All 52 cards in a row

Muammar Gaddafi or Charlie Sheen, I don't know, depends on the day.
It's the nature of our world to be interested in the trivial as well as the life changing. That's a given. But, what isn't so obvious is what's going on beneath the surface, especially the billions of dollars for entertainment value and for oil that is either being stolen or paid to minimally talented hacks on awful television shows.
Individuals and public organizations are losing their rights, income, voice and or power. And, it's all so very few people can have the most of everything and put laws and policy in place to make
that all happen. It's boring, not especially glamorous and very serious. Hey, what's that over there?