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A phenomenon referred to as "concrete cancer" is affecting high-end swimming pools built in Austin during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many wealthy residents allegedly used PPP loans to fund pool installations, only for the structures to leak and split due to defective concrete supplied to contractors.
French tax authorities used artificial intelligence software developed by Google and Capgemini to identify over 20,000 undeclared private swimming pools through aerial imagery. The crackdown has already generated approximately 10 million dollars in new tax revenue, as pools increase property values and associated taxes. Officials plan to expand the use of this software nationwide to identify other undeclared home extensions, patios, and gazebos.
The hosts deconstruct Joe Biden’s anecdote about a confrontation with a gang leader named "Corn Pop" at a Delaware swimming pool in the 1960s. Biden describes using a six-foot length of chain to defend himself against "bad boys" with straight razors. The hosts mock the details of the story, particularly the mention of "rusty razors" and Biden calling a black man "Esther Williams."
