Interesting Links for 17-04-2021

[andrewducker]

Covid in Scotland: Restrictions on travel and outdoor meetings eased (I'm on a train right now!)

(tags:transport Scotland pandemic )

Scientists uncover 'monkeydactyl' — the first-known flying dinosaur with opposable thumbs

(tags:dinosaurs flight )

It's Not Just Young White Liberals Who Are Leaving Religion (US figures)

(tags:USA religion )

It was the last twenty seconds of this Dr Who spoof that really had me giggling

(tags:drwho funny video satire )

How Much Money Do Contestants Spend to Go on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'?

(tags:gender performance TV money lgbt )

Support doesn't and shouldn't mean unquestioning agreement. Context, nuance, understanding all matter too

(tags:support abuse )

US Housing Market Faces Shortfall

(tags:USA housing )

New Jersey high school wrestling coach is CEO of $100 million firm that owns one (small) deli

(tags:corruption fraud business wtf )

Spectacular Neon Blue Lava Pours From Indonesia's Kawah Ijen Volcano At Night

(tags:viaNancyLebov Indonesia volcano )

Spanking affects children's brain development in a similar way to other kinds of abuse

(tags:spanking abuse psychology children )

How-to give a cat a pill

(tags:cats medication video )

Land Rover hearse designed by Prince Philip unveiled

(tags:death royalty cars )

When your parakeet loves ACDC.

(tags:music birds )

Comments

$100m Deli

[danieldwilliam]

So far none of my business chums can work out what's going on.

Re: $100m Deli

[ironyoxide]

>Only $35,000 gross, over two years.

Maybe if he only does catering, like, for Christmas and the Fourth of July. Maybe.
A neighborhood grocery/sandwich shop could reasonably pull in $35k in a good week or two.

Also kinda amusing that he's a high school principal, but the fact he also coaches wrestling is more important. Americans and sports.

Re: $100m Deli

[andrewducker]

My instinct is Mafia money laundering front.

But why pump up the share price like that, unless the share buying is a way of laundering the money?

Re: $100m Deli

[jack_ryder]

I actually suspect it’s laundering Chinese gambling money (the shares transfer to the gambler, the casino buys them back. Something like that.)

And there would be a number of them running

Re: $100m Deli

[andrewducker]

That would make sense.

Re: $100m Deli

[jack_ryder]

Bit more about it here - it’s a shell company, but there’s still some details missing

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/16/lawyer-hometown-international-deli-owner-stock-scams.html

US Housing Market Faces Shortfall

[snippy]

Houses in my town often sell for $50k to $100k over asking price, cash offers.

[melchar]

Perfect send up of 'Dr Who'!

[trailer_spot]

You probably have followed the story yourself. Apparently, Hometown International is actually valued at close to $2 billion.
And it got now marked as to indicate that something is fishy. :)

[andrewducker]

Thank you, that was fascinating!

Hometown Deli

[trailer_spot]

The NYT did write another extensive article about Hometown Deli in New Jersey. The tl;dr summary is that while it's certainly fishy. It's kind of standard Wall Street fishy for a company that's listed on the third-tier over-the-counter segment of that particular stock exchange. That's at least my impression.