Anno Domini
by Lyle Seaman
in Error'd
on 2022-06-24
Buffalo, New York is a recovering Rust Belt city which has given the
world several notable achievements. First, a fairly forgettable sliced
meat sandwich au jus more known for its barely edible stale roll than
for the entirely unremarkable beef entombed within. Second, an innovative
repurposing of a castoff fowl appendage into a drunkard's delicacy (and Mlle
Simpson's famed befuddlement). Most of all, it's indispensable for the construction
of a lighthearted linguistic shibboleth: Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo...
and so on. Unfortunately, the city also brings us bad news this week.
But first,
Tony H. reminds us of a famously scandal-ridden bank. Theirs might
not have been the worst fraud in 2016 (or 2017, or 2018,
or 2019) but apparently they're now tightening down the screws on consumer lending.
Tony observes, frostily, "a credit card with a limit below zero is alarming even for Wells Fargo."