According to an article in the NY Post, 70% of the billions JP Morgan has paid recently in legal bills cover the fallout from the acquisitions, at the government's behest, of Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual. Asked if the firm would ever again ride to the rescue, CEO Jaime Dimon said: "No." There are no bigger thieves than those in politics.
Recently I praised Cubans who have listed lodgings on AIRnb at rates considerably lower than hotels charge. In an op-ed piece, also in today's Post, Benny Avni states that only five percent of Cubans have internet access. Those listing the lodgings are communist party insiders. Soviet hardliners used to be masters at such maneuvering. Hijos de putas.
When I went out at 11AM there was a mist in the air. I didn't put any books out at first. I stood near my usual nook and hoped a couple of customers looking for specific works would show. After an hour I decided to set up shop, as it seemed the precipitation had ceased. I got lucky for the fourth day in a row, as Mother Nature provided a two-hour window. My thanks to Barry, who overpaid for Greg Allman's memoir, My Cross to Bear. That alone covered two slices at Delmar. Thanks also to the recently widowed elderly Russian woman, who bought Barbara Taylor Bradford's epic first novel, A Woman of Substance. And special thanks to the Lady Eve, who said she loved Rising Star and who plans to add Close to the Edge to her Kindle. I was curious if she found a couple of the events that occur late in the narrative as over the top. She said they were among her favorite parts. Yay!
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