Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Interesting list of myths people believe (but shouldn't)
- The US banks with the most uninsured deposits
- Interesting - the Earth emits a pulse every 26-seconds and scientists don't know why.
- Look at SVB and our latest banking crisis in comparison to past crises and what can be learned.
Budweiser has turned themselves into a punchline. And for what?
An aspect of this story that that may not be getting enough coverage is why hire a TikTok "influencer" in the first place? TikTok is considered a younger person's platform and in many or most cases the audience is well below the legal drinking age. Was this the equivalent of a cigarette company using a cartoon camel to advertise to potential underage customers? It was a bad decision by Budweiser all around and to me it is just plain creepy.
Lucky for us Skittles already has the tagline, "Taste the Rainbow" or Bud Light may have tried to force that on the public too.
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." - Neil Gaiman
"True success is exiting some rat race to modulate one's activities for peace of mind." - Nassim Taleb
"Why should you feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice." - Marcus Aurelius
"And he says, 'There won't be any money, but on your deathbed you'll receive total consciousness.' So I got that goin' for me, which is nice." - Carl Spackler
F. Scott Fitzgerald: A List of Thing to Worry About and Things to Not Worry About
Good life advice from an unexpected source (wouldn't have guessed at Fitzgerald being a decent parent).
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The largest trade partners with the US
- A letter from the condo association to Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth (from the archives)
- Cash App creator stabbed to death in San Fran mugging. Why anyone still lives or goes to San Fran is beyond me.
- Robert Kennedy Jr. to challenge Biden for 2024 Democratic nomination. Genius move. Kennedy gets to attack Biden's corruption, big pharma, and Anthony Fauci and most news organizations are now going to have to cover it.
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Slightly disappointed that Donald Trump didn't channel his inner Al Pacino and start shouting, "This whole court is out of order!" the other day in NYC. As always if something made you think or smile please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the link with others.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- A Spring of Leaks. The leaking of classified and privileged materials to the press almost makes getting a fair trial for someone like Trump impossible.
- Budweiser Real Men of NOT Genius
- Why Dune's Fear is the Mind Killer is good psychological advice
- SPLC lawsuit get go ahead. Good - hope the SPLC gets bankrupted.
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"If you eat, invest, and think according to what the 'news' advocates, you'll end up nutritionally, financially and morally bankrupt." - Naval Ravikant
"Virtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to feel special and important. Some confuse that feeling with idealism." - Thomas Sowell
"It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste most of it." - Seneca
"He who saves his country does not violate any law." - Napoleon Bonaparte
The recent Joe Rogan podcast with Michael Shellenberger is well worth your time. It's scary how far censorship and control by government interests had gotten in this country. Thank God Elon Musk bought Twitter and exposed the rot.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Alvin Bragg's Dangerous Stunt. Even someone from the Left like Eli Lake sees this as purely a political stunt.
- Morgan Housel on the Three Sides of Risk. The very powerful story is a couple years old but new to me.
- The Morgan Housel story made me think of this recent video.
- Bill Belichick has reportedly shopped Mac Jones this offseason. This is not the news I wanted to see this offseason. Of course the story could be false and someone could be playing Mike Florio for a fool.
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"As long as hope is without expectations or attachment, there's no problem." - Bernie Glassman
"Common sense and a sense of humour are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humour is just common sense, dancing. Those who lack humour are without judgement and should be trusted with nothing." - Clive James
"Reading is free. Exercise is free. Hard work is free. In both opportunity and real cost, it's more expensive to be dumb, fat, and broke." - Ed Latimore
"A belief is not dangerous until it turns absolute." - Dee Hock
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Didn't the last attorney who tried to "get Trump" over Stormy Daniels go to jail himself instead? Just saying. Please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share with others.
"In the short term, you are as good as your intensity. In the long term, you are only as good as your consistency." - Shane Parrish
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared." - Thomas Jefferson
"Be stubborn on destinations, flexible on tactics, and relentless on progress." - Shane Parrish
"Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those who you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one: men learn as they teach." - Seneca
"The problem with people is that they're only human." - Bill Waterson
