TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017
Robert Kuttner on Brit Govt financial woes, and the wrong rescue
Neither a fiscal straitjacket nor Blair-style corporate technobabble will solve Britain’s deep problems nor make life better for ordinary Brits. When nominally left parties get captured by the corporate center-right and fail to solve problems, at best we get inconclusive oscillation between the major parties, and at worst working people give up on the system and support neofascists.
Daughter's Birthday today
ON this date in 1987 - An exploding supernova was discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.
Nine years later (1996) another supernova was discovered by astronomers Bun Man and Mr. Purple, her name would be Sydnee Elizabeth Smith and today she turns 28.
This supernova is a wonderful young woman who is as talented as her mother and such a joy to be around all the time.
Enjoy your day Apple of my Eye...
ON this date in 1956 - In Cleveland, OH, police invoked a 1931 ordinance barring people under the age of 18 from dancing in public unless accompanied by an adult.
City Councilmen Bun Man and Mr. Purple initially were against invoking the ordinance, but then they went to an Allen Freed teen revue show and they came back and voted for the ban.
Seems some of the lasses were kickin' their legs up quite high, it set Mr. P's blood on boil overload, and that was too much to bear.
PARODIES ROCK
ON this date in 1988 - The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a $200,000 award to Rev. Jerry Falwell that had been won against "Hustler" magazine. Hustler staff members Bun Man and Mr. Purple who were responsible for rating the videos submitted for review gave the Supreme Court a 'full woodie' for this decision. The ruling expanded legal protections for parody and satire. The legal protections were extended to Congress also for their continued parody of a responsible legislative body.
ON this date in 2017...
10 trillion dollars increase to federal debt approved by every Republican senator but 1, from the party that held the nation hostage for a $900 increase in the national debt ...
Reminding you of the timeline when the USA sunk their childrens' futures
KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU STAND
Ken-Dogger: hey Baldo, what are you doing?
Baldo: I’m greeting this guy…
KD: What are you telling him?
B: I’m telling him I’m a Democratic Republican…
KD: What the heck does that mean?
B: Dude, I’m not sure, but peeps are using labels all the time now to say who they are…
KD: Perhaps, you should just let them know what you stand for….
B: That works?
Confronting the SELF, a Lifelong Pursuit
Morning Principled Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Scratch, what cha doing?
Scratch: Looking at myself…Hello?
KD: May I ask why?
S: Bro, I see what you do when you look in the mirror.
KD: And what is that?
S: You’re seeing if you can live with yourself and how you live.
KD: Self-confrontation, the ultimate argument…
S: Like I say, if I can’t live with myself, who can I live with.
Harry Chapin was wrong
It shouldn't have been cats in the cradle, it should have been cats in the cauldron.
Hehehe
Baby you can drive me car.
Yes, I'm gonna make you a star.
For a Little While
Actually, for as long as I need ya, than I'm gonna dump your azz.
Hey Phil Knight, A to the Freakin Men, bro...
Historybook: Marbury v. Madison establishes principle of judicial review in the US (1803); HBD Nike cofounder Phil Knight (1938); Steve Jobs born (1955); Fidel Castro retires as president of Cuba (2008); RIP "Hidden Figures" NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson (2020).
"History is one long processional of crazy ideas."
- Phil Knight
Morning Peeps,
Just skimming some news and seeing where some GOP Senators are coming to the defense of the Alabama IVF ruling.
Just when you think they can't get any lower, they ALWAYS find a NEW BOTTOM.
I, for one, will remain cautious about the 'doom' I feel going into the US National election in November.
Something I remember about self-fulfilling prophesies.
"Children learn more from what you are than what you teach."
- W.E.B. Du Bois
Bezos and Musk are just DICKS
Like the CEOs of yesteryear, the current crop of corporate autocrats knows they can’t win the public to their cause: The optics of the world’s richest person (Musk) and the third-richest (Bezos) destroying American workers’ right to go union and win living wages could be, well, problematic. If rebuffed in the court of public opinion, though, they might just prevail in the courts of the United States.
https://americanprospect.bluelena.io/index.php
Still, Japan’s economy remains in a recession as—unlike in the US and much of the world—officials are keeping interest rates low to spur inflation and stop the yen from weakening.
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S: Morning Brew
The Economic Indicators are getting real jumbled...
Japan’s Nikkei stock index hit an all-time high. Stocks surged 2.1% yesterday, surpassing the record set in 1989 at the height of the country’s postwar economic boom. Nvidia’s epic Q4 earnings helped lift stocks around the world, but Japan’s surge was already bubbling, thanks to foreign investors, strong corporate profits, and the downturn in China.
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If lovin' you is wong, I don't wanna be wight...
E. Fudd
ON this date in 1999 - Garth Brooks attended spring training camp with the San Diego Padres as a non-roster player.
The Padres Foundation agreed to contribute to the Touch 'Em All Foundation in lieu of a salary to Brooks.
Little known fact: the foundation was actually a front for Bun Man to work his magic w/ les femmes.
He often told Mr. Purple "I ain't dying till I touch 'em all!"
OOPS, THE SECRET IS OUT.
ON this date in 1821 - The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries established the first pharmacy college.
Bun Man and Mr. Purple, who at the time fashioned themselves druggists, sent applications to the college. They were summarily rejected.
The response from the college was pointed. Sex, and drugs, and rock and roll aren't necessarily prerequisites for Pharmacy College.
So, the Boyz took this, made it into lyrics and sold it to Ian Drury and the Blockheads who made it an underground hit.
ON this date in 1945 - The 28th Regiment of the Fifth Marine Division of the U.S. Marines reached the top of Mount Surabachi.
A photograph of these Marines raising the American flag was taken.
Perhaps the most iconic photo of an American military force in action, Bun Man, Mr. Purple and I take our Army hats off and salute those and all Marines on this memorable day.
Hoorah from a Hooah Knight...
TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017