Here's a WALL STREET JOURNAL Ad Salesforce Should Run ASAP

 

PayPal Should Run THIS Ad in The WALL STREET JOURJAL

 I'm sick of getting phished/scammed by people claiming to be from PayPal! I send the offending email to phishing@paypal.com and get a nice "Thank you for letting us know." If you guys on the ball, you'd run this ad in the WALL STREET JOURNAL.

In a Perfect World, Google Would Run This Ad in the Wall Street Journal

 

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IF H.R. 4988 Becomes Law, The First American TRILLIONAIRE Will Be a Cyber Privateer

 And yes, the fraternity of Bitcoin Billionaires should be quaking in their boots. Check out my LinkedIn posting (here). So why are these guys smiling?

BITCOIN BILLIONAIRES

Yesterday, my op-ed piece in TIME MAGAZINE went live.

Net-net: if H.R. 4988 becomes law, you will never receive another phishing or scam email.

Here's the link to my TIME MAGAZINE op-ed piece: https://time.com/7317012/can-cyber-privateers-combat-cybercrime/

Arizona Congresssman Must Have Read My Book, Proposes Cyber Privateering Law

H.R. 4988

Arizona Republican David Schweikert introduced the Scam Farms Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act of 2025 in the House of Representatives last week. If signed into law, it would give the US President a lot of leeway in issuing letters of marque to create an armada of internet privateers. Here's the story: UK Register Cyberprivateering Story 

My Nearly 19-Year-Old Dog is Still With Me, Thanks to Chiropractor Russ Harward

 

A couple years ago, my old dog Chenoa had a herniated disc, and the vet suggested we consider putting her down. In desperation, I called my bicycling buddy (we're done many thousands of miles together), a sports medicine chiropractor named Russ Harward. I asked him if he had any experience with animals, and he said he absolutely did. 

Just one session with Russ and my sweet little girl walked perfectly. She's now almost 19 and doing well. Admittedly, I've anthromorphized her, making Chenoa the star of my sci-fi novel The Last Will & Testament of Harley and His Dog. I also gave her the title role in my Silver Award-winning short story, The Destroying Angel's Dog.

I'm glad she's still with me.

My Once-a-year Scam Email: "Pay me $1500 or I'll show you viewing porn to your friends."

 I'm wondering how much these scams pull in. Since I've never in my long life even seen a porn site, I figured I'd share this crook's Litecoin wallet address:

ltc1qhx726s7mlnzfngmmt5u44ls7n5lch44z936lch

 I used a crypto currency explorer to check the balance in this account, but the guy set it up just for this scam. Pretty smart. I'd send this to the FBI, but those folks are after bigger fish than this yokel.

Do me a favor. If you know this scammer, share that I got a good laugh, and that the user at  mx.netsol.xion.oxcs.net with ESMTPS id 4bT9Dz39WhzqSNH should spend some time finding honest work.

Reminsing on How TIME MAGAZINE Changed My Life

I was sitting in my doctor's office and picked up the first issue of TIME MAGAZINE I'd seen in over 30 years. It got me pondering how that publication changed my life over 60 years ago. Enjoy

 

My 3 Novels Would Make THRILLING Movies!

 

This year I've been promoting my 3 published novels. I envisioned each one as an action movie. I had some interest in DESTROYING ANGEL, but it didn't pan out. Now that the movie business has gone to hell, all bets are off. But the audio-narrated books are the next best thing. Because they're like a movie in your head. I'm about two-thirds done with a 4th novel. Maybe lightning will strike there?

Need a Diversion During Your Long Commute?

 

Three novels and one novella are not available with audio narration. I'm promoting them heavily. Next week, I'll share the respective Amazon Kindle rankings of the novels.

Guerrilla Warfare Novel Free for the Next 5 Days

 

Utah's Senator Lee Leads Cyber Privateer Charge in the U.S.Senate

 

Utah Senator Mike Lee is advising President Trump to unleash American entrepreneurs using Letters of Marque and Reprisal. Translated: TURN THE PRIVATEERS LOOSE. CLICK HERE to read the NY SUN Article.

The U.S. Constitution Built in a System to Win ANY Cyberwar with Russia, China, or Whomever. Introducing My Audiobook: DADDY'S LITTLE FELONS.

 February 2, 2025, I figured I'd celebrate my Mom's 100th Birthday (she made it to 97) by announcing the release of my audiobook novel Daddy's Little Felons, It's available on Google Play at Click Here.

Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 11 spells out how a vastly under equipped army can use licensed and bonded privateers to win any war, including a cyberwar. Yes, the body count will be high, but the rewards will lure the best and brightest to go for that gold ring.

In the Revolutionary War, the Continental Navy had a mere 64 ships, compared to 1,697 privateer ships. The navy had 1,242 guns while the privateers had 14,872 guns. The Continental Navy captured only 196 ships while the privateers captured 2,283 ships. The risk, however, cannot go unreported. While it's unclear how many navy ships were captured by the enemy, 1,323 privateer ships (that's 78%) were captured by the enemy.

I'm thinking that with a president named Donald J. Trump, a secretary of defense named Pete Hegseth, a secretary of state named Marco Rubio, and a high-tech crazy named Elon Musk, we might just have a team to take this bull by the horns.

Hey, Mom. Happy 100th.

Rick

The Audiobook for my novel THE LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF HARLEY AND HIS DOG is now available on Google Play

 It the next 20-30 days, it'll be available on Spotify. But if you're really into Audio books, this is a good drive/flight diverson. CLICK HERE to get it now.