Disney wants wrongful death suit thrown out…

Because they signed up for Disney+ and bought tickets through the corporate website and therefore agreed to arbitration in the future.

What has this world come to?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/14/business/disney-plus-wrongful-death-lawsuit/index.html

Guy tries to get into Disney World with 1978 ticket…

This is one of the things that's fun about Disney. Almost always, they'll honor an unused park admission at whatever price you might have paid for it.

I have seen an exception here and there, but in those cases it's about the type of ticket, and they have given some fair market value for it, and you pay the (small) difference. So you're still coming out ahead in a way.

https://www.upworthy.com/man-uses-1978-ticket-at-disney-world-rp3

Club 33 and a Disney obsession

This is a bit of a peculiar story. TL;DR a couple had access to club 33 ("their happy place" revoked) for public intoxication. They sued to get back in, and lost. 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-04/disney-obsessed-couple-loses-lawsuit-to-get-back-into-exclusive-club-33

El Presidente

Reading about Venezuela's Maduro and his assertion that Christmas will now be celebrated in October, I am distinctly reminded of this scene from Woody Allen's Bananas where the freedom leader immediately became a dictator...

Cape Cod offers a harbinger of America’s economic future

This is a perspective on where we're headed from a wealth and housing point of view. 

It's long form, but worth the read. And it turns out this is happening in many places, including south Florida. 

Cape Cod offers a harbinger of America's economic future - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/provincetown-most-american-economy/679515/

A lesson in customer service.

It’s all about the U

I think the university of Florida should put a permanent marker to remind them of the beat down they had on Saturday. 

Most points allowed in an opener. Ever. That's 117 years. 

Owned, baby.