"By 1975 all GM cars will be powered by Wankel rotary engines." - Sports Cars of the World Annual, 1972.

I don't think shorting a Ferrari Daytona will be prudent for many, many decades. New multimillionaires are being created all the time. But the idea of "Exotic Car Bonds" is a good one.

DeBeers got in legal trouble with the US government in the early 2000s, but I think that's a big part of it, yes. One of my ESL students is a diamond wholesaler, and he doesn't understand it either.

Anything to excess is bad for you. If you grind fruits up in a juicer, the sugar rush hits pretty hard, as does the subsequent crash.

Shh! Don't give them ideas.

It's an Italian thing. (Or maybe that's also part of the "leverage" - your arms are more extended?)

No - the Milano was RWD.

I had a chance to drive one that was owned by a Maserati mechanic, and yes - it's like Ferrari and BMW had a baby, wrapped up in an Armani suit. Too bad about the build quality.

No power steering. The bigger wheel gives you more leverage.

Funny you should mention this. I just learned there's no futures market for diamonds, either.

People exposed to extreme situations often display inappropriate affect.

Perhaps the only "looks like an angry tropical fish" car I actually like.

Is there a list somewhere of all the cars made for Barbie? I need to win an argument with someone.

When a cop jokes about shooting an innocent suspect, it isn't funny. Neither is this, because it's oh so believable.

Too late to edit the spurious "1965." at the end of my comment. It's not a coded message to my kinja-reading minions.

It might still be both. To continue the rape example, if a co-worker is accused of rape, they might get fired, even if they're ultimately acquitted in a court of law. There are different burdens of proof.

It's a two-tier system. You can get fired from your job for sexual harassment. If the harassment is serious enough, the police might also be involved.

You are correct in all points. But I'd still encourage you to visit a vintage magazine store and check out some issues from the 60s-early 70s. 1965.

In the 60s Playboy was genuinely revolutionary. It wasn't just a skin mag. And people really did read it for the articles. (After they checked out Miss June, of course).

Rap also changed - from the Sugar Hill gang to NWA. Grunge was more like a rediscovery of garage and punk and a few other things. Mind you, I liked grunge a lot more than say, 80s hair bands, or 80s synth bands, but it didn't do anything that was actually new. The creative possibilities of rock were fully explored…