June 11, 2020: The way 2020 is going…

Thai restaurant owners given 723 years in prison for reneging on seafood promotion.https://t.co/OpIdI0C12K pic.twitter.com/GrKnY0aTXu

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) June 11, 2020

On the other hand, you had this from back in 2003 wherein a “All You Can Eat Crab Legs” promotion proved such a bad idea for Red Lobster that it cost their CEO his job:

https://nypost.com/2003/09/26/endless-crab-pigout-is-end-for-red-lobster-boss/

Meanwhile, it’s interesting to note a lot of new investors are experiencing some growing pains in their day-trading careers:

R.Hood investors who heard about something called FANG stocks & instead of buying the 4 tech megacaps… ended up buying worthless Chinese real estate comp FANGDD (ticker DUO), sending its stock price from $10 to $130 in four hours, and pushing its market cap just shy of $4 bln.

— Uresh Perera (UP) (@UreshP) June 11, 2020

Akemi’s balcony garden is coming along nicely.  Yesterday, we enjoyed some ridiculously bitter kale.  Today, we shared a single patty pot squash.  Next week, we may eat a tomato!

Hopefully.  The way 2020 is going…

If 2020 hasn’t been apocalyptic enough, here is my story on eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne virus that kills 40% of infected people… and appears to be spreading. @ozm @mvzelenks https://t.co/CF86AbcoMF

— Oscar Schwartz (@scarschwartz) June 10, 2020

Today’s movie-themed question:

Most shocking death in a movie?
Answer with a pic or gif. pic.twitter.com/PqfHIYM1hl

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) June 11, 2020

 

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