ON this date in 1846 - After the impassioned cries from Bun Man and Mr Purple saying "Doc, you gotta give me somethin' for the pain", dentist William T. Morton invented Ether, the painkiller.

It was used for the first time and suddenly Dr Morton found many, many more patients lining up to get their teeth fixed.

ON this date in 1989 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush signed the Gramm-Rudman budget reduction law that ordered federal programs be cut by $16.1 billion.

Senators Bun Man and Mr. Purple supported the measure to ensure the federal deficit shrunk.

The Boyz always thought it was ironic that Bush's son would preside over one of the biggest increases of the deficit and totally wipe out a federal surplus.

Bun Man just said, "Kinda like what the Gramm-Rudman Budget Reduction law (signed on this day in 1989) did to the current 'congressional civil war' huh?"

I replied, "Right you are, dude, right you are..."

Ultimately, we all have to decide how to maintain the union and live within our means...

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ONLY CIVILITY KEEPS US CIVIL

ON this date in 1859 - Abolitionist John Brown led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA (now located in West Virginia).

While unsuccessful, this ill-advised raid led ultimately to the outbreak of hostilities which became the Civil War.

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ZEP AWAKENS

ON this date in 1968 - The New Yardbirds played their first concert.

The band later changed their name to Led Zeppelin.

Bun Man and Mr. Purple, longtime London partiers, were there as they had followed the many lineup changes in the original Yardbirds (Clapton, Beck, Paige, etc.).

Led Zep found some success on both sides of the Atlantic, and there were good times, bad times, you know they had their share...

Mr. P countered “And if you don’t have money or the ability to get more money?”

“They throw your ass in the slammer...guaranteeing you will never have money or the ability to get more money” replied Bun.

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Listening intently as Mr. Purple and I always do, Bun said “This continued a trend where white folk paid fines and escaped prison when clearly there should have been jail time.”

Always inquisitive, Mr. P asked “How come?”

Said Bun, “Little buddy, you see, if you have money or people think you have the ability to get money, they will keep you in a position where you can continue to put more money into the spin machine…”

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ENRON BABY

ON this date in 2002 - The Arthur Andersen accounting firm was sentenced to five-years’ probation and fined $500,000 for obstructing a federal investigation of the energy company Enron.

Bun Man schooled us on this one.

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"There is no credible model showing that a big tax cut would pay for itself."

And economist said this, I just can't remember who it was.

And in the end,

The love you take is equal to the love you make...

#minhowlkinmoments

#45 CAMPAIGN ESSENCE

I find it tragically ironic that after almost 200 years of official governmental policy expressly discriminating against African Americans and other minorities, and after over 100 years under which discrimination continued without official governmental approbation, we now have...

WHITE DUDES FEELING THREATENED TO LIVE IN THE AMERICA THEY CREATED.

2010 Victory Vision...Heart of a Crotch Rocket, soul of a Tourer...

THIS was a sweet ride; gave up riding to increase my chances for longevity.

It's so very, very sad when One has to be constantly judged based upon the record of their achievements and not the shite they can throw out to defame and ridicule others...

It's almost as if they are judged the same way everyone else in the world is judged...

So unfair to Trump and his band of thieves and grifters.

We moved to SW Utah in 2020...

I knew the West was different, but apparently even the Public Works Departments workout to stay in shape...

Went by where they were working and the sign read

SHOULDER WORK

GETTING UNSTUCK

Morning Mellow Friends,

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: Hey Melo, what’s going on?
Melo: Dude, I just stepped in somethin’, not cool.
KD: Then, why are you winking?
M: I’m not winking Bro, I’m showing frustration.
KD: Oh? What frustrates you now?
M: Dude, I should recognize these pitfalls and adjust, will keep my paws cleaner.
KD: Wow, you can make adjustments?
M: Bro, if you don’t adjust, you get stuck.
KD: Melo, teach me how to make that face.

Mercury and Venus

Moon trivia

As NASA’s Europa Clipper heads off to Jupiter’s moon, Europa, here’s a question about moons in the Solar System:

Every planet in the Solar System has at least one moon, except two planets, which don’t have any.

What planets are they?

You know who we are not hearing a lot from now is

NEWT 'FUCKIN' GINGRICH

That SOB started this whole shitshow, you'd think he'd at least stay around for the stench.

ON this date in 1860 - Grace Bedell, 11 years old, wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln.

The letter stated that Lincoln would look better if he would grow a beard.

After reading this, Bun Man turned to me and Mr. Purple and said he was going to go pen a letter.

When we asked to whom the letter would be written, Bun replied, "I'm writing it to all Congress persons, they got way too much ASS showing right now, a beard will help a lot of the men and a few of the women."

Minnie Driver