Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
That’s Entertainment
Beyond BRICs
Butter Me Up
Here’s another cool graphic showing the finances of AMC. It’s amusing that the Food and Beverage sales bring in $817 million while the associated costs are a mere $153 million.That’s a 433% mark-up. So, yeah, we’ve been getting ripped off for our whole lives!
The USA Needs a Shrink
They used to call it stealing, shoplifting, or theft, but in these days of making sure no one’s feelings dare get hurt, we have invented a new term – “shrink” – to describe the act of lawless lowlifes brazenly and violently stealing from the saps like me who actually obey the law.
