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"You know that I searched and I searched and I searched and I searched but I never seen no U-Haul behind no hearse" Cootie Stark on Kenny Wayne Sheppard's 10 Days Out-Blues from the Backroads Album
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'“You think white folks gonna give $20 million to Lowndes County?” he says, laughing. “Man, they don’t even come down here to look at the problem. They can’t even take the smell.”'

There are still good people out there.

This is the biggest problem facing the world today. Nothing else comes close.

"Build a plant that depends on imported parts, and Trump may cut you off at the knees with new tariffs. Build a plant that’s only profitable if tariffs stay in place, and Trump may cut you off at the knees by backing down." - Paul Krugman

The credibility of the US government is completely shot. Gone. Annihilated. Nobody anywhere in the world can believe a single word that comes out of this Administration. Ever.

The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

This is how I feel after these last several days.

Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

Penduline tit making its home

Every time I look at this graph it makes my heart hurt. What is wrong with us?

Do we live in a completely lawless country?

I do believe this is s close to the truth as anything I have heard so far.

"Unconscionable!"

This is exactly right. They have zero empathy.

This is what the United States has become: kidnappers of children.

New York! 😳 Fifth Avenue is filled. Trump will hate this 🎉 #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #HandsOff2025