Neil Freiman
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Maybe you didn't have the best day yesterday, but I guarantee it wasn't worse than Jeff Bezos is.
The new Glenn rocket from a space company, Blue Origin, exploded in spectacular fashion while conducting a hot fire test on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, shaking homes nearby and causing a massive fireball that could be seen as far as Orlando.
No one was hurt, and Bezos explained, it's too early to know the root cause, but we're already working to find it.
Very rough day, but we'll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying.
It's worth it.
It's another setback for New Glenn, a troubled rocket that's been tapped to play a key role in bringing NASA astronauts back to the moon, but it was kind of an awesome explosion.
They're like, oh, Nolan's filming Oppenheimer 2.
Moving on, the Trump administration wants to release a $250 bill featuring the face of Donald Trump.
Treasury Department officials have mocked up a new bill commemorating the U.S.
's 250th birthday that would have at its center the president's portrait, which would make him the first living person on U.S.
currency in more than 150 years.
U.S.
Treasury Secretary Scott Besant defended the move yesterday, saying, I don't think that there's anything untoward about having the person who is president of the United States on the 250th anniversary bill.
There's just one problem.
It's against the law.
Federal law says that only the portrait of a deceased individual can appear on U.S.
currency and securities in a measure dating back to 1866.
Toby, Trump portrait or not, a $250 bill would be dangerous for me in a casino.
And they're trying to get this
to actually happen.