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Category: Politics, Religion & Money
Get Tested!
After using two Covid-19 home test kits that mih gave me, I bought eight more kits for $80 and used five of them. I was about to buy more, but starting today you can order a 4-pack of free Covid-19 test kits, compliments of the federal government bureaucracy.
Sam Bankman-Fraud
FTX EX-CEO SBF has been arrested in Bermuda. Assuming he’s extradited to the United States, how likely is it he will be put on trial and convicted of committing financial fraud? Follow-up: Tried and convicted!
Not Brand EChh
A history of MAD, now existing on the fumes left over from the thin wisps of smoke remaining from its long-ago fire.
And speaking of irreverent humor that caused trouble with the Establishment of the day…
https://youtu.be/8r_cFJUQXd0
Beverly Hills Americans
Remember when “Beverly Hills”* was the big hook for movie and TV titles? Beverly Hills Cop, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills 90210, etc. Later, having “American”* in the title became the big thing. American Hustle, American Beauty, American Experience, The Americans, etc.
Not every case featured on American Greed interests me, but I enjoy its emphasis on white collar crime. No matter how many times people are told that if something seems too good to be true it probably is, they hope they’ll be the exception to the rule. Hey, somebody has to win the Powerball jackpot, right?
* With a nod to early examples, The Beverly Hillbillies, American Graffiti, and the song “American Pie.”
We’re #1! We’re #1!
States with the highest living standards
It turns out that the sultans of standards, the lords of living, are none other than … Massachusetts and Minnesota!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/02/best-states-to-live/