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Brace for a tectonic demographic shift: the imminent and unprecedented aging of the United States of Graymerica.

bostonglobe.com/2023/09/18/mag

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The U.S. Constitution was signed today in 1787 in Philadelphia.

'A Republic If You Can Keep It.' ~Benjamin Franklin~

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If you're still undecided about 2024, here's a tip:

Vote for the candidate who isn't endorsed by Vladimir Putin.

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Rolling Stone Founder Jann Wenner has been removed from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame board after admitting in a New York Times interview that he excluded Black and women artists from the magazine because they weren’t “articulate” enough for him.

tmz.com/2023/09/16/rolling-sto

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“Currently, the average price of a used car hovers around $27,000 with an interest rate of 11.7% for a car loan”. Egads.

Used car: someone’s second hand reject that comes with baggage and a slick talking salesman.

consumerreports.org/cars/buyin

In the last two years I suddenly have bobcats showing up. Habitat loss no doubt.
Colorado.

Up on Mt. Evans a couple of years ago. Moutain goats doing mountain goat things. Colorado.

In my backyard two years ago.
Black bear eating bird seed.
Colorado.

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30 years ago today the pilot episode aired. That year, reports of alien abductions sky rocketed in the US and Scandinavian countries were reporting recurrent nightmares in children who had watched the series.

The World Trade Center September 10th, 2001. Photo taken by an Australian tourist on a rainy day. The day before. via David Beschloss (historian)

Looking into the future. Bush, Reagan and Gorbachev at the World Trade Center.
December 1988.

"The Supreme Court’s decision in the 2010 Citizens United case transformed the world of politics. It loosened restrictions on campaign spending and unleashed a flow of anonymous donor money to nonprofit groups run by political activists." see below

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I keep thinking "If a Nazi memorabilia collector buying Clarence Thomas's mother's house didn't trigger an impeachment investigation, nothing will."
- Elie Mystal

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Life’s pretty good when you have good food, water, love and can sleep all of the time…

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