Alito’s hanging with billionaires too
“In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The SCOTUS justice was on vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the size of his leg, Alito posed for a picture. To his left, a man stood beaming: Paul Singer, a hedge fund billionaire who has repeatedly asked the Court to rule in his favor in high-stakes business disputes”
https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court
OG Apple investor & former Intel Engineer Mike Markkula sells picturesque, 14,100 acre Rana Creek Ranch to Wildlands Conservancy and Esselen Tribe of Monterey County
Golf fans upset sport is too quiet, suspected cause is lack of people
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/us-open-2023-los-angeles-crowd-quiet-2023
The US Department of Justice has released it's report on the Minneapolis PD and it is a doozy.
Cops stopped recording race states -- required by federal law -- after George Floyd was murdered.
There are countless anecdotes about racial profiling.
Then there are the deliberate attacks against journalists during the protests.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23850131-doj-report-on-minneapolis-pd
Are you driving along I-80?
Are you driving with luggage?
Do you have an air freshener?
Are there empty fast food wrappers in your car?
What about a 6 pack of Red Bulls?
Do you have out of state places?
If so, the Seward County, NE police are going to take your cash and there's nothing you can do about it in the year of our lord 2023.
New Netflix prompt invites users to log into The Pirate Bay every 31 days
“When I signed up for Netflix ten years ago, I had an expensive cable package full of channels I never watched, and I gave it up to have all my favourite shows in one place for a small monthly fee”. “Now I have an expensive bunch of streaming subscriptions full of original content I never watch, and I’m ready to give it all up to see my favourite shows for the small monthly cost of a decent VPN.”
Michelin Guide announces Colorado will become the 8th location in North America to receive it's own Guide.
“CO has a dynamic culinary scene, perfect for the Michelin Guide”
“The state’s hotspot locations feature many creative restaurant teams and an exciting mix of flavors. A blend of cultural influences provides chefs inspiration to reinvent classic dishes. And it all starts with the freshest seasonal ingredients, such as local fruits, vegetables, fish and game."
https://michelinmedia.com/c0/michelin-guide-arrives-colorado/
A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production.
Too weird to live, and too rare to die.