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  • Yo Yo Ma quits

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  • 2026

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    AxtremusA
    Yes, ballooning deficit's impacts can be (1) spread across the populace and (2) delayed such that the they are not felt by select demographics until after the mid-term election.
  • Ukraine

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    This was in my news feed. Zelensky: Ukraine agrees deals for 'hundreds of thousands' of drones https://share.google/Z7gcDJoqvAg0EQqXp
  • What are you watching?

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    We are binging Younger too. Writing is hilarious. Really well paced. Lots for me to like--NYC, publishing world, hot guys... Great escapist entertainment.
  • Dementia is a cruel condition.

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    rustyfingersR
    Heartbreaking. A grandparent on each side suffered from dementia. I met a very intelligent elderly man at a party recently who had many stories, but could not find the words he needed in order to tell them. She was lucky to have such a devoted family around her during this devastating progression. May your memories of her earlier life comfort you, and may you find the peace you and Sarah deserve.
  • Bezos wedding

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    NinaN
    @Axtremus said in Bezos wedding: It's their wedding. Their party. They paid for it. They get to wear as many diamond rings as they want. I wouldn't want anyone else to tell me how many diamond rings I get to wear to my own wedding. I'm hearing my father's voice..."just because you can doesn't mean you should"
  • Jonathan Gruber interview

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  • It passed in the Senate

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    wtgW
    The Porky Pig bill. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/04/from-rum-to-gun-silencers-tailored-tax-breaks-add-billions-to-megabill-00438962
  • Happy Independence Day!

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    To be fair to George 3rd, although he was against your independence, He didn't develop or impose the taxes on the colonies, nor send troops. It was our government, simply trying to finance and administer some kind of order in a vast country; that was far beyond our capability to manage. George was a very cultured and educated family man, before the strain of his role and illness got to him in the 1780's. His thousands of books became the core of our British Library.
  • Is it a requirement?

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  • 'Alligator Alcatraz", ready for a hurricane. Rain, not so much.

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    @AdagioM, I see your point. There's been a lot of sadism on display in the news in recent memory.
  • Siberia?

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    @Daniel. said in Siberia?: As an aside, Big Al, I'm curious to know if you think money buys the most happiness when you give it away? Yes, I do, Daniel. I think it is an idea that was ingrained in me at an early age, particularly by my father. I sometimes accompanied him when he would take a box of food to someone who was out of work or some surplus clothing or furniture to a family who had suffered a disaster. He and my mother donated to causes they believed in, even though we were far from wealthy. We lived on a dairy farm in eastern Ohio with my paternal grandparents and we never had cause to go hungry, but we didn't have a lot of cash to spend on luxuries. My sister sometimes resented some things my father did, saying that he was wasting his time and money on useless bums. Sometimes, that was probably true, but knowing that before doing something to help them wasn't always possible and only became apparent after the fact. That also made me subscribe to the old saying, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." I've been fortunate enough in my own life to seldom really be down and out, but I've had enough dry periods that I could wonder where the next dollar was coming from. I have some empathy for those who are closer to that circumstance more often. I can also appreciate how a small kindness can make a big difference in a person's day, whatever form that kindness might take. I also support a variety of civic institutions through donations and memberships because I think they enrich the community and I would be sorry to see than shrink or vanish, Many of them offered free or discounted admissions to youth and students and I think that is valuable. I know I welcomed such opportunities when I was young. Big Al
  • Welcome to America!

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    MikM
    Great history. Good looking ancestors!
  • The whiff of corruption

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    This product came from a time machine that someone used to travel back to the '80's. Lol.
  • California rolls back environmental protection laws for housing ...

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    Exactly.
  • Evolution and guinea pig toes

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    RontunerR
    That was an interesting read - thanks!
  • On a Portuguese beach

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  • Federal budget across agencies

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  • American Recorder Concertos Michala Petri

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    Interesting.
  • Chuckles

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