First, seems clear now that the ex-President's fortunes are on the wain--"cratering," the NY Times said. Recent polling shows the new favorite son of the warring right is the Gov of Florida, De Santos, who's still piloting his holy crusade against trans kids and the mere mention of LG. . .well, you know. The difference between De Santos and Trump is that nobody seems willing to die for the Gov; the ex-Pres, on the other hand, still has willing martyrs numbering in the thousands. Yet. Only true believers can't help see Trump's fortunes are "cratering." Seriously, this quest to regain the Presidency?--I say, "pipe dream," no matter who the Dems run.
Second, the wunderkind of crypto currency, the kid with the hair, got himself arrested in the Bahamas and soon enough will get trotted back to the U.S., where he'll be arraigned for nothing more or less than ordinary back alley fraud--well, not ordinary, I guess, because the guy pilfered billions from all kinds of headliners, then threw cash, willy-nilly, at politicians, many of whom likely didn't sleep well last night. There are those who'd say he did nothing more than rob crooks to pay crooks. But let's just say it this way: Sam Bankman-Fried is on now wiggling fearfully on the hot seat, where it's going to get just plain torrid when the law focuses in on what turns out to be third-class fraud. He's cratering too. Well, forgo the present tense: Sam Bankman-Fried, the fabled 30-year-old genius, has cratered.
And then there's Mr. Musk, who suffered the indignity of recently losing his crown as the world's richest man. It just seems he had no clue on what to do after forking over all that loot to buy Twitter. Almost immediately, he fired half his staff, ruled the rest with an iron fist, opened the gates for all kinds of tripe and treason, and established kinship with the Q-anon-ers, all the while claiming that the world needed some kind of on-line Tombstone Front Street, where everybody whips out the weapons they carry and there ain't no law at all. I don't need to say it, but I will anyway--Elon Musk gives every indication he too is cratering.
Meanwhile, Arie Melber hosted a very special guest yesterday, Jane Goodall, who has a new book that speaks with strength and authority about conservation of the world's natural resources. At the end of the interview, Melber asked Dr. Goodall, a contemporary saint, a series of questions meant to summarize her life and her views. "What gives you hope?" Melber asked. "Young people, the resilience of nature, and the human brain," Goodall told him. And then, "What makes you pessimistic?" She answered quickly. "That fact that money still plays such an major role in countries around the world."
Dr. Goodall, most certainly, is right. But this week at least--it seems the Titans are cratering.
And that's okay.
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