‘Just basic memory functions and also just the level of norepinephrine and the epinephrine in the brain that as you know encodes that neurotransmitter that codes memories into the hippocampus and so the trauma-related experience is locked there, whereas other details kind of drift.’ –Dr. Christine Blasey Ford
30 years ago, Spy magazine sent “refund” checks for $1.11 to 58 rich people.
The 26 who cashed those got another check, for $.64.
The 13 who cashed those each got a check for $.13.
Two people cashed the $.13 checks—Donald Trump and Jamal Khashoggi’s arms-dealer uncle Annan.
{ Kurt Andersen | Spy, July, 1990 p. 84 + full issue }