Clever Ransom Demands are Tricky

They are not about the captive, but more about making much larger problems go away.

Silence is the most valuable asset you can possess. History has not been kind to up and coming candidates.

There is no ‘negotiation’ - there is an offer for an exchange of a predetermined outcome that will be settled by the media in the same way that I remember seeing a trail cam video allegedly involving a series of wild animals devouring Bambi in the middle of the night. Hunters know which video I am referring to.

However, some of us were viewing the trail in real time. 

Nobody cares about Epstein. It may affect the public perception of your personal life, but if you are on the list, as I am, it may end up as a byline on an ornament hanging on your family tree. 

I love the mid-terms. It is like ‘fall’ in the middle of the summer before the October surprise when I cut down the apple trees, not everywhere; just in the neighborhoods where nobody will notice, or where it will be overlooked, just like the property that was allegedly sold in proximity to various installations without regard to the participle involving country of origin.

I see 53 stars on the flag of the USA. 54 if you think otherwise. Or whatever math you can come up with to make it 251.

This is how you conduct a proper ransom demand.

Nobody will be buying ad space on billboards or selling T-Shirts because it is worth the cost of a few super furry animals that all lead back to the card in the trail cam that you installed.