DISCOURAGING: When the relationship fizzled two years later … … 

Monday, April 27, 2026

https://nypost.com/2026/04/17/lifestyle/why-resale-value-of-wedding-or-engagment-rings-is-so-low-expert/

Dumped and down $6,000! Bride-not-to-be stunned to learn just how little her unwanted ring was worth: ‘Jaw hit the floor’
By Marissa Matozzo
Published April 17, 2026, 6:47 p.m. ET

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Breakups are hard — but this price tag might hurt even more.

After splitting from her fiancée, Australian teacher Mia Pimentel figured she could at least cash in on her engagement ring and move on.

Instead, she got a reality check that hit harder than heartbreak.

The couple got engaged in 2021 after five years together, exchanging rings to seal the deal.

But when the relationship fizzled two years later, they each held onto their sparkler — including Pimentel’s 1-carat diamond solitaire, originally worth about US$ 6,500

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The song said “diamonds are forever” BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), that does transfer to relationships.

It used to be true when all there was were natural ones; not anymore.  Manufactured diamonds are worth a lot less and indistinguishable from natural by the average Joe or Jane.

Lesson to be learned here is don’t overpay and don’t get hustled.

A ₿itcoin would be much more romantic.  (At least to me!)

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: There are not TWO standards of “justice”

Monday, April 27, 2026

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/soldier-charged-over-maduro-raid-bet-rcna341710?utm_campaign=april24morningnotenonsubs&utm_medium=email&utm_source=iterable&utm_content=morningnote

U.S. soldier involved in Maduro raid charged with betting on the operation
The special forces soldier allegedly made more than $400,000 on Polymarket as a result of the bets, prosecutors say.
April 23, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT / Updated April 24, 2026, 7:05 AM EDT
By Tom Winter, Jonathan Dienst, Steve Kopack and Chloe Atkins

 

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Federal authorities arrested and charged a U.S. special forces soldier who is accused of using classified information about the raid that removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro from office to make prediction market bets.

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Van Dyke was charged with “unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and making an unlawful monetary transaction.”

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Not trying to excuse bad behavior But I can understand the moral confusion of some poor guy trying to make a buck.

When does this standard apply to Congress?  Seems two faced.

And, FBI Director Kash Patel, as well as Attorney General Todd Blanche, “makes clear no one is above the law” is absolute <synonym for excrement from a male cow>!  Remember the “Epstein files” and then tell me there are not TWO standards of “justice” —  one for the rabble and another for the political class!

Argh!

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