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
I seriously haven’t heard of a single one of these zillionaires.
(more…)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!
(more…)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.
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