tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post8482421743118992951..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Catch Them If You CanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-86234943338783957602015-12-31T14:30:50.121-08:002015-12-31T14:30:50.121-08:00And then too, on the young man's abject behalf...And then too, on the young man's abject behalf, it must be said that while using a motor vehicle as a lethal weapon is an act with which it's impossible for anyone, particularly a non-driver who's been the victim of a near fatal car hit, to feel sympathy, not everybody who's been the cause of that sort of mayhem earns the justifiable opprobrium of the general public -- especially if the case of affluenza is particularly deep-seated, and public approval ratings are up there at an Oprah-times-People magazine volumetric level.<br /><br />Just as a ferinstance, there's the case of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/dec/31/caitlyn-jenner-reaches-settlement-with-driver-injured-in-fatal-crash" rel="nofollow">this acutely famous celebrity</a>... and in this case we haven't heard all that much about the driving skills, though we have certainly heard at least one million times more than we ever wished to know about almost everything else.<br /><br />Also, the one irresponsible driver being a half century older than the other, would not the former be expected to know better? Or is it that we're meant to have sympathy due to the perpetrator's advanced age (i.e. 66)? <br /><br />But how does that work? <br /><br />What about Bill Cosby? <br /><br />What's this? He's suggesting now that Bill Cosby ran somebody over?<br /><br />"No way. Impossible."<br /><br />"Oh. And why's that?"<br /><br />"Simple. He was too busy."<br /><br />So what I'm beginning to think it "comes right down to", organism of the year wise that is, is a pretty narrow field. <br /><br />Marty gets off in this court of public opinion, despite being "the most hated man in America", because... <br /><br />He's the son of immigrants! And that's America! And he became the wealthiest Albanian ever to have breathed!! Even richer than John Belushi!!!.<br /><br />Whereas the most hated kid and most hated mom in America are not Albanian at all. <br /><br />As for the guy whose hedgy trading whims and wiseguy buying ways have made him the world's key arbiter and guide when it comes to inordinate art prices, to our knowledge he hasn't yet run over a single actual human.<br /><br />There ARE humans in the Hamptons, right?<br /><br />But the time is ripe. <br /><br />And hey, what else are dune buggies FOR?TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-49768369654865964742015-12-31T09:22:44.863-08:002015-12-31T09:22:44.863-08:00It seems pharmaceuticals provide a quick path to b...It seems pharmaceuticals provide a quick path to billions for the hedge fund players, judging by the investment participation of two of the principals of this post. Why spend ten years doubling the value of your portfolio when you can multiply it by 1000 in two seconds, merely by making the right moves at the right moments?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/global/2011/0117/companies-ruth-lilly-poetry-foundation-no-rhyme-or-reason.html" rel="nofollow">Even the crippled-inside, soul-sucked-out cast of American main-line ward-heeler poets, who otherwise seem to know almost nothing apart from how to get grants or get promoted in their academic "positions", know this</a>. <br /><br />billoo is right, both ways, to use money is to serve the state -- and to be used by the state.<br /><br />And who in state office would turn down $185 million in shiny new office furniture, any day of the week, even if gullible investors or sick babies have to pay the price?<br /><br />Hey, what did they expect, free lunch.<br /><br />The kid who killed four, left one paralyzed, at least stands out in this company as relatively unaffected by the lust to possess. The fat dude with the $141.3 Giacometti in storage evidently gets as much actual immediate physical pleasure out of possessing it as the skinny kid does with his one-of-a-kind Wu Tang album, i.e. none at all.<br /><br />It's "not about that". It's "about something else", right?<br /><br />Give the affluenza killer credit for one thing, all he wanted to own was bragging rights in beer pong.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-53944809182977976302015-12-31T08:25:11.759-08:002015-12-31T08:25:11.759-08:00One thing they can't hide is when they're ...One thing they can't hide is when they're crippled inside.tpwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05909239000589253931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-60111514197258382482015-12-31T06:14:39.378-08:002015-12-31T06:14:39.378-08:00A post rich in ideas, Tom. Money sucks 'the re...A post rich in ideas, Tom. Money sucks 'the real' out of everything.Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417573435195561519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-14436232016347784982015-12-31T03:36:04.647-08:002015-12-31T03:36:04.647-08:00Early life and education
https://en.wikipedia.org/...Early life and education<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shkreli<br />Martin Shkreli was born April 1, 1983, the son of Albanian and Croatian immigrants who worked as janitors.L'Enfant de la Haute Merhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122358316297267842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-65307637257101748712015-12-31T01:58:49.078-08:002015-12-31T01:58:49.078-08:00This was a profound post! Tom. To use money is to ...This was a profound post! Tom. To use money is to submit to the state. That gets to the heart of it..reminds me of simone weil's: there are only two "gods" left: money and the state.<br /><br />The point about time is brilliantly made in le goff's ' your money or your life" if you haven't already read it. <br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />b.billoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716970909272480118noreply@blogger.com