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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Insert . . .

. . . 'musician' in place of comic

(from The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell)
". . . Many of these comics were feature acts who went on before the headliners, so they weren't getting paid the most money. But there was enough money being made in the '80s that feature acts could make a living, something that is impossible now unless you have some sort of mom's basement/living-out-of-your-car situation. And forget having kids or wanting to save money. There's a dwindling middle class in comedy just like there is a dwindling middle class in America . . . "

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Monday, May 13, 2019

News . . .

News for the many
And news for the few
Over and over
Fantastic still true

Its bad and its worse
But oncoming it is
'Til I've heard about all
I can take of all this

The principles displayed
By the ones with the power
To accomplish some good
Are now well past their flower

I hope there's still hope
Causing its hoping I do
And I'm doing it constantly
But my hopes approach few

Unless more folks can realize
The great value of fact
And can care bout each other
and accordingly act

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Sunday, May 12, 2019

Nothing . . .

. . . new . . .

(from Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by Gordon S. Wood)
". . . But most despairing to Adams were the 'Personal hatreds and Party Animosities' that consumed the capital. . ."

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Saturday, May 11, 2019

Celebrate . . .

(from Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by Gordon S. Wood)

". . . Adams thought the really important decision for independence had been taken on Julh 2, when the Congress voted to break away from the British empire. "The Second Day of July," he told Abigail, "will be the most memorable Epocha in the History of America." He believed that it "would be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great Anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by Solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.". . . "

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Friday, May 10, 2019

Despond . . .

"If we despond, public confidence is destroyed, the people will no longer yield their support to a hopeless contest, and American liberty is no more. Through the darkness which shrouds our prospects, the ark of safety is visible. Despondency becomes not the dignity of our cause, nor the character of those who are its supporters."
-Samuel Adams

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Thursday, May 9, 2019

Times . . .

. . . square, good, bad . . . or New York . . .

(from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/trump-tax-figures.html)
1. Mr. Trump was deep in the red even as he peddled deal-making advice

2. In multiple years, he appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual taxpayer
The tax results for the years that followed trace an arc of continued empire building — and gathering loss.

3. He paid no federal income taxes for eight of the 10 years

4. He made millions posing as a corporate raider — until investors realized he never followed through

5. His interest income spiked in 1989 at $52.9 million, but the source is a mystery

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Disagree . . .

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/despite-what-trump-says-tariffs-aren-t-boosting-american-economy-n1002331)

". . . Trump asserted that the tariffs already in place have boosted the economy. . .“These payments are partially responsible for our great economic results,” he tweeted on Sunday. . . Economists disagree. . .“It’s pretty hard to justify the argument that tariffs have strengthened the economy,” said Dan North, chief economist at Euler Hermes North America. “In the first quarter GDP report, there was a very sharp reduction in imports. Of course that makes GDP look bigger, so that would be a result of the tariffs coming into play. However, that is not a way to grow an economy,” he said. . ."

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