January 23, 2026
Journal Notes, .
Thoughts , Musings, Vignettes & Whims, ..
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January 18, 2026
Twisted Sister, .. Continued.
Strange Bedfellows
The Board of Trustees
Liars Thieves Saints and Gangsters.
Institutions of Higher Education & The Mafia
My most dominant memory was as a teenager when a friend of mine and I were sitting on our back porch one day. My sister was in the kitchen making the one thing she always made which was Zucchini Bread. That was all that she ever made. Nothing else.
While on the back porch my sister came to the doorway of which the door was open but the screen door was not. She stood in the doorway glaring at us, which caught our attention, and said ‘If You ever date a White Girl I will kill you.” She had a butcher knife in her hand and stuck it through the screen of the door creating a gigantic tear. She turned around and walked away. I was fourteen and she was seventeen years old when this occurred.
Twisted Sister WickedWickedWicked.
It would be decades later when one day out of the blue my estranged youngest daughter would call me on the phone and blurt out “I heard a rumor that you love White Women more than your own children, .. “ I asked what she was talking about or where she had heard such a rumor since she lived over two thousand miles away. She proudly stated “I don’t reveal my sources and You have not earned my respect.” She hung up. She was seventeen at the time. Our relationship, which was already alienated beyond repair, was buried for all practical purposes on that day.
Twisted Sister WickedWickedWicked.
The Zucchini Bread was so memorable first of all because I quickly got tired of being her “taste monkey” to see if it was getting worse or improving. Secondly, it was the only time in my life that I ever tasted anything she had cooked. Twisted Sister never ever invited her family to her house. Never.
Cooking a meal and allowing her family members to sit down and enjoy dinner was absolutely out of the question. Not on Christmas. Not on Thanksgiving. Never.
If I happened to be nearby her neighborhood and decided to stop by just to say Hello it would be met with “Why are You here?”. “What do You want?” She did not like visitors. She did not like her Mother, Father or siblings. Her Husband hated her “entire family.”
Twisted Sister WickedWickedWicked
It is the Year of Twenty-Twenty Six.
Twisted Sister’s Husband is in the news and it’s not good. It is bad. Very bad. The very last thing that someone who has proclaimed themselves to be so saintly and so worthy of recognition would ever imagine to be attributed themselves. Oh no.
To be continued , … Absolutely!
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January 19 2026
Dirty Dancing in L.A.
The Little Hip Hop Gangsta Monster Curator
Following up on “The Curse”:
Someone must have known that he was a little different after attending classes at the Dance Studio. Yeah He was legally still just a child but his mannerisms in that first video should have been a wakeup call for his Mom or Dad or whoever signed him up. You could tell he was really enjoying it was into it 100% but as a Dad as a Grandfather there were questions in my head that I kept silent.
It was like I was “not ready to come out of the closet” as a Grandparent saying “Whoa, WTF is going on here.” But I stayed in my lane after all I wasn’t really a grandparent legally just simply a non custodial parent during “The Tender Years” and erased for all intent and purposes shortly thereafter.
That gave me a little bit more freedom than a parent that had a healthy relationship with their child. I had been blown out of the water years before so there would be no love lost now as the result of a thought or two.
There was a striking resemblance though in the maturity that each of “The Cursed” faced, a challenge of some kind that set them apart from others but kept them together as a family. The Criminal. The Goon. The Midget. The Bucket of Losers. “The Cursed”.
The Childless Aunt Twisted Sister WickedWickedWicked and my oldest daughter never imaged their secret being uncovered and revealed in such a manner let alone whom “The Cursed” would be to pay for their sins. The Poison Pill didn’t work as planned. It was a devilishly woven plot that mistakenly included those that spun the wheel of deceit into their own fabric of longsuffering. It was deep.
“The Curse” was all encompassing once it took effect yet each individual had their own person struggles to recognize and overcome. “The Criminal” suffered more in the eye other public than “The Goon” who sought out privacy to cry alone. “The Midget” was the most difficult to observe and understand to any degree.
“The Curse”. Twisted Sister. WickedWickedWicked. The Childless Aunt. Psychopaths & Sociopaths.
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J.R. & Junior
The Boys of Summer
Fathers in Exile, … ….
The Little House on Elmira Street
They had not yet begun Kindergarten and I sold my house to Joe Barbee who came through like a Guardian Angel at just the right time and had the cash. I had played the mortgage to very last possible day before Foreclosure, just as planned, and secured a new rental home for my sons and I.
Joe Barbee loved the landscaping I had done on my home over the years and it was early summer and everything was in full bloom. Joe was a Single Dad also and I had watched him over the years raise his son while driving his Big Trucks across the nation, stopping in town to pay the bills and spend a few days at a home he rarely saw. After the Closing of Sale I secured a wonderful little house still within driving distance of the day care they grew up in and a backyard to die for.
It was a difficult time yet I had adjusted to the situations I could not control the expectations and outcomes of The Family Courts concerning my children continued to disappoint me and bewilder me. Not totally surprising though because by now everything that I read in research of Family laws and the variety of interpretations state to state proved to be true. Custody & Child Support disputes within the Family Court System predictably favored Mothers and Father who challenged anything were in for big surprises and big expenses.
I was hanging though. I was determined by now to expend everything I had mentally and financially to create a peaceful enjoyable life outside the Family Court System without the drama I had to this point experienced. This meant setting emotions aside and doing what had to be done to get what was best for me with or without my children in my life, my zip code or state, … ever.
That little house on Elmira Street was the perfect refuge for awhile as it gave me reprieve from the environment that was just so crazy for what seemed like forever and it finally came to an end and after waiting for so long to exhale, I did. It felt good. I knew I had made the right decision.
It was good and it was crazy at the same time.
In a very short period of time everything in life changed.
No more Corporate Life. No more suits & ties, Dividend Checks, Cash Bonuses, No 401k, Annuities, etc.
Family Life had changed. No wife. No mortgage. No attorneys. No Hearings or Court Appearances. No car or insurance for everything payments. No credit cards. No debtors.
I created totally new life for myself.
I made myself of little value to those who wished to drain me.
There were a few more steps to take. I was paying Child Support for daughters that disappeared not be seen again. It was just a matter of time before my sons would disappear as well in the same way and that was no by coincidence.
J.R. & Junior
The Boys of Summer
Fathers in Exile, … ….
The Truth About Child Support Custody Paternity & Domestic Violence.
The Curse. Twisted Sister. WickedWickedWicked. The Childless Aunt. Psychopaths & Sociopaths.
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Rainmaker Applied Intelligence
We make it rain, … Every day.
Remote Control: There came a time after leaving Corporate America & The American Dream and I had to settle into the realities of Single Fatherhood. I knew that my time was limited and I had to act fast yet I had made commitments that had to be kept without fail. Fortunately it was a very good time in America as the economy was exploding on the shoulders of technology, cash was flowing and business was growing and my skills were in demand. Because of the necessity and desire to build a career or at least generate massive cash flow I was required to develop something unique to those that put cash in my coffers.
Communication and verbiage, … that’s all that was required and that was my expertise. Face to face recognition held no value so no meetings were held just emails letters and phone calls. How simple it was. Agreements were made and deposits were paid. I worked from wherever I was at and whenever it was necessary. I Remote Control of My Clients.
The Wonder Boys & Marketing Genius
Demartini Concourse of Wisdom
The Greater Community
Rainmaker Applied Intelligence
We make it rain, … Every day.
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J.R. & Junior
The Boys of Summer
Black Male, …Black Mail, … ….
It was a brilliant counter offensive plan to offset the sick greed of J.R. & Junior’s mother.
She thought she was all set. She thought she was about to be awarded the highest Child Support award in history but she was wrong. All of her planning and scheming was in vain. I played by the rules. I did my homework years before the day of this long awaited Court Hearing.
She was sloppy. She left tracks in the mud. She got careless and over excited about this long awaited pay day she was about to receive for giving birth to my twin sons and then ripping them out of my life. That ‘s not the way that love goes.
I was forced to react and plan in a way that I had never intended and because of her viciousness I became ruthless beyond her wildest dreams or nightmares I should say. It was all about the money.
To be continued, ..
J.R. & Junior
The Boys of Summer
Black Male, …Black Mail, … ….
Ray Hobbs The Novelist Rainmaker Photographer
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“The Curse”. Twisted Sister. WickedWickedWicked. The Childless Aunt. Psychopaths & Sociopaths.
This young pregnant child that found herself one day a Woman quickly realized that it took money, lots of money, to do the things that she wanted to do at this tender age of sixteen.
She had not spoken to her biological Father in months. She didn’t know what to say and with every day that passed she knew that he knew, .. that something was not right. She had stop communicating with him. She wrote no letters nor made no calls. That was the only way to communicate with someone two thousand miles away. Someone that you really did not know that well and for the past nine years your relationship that was so fragile to begin with was almost nonexistent by now. It was all that you knew about this Man that you called Daddy but never saw or was in the presence of.
This young pregnant child had no idea of the dysfunctional ideology of the one person she was about to place her future and her children’s lives in the hands of. She needed money and she needed it now.
The books that her Sperm Donor sent to her as a little girl did not prepare her for the psychological warfare and demonic warfare that was the foundation of everything The Childless Aunt Twisted Sister WickedWickedWicked lived and breathed for. She had fell into the perfect trap that she would never she for herself thinking it was a “blessing” when in all honesty it was a “curse”
A Curse that would come back to remind her of the day she dropped, discarded and trashed her Sperm Donor, her biological Father, a contributor to her DNA, THE Man her Mother asked to forget and to wean himself from so that she could be given to as a daughter to someone else.
She needed money and she would do anything to get it.
And she did. And she was paid.
Twenty Five years later.
“The Goon” was evicted from her apartment and her son was hungry. Baby Daddy was nowhere to be found. She needed money and she would do anything to get it. Déjà vu.
“The Criminal” was one week away from yet another hearing for committing the crime of stealing from another Human Being. Not to end there as another case for Driving Without a Valid License was to be scheduled in the near future in another county. “The Curse” is unrelenting and never fails to surprise at just the right moment. “The Curse” had taken over the life of “The Criminal”. He had no job no education no references no resume just a Rap Sheet of stupid street crimes becoming ever more serious by the day and year. It was time to lock this thug up or deport.
Meanwhile on The West Coast in the darkest dungeons of L.A. an indescribable group of all genders were squirming and oscillating all over each other fighting for the best possible close up in yet another iphones video of Wannabe Influencers. Looking their finest in resale recycled regurgitated thrift shop clothing and fake jewelry they actually looked like rock stars. They exuded stardom and fame one day possibly hopefully to no end.
“The Midget” had grown up. Literally if nothing else.
Now he was curating just as he had been curated.
Truthfully. This world was different from the one he left behind and it’s probably a good thing the folks back home don’t know everything.
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“The Curse”. Twisted Sister. WickedWickedWicked. The Childless Aunt. Psychopaths & Sociopaths.
Ray Hobbs The Novelist Rainmaker. Offline. Uncensored. No Redactions.
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January 23 2026
𝑅𝑎𝑦𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑏𝑏𝑠 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟 𝐴𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑠, ... 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑌𝑜𝑢. 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠. 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐶𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑡𝑠. 𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑒𝑡𝑐. 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑎 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠. 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒-𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒𝑛, 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒-𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑧𝑧𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑑. 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚.
𝑅𝑎𝑦𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑏𝑏𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟, 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑠𝑜𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 - 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠, 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑, 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑟. 𝐵𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑅𝑎𝑦𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑏𝑏𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚, 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟, 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑙𝑎𝑤 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐼𝑛 𝑛𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑅𝑎𝑦𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑏𝑏𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟, 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒, 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑒, 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑎𝑦𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑏𝑏𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑.
𝑇𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚'𝑠 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒, 𝑅𝑎𝑦𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑏𝑏𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟, 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒.
𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝐹𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡. 𝑁𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦.𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑒𝑏 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦, 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠. 𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚, 𝑅𝑎𝑦𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑏𝑏𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑇𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒 17 𝑈.𝑆.𝐶. 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 107, 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑/𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑦𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑟(𝑠), 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 "𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑢𝑠𝑒" 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑦𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑠.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑦𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑟(𝑠). 𝐼𝑛 𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑦𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛. 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 "𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑠" 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚, 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙-𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒, 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠𝑒, 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟-𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒.
𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒. 𝑆𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑; 𝑊𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑛𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑒. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑢𝑛𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝑊𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑏𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑏𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑦𝑒-𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑢𝑝 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑/𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑠𝑒𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑠𝑜𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑏 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒, 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑠𝑒𝑟.
𝐼𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑠𝑒𝑟. 𝐵𝑦 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦, 𝑈𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑠𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓, 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑛. 𝐵𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒. 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡. 𝑁𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝐼𝑓 𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙.
Ray Hobbs The Novelist Rainmaker. Offline. Uncensored. No Redactions.
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