What Huffpost thinks of the new bill:
“It makes the rich get richer, kicks down the poorest, helps ICE detain Americans, kills clean energy jobs and throws grandma out of her nursing home.” — I’ll go with that.
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Baseball expression: “A walk is as good as a hit.” Not to me. Why?
- Some hits are 2, 3 or 4 bases (home run). A walk is only to first base.
- A hit improves the batter’s average; a walk does not.
- If there is a runner on first, a hit, even a single, often moves that runner to third. With a walk, he only goes to second.
- Sometimes with a hit, the fielder misplays it, and you can get to second.
- Hits are more exciting for the fans!
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Useless Fact of the Day: Elvis Didn’t Write Any of the Songs He Performed
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I was reading about redundant expressions, and came up with these:
Blend together (is there another way?)
Revert back
Protect against
Major breakthrough
New innovations
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Half of all private-sector workers in the U.S. have no access to a retirement plan, study finds
This is disturbing. One cannot reasonably retire on just social security, and that is under attack.
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5 Famous Events in History That Never Really Happened
–so, if they never happened . . . they are part of “history?” – This is up there with a headline I have seen many times about seeing “Pictures of Real Vikings!”
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Private equity firms want to get at your 401(k). Trump might let them.
Reminds me of George Bush saying we should privatize social security – that’s right, give all that money to Wall Street wise guys to play with! Trust them to do what is right for you!
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The federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is a cruel joke. It has not changed since 2009. The minimum wage when I started college, in 1964, was $1.25. I wonder if that had more buying power than now? I looked it up: A wage of $1.25 in 1965 would be equivalent to $11.94 today, according to StudyFinance.com. Didn’t say about buying power. I do remember that a glass of cheap beer in the nearest bar to my school costs .35 cents.
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Good news for old people. Yesterday, for the second time, I wore hearing aids in the shower. I let them dry out and they still work! Not recommended.
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Last night we watched that new movie about Bob Dylan – A Complete Unknown – I thought it was very good, especially if you are old enough, or a fan enough, to remember the songs. We saw Dylan perform live some years ago, and did not know about his “conversion” to electric guitars and rock and roll, and were a bit disappointed he didn’t play hardly any of the old songs.
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Fact of the Day: Economists estimate only 8% of the world’s money exists as physical cash. – This leaves a whole lot in accounts, in the cloud, or even crypto? – At least we can’t have runs on the banks anymore, like in the 1930’s (I don’t think).
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Another Useless Fact: John Tyler was the president with the most biological children – he had 15, with two wives. Five presidents had none, and only one never married (Buchanan).
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Just learned: There is a company that makes travel stuff, like bags. They call their company Away. Slogan? “Where there’s a will, there’s Away.” Yeah, I suppose someone did get paid for writing that.
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Five words I have for Trump and the election deniers:
“You lost. Get over it.”
Election deniers are likely the same folks who still believe Obama was born in Kenya. Or that trickle-down economics works for working folks. And the Sandy Hook School shootings were staged (maybe by the same folks who staged our moon landings?).
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The latest estimate on parts of Trump’s “big, beautiful bill:”
The legislation would take away health insurance for nearly 12 million people and add at least $3.3 trillion to the national debt over a decade, according to a new estimate from the Congressional Budget Office. That number would rise to nearly $4 trillion when including interest. – Who says Republicans don’t like deficit spending? Well, it’s all about who benefits, isn’t it? Cleverly, the cuts to Medicaid will not take full effect until after the 2026 mid-term elections.
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Lab-grown salmon is on sale for the first time in the U.S.
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First piece of political spin in our history? I submit this:
“All men are created equal.” — From our Declaration of Independence.
Really? You think that the so-called founding fathers believed that? They never considered black/brown/red/yellow men as equals, and NO women were. A married woman, for example, could not own property.
Then, you can read the original Constitution, which allowed slavery . . . more spin. And still no votes for anyone except older, white, males. And no direct vote for president or senators.
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From Trump, apparently not knowing the name of a person he met:
Trump: “I’m going to send letters, that’s the end of the trade deal. I could send one to Japan. Dear Mr. Japan, here’s the story. You’re going to pay a 25% tariff on your cars, you know? So, we give Japan no cars. They won’t take our cars.” – Can you imagine the outcry if Obama had addressed a world leader like that? Wait, that’s different . . .
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And thanks to Musk and Trump:
| Scientists are losing access to a key tool for tracking hurricanes. |
What is it? Government satellite data that keeps tabs on storms at night. When the Pentagon cuts it off at the end of the month, forecasters could miss rapidly intensifying storms.
And: Mauna Loa. Trump administration’s proposed budget seeks to shut down Hawaii laboratory. Responsible for most conclusive evidence of human-caused climate change since 1950s. Multiple climate labs could close.
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Didja Know? That Trump now sells perfume that comes in bottles that are gold colored and come in a bottle that looks like him. Buy yours today! Might match your golden $400. Trump Sneakers!
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Real names of some Hollywood icons:
Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz)
Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson, later Baker)
John Wayne (Marion Morrison) – who was not in the room when execs changed it
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In tennis: A player at Wimbledon set a record with a 153 mph serve – and lost the point.
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On the fourth: That hot dog eater guy, Joey, ate 70 hot dogs, with buns, in 10 minutes. Makes me ill just thinking about that!
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Mark Twain quote: “Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
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I hate to end on a sad note, but yes, friends, the Trumpers are winning – for now. To me, Trump is a lot like Bush, Jr. — a stupid man who is politically clever. He counts on the general public not paying much attention, being gullible, and/or having a short memory; and sadly, that is too often true.
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All for now,
Kevin
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