Dec 18, 2019

Perspective

Jeff Bezos has over $110 Billion.

That's 110,000 people with a million dollars each.

If Liz Warren's Wealth Tax had been in effect since 1983, Mr Bezos would still have more than $86 Billion.

We can stop feeling sorry for billionaires.


hat tip = Robert Reich

How It Usually Goes

Trump:
"It was the perfect crime." Sondland:
"We were all in on the crime." Mulvaney:
"We're all committing crimes all the time - get over it!" Giuliani:
"We're still criming. Try to stop us - I dare you." Chuck Todd:
"How will the Democrats be punished for solving the crime and bringing the criminals to justice?"

Today's Tweet



Make a joyful noise.

Dec 17, 2019

That Song

That Song In Every Musical That No One Likes --Sara Smallwood Parsons

Breakin' It Down

Bryan Tyler Cohen

(Cult45 says) "...it's rigged because Trump couldn't participate, but when they offered him a chance to participate, he said no because it was rigged because he hadn't had a chance to participate."

Today's Tweet




This should not be possible.

Today's Today

The Wright brothers got it all off the ground 116 years ago today.

So here's a bad joke to commemorate the occasion:

Orville: Weiner cave

Wilbur: No

Orville: Dick dimple?

Wilbur: Damn it - NO

Orville: Cock pit

Wilbur: (sigh) OK fine. Jeezus.

And some video:


Dec 16, 2019

Homemade Music

Things Have Changed --Bob Dylan (cover by Curtis Stigers)


Dopamine Addiction

A new one for me: Charlie & Ben podcast.


The sex talk is of particular interest to me (of course), but the segment following that - all about social media and the little jolts of happiness we feel when we get the thumbs up or the little red heart or whatever.

It gets a little iffy when they dive into YouTube and media control, but mostly it's really good.

Fascinating.

Today's Tweet



The genius of a salesguy who talked a suburban police department into buying a chunk of plexiglass mounted on a furniture dolly.

Maybe we're throwing just a bit too much money at solutions-in-search-of-problems, when what we really need to do is spend a few bucks to fix the fucking sidewalk.