Didn't think I'd feel like writing today but here I am, pulled out of my funk by the arrest of Martin Shkreli that dirt bag former hedge fund manager and current pharmacutical company CEO who raised costs of a life-saving drug from $13.50 to $750.00. Then he has the balls to spend $2 million on a one-only record album by Wu-Tang Clan. Shkreli's arrest is on every single site I visit in the news sweeps.

Think I'm a little harsh about the way he spends his money? After all, it is his money, right? Here's a piece of an article as published in The Atlantic by Spencer Kornhaber who is a staff writer at The Atlantic covering pop culture and music.

"The news that Wu-Tang Clan had recorded an album of which there would only be one copy, sold for millions of dollars at auction, with the stipulation that it couldn’t be resold, has inspired debate for more than a year. Some people, like RZA, have argued that the plan is a radical statement on behalf of the value of music and the album format. Others have argued that it’s an insult to fans, a capitulation to traditional ideas about exclusivity and power that rap once railed against, and a demonstration of how capitalism can hurt art.

The debate is now settled. Wu-Tang has made a horrible mistake.

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin  has been sold to Martin Shkreli, the 32-year-old pharmaceutical executive who triggered outrage worldwide earlier this year when his company increased the price of a drug used to treat some AIDS sufferers by 5000 percent—from $13.50 to $750 a tablet. He recently said he wished he’d raised it more. He appears to have bought this album in hopes of scoring dates, and for now, he does not seem interested in letting the public hear it."

Here's a 1% wanna be in all his glory.

I am so proud to be an American. How many men have died in the military defending this shitburg's "freedom" to manipulate complex financial processes to enrich himself at the expense of others? 

I asked Dr. K, head headologist in Meland, what he thought of Shkreli. After reading of his exploits and hearing Shkreli himself during interviews, Dr. K came to the conclusion that Mr. Shkreli "has something missing." There appears to be no empathy within Shkreli. He feels nothing for others. They are players in his universe. Were we to look inside his brain, we would likely find the robot who operates Shkreli's body sees the universe as intersecting spreadsheets from which all decisions are made."

Or perhaps Shkreli is just so used to playing with big numbers in his career path that he becomes inured to the plight of others. That's it! The poor lad is a victim of the dreaded rich-man disease of affluenza!! Just like that kid in Texas who seems to have "gone missing." Another example of a member in good standing of the "All For Me" Club.

Texas authorities fear ‘affluenza’ teen who killed 4 and got probation may have fled country

December 16, 2015

Naheed Rajwani
Dallas Morning News 
DALLAS — He's 18 years old, but the wealthy Tarrant County teen who killed four people when he drove drunk in 2013 is still a juvenile as far as the legal system is concerned.

Ethan Couch, whose case made "affluenza" a household term, is back in the spotlight again, two years after a Fort Worth judge gave him 10 years' probation instead of sentencing him to jail.
Couch is wanted now for allegedly violating the terms of his probation — and officials say they won't let him off easy this time.
"Any mess-ups from now on, he's going to be over with us," said Terry Grisham, the spokesman for the Tarrant County sheriff's office. "He's going to see what the big-boy jail is like."
But Couch is nowhere to be found, and authorities worry he may have fled the country.
"With the wealth and the wherewithal that his family has, it's going to be a tough assignment for us to find him," Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said Wednesday.
Earlier this month, a video claiming to show Couch violating the terms of his probation — by allegedly playing beer pong at a party — reignited the public outrage surrounding the case.
On Tuesday, Couch's attorneys announced that the teen's probation officer hasn't been able to reach him and his mother for several days.
Tarrant County's probation department has ordered authorities to take Couch into custody if they see him. The district attorney's office has said he could be jailed for up to 10 years for violating the terms of his probation.
"It's one of those times when you hate to say, 'I told you so,' but I told you so," the sheriff said. "I knew he was going to end up in more trouble."
Justice for the crash victims' families, Anderson said, now hinges on Couch's arrest.
"He ruined a lot of lives," Anderson said. "We're determined to make sure he's fully accountable within the boundaries that are set in the case. He needs to be brought back."

Nice kid. Kills four people (!!!!!!) while he's driving drunk and walks away on probation. (Apparently, if you're a rich, white Texan you can get away with killing people.) Then, if you think probation is too tough—what do you mean no alcohol? Are you kidding?—you can always just skip the country and piss on the state that allowed you to get that way in the first place.

Oh my gosh! Here I am on a Texas tear and I come across this:

Season’s beatings: Texas GOP official threatens to slap next person who wishes him ‘Happy holidays’

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller may be taking the so-called “war on Christmas” a little too literally. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the Republican official said that he would “slap” anyone who wished him “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.”