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An episode this focused on Edward Borden, one of Lizzie’s hugely unsympathetic victims, invites some wider musings about the whole Monster project.

Hundreds turned out at a Harlem church Saturday to pay their respects to Lovay Williams, the beloved mother brutally beaten to death in front of her 7-year-old daughter earlier this month. 

What moves faster than California’s high-speed rail, nearly 20 years in the making with zero track laid? Well, almost anything, apparently. But in this case, we mean the evident bilking of taxpayers. California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference at the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s Southern Railhead site to announce the next phase...

"Sweet and Spicy may taste good fried, but I will have to pass," one user said.

Waste Of The Day: SBA Reviewed Loans 20 Years Late

Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations,

The Small Business Administration potentially made $11.5 million in improper payments to banks after overruling its own employees who had recommended reducing or denying government guarantees on 16 failed small-business loans.

For another 13 failed loans, SBA took so long to review them that the six-year statute of limitations expired, wasting another $5.4 million, according to an Aug. 27 inspector general report.

Key facts: SBA's 7(a) program helps startups with a risky business model get loans, but it does not generally lend taxpayer money directly. Private banks make loans of up to $5 million, and the government promises to cover as much as 85% of the loss if the borrower defaults.

But taxpayers only have to honor that guarantee when the bank follows SBA rules. If a bank failed to properly determine whether a borrower could repay the loan, verify required investments or follow other safeguards, SBA can reduce or deny the payout to the bank.

Auditors reviewed 32 failed loans where SBA employees recommended reducing or denying the payouts to banks, but higher-level reviewers later overturned those decisions.

For 16 of the 32 loans, auditors found insufficient evidence to justify the reversal, resulting in $11.5 million worth of potential improper payments. That included almost $4.9 million loaned to borrowers who never showed evidence they could repay the money.

One small business defaulted within 18 months. The bank argued that the small business had a sound strategy, but it failed due to the unforeseen loss of a major customer. The bank provided no evidence for its claim, but the SBA paid the guarantee anyway.

The SBA is also taking far too long to review high-risk loans, the audit found. The agency has only six years to sue a bank for violating the loan terms, but auditors found 13 loans where impropriety was not discovered until that deadline had passed. Two of them were not reviewed for more than 20 years after the loan guarantee was paid.

The SBA legally could have withheld other federal payments to the banks even after the six-year time limit expired, but the SBA has no process for doing so, the audit found.

SBA guaranteed $37 billion through 77,600 new 7(a) loans in fiscal year 2025.

Summary: A government loan guarantee is supposed to protect lenders from legitimate business failures, not protect them from following the rules. Taking 20 years to decide which is which leaves taxpayers holding the bag.

The #WasteOfTheDay is brought to you by the forensic auditors at OpenTheBooks.com

Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2026 - 21:00

PISCATAWAY, NJ — For months now, the narrative around USC’s defense was that things were different, that Gary Patterson still possessed the schematic sorcery needed to complete the missing piece and get the Trojans to the College Football Playoff. Unfortunately for their fans, what Patterson’s side of the ball unveiled Saturday looked a lot like...

Sabrina Ionescu doesn’t want you to feel sorry for her. 

In case the Yankees weren’t dealing with enough injury headaches for a 6-foot-7 slugger, Spencer Jones was out of the lineup Saturday.

Forget long-term projections, draft-day pedigree or warm fuzzy feelings about your star players.

LeBron James’ wife, Savannah, isn’t done with California sports quite yet. Despite LeBron no longer being a member of the Lakers, Savannah James officially became an investor with the LOVB volleyball league’s new Los Angeles team. LeBron James, left, and Savannah James arrive at Sushi Samba in West Hollywood, Calif., on August 28, 2026. The...

“What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate," the singer said.

Newsom was seen having dinner with Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Tobey Maguire at Nobu in Malibu.

He's calling on Bay Area supporters to show up outside Bonta’s office, claiming he was hearing the AG was “about to cave”

TMZ reported on Friday that the comedian had been hospitalized and his weekend shows canceled.

TMZ reported on Friday that the comedian had been hospitalized and his weekend shows canceled.

Tesla Engineers Audit Chinese Suppliers As Optimus Commercialization Nears

About a month after JPMorgan analysts toured Tesla's Fremont factory and confirmed a "targeted four-month transition following the end of S/X production in May" to humanoid production lines, a new report on Friday says that Tesla engineers arrived in China to inspect robotics component suppliers, as Elon Musk appears to be moving closer and closer toward the commercialization of humanoid robots.

Bloomberg first reported this development as Tesla engineers arrived in Ningbo, a major port and manufacturing city in Zhejiang province on China's eastern coast, just south of Shanghai. The engineers inspected parts and component factories for the humanoid robot called "Optimus."

"Tesla's reported supplier audits are a positive commercialization signal for China's humanoid supply chain, pointing to progress toward repeatable Optimus production," Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Ian Ma wrote in a note, adding, "Near-term sentiment could stay supported if audits lead to confirmed supplier nominations and larger orders."

Tesla is reportedly targeting the second half of 2027 for commercial sales of Optimus. Production is likely to begin much earlier, as JPM analyst Rajat Gupta said the "Optimus Academy" will be operating later this year, with robots collecting real-world training data before being deployed in factories.

News of this development sent the Solactive China Humanoid Robotics Index slightly higher on Friday, up about 1.4%, amid a tumultuous year that has left it down about 30%.

The market's appetite for physical AI, specifically humanoids, was hyped in mid-August by China's blockbuster Unitree IPO, but the momentum failed to follow through.

Bernstein analyst Eunice Lee recently pointed out that the adoption curve for humanoids will be much steeper than that of automobiles over a century ago.

Goldman analysts last month raised their global humanoid robot delivery base case to 75,000 shipments in 2026, 890,000 in 2030, and 6.5 million in 2035, versus previous estimates of 51,000, 256,000, and 1.4 million, respectively.

The invasion of physical AI is just around the corner.

Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2026 - 20:25

Taylor starred as Melody Hanson during the Nickelodeon comedy's five-season run from 1989 to 1991.

Taylor starred as Melody Hanson during the Nickelodeon comedy's five-season run from 1989 to 1991.

Mamdani has previously called for Benjamin Netanyahu's arrest ahead of his arrival in NYC.

Shohei Ohtani has taken another step forward in his recovery from right arm and left knee injuries. On Saturday afternoon, the two-way star did base-running drills on the field during Dodgers batting practice — and began taking simulated at-bats against the team’s Trajekt Arc pitching machine behind the scenes in the clubhouse batting cages. The...