Glad everyone is OK.

@ShiroKuro This is interesting. Before the advent of long-playing LPs, people with record players could only listen to three to five minutes of music at a time. Each record typically had two songs on it, one on each side. In the 60s, 45 rpms were pretty popular, ditto situation. So perhaps listening to "album-length" music is an anomaly?

Most terms of office are a mixed bag of some sort or another. From what I've read, Rahm's approval rating as mayor fell below 20%, so there was obviously some discontent. And his mayorship has not been scandal-free. But the other thing about Rahm Emanuel is his strong ties to old party blood. He was in the Clinton and Obama administrations at high levels. We need new blood. @kluurs wrote, One thing that would be interesting is he has no love for Netanyahu - that could be a deal breaker or maker for some. Yes, also he rejects AIPAC and supports a two-state solution. At least there's that. I wish him luck, but I hope someone fresher comes along for the primaries.

The Hydrogen powered Mirai.https://www.toyota.com/mirai/ Get your own little Hindenburg.

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It’s clearly the work of those same aliens responsible for crop circles.

I just did a Google's AI search about relations between country x and country y. I thought I was reading Cold War propaganda. It was wild.

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Oh, it just occurred to me that maximum annual contribution and market volatility are not related to each other. Duh. I had to leave the USAA page alone and do something else. It's almost sunset. It's finally cooled off again. I might return to it tonight. I might wait until tomorrow.

@Mark Place "WOW" emoji here.

My grandfather kept one for upkeep on the farm ditches. He called them by an older name, "motor patrol". He would stand and watch it work. He would stop it and tell the driver what he wanted more frequently than was necessary I am sure. The water drainage district did more of that work in later years. No doubt my grandfather told them how to do it.

@AdagioM said: Ewww. But well played. Exactly that. Thanks

The Oracle founder bought CBS, the largest private donor to the IDF in history. I already knew of him because he bought an entire Hawaiian island. He bought one of the neighbor islands. CBS is not news. And the attack on 60 Minutes was predictable.