Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Day 3847: Fugitives and faces.

"Weary hope": drawing, photo, digital




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2GN2S ...

13 Notorious American Fraudsters

 
Recent high-profile cases revealing corruption from one-time wunderkinds Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried  and the history of fraudsters in the US. Here's a list put together of some of the more notorious—and in many cases, fascinating—stories of fraud in America. 

Charles Ponzi

Bernie Madoff

Dr. Farid Fata
 
Peter Popoff
 

Martin Shkreli, AKA "Pharma Bro"


Anna Delvey

Kwame Kilpatrick
  
Robert Hanssen
  
William "Boss" Tweed

Clifford Irving

Joseph Howard Jr.

Walter Keane
  
Maria Duval

and a bonus ...

Elizabeth Holmes


I was looking through the huge file of "smiles" for the blog today and I picked this ...
 
I thought this was interesting enough for update, then a little later I found this ...
  
3 Generations of crazy?

No, nobody told us we were beautiful. We were at an OLU baseball game in 2017 to watch Jake's friend, Garrett Mitchell play for OLU. It was freezing cold in the bleachers! WW got out her Snapchat phone app and took pictures. By the way, Garrett is now on the active roster as fielder and home run hitter for the Milwaukee Brewers.

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A cute 6-minute video, Print your guyhere.

  
 
Just because ...
Spectacle Owl

 


Smiles for Wednesday ...
 
 
 


  

 

  
 

                             Thanks for coming by today ...

 

4 comments:

john said...

Sometimes hope is al we have. I do love sunflowers. :-)

elenor said...

Isn't it amazing how three little words - you are beautiful - can change the world? I enjoyed watching these happy faces. It lifted me up.
Happy Friday, Jacki!

jacki long said...

Thanks John, yes, hope is an essential element.

jacki long said...

Thanks, ELENOR, YES ISN'T IT AMAZING, THE CHANGE.Have a great day!