A federal agent strolls into a small Missouri town and helps clean up their meth problem, spearheading a string of arrests. The only problem is that he wasn’t really a federal agent, or any kind of law enforcement officer at all. Monica Davey for the New York Times writes:
Those whose homes were searched, though, grumbled about a peculiar change in what they understood, from television mainly, to be the law. They said the agent, a man some had come to know as “Sergeant Bill,” boasted that he did not need search warrants to enter their homes because he worked for the federal government. Sergeant Bill, it turned out, was no federal agent, but Bill A. Jakob, an unemployed former trucking company owner, …
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| The rise of the hamburger
as a form of currency can be attributed to several
aspects of Akkadian civilization.
Yes, the most delicious hamburger of all is not brown, but
green. The green of money. Denominations of hamburger
(and current value in USD:)
- ¼-pounder ($3.79)
- Cuneiform, or “Cuney” ($8.00)
Problems with the currency:
- Deflation due to hunger
- Fraud (soy fillers)
- Hamburgers not invented yet
As Dr. Tabi said:
Wallets became foetid and repulsive.
This was quite the boon for the influential
Guild of Wallet-Washers.
|
