Next Draft - Let Them Eat Steak
I'm probably the world's weirdest vegetarian. I don't have a clear reason for not eating meat, I just never have, even when I was kid. Since I've never had it, I don't miss it and I don't crave it. The only time I'm ever really tempted to try meat is when I give my beagles their chicken jerky treats. Selling points include the smell, the texture, and the beagles' insane enthusiasm from the time I crack open the pantry door (they even ran over to me as I typed this). I'm probably not the only person to be enticed by some of the modern (and wildly expensive) foods being peddled to our pets these days. But are these so-called human-grade meals really any better for your pets? "Human-grade ingredients are 'stored, handled, processed, and transported in a manner that is consistent and compliant' with human food, meaning the factory or kitchen is licensed to produce food for both humans and animals ... 'this does not translate to improved health benefits, or mean that the ingredients are actually better for your pet.'" Of course, your pet isn't pretending to love you because they find their snack nutritious (any more than your children are). WaPo (Gift Article): Fancy, ‘human-grade’ dog foods are all the rage. Are they healthier? 2Killing Time"Could a president, she asked, be prosecuted for selling pardons or military secrets, or by ordering the assassination of a political opponent?" Judges skeptical of Trump’s immunity appeal at court hearing. But skepticism takes time and Trump's legal team is trying to run out the clock. (For those scoring at home, we've now been waking up to Trump news for seven years.) 3Who's Got it Better Than Jim?"Nine years ago, Jim Harbaugh left the NFL and returned to college football with a single focus — to restore a then-struggling Michigan program. He immediately began throwing elbows and inviting controversies. He set up satellite recruiting camps. He accused the SEC of cheating. He held sleepovers at prospects' houses. He feuded with coaches and scraped with officials. He walked around asking, 'Who’s got it better than us?' even when he was losing three games a year, including to Ohio State." Harbaugh missed six games this season due to suspension. Stories like that don't usually end in championships. But protagonists of stories aren't usually like Jim Harbaugh. (Which may come as a relief to stories.) After season of chaos, Michigan's Jim Harbaugh is on top of college football. 4The Pillow Guise"As they weathered the pandemic from their apartment in Queens, N.Y., he gave in to temptation. His sweetheart worked as an executive assistant at Morgan Stanley, and her calendar invites included meetings about planned mergers and acquisitions that involved the investment bank. Teixeira, a compliance executive at a payment-processing company whom she intended to marry, used the information to trade in advance of the deals. It netted him thousands in profits, promises of Rolex watches from friends he tipped off, and the scrutiny of federal officials probing insider trading. He pleaded guilty to a dozen fraud charges in June." WSJ (Gift Article): Love and Deceit: Work-From-Home Era Spawns ‘Pillow Talk’ Insider Trading. (I'll often wait until the moment of ecstasy to inform my wife of startups I've invested in that went out of business. I usually end up sleeping on the porch. In the business, we call this outsider trading.) 5Extra, ExtraNo Middle Ground in Middle East: "What struck me was not just that [2023] was record-breaking, but the amount by which it broke previous records." 2023 confirmed as world's hottest year on record. Dealing with a climate denier? Well, share this headline instead. Almost no one is a money denier. 2023’s billion-dollar disasters list shattered the US record with 28 big weather and climate disasters. Everyone deals with climate change in their own way I guess: Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE. 6Bottom of the NewsOvernight lines and mayhem in stores. It's not a new iPhone — it's a Stanley tumbler. (Sure, they're nice. But could one survice a 16,000 foot drop from a plane?) Get a copy of my 📕, Please Scream Inside Your Heart, or grab a 👕 in the Store. |
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