Daily Intel: STCU (Special Taste Crimes Unit)
We're in a recession, and the ultrarich are spending money like it's, well, going out of style. Spending one's own money, you might say, is not a crime. But as far as we're concerned, bragging about it to the 'Times' should be.

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