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The largest shopping mall in the city of San Francisco is the aptly-named San Francisco Centre (the “r” preceding the “e” indicating it is elegant and marvelous). It opened in 1988 and expanded in 2006, and it was connected directly to the BART station (which is our local subway system). For years, the place was jam-packed and one of the most successful malls to ever exist.
I’ve got to say, I’m not surprised at Forbes’ demise. In the mid 1980s, when I was a young adult, I loved that magazine. I wouldn’t even give it a second glance today.
I’ve got a wild chart for you. It looks like some crazy biotechnology micro-cap, but it isn’t.
The so-called Liberation Day was five months ago, although it feels like fifty. The general idea was that ‘Mericuh was finally going to show them danged for-ners was the good old U.S. of A. could do when it set its mind to it, and with the aid of triple-digit tariffs, we were going to reclaim a 1950s style industrial economy.
Whether that transpires or not remains to be seen, but let’s just at least agree that the stock markets of other countries don’t seem any worse for the wear:
Long-time readers know of my disposition toward Las Vegas. I’ve managed to not set foot in the place since the last SlopeFest, which was about eighty years ago or so.
