U.S. town creates local currency to boost coronavirus relief

U.S. town creates local currency to boost coronavirus relief

"Tucked away under lock and key in a former railroad depot turned small-town museum in the U.S. state of Washington, a wooden printing press cranked back to life to mint currency after nearly 90 dormant years. The end product: $25 wooden bills bearing the town's name - Tenino - with the words "COVID Relief" superimposed on the image of a bat and the Latin phrase "Habemus autem sub potestate" (We have it under control) printed in cursive. With the coronavirus pandemic plunging the United States into a recession, decimating small businesses and causing job losses across the country, some local governments are looking for innovative ways to help residents weather the storm. For Tenino, the answer was the revival of the local currency that had bolstered the town's economy in 1931 in the wake of the Great Depression."

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Real-estate developers refuse to change communities' plantation names

Real-estate developers refuse to change communities' plantation names

"Volusia and Flagler counties are home to several “plantation” communities. They include Halifax Plantation, Plantation Oaks of Ormond Beach and in Flagler, Sugar Mill Plantation and Plantation Bay. Flagler County is also home to Palm Coast Plantation as well as the Bulow Plantation manufactured home park. West Volusia is home to the DeBary Plantation golf course community. Developers of plantation communities in Volusia and Flagler counties said they were unaware of any public outcries locally to change the names of their developments. “It never even occurred to me that it was something that needed doing,” said Scott Vanacore of Vanacore Homes in Ormond Beach.

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Utterly clueless.

Inside the luxury nuclear bunker protecting the mega-rich from the apocalypse - CNET

Inside the luxury nuclear bunker protecting the mega-rich from the apocalypse - CNET

"A volcanic-ash scrubber, a decontamination room, a waterslide -- when it comes to surviving a nuclear apocalypse, the Survival Condo has everything you could need, at a price."

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WTF is wrong with these people?