Hard to ignore this one
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R) just bought Mastercard $MA
Meanwhile, the Credit Card Competition Act is currently active in the Senate
And the bill directly targets the fees Mastercard charges every store
At the same time, Capito sits on the Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over payment network legislation...
An 85-year-old man had to take a sperm count for his physical exam.
The doctor gave him a jar and said, "Take this home and bring back a sample tomorrow." The next day the man returned to the office and handed him the jar, which was as clean and empty as the day before.
The doctor asked what happened, and the man explained,
"Well, doc, it's like this. First I tried with my right hand, but nothing. Then my left, still nothing. Then I asked my wife for help. She tried with her right hand, then her left—nothing. She tried with her mouth, first with the teeth in, then the teeth out, still nothing. We even called up Arleen, the lady next door, and she tried too—first with both hands, then an armpit, she even tried squeezin' it between her knees—but still nothing."
The doctor was shocked. "You asked your neighbor?"
The old man replied, "Yep, none of us could get the jar open!"
O Farol do Jument foi construído em 1904, foi um pesadelo de engenharia que durou 7 anos. Erguido sobre o recife Ar-Gazeg, na Bretanha, os operários só trabalhavam na maré baixa, içando blocos de granito de barcos em meio a mares brutais.
A obra foi financiada por Charles Potron, um sobrevivente de naufrágio que deixou 400 mil francos para que um farol fosse feito naquele ponto mortal. O desafio foi insano: cada pedra de granito era encaixada como um quebra-cabeça para suportar ondas de 30 metros de altura.
A força do oceano era tão absurda que a estrutura original começou a rachar logo no início, exigindo reforços de aço perfurados a 30m de profundidade na rocha para o farol não tombar. Uma das construções mais épicas e perigosas da história.
I would just like to point out that he very likely is being placed in a psych ward, going to get pumped full of antipsychotics with the goal of restoring competence ... then have trial and be found guilty. I know we all want immediate justice so it feels disappointing. But the law dictates the steps.
To be truly fluent in English,
you must know your shits
Dogshit: Very poor quality
Bullshit: Not true
Horseshit: Nonsense
Apeshit: Rambunctious
Batshit: Insane
Chickenshit: Cowards
Ratshit: Poor quality
No shit: Obviously
Holy shit: Unbelievable
Hot shit: Very good
Dipshit: Total dumbass
Tuff shit: Take it or leave it.
Jack shit: Nothing
The shit: Perfection
For a very small illustration of how hysterical the political environment became pre-Trump II, in this thread I will record everything the BBC identified as cultural appropriation in the year 2018:
Ford CEO in new interview:
“We'll have an all-electric, affordable vehicle to compete with Model Y and Model 3. I think there's nothing else like it on the market. We started a skunkworks team 4 years ago. They were basically Formula 1 and Tesla people. That vehicle is radically different. I'm really excited to show everyone maybe late this year or (early) next year. It will be coming out next year.”
(via Spike's Car Radio)
This is funny.
What if you invested in the S&P 500 every time CNBC had a "Markets in Turmoil" special?
Well... your average return after one year would be 40%, with a 100% success rate.