#slate.com

[mrsjdavis]

You know, if you or I said we were going to "avoid taxes by financing (our lives) with loans." we would be RIGHTFULLY vilified...

Elon Musk Isn’t As Rich As You Think He Is

The Tesla CEO has trapped himself on a golden hamster wheel.

[arcticdementor]

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[visceralcoma]

Okay yo.. like ya’ll need to check out the series of “Goodbye, Trump Administration” articles that slate.com has posted out because they are SCATHING and a JOY to read.

https://slate.com/tag/goodbye-trump-admin for the full list

Goodbye, Ivanka

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/goodbye-ivanka-forever.html

Goodbye, Jared

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/goodbye-jared-kushner.html

Goodbye, Donald Trump, Jr

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/goodbye-donald-trump-jr.html

Goodbye, Stephen Miller

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/stephen-miller-family-separation-goodbye-trump-administration.html

Goodbye Betsy Devos

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/goodbye-secretary-of-education-betsy-devos.html

Goodbye, Melania

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/goodbye-melania-trump.html

Goodbye, Mike Pence

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/goodbye-mike-pence-coronavirus-task-force-quoteunquoteleader.html

Goodbye, Bill Barr

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/goodbye-attorney-general-bill-barr.html

Goodbye, Rudy Giuliani

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/rudy-giuliani-trump-see-ya-dude.html

Goodbye, Andrew Wheeler

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/andrew-wheeler-epa-climate-change-bye.html

Goodbye, Chad Wolf

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/goodbye-chad-wolf-kidnapper.html

Goodbye, MIke Pompeo

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/goodbye-mike-pompeo.html

Goodbye, Hope Hicks

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/goodbye-hope-hicks-trumps-enabler-of-all-enablers.html

Goodbye, Anonymous Republican Source

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/anonymous-white-house-sources-republicans-ta-da.html

Goodbye, Steve Mnuchin

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/steve-mnuchin-goodbye-you-were-good-actually.html

Goodbye, Kayleigh McEnany (and Sarah Sanders and Sean Spicer) 

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/goodbye-trump-white-house-press-office.html

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What Made People Lose Their Minds Over Beanie Babies?

While Freudian theory hasn’t held up well to scientific analysis, some sort of mental disturbance might account for the more extreme cases of Beanie Baby addiction—like the retired soap opera star who lost his children’s six-figure college fund investing in the toys, or the man who committed murder over what a detective described as a “Beanie Baby deal gone bad.” But does it really explain what sent millions of Americans—soccer moms and CEOs, blue-collar workers and yuppies, Ph.D.s and high-school dropouts—utterly bonkers over a brand of plush stuffed animals?

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[darkmattersproj]

Listen to Slate Podcast on ‘Coco’ and Latinos in Animation Go to Slate.com.

[yourownpetard]

Go home Slate, you’re drunk.

[torrid-wind]

IVORY COAST. Kyaman goldsmith applying wax strips to the clay core with cut designs, Anna village, Cote d'Ivoire, 1972 - photo by Eliot Elisofon

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