At the Triple Door in Seattle to see comedian Gareth Reynolds. Can't imagine he'll have any topical event material. 😂

@evamarie
During that boom period, the top marginal tax rate was over 90%.

After Kennedy's assassination, it started going down as politics began to require massive amounts of money for TV ads. The rich began buying tax breaks, and that's why the middle class is suffering.

The stock market is 80% owned by under 1000 families. It's not an economic bellweather for the common people.

My Lyft driver is a black immigrant. He's handling this better than I am.

I've got to get over it. I'll be fine. Him? Not so sure.

Purple: lol, very clever.
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There's no way he lasts 4 years. His dementia is obvious now to those who know dementia. In a year, maybe two, it will be obvious to even his cult members.

JD Vance will be #48, and Project 2025 will accelerate. As Pink Floyd said: "Time to go!"

OMFG.

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Elvin Bishop, "Struttin' My Stuff"
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https://youtu.be/7VC1fUBSkT0

@MMH
I keep forgetting.

(lol. jk. My wife worked in memory care for 40 years.)

This is bunker fuel: the filthiest, cheapest, most polluting fuel available. It's used for shipping, and is a tremendous greenhouse gas emitter.

International shipping is a huge problem, that's not being addressed. Buying foreign-made instead of locally sourced contributes tremendously to global warming.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBx9Z8-NEDm/

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Boat?
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er.
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@EdgeOErin
$10 million is a day's income for him.
That's a $200 potato for most of us.

@Susandoyle @MookyTroubadour

Amateurs.

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@MookyTroubadour @northernbassist

I would argue that the moose version is less sophisticated, certainly less aware of anything but immediate surroundings.

If at first you don't succeed, you may be as wrong as possible.
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Moxy Früvous, "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors"
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New rule: The board members of any company making a consumer product; must open the packaging and assemble/ prepare the product use at their board meetings.

If a board member is under 55, their mother, father, or other elderly relative must do so instead.

It's becoming a real struggle to open foods, and I made the mistake of buying scissors online. Had to break out the lineman pliers, again, and I keep the ChannelLocks in the kitchen drawer now.