America’s Banking Code of “Ethics”

Reading up on the latest wrongdoing in U.S. banking and finance I was struck just how much the industry has changed since the days of Milburn Drysdale of Beverly Hillbillies fame.
By today’s banking standards, Drysdale was an upstanding executive.

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Joe Biden’s Colossal Electric Vehicles Debacle

If Americans understood the billions of their taxpayer dollars the Biden Administration is squandering pursuing its failed EV policies, they might finally demand the competent political and corporate leadership that’s so desperately needed. The linked story is my attempt to generate some necessary collective anger.

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Mayor Pete’s and Scott Kirby’s Woeful Leadership

Americans willing to accept Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and United CEO Scott Kirby remaining in their jobs must embrace the years of airline travel misery that awaits them.

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WOOD: THE BUD LIGHT OF GRAND RAPIDS TV

Grand Rapids, MI, has long had an outsized influence on America. It is my hope the city’s residents will make a national example of their NBC affiliate and boycott the station until anchor Michele DeSelms apologizes for unfairly dissing them as hate mongers who support gay discrimination.

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When AI + DEI = BS

Do the names Ilit Raz, Abraham Shafi, Charlie Javice, and Crystal Huang mean anything to you? If they don’t you are blissfully unaware of some alleged fraud that has been revealed in the upstart tech industry by millennial CEOs who were backed by respected names in the VC industry.

Sam Bankman-Fried was possibly just the tip of the iceberg.

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Travelers Beware! Hertz Will Put You in an EV

Surveys show that most Americans are becoming increasingly leery of electric vehicles, but there’s a high likelihood that travelers renting from Hertz this summer will be given one.
Says a writer for The Atlantic who experienced the switcheroo: “(EVs) are great, potentially planet-saving machines, but the ordeal made me want to wage a slash-and-burn campaign against all of them.”

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Backstabbers Shall Inherit the Executive Suite

Jesus said the meek shall inherit the earth, but he never held a corporate job. Those looking to run major U.S. businesses shouldn’t look to Jesus for career advice.

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Celebrating JPMorgan Chase’s Unsung Heroes

Some thoughts on the conscientious objectors at JPMorgan Chase who expressed concerns about doing business with Jeffrey Epstein; GM CEO Mary Barra’s plans to continue damaging the climate for more than a decade; another reason to buy a Tesla if you live in Los Angeles; and a 1995 Bud Light commercial that would spark outrage today.

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