Episode 25 - No More Fake It Till You Make It

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 8:55 a.m.

The Business Edition

The Politicable follow up on the Robinhood/Gamestop saga - Robinhood's C.E.O., Vlad Tenev, Is in the Hot Seat - The New York Times - the end of "Fake it Until you Make It" 

Parler CEO John Matze says he’s been fired by the board - Parler really couldn’t find any hosting service that would take them. 

Tim Cook May Have Just Ended Facebook | Inc.com - Everyone ends up bowing to Apple. It's the hardware (or platform), not the software. 

Amazon’s next headquarters is a glass poop emoji covered in trees - The Verge - Well, Seattle got Bezos balls (he has three!) I guess it is appropriate his east coast headquarters get his crap. 

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy to take over in Q3 - Why do I want to call this new guy “DJ Jazzy Jeff”?

MyPillow's Mike Lindell Brought Up Voting Machine Fraud On NewsMax, And The News Anchor Fled The Interview - Digg - Even Newsmax BS meter works.

Jared 'Let The Blue States Die' Kushner Gets Dershowitz To Nominate Him For Nobel Prize | Crooks and Liars - So was he trying to improve his LinkedIn profile?

Death Of A City: The Portland Story? - Why are these stories always about losing the "majority," otherwise known as the white lifestyle? Maybe there is a loss like Rio, Guadalajara, or any post-industrial city in England. But I mostly think it is a medium-size city stretching out to be a global influencer. 

People may not realize that Portland is the 217 largest metro area in the world. It is not the small town everyone imagines it to be. 

https://www.citypopulation.de/en/world/agglomerations/ 

AND PHOENIX TOO! - Why Phoenix may be uninhabitable by the end of this century | Salon.com - One blackout and Scottsdale Fashion Square turns into a New Delhi street market.

Hero of the week - Captain Sir Tom Moore joined by family in hospital after Covid diagnosis passes away - After raising millions to help fight COVID Sir Tom in the hospital.


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