So the brokerages started gaming the system so that the wealthy are insured for 2.5 million and they’re gutting the bank examination unit. Should end well:

www.dreyfus.com/content/dam/...

It’s been nagging at me why this all feels familiar somehow. I finally remembered. Vincent Bugliosi wrote a book about the war on drugs in the early 1990’s that talks about exactly this:

Carl's post made me go back and look at the Enron machinations to see the similarities. I had forgotten about this:

Over a few short decades accountants went from recording everything in paper ledgers to taking half an hour to do a daily rec with tens of thousands of transactions. And yet: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES60...

This paragraph is very unclear. The last sentence sounds as though it is referring to the first sentence. Meaning that giving the contract to RPI directly is what allows for the review.

Ppl are unaware of the amount of regulatory paper work these dairy farmers fill out. It’s critical to ensure the safety of the food supply, but I’m sure it breeds resentment because nobody’s asking how to help with all the practical problems they face. This is just a partial list:

He went to a vocational technical college where people learn trades like welding, construction and how to be a heavy equipment mechanic.

dixietech.edu/programs/

What’s the hold-up on releasing pharmacies to give COVID vaccines?

substack.com/redirect/69a...

Just tried to schedule at CVS and here’s the message:

Awful lot of interesting research that documents that this is a feature, not a bug, in our species:
theauthoritarians.org/donald-trump...

Appears so, FYE 10/31/24:

Prompt from Jack at initial planning meeting: