, which is a lot easier now that there's really only 4 seed options for the Kings. Each cell in the table is a percentage of the overall. So for example, there's a 21.1% chance we face the Warriors in the first round. There's a 0.8% that's a 1v8 matchup, an 8% chance it's 2v7, 12.3% it's 3v6 and 0.1% it's 4v5. 0.8+8+12.3+0.1 is 21.2, which isn't 21.1 but that's just because of rounding.
Interesting matchup in Utah tonight, mostly just interesting because the last two games against the Jazz have been nail-biters. Let's hope for a nice SLC beam-lighting tonight.
​ Table: Kings Chance of Seed (10,000 Simulations)

Seed	Chance of x Seed	Chance of At Least x Seed
1	6.0%	6.0%
2	42.0%	48.0%
3	51.3%	99.3%
4	0.7%	100.0%
5	0.0%	100.0%

​ Table: Kings Chance of Total Wins (10,000 Simulations)

Wins	Chance of x Wins	Chance of At Least x Wins
44	0.0%	100.0%
45	0.2%	100.0%
46	0.7%	99.8%
47	3.0%	99.1%
48	9.3%	96.1%
49	17.5%	86.8%
50	23.5%	69.3%
51	23.0%	45.8%
52	14.8%	22.8%
53	6.3%	8.0%
54	1.7%	1.7%
55	0.2%	0.0%

​ Table: Chance of Kings' 1st Round Opponent by Kings Seed (10,000 Simulations)

Opponent	Total	1	2	3	4
Total	100.0	6.0	42.0	51.3	0.7
Warriors	21.1	0.8	8.0	12.3	0.1
Mavericks	20.9	0.8	8.1	11.9	0.0
Lakers	11.5	1.1	6.4	4.0	0.0
Clippers	11.2	0.2	2.2	8.4	0.4
Timberwolves	10.8	1.1	5.6	4.1	0.0
Thunder	9.5	0.8	5.5	3.2	0.0
Suns	6.1	0.1	1.5	4.5	0.0
Jazz	5.1	0.7	2.8	1.6	0.0
Pelicans	3.6	0.4	1.9	1.2	0.0

​ Table: Chance of Kings' Clinch Dates (10,000 Simulations)

Date	Clinch Top 10 on x Date	Clinch Top 6 on x Date	Clinch Top 4 on x Date	Clinch Division on x Date	Clinch Top 10 by x Date	Clinch Top 6 by x Date	Clinch Top 4 by x Date	Clinch Division by x Date
March 21	21.8%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	21.8%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%
March 22	17.1%	8.9%	0.0%	0.0%	38.9%	11.2%	0.0%	0.0%
March 23	13.7%	3.2%	0.0%	0.0%	52.6%	14.4%	0.0%	0.0%
March 24	33.1%	28.2%	1.1%	0.0%	85.7%	42.6%	1.1%	0.0%
March 25	11.1%	28.5%	12.8%	2.2%	96.8%	71.1%	13.9%	2.2%
March 26	1.5%	7.5%	0.5%	0.0%	98.3%	78.6%	14.4%	2.2%
March 27	1.4%	14.3%	32.4%	15.8%	99.7%	92.9%	46.8%	18.0%
March 28	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	99.9%	93.2%	46.9%	18.0%
March 29	0.1%	5.2%	31.7%	24.2%	100.0%	98.4%	78.6%	42.2%
March 30	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	98.4%	78.6%	42.2%
March 31	0.0%	1.1%	15.1%	23.2%	100.0%	99.5%	93.7%	65.4%
April 1	0.0%	0.1%	1.9%	0.6%	100.0%	99.6%	95.6%	66.0%
April 2	0.0%	0.2%	3.5%	21.7%	100.0%	99.8%	99.1%	87.7%
April 4	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	4.5%	100.0%	99.8%	99.6%	92.2%
April 5	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	2.5%	100.0%	99.8%	99.8%	94.7%
April 6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%	100.0%	99.8%	99.8%	96.1%
April 7	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	2.8%	100.0%	99.8%	99.9%	98.9%
April 9	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%	100.0%	99.8%	100.0%	99.3%

I was hoping to post numbers from my yearly physical. This is from a year ago. Since then I've implemented a stricter diet and the past six months I've started doing a fairly insane level of exercise.
I plan to ask the dr to do the Apoe B test this year.
I had a Calcium score of zero a little over two years ago, but I have high cholesterol. Last years number was down from a high of 230. I am not over weight. I'm 5 10 and weigh about 188. I am very active.
Do you all think I should go on a statin this year if my Apoe B and general cholesterol numbers don't improve. I am a 45 year old male with no family history of cardiac issues though my grandfather had high cholesterol he died at 53 of a different disease.
Thanks! I'll make an updated post in a couple months after I get this years numbers.
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CT CARDIAC W QUANTITATIVE EVAL CORONARY CALCIUM W/O IV CONTRAST - Score O
Cholesterol 205 mg/dl
Triglycerides115 mg/dL
HDL51 mg/dL
LDL, calculated131 mg/dL
Non-HDL Cholesterol154 mg/dL
Chol/HDL ratio4

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Poker machines also employ a parallel dealing method, which involves selecting five cards simultaneously. This differs from the serial dealing approach which places all replacement cards in one stack.

Rankings

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Bonuses

Online casinos provide a range of bonuses to attract new players and keep them loyal to the site. These can take the form of free spins, bonus money or both.
Before claiming any casino bonus, it's essential to read its terms and conditions. These will determine how much you can receive as well as how much wagering must be done in order to take out your winnings.
These terms also determine whether or not you can utilize your bonus funds for betting on sportsbook or entering DFS contests. If it turns out that there are limitations, then it would be best not to accept the offer.
Most casino bonuses require you to meet a playthrough requirement, which is the number of times you must wager your bonus before being able to withdraw it. The requirement varies between casinos but generally ranges between 50-30 times the bonus amount. Furthermore, requirements may differ based on which games you play and your country of residence.

Cheating

Cheating in a casino is strictly prohibited and those caught can face legal consequences for their crimes. Cheating is used as an attempt to gain an unfair advantage over the house or other players, leading to severe repercussions for those found guilty.
Cheating can be accomplished through various techniques, such as card counting and using rigged equipment. While these tactics may be beneficial for poker and other card games, they could pose serious risks to casinos.
One of the most prevalent methods to cheat at a casino is through hand mucking, also known as card switching. This scam has cost millions of dollars in losses.
Another popular cheating technique involves collaboration with another player. This enables the cheater to exchange cards without raising suspicion from other players or the dealer.
Additionally, some gamblers have been known to mark cards with invisible ink. Although this method of cheating is relatively new, it can still be very hard to detect if you're not paying close attention.

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I have gotten 3 quotes on air handlers as my evap coil has gone to crap. I have a carrier condenser and quotes on two trane air handlers.
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Is is a bad idea to mix brands? I can add more details if necessary.
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Update: Here are the quotes:
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The quotes:

• Quote 1 ( 5,950.00):

Install new 3 ton American Standard Air Handler. New Envirowise whole house media filter assembly. New ss1-ss2 drain line overflow protection switches. includes reconnecting new equipment to existing duct work, removal and disposal of old equipment.
Price includes parts,labor and misc material. System will come with a 10 year limited part warranty through American Standard once system is installed and registered with the factory. New Airhandler will also come with a 1 year limited labor warranty. 300.00 cash or check discount.
Quote 2 (5,200):
MODEL NUMBER TEM4B0C37M31SA
3TON SILVER SERIES Air Handler
10 Year Parts Warranty
2 float switches and new filter base
Quote 3 ($5025):
To install a Carrier Comfort Series 3.0 Ton Upflow Air Handler
New Model: FJ4DNXB36L
Installation includes:
NEW REFRIGERANT DRYING FILTER IN LINESET
NEW FLOAT SWITCH
NEW REFRIGERANT R410A
NEW 20X25X4 HONEYWELL
MEDIA FILTER
Includes Reconnecting Plenums, Drains, Refrigerant Lines, Hi and Low Voltage Electrical Connections.
10 Year Manufacturer Limited Parts Warranty
1 Year E + M Emergency Air Conditioning Limited Workmanship Labor Warranty

I got a lot of support from this community and figured I would share my experience with you guys.
I called the 877 number this morning at 6am, I was able to get through within 15 mins (after rapid redialing 30 times) and spoke to a staff. My travel date is April 2, so I'm 13 days out. I was expecting her to tell me that she can let the agency know and need me to call back within 5 days. But she ended up was able to offer me an appointment within my area on March 30!! I was overjoyed with tears and felt a huge sense of relief (for now). I will update you guys once I have the passports in my hands!
Timeline (application went to Locator 69)
2/10 applied in person for my son
2/14 check cashed
3/3 till now- In process
3/17 Emailed 2 Senators and called our congresswoman. Spoke to staff at the congresswoman's office and filled out authorization form last friday. No confirmation or response yet. Senators just emailed back they can't help since it's federal agencies. Redirected me back to Congresswoman.
Not sure what has happened within the NPIC but I read from another post that there was a meeting among the congress people this past week and passport issue was addressed...?
Don't lose hope, keeps those fingers working and keep calling!!

After reading through Myst's Viceroy Guide
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2897942276
And finally seeing the real numbers for decadence, I had an idea for a strategy. I wonder if anyone has tried it yet, because it is nearly opposite to every other strategy I've tried. For this strategy to work you'd need to get extremely lucky with your starting caravan, and blueprints and/or start with a wildcard, so you couldn't use it on every map.

1. Start with a caravan that had Harpies, but only a few of them, ideally exactly 1
2. Refuse all caravans that come to your settlement with Harpies
3. Use your first blueprints on the Explorer's Lodge and Bath House
4. Favor the harpy(s), build them a house, put them in a comfortable job
5. Trade for all Harpy Friendly resources and forbid anyone but harpies from consuming them so they don't run out
6. Get harpy resolve up to 49
7. Win entirely on harpy reputation points