Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Scene of the crime

I'm not going to dwell on the exposure of the grifters with whom our now Grifter in Chief kept company, but had to remark on something striking about this map attending a Times article on one's network of tax avoidance. For the first time I can remember, the United States is not presented horizontally, latitude parallel to the frame. This presentation, the latitude bowed as if you're looking down on a globe, is more accurate to  true dimensions and distances, but it seems highly unusual in this context. The US appears to be pushed into a corner in a choke hold as its pockets are being picked. Coincidence?