We go deep on *Starbucks as a “coffee bank”*—gift cards, breakage, and why rewards make your balance feel free when it’s not. We hit the *siren logo* (myth vs marketing), *CEO pay vs baristas*, and the difference between *lobbying* and splashy donation narratives. Local in the Lou covers the *Gateway Arch highway rethink* and *Missouri’s lawsuit against China*, plus *CITY SC’s new coach*. We round it out with *online fraud basics*, *EV safety tradeoffs*, *gun-violence stats*, and the *inflation/currency/Bitcoin* argument you’ll hear at every holiday party. Conservative comedy, St. Louis flavor, usable money takes.
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