Your Bag of Randomness for Friday, June 6, 2025

  • German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was a guest at the White House yesterday and gave our president a gift, an original copy of the birth certificate belonging to Mr. Trump’s grandfather, Friedrich Trump, in German and in English. Y’all know I’m a sucker for this sort of stuff since it relates to my love of presidential history. That’s a damn fine gift. Yet, our president embarrasses us on the world stage again in grand fashion, getting easily put in his place in the Oval Office. I hope our country doesn’t get to the point where we’ll need Germany to help liberate us from Trumpism.

  • I found that sometimes ChatGPT and other AI tools have trouble reading certain PDFs I created. So, here’s some knowledge I hope that will helpsome out there. When presented with the option of “Print to PDF” or “Save As PDF” be sure to do the latter. This keeps text searchable and selectable, preserves formatting better, and ensures accessibility for applicant tracking systems (ATS) and screen readers.
  • I recently learned that Diocles, an ancient Roman charioteer, is considered to be the highest-paid athlete of all time. Curious, I did a little research.

    Diocles earned 35,863,120 sesterces over his 24-year career, which translates to approximately $15 billion in today’s dollars. These were net earnings: Diocles did not have to pay for sponsorships, promoters, or marketing fees, making his take-home wealth even more impressive by ancient and modern standards. To put this in perspective, his income was five times that of the highest-paid provincial governors of the time and would have been enough to buy grain for the entire population of Rome for a year.

    Off the top of my head, I would have guessed Michael Jordan has earned more than any other athlete. His current net worth is estimated at $3.5 billion in 2025.
  • Wife material.

  • I’m sure this will offend a lot of folks, but I found it amusing and even a bit thought-provoking.

  • That’s a bit of a smug profile photo with that raised eyebrow. But who am I to judge a book by its cover? Who is it? ProPublica just did a piece on him – “The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention – One year out of college (UT San Antonio) and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism. He’s not even old enough to rent a car, yet he’s leading terrorism prevention.


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