This is a winning strategy ONLY until the herd picks up on it. Theoretically, Congresscritter's investments are put into a blind trust, if you know what I mean, and I think you do. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

Generally speaking, those who take over after the founder who built the business retires of dies, are incompetent fools who will kill the business in short order.

#54 | Posted by danni at 2021-09-22 04:55 AM

Case study: Oshkosh B'Gosh was sold off by the grandchildren and in-laws of the founder, shortly after the company's 100th birthdy. The founder's children had day-to-day contact with the founder, who could explain why he acted in a given situation. Google it (see JFGI).

Forty years ago, my two daughters are "home-schooled" by "Sesame Street" and "The Electric Company." Also both parents were readers. The kids literally had to pry Mom or Dad away from a book to get any attention. The kids were reading way above their grade level until they got to college, which was done on academic scholarships.

This is border patrol agents' dream come true. Their fantasies of being able to whip brown people are finally being realized.

#9 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2021-09-21 06:58 PM

Dear SpeakSoftly,

It is even better than you think. The courageous Border Agents on their horses are whipping Black people who speak only French, and not English!

Best,

John47

I have written this many times, on different websites:

If your business plan when you submitted it to the bank for your business loan did not include decent wages and benefits, and the bank gave you money anyway, you done committed a fraud!

#19 | Posted by 503jc69 at 2021-09-18 08:40 AM | Reply | Flag:

Reefer madness level --------

#20 | Posted by qcp at 2021-09-18 09:12 AM

Dear QCP,

Never have I ever felt the urge to run down the hall and jump out the window! Has anybody besides me seen the colorized version? It is a hoot!

Best,

John47

I had this happen to me when I made the switch from fairly strong Mexican Ditchweed at 6%THC to my first experience with a hybrid at 15%THC. Presently there is available THC oil at 90-97%THC. Do not try anything more complicated for your experiment than sitting in a comfy chair listening to Tangerine Dream or Pink Floyd. Attempting to do your calculus homework will be an exercise in futility. The super-wasted effect goes away in about an hour. Your brain has just experienced a ride with an infinite improbability drive!

From whence did the first reports of the drone attack come? Until the dust settles, I'll be calling this incident as Al-Qaeda propaganda to demonize the US.

I hope the DC police have orders to shoot to kill, if anyone dares to scale the fence. If someone wants martyr themselves so be it.

#35 | Posted by a_monson at 2021-09-18 12:24 AM

Dear Monson,

Maybe better might be to have the company of NG infantry preload with the first round fired a blank. Give it a few seconds to sink in, then light up the insurrectionists who refuse to retreat. I am already sick of their sxxt.

Best,

John47

Dear Doc,

RE: #20

The favored sobriquet for Trumps funnel-weaver web hidey-hole is "Merde-a-Lardo."

Best,
John47

Oopsy, Grass was drafted into a Waffen-SS armored division as a tank gunner when he turned 17 near the end of WW2. The stories are still great, though.

Gunter Grass, German author and WW2 veteran, wrote in one the "Danzig Trilogy" stories, that if you did not wish to be lied to by politicians, you had to stand behind them when they were speaking.

My US Senators cancel each other out. There's Tammy Baldwin (WI-D), selflessly making government work for the people, and Ron (Rojo) Johnson (WI-R), a mouth-breather who makes most other US Senators MENSA candidates in comparison. I will be working to get Tammy re-elected when she runs again.

The above are just more reasons why I'll opt for NEVER visiting any of the states of the former Confederacy. I'll continue to cocoon in my Yankee home, thank you so vary much.

DANFORTH is the ONLY commenter to use "regressive" when discussing flat tax rates. Poor people get hurt by regressive taxes. Tobacco, alcohol, and gasoline taxes are regressive. Flat taxes only benefit the rich when they cannot completely escape income tax.

Added bonus, people who follow stupid and dangerous medical advice are killing themselves.

Those Republican sxxtwhistles have got to be stopped.

When alleged illegal abortions are reported from all over the Earth...if it weren't a dangerous threat to women's rights and women's health it would be funny. Wait, what if my 75-year-old wife somehow comes up with an ovum lodged someplace in her pipes?

America has had fiat currency, backed by only the good faith of the United States, for many, many years...also called "riding the tiger" in economist circles! Republican serve as fiscal scolds, and Democrats try to print money until the press gimbals begin to smoke. Same as it ever was.

The killing of the ISIS-K guy was fairly straightforward. Information is shared, vehicle is located, satellite-directed drone delivers a Reaper missile. Very clean. I am hoping somebody shares the video!

In the early Seventies, freshly home from the war, I belonged to the Campus Veterans Club. One of our favorite bars featured an upstairs balcony area with tables and chairs overlooking the stage. The band was covering "Sympathy For The Devil," and when they got to the "whoo-whoo" chorus, we all joined them...really, really loudly. The band stopped playing, and they were pointing up at us, shouting for us to STFU! Too funny!

What I liked most about Charlie Watts was his ability to make complicated drum riffs look easy. Anybody trying to emulate his relaxed-appearing style soon found out otherwise! Loved you, Charlie; depart in peace.

#6--I read into this that many anti-vaxxers never crossed the threshold of a college...
Nah, it is increasingly apparent many anti-vaxxers bailed on high school and further book learning way-y-y-y before they could ever get to college, and it shows.

I was taught by my parents to eschew people who were anti-book-learning at an early age. However, racial prejudice was NOT tolerated!

"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."

Mark -----

If Trump had pulled out at every opportunity, he would never have been able to letch on Ivanka!

Wow. Although I had NO plans to buy a new car, it looks like my 2000 Taurus SES (built in late 1999) will be getting another oil change at 255K on the odometer.