Misconduct, Not Mistake, from San Francisco Police

    We know that at 24 months my daughter did not spontaneously tell the police officer that I hurt her arm.  I've gone over this in some detail previously.  A possible objection to my contention that this was deliberate fabrication is that the reporting officer simply made a mistake.
    Why should we suspect malfeasance regarding the police report in which I was accused of hurting Abby's arm?  I'm sure the police have to fill out many reports per day, mistakes are bound to happen.  For example, in the report in question my wife Maki was repeatedly referred to as Mika.
    In the report the officer asks Mika (Maki) if it is OK for Abby to stay with me.  Then the report says Abby spontaneously said she returned from a friend's place to find me asleep and Abby with no diaper on.  Next, Abby is reported as spontaneously telling the officer this is why she was angry and her arm hurts because I grabbed her.
    Obviously, the officer may have just changed my wife's name from Maki, to Mika, to Abby.  However, Maki did not accuse me of hurting Abby's arm.  So claiming that that statement was a typo really doesn't fly so long as you believe Maki and myself.  There is also the matter of the officers having me clean-up my own blood before they took pictures.  Certainly, it appears that they are trying to distort the record.
    This incident occurred after I overheard threats regarding my daughter at work.  As SelectQuote alluded to a more than cozy relationship with the San Francisco police in a later legal brief, this timing could be more than mere coincidence.  There is also the matter of the break-in that occurred a month later.

Microdata and Google

   I have a little more data than I had for my previous article, but still things are not clear.  Google stopped counting some links, according to their webmaster tools.  These links were many from other websites run by me.  So, Google could simply be discounting the links under the premise that those sites exist simply to link to SelectQuote Review.
    Of course, the same could be said of selectquotereviews.com and selectquoteinsreview.com.  Selectquote has these domains simply to attempt to grab traffic headed for me, and gives them links to the SelectQuote site.  Those domains were registered after I started SelectQuote Review.

Microdata and Google's Penguin 2.0

    After Google's latest algorithm change, my position in some queries has dropped, even though overall traffic is up from newswires, other search engines, and several marketing campaigns.  Penguin 2.0 was meant to target web spam, but I had no penalty notification or sudden large drop, and my link profile was improving as a press release was getting traffic and generating some interest.

    I'm just going to write this short update, to get a theory out there (I'm busy at work).  The number of microdata elements Google recognized on my pages dropped precipitously.  Also, my author snippets did not show up in many cases, despite being properly marked-up.  This appears to be caused when a Person microdata element is present with the schema.org definition, and one with the data-vocabulary.org definition.  This would happen on a blog index page if older posts used an older definition for Person microdata, for example.

Playing to Your Strengths

    In chess it is often advantageous to aim for the types of positions that you play the best, and head for a weak spot in your opponents play.  With the white pieces you often have a great deal of freedom to control the tempo of the game.  In the following game Candidate Master Igor Traub (or Игор Трауб, to psych myself up) played a closed sicilian.  This avoids the open sicilian with Nf3 and d4.
    While the open sicilian is considered the best at grandmaster level, because white retains a small advantage, the closed sicilian is perfectly fine for white.  The huge difference in our ratings (at that time 2076 and 1363) indicate that I have less than a one percent chance of victory.
    Igor need not fear the even middle game this opening heads towards.  His positional play is very solid and I tend to get the lost in positions where there's no clear attack.  A single pawn advantage should be sufficient for Igor to widen into a victory.
    Indeed, after he secures such an edge, I get into time trouble before the 30 move threshold  and blunder away more material.  My flag falls before I get an additional 30 minutes at the threshold, but I'm dead lost by that point.
    Here is the game against one of the many high level opponents that can be found at the San Francisco Chess Club, for the Tuesday Night Marathon.

FBI Handles Prior Vice Squad Scandal Well

    The investigation of the Contra Costa County vice squad and a private investigation firm is instructive.  Cases that allege crimes against law enforcement are a complicated matter.  Sequestration may further slow a long investigation, as fewer people try to get the same amount of work done.  I have brought up some police misconduct from 2010 in my story, and I hope this comparison will convince you that we may still see action in the government's case against SFPD vice squad officers.
    The Contra Costa County investigation started with allegations of setups where the target was seduced into drinking too many before driving, by an employee of the private investigation firm.  The PIs were hired by a divorce attorney to leave the other party in the divorce into behavior that would tilt the proceedings into this attorney's favor.
    The first of these allegations arose in 2007.  A few more occurred in 2008.  Towards the end of 2010 and early 2011, the FBI was heavily involved, and conducting surveillance   Other major players were being watched, police officers involved were from the Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET).

SelectQuote Undermines Its Position

Jong Lee - pimped wife, Michelle Tan

    My timeline of SelectQuote's cover-up gives an excellent outlining of related and maybe not so related events, but a more concise breakdown might be useful.  Here I am listing the ways in which SelectQuote has undermined its own story after my termination.  Each topic is delved into much greater detail elsewhere, but  I want to give the reader a short list of why my opponents should be doubted.

1. Benefits were lavished on the conspirators shortly after my termination.  Michelle Tan received considerably more time working from home than anyone else in IT, and her husband Jong Lee got Java work as part of the team that replaced me.  They were obviously expecting smooth sailing, as they picked up a second house in Pleasanton, CA not long after I was gone.
   
2. SelectQuote declined to look into whether I had ever communicated with Michelle Tan about the threats against my daughter.  Michelle Tan lied about such communication, I was able to confirm this in the summer of 2011.  RFID logs or witnesses could have helped my case, but SelectQuote would rather remain ignorant of the facts.
3. I was impersonated on social media sites.  Fake Blogger, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook accounts were all created.  Content posted either understated my resume, or was nonsense designed to make me look bad.  I was in the middle of the job search, so in addition to undermining my reporting on the SelectQuote scandal, the rhythm of my job search was broken.

Christianity and Social Strife

    Various European thinkers such as Nietzsche and Marx have stated religion keeps man in a baser state and prevents positive change. The extent to which Nietzsche's charges of religion as an slave morality are true in fact to represent a deviation between Christianity as it is practiced now, and Jesus himself.  Both pro and anti Christian groups have characterized Jesus as a sort of wimp, as if loving his enemies was all he ever did.
    Also it is ironic how many on the left still buy in to Marx's theories on the matter, despite Jesus himself having been a very aggressive force against the powers that were.  Few are willing to go to such lengths to take on the powerful.  Jesus successfully forced his will on most of the globe, for thousands of years. His sacrifice was not as Nietzsche describes the saints' - a form of masochism where the saint sacrifices himself by denying his own nature.  (As opposed to the primitive man, who sacrifices another.)  The sacrifice was a means to an end.
    Quite a few that would struggle against wrongs of today insist that they are morally bound to only passive resistance.  I find this assertion to be highly questionable considering that some of these Wall Street scoundrels were laundering money for Mexican drug cartels.

Consensual Crime in San Francisco

Bitch better give me my money! - Jong Lee

   It is not hard to find a massage parlor in San Francisco. One would assume that in many of them services beyond a simple massage are being offered. As a Libertarian, I've always been opposed to classifying an act between consenting adults as a criminal offense. The cost to root out such crime is disproportionately high, as no party to the crime reports it.
    This typically would be seen as the over-allocation of scarce law enforcement resources. In extreme cases, it can lead to erosion of the citizens rights: frustrated authorities may push for more pervasive monitoring of citizens in order to root out the participants in the illegal market.

Justifying the Big Tent

The Big Tent of Hate - Part 1

    I have noted that insurance companies, like the moneychangers of Biblical Times, and the banks involved in the Wall Street bailout, make their money by it being rich already.  By itself, this might not be enough to cause much excitement.  Certainly, the the Wall Street firms with their cozy relationship to the government have gotten away with quite a bit.  It isn't just the lasting effects of the bailout, rather the government is playing softball with these firms when they are investigated for wrongdoing, even ignoring money laundering for Mexican cartels.

Throwing out the moneychangers

    So why then should we get up in arms about SelectQuote?  This scandal is the Wall Street fiasco in microcosm.  It gives us one more chance to try and bring a fat cat to justice.  In their hubris, SelectQuote may have stuck their neck further out than their brethren at AIG or the banks did.
    There is reason to suspect SelectQuote was involved with an obviously false allegation which resulted in my daughter being placed in foster care.  This occurred shortly after I overheard threats regarding my daughter at SelectQuote.  In that incident evidence was fabricated - police stated that my daughter, who could not speak in complete sentences yet, stated that I hurt her arm.  City lawyers asked that the case be dismissed in favor of my wife and myself, and the allegation was never aired in court, but a little girl was still wrongfully taken from her home for a time.

Big Tent of Hate

Justifying the Big Tent - Part 2
    Few things that bring people together like a shared animosity.  A common enemy minimizes differences and creates a shared cause.  Churchill, FDR, and Stalin had little in common besides a shared hatred of Hitler.
    While this kind of alliance may not make lifelong friends, it is important to prioritize.  It is not possible to take on every evil in the world by oneself.  In fact, if you're trying to, that's a good sign that you are the problem.
    So, come on into my big tent of animosity.  I have a little something for everyone here.  The threats towards my little girl at SelectQuote, the subsequent cover-up, and the possible tie in to a San Francisco police scandal can be looked at in a few different ways.
    First is the import of degenerate Red Chinese values into America.  And don't worry if you're a Chinese American.  There's plenty of room for you in this big tent.  You probably have more reason than anyone to dislike filth from the People's Republic of China taking root here.

Tom Dunham, Reviewed

    I am aggregating my performance reviews from SelectQuote in this post for a couple of reasons.  These performance reviews are on the web in pdf format, but I'm curious to see how the search engines will use the same data when it is properly marked up and easy for them to parse.  Their rich snippet testing tools tend to lag behind how they are actually using microdata.
    It is also useful to bring these reviews it up again in the context of my current struggle against SelectQuote.  Through these reviews I can show that I was on top of my game when a dirty scheme at SelectQuote led to my termination, that SelectQuote has tried to change facts after my termination, and there is evidence that my termination was planned in advance.
   Here is a summary of my performance reviews, the score comes from the overall field in the reviews, where I have done the math already to convert to a 1 to 5 point scale.  This better matches what has emerged as standard on Google.

Tom Dunham
4.69 out of 5 with 4 reviews (offical performance reviews while at SelectQuote Insurance)
Currently a Senior Engineer at Framehawk.  Resides in San Francisco, CA
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Children's Day 2013

    Once again Abby performed at Children's Day - Kodomo no Hi, in Japantown.  As usual, Kaori Sensi did a good job with the Kira Kira Boshi choir.  In last year's coverage of Children's Day, I gave some background on this Japanese holiday.
    In addition to singing, Abby did a lot of drawing this year with the court from the Cherry Blossom Festival.  Here Princess Michiko Marie Maggi and Abby show off their work.
    We ran into some friends, and the weather was great once again.  Also, Kristi Yamaguchi was on hand with her new children's book.  Overall, a good family outing in the city.

Welfare for Rich Creates Trickle-Up Economy

    I have been a Libertarian for many years.  I am skeptical of government regulation of the economy, feeling that the free market can solve problems more efficiently than government regulators.  This means I am often distrustful of economic policies from the Left.  While I fully agree with the needed to help the less fortunate, I tend believe that it is misguided to use the government in this role.
    If I do not think that the government should be used to help the poor, how much worse is that when the government is used to help the ultra rich?  I am speaking of course about the government bailout of large banks and insurers.  The immediate cost of such a bailout is the creation of a moral hazard.  That is, the government encourages risky behavior, because market participants believe that the government bears the risk for their behavior.
    I did not immediately understand the full implications of such a moral hazard.  An excellent article by Matt Taibbi at Rolling Stone got me thinking about this issue again.  Matt points out that the large lenders that were bailed out now enjoy lower interest rates when they borrow.
    This is a consequence of the moral hazard presented by the bailout.  In essence, the market sees these companies as a lower credit risk due to their cozy relationship with the government.  This means the bailout was not a short term aberration, but rather a long-term distortion of the free market.

Hurting Kids Isn't Sexy

An artsier version for wider advertising

     These legs are.  Sex sells razors, beer, cars, nearly anything under the sun.  Life insurance in general is not terribly interesting, so I've decided to generate some interest through some risque advertising.  Exploit some weakness in my opposition's message.  I'm fighting against someone who stated a willingness to hurt children, I think a little skin is more than justified.
    Granted, any social media fans I get from this campaign may not be as interested in my core message.  This is OK, they serve as a sort of decoy, making it hard for SelectQuote to determine who has really been convinced.
    I don't know if SelectQuote would attempt to sway key influencers on my side, but fans or followers that don't spread my message at least make it more difficult for an outsider to determine my most valuable readers.  From the search engine point of view, these social votes count either way.  A little uncertainty for SelectQuote should help my side.  If given a stationary target, SelectQuote seems to be quite persuasive - witness the $6.8 million they've gotten from Kansas in two incentive packages.
    If you've come to see a little leg, pics are past the jump.  They are PG, but given different standards across the world and the U.S., I put them past the break.  Sorry to anyone offended, but where I'm at you can see as much on any beach.   Please stick around to read about the serious dangers to children posed by some at SelectQuote Insurance Services.

Jong Lee

Jong Lee

    It has been awhile since I've written about Jong Lee. I wouldn't want everyone to forgive about how he demonstrates motive. Along with Serguei Zakhartchenko, Kevin Lee, and the reputation management firm and/or web contractors, he has taken over my previous job responsibilities. It was his wife Michelle Tan, who made threats regarding my daughter.
    When I question Michelle about these threats, she treated as a joke, and later lied about there ever being such communication between us.  My excellent performance reviews would preclude her husband ever been hired to do my job were there not some type of setup.  Michelle  was given additional time working from home and she got her spouse a job.
    Recall also, that a man fitting Jong's description came into SelectQuote immediately prior to some dirty deeds. Was he already at this point working out a deal?  Given the number of people needed to cover my duties, clearly the motivation on SelectQuote's part was not money.  Legal fees and reputation management can't be real cheap for SelectQuote either.  A source has reported pay cuts among San Francisco support staff, not a sign that cutting me helped the company.
    I have covered some of Bob Edwards duplicity.  Maybe Bob is feeling lonely in his later years.  Given the lengths she needs to go to home to eliminate a rival, it is clear hard work and competence do not work in Michelle Tan's favor.   So, what did exactly did Jong offer Bob? We can only guess.

I didn't sell drugs to pay for the dye job

    I do not have hard evidence tying the manufacturer of false evidence against me by the San Francisco police to this couple.   However, it did happen shortly after Michelle began speaking of harming my daughter.  Certainly Jong does have the money for bribery.
    However, deception could have been the method used. Jong Lee might have just turned police informant.  Lack of a crime to inform on is not a problem if the police are willing to falsify evidence.  The SFPD unit under investigation by Federal authorities for exactly the type of misconduct that I suffered was the drug task force.   I have covered elsewhere in detail how the SFPD's reliance on paid informants could be exploited.