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The La Costa (aka The Midnight Rider) limo is manufactured in Florida for the real powers that be in this world. Fans include Carlos Slim who has taken a fairly hefly position in the New York Times. Apparently his warrants or whatever are guaranteed to pay a 14% rate of interest annually if I read it right. How is that possible? Is our new President aware of this? Is there any way to stop this egregious profitteering off the works of underpaid journalists?

I have been sobered by the reality that economics trump politics. I mean the fact that such a contraption as the LaCosta even exists says something about the people who will truly be driving things in the next four years. I guess there are Presidents and then there are Presidentes with super fat rides and names like Slim.