There is something anticlimactic about the jury verdict affirming that the Trump family business has been guilty of tax fraud and a slew of other financial crimes. I mean, it’s something everybody knew, including Trump supporters.<\/p>\n
Maybe especially Trump supporters. The appeal of these billionaire icons is precisely that they are able to get away with stuff that ordinary mortals cannot.<\/p>\n
I can see how that sort of misbehavior would inspire hero worship in people who feel powerless in their own lives. In a way, the utter lack of ethics reminds me of that great scene in Casablanca<\/i>:<\/p>\n \nRick: How can you close me up? On what grounds? There is something anticlimactic about the jury verdict affirming that the Trump family business has been guilty of tax fraud and a slew of other financial crimes. I mean, it’s something everybody knew, including Trump supporters. Maybe especially Trump supporters. The appeal of these billionaire icons is precisely that they are able to get away … Continue reading “Shocked, shocked”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24976"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24978,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24976\/revisions\/24978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCaptain Renault: I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
\nCroupier: Your winnings, sir.
\nCaptain Renault: Oh, thank you very much.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"