Alydar was wrong—you are not basically a good guy. I don’t blame him, I blame you—because you know every single thing I am about to post already, and have intentionally mischaracterized them all. As you know, Alydar got me to agree to not “hit you going out the door” when you agreed to stop posting here (which I did not request), and out of respect for him I didn’t respond to your last couple of posts at that time. Your performance above is absolutely in keeping with the character (and lack of it) you have demonstrated here from the start.

1- Friedman’s policy is to censor any points or questions showing flaws in their methodology, product, etc., and those he knows (or even thinks) come from yours truly. Ours is to encourage those posts, and I have invited Friedman and Jake to post here. Soup was banished not because he made points (his posts had no content), but because he insulted people and pissed all over the site, and was getting paying customers upset. I heard from several (not all here) who said they were going to stop coming here if I didn’t do something about it. I didn’t ban you or Jason, and you were attacking my methodology.
Nice try.

2- Soup is Factoid Man because he consistently recited “facts” that were untrue, or intentional mischaracterizations, just as you do. You are slicker—he is transparent. It was productive for me to have him here, and I would have let him stay if not for how the customers felt. Given his behavior since he was tossed, it’s also clear his elevator doesn’t run to the top floor.

3- As to your Harvard Law classmate Litt, I took the same position with him as I did with you. When you both first came, it was under the pretext of it being a serious discussion, and I had (and have) no problems with discussions of methodology—I encourage them, unlike Len “Changes In Physical Resiliency Of The Track” Friedman. Incidentally, any comments about that hilarious marketing attempt last week?
Problem was, both you and Litt employed the same bad faith, chicken dropping arguing style. You would post, I would respond in detail, you wouldn’t respond, then a day or two later you would start a new string as though I hadn’t already shot the hell out of your “arguments”. I don’t remember calling Litt a lunatic, just a cutey-pie, but I can think of a few other names for both of you, since I don’t have a shred of respect for either of you. You will be happy to know that just last night I heard from someone who learned a lot about figure making from the exchanges I had with you and Jason.

4- The contest is the business of those who participate, but I will offer the following—your proposal rewards picking underlaid 3 to 5 shots. A variation I would suggest would be to pick one horse in every race and have a flat across the board bet. I will also take this opportunity to challenge Friedman (for I think the fifth time) to a public handicapping contest.



TGJB