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Depending upon how deep one wants to go into the weeds this is a Substack post from Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance (no relation to the VP). Ms. Vance is a former United States Attorney, currently a law professor and a legal analyst for MSNBC.
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FWIW - I could not access the MFO site for about an hour this morning. The web message I received said that my browser (Safari) was working, the host (MFO) server was working but Cloudflare (some kind of go between I guess) was not functioning prope…
I agree as well. I would like to take a look at their monthly spending reports before getting all judgmental but these are likely the same folks who say I should make my own coffee, pack a lunch, eat at home, not have pets, repair my old vehicle etc…
Watching tonights Monday Night Football I sure miss the original trio of Cosell, Meredith, and Gifford and/or equally the Madden & Michaels duo. I think they just added to the excitement of the game.
@DrVenture who said: "I do a lot of yard care with a 1/2 acre and more than a dozen trees. I actually like the exercise and satisfaction of the process. It can get labor intensive in the fall though. I have already put out over 100 yard waste bags s…
I've near given up trying to figure out what "X" is worth vs. what "X" is currently selling for or priced at whether it be the mag7 or AI-related equities or gold or crypto coins you name it. None of it seems real to me but here we are.
Heather Cox Richardson from Letters from an American, November 16, 2025
"In Lincoln’s day, and in the Gilded Age, and in the 1930s, Americans pushed back against those trying to establish an aristocracy in the United States. That project appears to…
“Raping slightly older children doesn’t make you a pedo” is totally something people who don’t rape kids would say. Right?
Megyn Kelly Eviscerated Over Epstein Remark
I've been wondering if WB let the portfolio go static and the cash build up to go out on a calm note and let Mr. Abel take the reins of a fresh horse. It will be interesting to see what transpires although it could just be business as usual.
"Can the government shutdown again at the end of January if the Republicans do not negotiate on heath care to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credit?"
I take it that this was a serious question. I would hold no hope at all of that happening when…
And then there's this:
"The Trump administration recently instructed states to “immediately undo” any measures taken to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income households through SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). This directi…
Candy Dulfer, Dave Stewart: Lily Was Here.
You'll see lots of Ulco Bed, too.
@Crash - Too Cool!
And I agree with @Observant 1 on Levon Helm: Ophelia at The Ryman. Fun stuff!
From a WaPo email I received written by Shira Ovide - The Tech Friend:
Bonkers dollars in AI
Maybe you’ve heard that artificial intelligence is a bubble poised to burst. Maybe you have heard that it isn’t. (No one really knows either way, but that…
They should start by grounding all private aircraft. The shutdown would be over tomorrow or Monday. (Can't remember if those clowns work on the weekend.) It's been 37 days since they even showed up in DC.
"Gosh, the way Republicans are carrying on about Mamdani, you’d think he had been convicted of 34 felonies, had a trail of legal penalties for various frauds, and lost two civil rape trials or something."
Mamdani quote In todays Letter From an American:
“And while we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together. Hope over tyranny. Hope over big money and small ideas. Hope over despair. We won because New Yorkers allowed themselves to hope that the…
