Tag: money

Gnosiological Hot Links

Freddie’s Boogie, Freddie Mitchell And His Orchestra (1953) Saxophonist Freddie Mitchell was among other things “a session musician and bandleader for multi-artist rock shows held by Alan Freed. Mitchell had previously recorded Moondog Boogie named in honor of the disc jockey and the two of them appeared together in the 1956 film Rock, Rock, Rock.”

Rock, Rock, Rock was the first video cassette tape I ever bought; spotted it in a bargain bin for a couple bucks.  My next purchase was a video player.

The Honker.

Bench Wars.

100 kid farts.

Tucker & Fritz.

The Bystander Effect.

Sexism in PhD Awards.

Icecoasters [via Mme. Jujujive].

The Celtic sport of ferret legging.

R.I.P. Wayne Shorter (1933-2023).

Um, better stay out of Earl Orkin’s room.

The angels’ share and the devil’s fungus.

This cheeseburger costs over $21 per ounce.

Czar Peter the Great, Amateur Dental Surgeon.
[via Memo Of The Air]

Meerkats. Cutsey little standy-uppy weasel-lookin’ bastards.
[h/t Bunkerville]

[Top image: Mao money mockery found here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Hambo

[Found here.]

IL Giorno di Cristoforo Columbo

The first commemorative stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service honored Christopher Columbus on the 400th anniversary of his first voyage. $5 bucks in 1892 equates to about $130 in 2017 U.S. dollars, and not many could afford that steep price to ship something trivial.

The signature of Cristoforo Colombo [Italian], aka Cristóbal Colón [Spanish], aka Christophorus Columbus [Latin], aka Christopher Columbus [Anglic]. For the life of me I can’t decipher it, except that the “X” is likely the sign of Christ.

Apparently this mystery has stumped many, and it remains unsolved.

This one dollar Bahamian bill issued in 1974 features an image of Christopher Columbus and equals about $5 U.S. in 2017.

Columbus was a tyrannical leader by most accounts, but the fact that he made four round-trip voyages to The Americas tells us that he had men who were willing and able to take those dangerous risks on both sides of the Atlantic. (Note that Spanish law limited merchants to one slave per ship [source].)

As governor of Hispaniola and the Indies (1492-1499) he was a cruel despot and was removed and jailed by Queen Isabella I of Castile.

[Side note: Queen Isabella I presided over the final years of La Reconquista that began about 711AD. She didn’t put up with no jihad jibbajabba.]

Should we remove Christopher Columbus from history and kowtow to a relative handful of racist SJWs?

NO. His historical accomplishments far outweigh his failures, and he should be honored for his astounding bravery and seamanship in the face of the unknown, not his subsequent decline into dementia and moral turpitude. Any person, group or organization that attempts to rewrite history has nefarious motives in mind.

Monetary Disfigurement

Coin Disfiguration

Zombie coins. Someone’s probably trying to make a pithy artistic political statement, but they’re still kinda cool.

[Found here.]

The .GIF Friday Post No.245 – Alfalfa, Darla & Spanky PG13

[Found here, here and here.]

I reversed and looped the first one, and the last one just might have political connotations. Pay attention to the high-rollers who are buying up a lot of gold,  then go figure.

Colorful Colorado Quarter

Colorful Colorado 090628

I found this quarter in my pocket last week. Made my day.  Thanks to whoever you are, and lemme know if you want it back.

Aside from cropping the scanned image, no other adjustments were made. Honest.

Bunk’s Money Saving Tips: ORIGAMI

Make your US Dollars worth much more than a Euro with these simple patterns.  (Clicky on each image for more bigossifyingness.)

I don’t know the original source for these.  They were emailed to me by friend Dan S, a civil engineer who had a lemon-sized tumor taken out of his noggin after he went under the knife for surgery a coupla years ago for a late-blooming congenital heart defect.  True story, and he’s okay now.