Ponzi and Pyramid Schemes

Ponzi scheme was a payment system devised in 1920 by Charles Ponzi outside regulatory monetary system.

Ceylon Ponzi Schemes are done by bogus astrologers.

I would dispense (thanks to YouTube presentation) three physical properties of an egg (biological), magnet (physics) and carbide (chemical)

1. Egg is rotated in a ceramic dish by exerting simple physical force.

2. A safety pin stuck under a betel (bulath) leaf using a magnet.

3. Putting carbide to a top opened king coconut.

In Ceylon Manios also use all these methods.

I think we should get Simpson's creator to Ceylon and display these antics.

Carlo Ponzi was an Italian.

He started this scheme without a base capital.

On surface it looks  legit.

Has attractive portfolio with high interest.

Pays high risk interests.

The payments are made to the earlier investors from the new investors.

Investors are encouraged to reinvest without new capital.

Its premise is that all the investors would not withdraw money at the same time.

The are not registered with the central bank.

They are no licenced sellers.

Part of the money is invested by the schema himself elsewhere on true institutes.

They scam people for a while and disappear leaving without a trace.

Arjuna Mahendran is one of them who operated somewhat similar scams by bidding below the banking rate with insiders helping to fix the asking rate. 

He disappeared and has already changed his name and the name of the institute.

The money is siphoned away.

They have overseas (dual citizens) base to escape.

Even big investors can be caught up by Ponzi schemes.

Two big names are Milinda Moragoda and Lalith Kotalawela. 

Both of them destroyed their grandparents capital in a very short time frame

Both of them had political aspirations.

Politicians are very cruel and won't allow outsiders with money to come into their arena. 

They (politicians) deal with black or drug money. 

Some of them have TV channels to launders money.

These operations are an extension of the Ponzi scheme with a different Frontend.

the Backend is invisible. 

By the way, no investment is risk free.

Successful financiers are good risk takers.

English Nielson was one of them who brought the oldest bank to its knees in England.

Pyramid scheme is bit different.
 

To begin with there is some apparent capital investment that is shared with or resold to new investors.

If the number of new investors diminish or capital is withdrawn these schemes fail rapidly.

Failing American Strategy and Russian Resolve

I am not a military man but a guy with scientific approach.

My observation are;

1. .America has met its ultimate nemesis.

2. Using Ukraine as a proxy was a big failure.

3. This Zelensky guy was a non starter.
He has already outgrown American resolve.

4. He cannot be made the fall guy.

5. His forces are dwindling.

6. America does not want its boots on the ground with pending US elections.

7. It wants NATO forces especially Poland guys to take off the heat.

8. So provoking Russia in Baltic sea has become an open option.

9. America wants Russia to come out of the defense line.

¹0. Russia is not interested in land grab.

11. It wants to decimate Ukrainian or NATO boots.

12. War of attrition is Russian Resolve.

13. It is not a stalemate but an American Failed Strategy.

14. I believe, Russia would not fall to this trap and become offensive.

15. USA has a deadline.

16. Russia does not have a deadline but a strategy.

17. Ukrainian on trenches will go into battle fatigue (if not malaria and diseases).

18. American strategy to use a biological weapon instead of cluster bombs is looming.

19. In any case, nuclear arsenal is ready on both sides.

20. The question is who will use it first.

21. My guess is that a rogue country or a terrorist guy would use it due to his or her own insanity.

America has done enough to disable 43,000 Ukrainian Soldiers

Yes, America has done enough to Ukraine.

Out of the 150,0000 soldiers and Reserve Battalions trained abroad with NATO countries' help, 43,000 are permanently disabled in action in two months of counter offensive.

That is roughly 1/3rd of the Ukrainian Force.

I do not know how much is trapped in trenches in front of the front line.

May be another 67,000.

Their reserve strength at present is only 50,000.

What Russia wants is not gain in land or territory but decimation of another 67,000 before the next US  Presidential Election.

I think and I hope Donald Trump should come to power to save the  Ukrainian Reserve Force of 50,000.

Until then President Biden should send American boots to clean up the dead Ukrainian bodies.

Americans love to see body bags coming home so that they can play the American National anthem at victory / loss parade.

Russia is not in a hurry, boys!

War of attrition is good enough for them.

What I mean, is Americans do not care for Ordinary Ukrainian Souls.

They cry foul only when American body bags come home.

It is time for American boots on the ground.

I am told 30% of the Americans support boots on the ground.

Thete is no difference if one is Democratic or Republican!

American love War and Armageddon.

Discipline

Discipline comes first.

It  does not come from home or parents.

It does not come from Church or Priests.

Discipline does not come from meditation.

I hate military discipline which is brutal.

The discipline comes from self control.

I think my discipline comes from my last birth.

I may or may have had meditation practice in my last birth.

I do not practice meditation at all..

Perhaps it would have been my military discipline in the last life.

I would have been killed in a battle in the last World War II (as a result of wounds sustained).

I hate all forms of War.

I do not wish to be dead in World War III.

I hate even killing animals.

I prefer to be a vegetarian so that no animal flesh supports my muscles or body.

My muscles are weak after Coronavirus Moderna Vaccine, and it may be a punishment (Kamma Vipaka) for my indulgence in war in the previous birth.

I love military and civilian aircrafts.

I wanted to become a pilot but never wanted to be a passive guy on a space ship.

I love action games.

I do not like cars, since they can never take off to air.

I hope a hybrid car would come into existence.

Coming back to My Discipline it goes like this.

When I come home after hard days work and sit for my main meal, I enjoy every bit of that meal, even it is pol sambol and dhal (I hate dhal now but love dhal Wadde).

I feed the cat first. She is very impatient and kring on my cloths. Cat on the right side.

Then I feed the dog.
He on the left side and my hand on his back.
Dogs do not like keeping the hand on their head.
They sit quietly by my side till I finish my meal.

The discipline or training for the pet is simple.
They have to wait till I finish.

I take my meal very slowly.

Nobody can talk when I eat.

I am now on retirement and no duties left and I chatter a lot at the table.

Happily no dogs and cats.

No gossip from my mother or my siblings.

I am in total meditative mode when eating and  I go through the days work and I run through,  in my mind whether, I had done any mistakes.

If there were any mistakes or missing points or outstanding jobs, after the meal, I ring the exchange and contact the guy or girl for confirmations.

Then I tell the exchange you cannot call me until I am on duty.

If anybody calls me I come out blasting and no polite exchanges.

This worked well in UK,too.

By the way, I wake up at 7AM even in the thick of winter.

Listen to some music and Terry Vogan was my favourite.

There were lot of conversations from listeners from 7 to 9, including legal matters.

Informative and educational.

This habit I kept all my life.

In the University I was the first to arrive and I even take the keys and open the office and switch on the computers and the network.

They are switched off at 4.30PM.

I even swipe my room and leave the rubbish in front of the door.

This habit I learned from my late professor.

I start the day with a clean slate.

By the way, I sleep well and nobody can wake me up when sleeping.

I slept through the biggest cyclone in UK which swept the roof of my neighbour.
Having heard the thump I pushed the fridge and freezer against the door.

Even the parapat wall collapsed.

I slept through the biggest earthquake in New Zealand of 7.2 rickter scale.

I was thrown off the bed and when woken up, I saw the Buddha image hanging precariously on the nail.

I could not sleep (fear of collapsing roof) for 6 weeks because of aftershocks.

I came home never to go back to New Zealand.

I was jobless for 6 moths and that was the longest holiday in my working career.

Currently I am addicted to sleep and very soon no more blog pieces.