Mamdani speech marks the 250th

[Bernard]

Class.

Link to video

A shame he won't be able to run for president. The Hill reports yesterday that one out of three Americans would vote for a "Democratic Socialist". 45% would not. A full 2/3 of Democrats would. Considering the way the word 'socialist' is dragged through the mud, these are surprising numbers. But why not? It's what the Democrats used to be until corporate dems took over.

[jon-nyc]

I think Mamdani’s career has hit its peak. Like you point out he can’t run for P or VP, and I doubt he could win statewide.

[Axtremus]

Happy Independence Day and Semiquincentennial to all my fellow Americans!

Also Google "semiquincentennial", there is an Easter Egg for that.

[AndyD]

Happy Independency Day to all here.
On the occasion of your first 250 years, a British thank you:

Thanks first for jazz, for Waller, Tatum, Monk, Corea, Jarrett. And so many many more. Fabulous contribution to the world.

Thanks for the truly epic trips to the moon, and the joy of watching idiots trying to prove it all simply never happened.

Thanks for your spectacular National Parks.

Thanks for your faux monarchies, love em or hate em. Their pictures on currency, naming rights, wholesale cashing in by members of the various dynastic families.

For wonderful skyscrapers and for New York in particular.
And Disneyland of course.

For being a world leader in so many things. Comedies, advertising, capitalism, gerrymandering; and yes, gun deaths & school shootings.

So we celebrate your first 250 and look forward to more of the American Dream; to the return of Freedom, Justice and the American Way.