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https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2019/12/29/dave-barrys-year-review/?arc404=true
Editor’s note: A month late but still incredibly funny, here is satirist Barry’s view of a very crazy year. It’s a long read but for fans of sarcasm and having fun with truth, it’s worth it. Thanks to Carl Falb for passing this onto me!
My favorite jab: “In sports, the superb U.S. women’s national soccer team, following years of hard work and sacrifice, wins its fourth World Cup and a first prize of $4 million, or about $200,000 per player. Later in the month, a 16-year-old high school student named Kyle Giersdorf wins a Fortnite video-game tournament. His prize — really — is $3 million. “I’m so happy,” says Kyle. “Everything I’ve done in the grind has all paid off and it’s just insane.”
By
Dave Barry
DECEMBER 29, 2019
“A happy life is made up of little things…a gift sent, a letter written, a call made, a recommendation given, transportation provided, a cake made, a book lent, a check sent.”
Editor’s comment: Another “non-fiction that reads more like fiction”. Jho Low, between graduating from Wharton in 2005 and exposes that began in 2015 appears to have pulled off Madoff-style fraud. The difference? It was primarily perpetrated on his home country (Malaysia) and allegedly with the aid of their former Prime Minister, Razak Najib. Perhaps as much as $5 billion was looted from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund (1MDB) over a six year period, much of which was used for Gatsby-like lifestyle which included many names you know such as DeNiro, DiCaprio, Hilton and more. I felt a little seedy reading it but my goodness, what a story! With many charges still pending against both Low and the former Prime Minister, we are likely to be reading more about this story in the future (if they can find Jho Low who is in hiding).
