Her father was also one of the highest-earning crim defense lawyers.

None of that matters. I just like riding around town in one of Lara Croft’s breasts.

Your math sounds right. I’m surprised that ProPublica would fall for copaganda.

Buttigieg has watched a bunch of issues increase on his watch, and done next to nothing about them.

I’d be fascinated to know whether Prime membership has taken a noticeable hit. I have been a member since its inception, and buy $20K/year in stuff there, but canceled my upcoming renewal, when they announced the price gouge for PrimeVideo and then started salting programming with ads.

This is how you get nobility. Before Reagan, wealth typically dissipated by the third generation. We are heading toward the old European model, where families are rich for a millennium.

I may have an outdated sense of what a potlatch was. I was using the term in the sense of destroying value, per this kind of definition:

“A potlatch involves giving away or destroying wealth or valuable items in order to demonstrate a leader’s wealth and power. “

Here’s a terrible rec for price considerations: Penrose.

They make the best-smelling waxes I have ever encountered. If you’re someone who is sensitive to the complexities and subtleties of smells, their waxes are god tier. You will find something to adore.

But, they’re not cheap, so a poor answer to your question.

This stuck with me: Years ago, someone on Reddit described their middle school in the ‘70s having to have an assembly to stop a potlatch/arms race between kids stacking Izod/Lacoste shirts. There were well-off kids wearing three or more stacked Lacoste shirts every day, and poorer kids wearing cheap generic polo shirts under real alligator shirts to try to keep up.

It was the spirit of Homer Davenport. Rejoice and have another slice of marionberry pie.

No idea, but the greatest predictor of whether someone will believe a conspiracy theory is if they already believe another conspiracy theory.

That was the joke, but I trust it’s much improved by the explication.

It’s what a manchild thinks is sci-fi.

Dixon.

Def my fave of that series too.

I’d be shocked if it were, as I think they zealously honor KYC/AML/OFAC.

PIA, just because I’m lazy and it’s been fine for like a decade. If there is something better, happy to hear about it.

Body.

Random memory, but the early Norton suite on the Mac was like this amazing Swiss Army knife; it has fallen from great heights to the pit of hell.

In your first paragraph, are you referring to an assumption that the simulators would be running lots of what I think I’ve seen called grandfather simulations?