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@ Leon P Smith
2025-03-12 02:22:12
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqknzsux7p6lzwzdedp3m8c3c92z0swzc0xyy5glvse58txj5e9ztqaufa4k He's not particularly wealthy, though he's done better than I have. Men who act and behave like Trump is actually shockingly common, but they tend to limit their future at least somewhat more effectively than Trump has. My brother has undoubtedly gotten much futher than most who try this route, though he'll never be nearly as "successful" as Trump.
It's a matter of public record actually: I wrote a bunch of software at my brother's request that was used to answer E911 calls at Parke County Indiana from 2013 to 2018. He never paid me, then sued me claiming me as his "employee" that he admitted in court to never paying.
I consider that blackmail, and I refuse to have anything to do with him again unless he obtains a felony criminal conviction and serves multiple years in prison.
One of the subtexts of "Kevin Bacon and the Stern Brocot Tree" and my Aggregate Theory of Concrete Mathematics is that it was in part motivated by the existence of my estranged nephews, and in part calling out this pattern of behavior.
One of the complications is that my parents are Anabaptist and take an unnecessarily dim view of legal proceedings when they are necessary.
I actually grew up listening to Joan Baez, and her recordings continue to be one of my favorite parts of my parents music collection!