$5,000 Head

This picture (click to enlarge) is based on the portrait of James Madison that appears on the $5,000 bill; something few of us have ever seen. 

In 1969 all denominations over $100 were removed from circulation in a bold move by the government to make life difficult for money launderers, drug kingpins, and organized crime in general.

It was a brilliant tactic. The criminals were stopped in their tracks and haven’t bothered us since.  Paralyzed by the sheer inconvenience of it all, many of them have been forced to turn to desperate measures like electronic banking.

Here’s what the $5,000 note looks like:

How much is $250 million?

Mitt Romney doesn’t fit in with the gang of rabid dimwits and psychotic Christian dominionists jockeying for the farthest right position in the Republican pack.

He has devoted his life to money, Mormonism, and the pursuit of political power.  There is apparently no room in his brain for anything else.

Two is an odd number

Two Dollar Curl

Another of my meditations on the nature of U.S. banknotes.  This is one of the most mysterious denominations.  In the quantum world of currency two is an odd number.  Peel it back — if you dare.