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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
Hope it doesn't get to the point in the USA where we start to feel our only hope is to find OUR own Claus von Stauffenberg.
COSO Sunday Sassy theme, Bruno Mars/Silk Sonic style
Leave The Door Open
BRITNEY NEVER CAUGHT A BREAK
ON this date in 2000 - It was announced that Britney Spears would be releasing her own brand of bubble gum, "Britney Spears CD Bubble Gum", in March of that year.
Bun Man and Mr. Purple tried it when it came out; the wrappers barely covered the gum and the more the chewed it, the worse it tasted.
The gum didn't last on the market long, and so it goes and goes and goes...
ON this date in 1919 - The state of NE became the first state to place a tax on gasoline.
The tax was 1 cent per gallon.
NE state legislators Bun Man and Mr. Purple voted against the assessment saying, "This is a slippery slope!"
But soon, the whole freakin' nation was following and legislators all over the country were funding their pet projects by taxing the shit out of everything.
This is why marijuana will be legal, it's the next new revenue source for governments.
ON this date in 1751 - Edward Willet displayed the first trained monkey act in the U.S.
Hearing this, Kingmakers Bun Man and Mr. Purple, hurried to Willet's house to determine and learn the training techniques.
The Boyz envisioned the usage in many public campaigns and lo and behold the Boyz' training was so successful, that by the mid 1800s, their monkey training had been instilled in all sitting Congressmen.
and Mr. P countered "Yea, to think this happened over buying elections..."
Bun Man said "Marcos should have come to America and gotten in bed w/ the KOCH BROTHERS, Hell, they buy elections every day in America..."
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ON this date in 1986 - Filippino President Ferdinand E. Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule after a tainted election.
Social commentators Bun Man and Mr. Purple were most interested in this outcome. Bun Man said, "What's the world coming to that a self-indulgent despot can't remain in power forever?"
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Morning Peeps,
Hope you all have a great Sunday...
Historybook: Hiram Revels becomes first African American in US Congress (1870); Beatles guitarist George Harrison born (1943); Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, defeats Sonny Liston to win his first world heavyweight title (1964); HBD actress Téa Leoni (1966); RIP playwright and poet Tennessee Williams (1983).
"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
- Muhammad Ali
And then it hits me, I'm paraphrasing Blondie's One Way or Another.
One side or the other, you're gonna find it, you're gonna to the middle for a short while, one side or other, it's gonna get ya, it'll get ya...
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Fellow Traffic Judges of the World, hear this...(You know who you are, you can detect, monitor and adjust traffic on your whim (of course, you're doing some darting and weaving back and forth, but hey, we judge, you don't).
So, I'm driving home from supporting the Mikster, and this person in front of me is on the left, then on the right.
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Some views in St George are pretty special...Mikster has an event at Entrada CC, I'm in support mode
12: City blocks that would be required for parking spaces if the Empire State Building was built with today’s requirements, according to urban policy journalist Henry Grabar’s Paved Paradise.
76%: Percentage of US college students who say they have to pay to park on campuses, according to a 2022 Inside Higher Ed survey.
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S: Morning Brew
The Cost of USA Traffic Choices
1,825: Total vehicle miles cars travel per curb space every year just looking for parking, according to Donald Shoup’s The High Cost of Free Parking.
$1 billion: How much New York City is currently owed in unpaid parking and speeding tickets, according to the Independent Budget Office.
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Purchasing a Car?
The next time you do this, spend a great deal of time looking at it just sitting. You need to gain an appreciation for how your car looks just standing still.
You will want to emulate your car in its preferred and also used life status.
95%: The amount of time your car spends parked in its lifetime, according to Donald Shoup’s The High Cost of Free Parking.
S: Morning Brew
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