Also Vidal walked so that Landa could run

was pretty wild to us too. It was kind to us, all things considered

like just my block on my street had easily $25 million in real estate assets, capable of generating $1 million a year in interest at a very conservative 4% interest rate. There could be CDO fees, attorney fees, contract fees, broker fees, and at the end of that still some rich guy clipping coupons

Obviously everybody has a personal responsibility for their own actions, but at a societal level it is inevitable that somebody will respond to that sort of incentives.
Or to turn a phrase: "What did you think billionaires meant? Yachts? Villas? Essays?"

Being a millionaire is pretty awesome. A billionaire is somebody who can mint millionaires.
He can make you a millionaire seemingly on a whim because he likes you. Or if he doesn't like you, he can make somebody a millionaire for destroying you.

Only the sixties come close

The 19th century must have had the most overlap ever between conversations in learned societies and preschools.

I can practically smell the steamed hams

Somebody should do a little 3d printed reversing orifice like the sears for making ar-15s become full auto

The issue is that both establishment dems and establishment republicans have all sorts of sinecures lined up for you if you lose your seat by faithfully toeing the line.

The paper will have "what did the romans ever do for us" reference in the title