Found a fun little factoid … seems that back in 1912, the Astors were the wealthiest family in America, and John Jacob Astor was the richiest rich of the lot. But he died on the Titanic. Guess money don’t float. Isidor Straus(s?) and his wife Ida, owners of Macy’s … apparently, he refused to leave …
taxes, court interdictions, gen. yuckery
Meth Barbie, or the Deplorable MTG
There appears to be much hate for Georgia’s export of toxic waste in human format, ergo Meth Barbie, and with good reason. She (what is a woman?) did heckle a sitting president during his State of the Union address (but what Rethuglican hasn’t tho’ really?) and claimed that one Illinois elementary school got $5B in …
Breeding for Bonzo
When you don’t have kids, you’re incredibly self-centered. And when you do, you become even more so. Methinks: how could you not? There a little half version of you walking about in the world. If anyone has had a child after, say, 2010, methinks the decision stems more from hubris than the notion that the …
Mark
Saw a CBN story from about a year ago … China is switching to digital currency to go along with that social credit score. That way, the Chinese Communist Gub’mnt can monitor/track all spending, every financial transaction, every purchase, and — if disapproved — can cut off the user’s access to funds immediately in real …
What Is This Dead Thing?
Started off the New Year with some gruesome … theKid attends a private school (of course) quite a distance from the house (of course) and the area is somewhat rural … not entirely, because “Murrica ain’t really that where we live, but there is/are farms, livestock, and long stretches of road between stoplights/intersections, such ‘n …
Color Me Horrified
OK SO THE APOCALYPSE IS COMING BUT NOT FASTER THAN THE DECLINE OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION Sorry for shouting but I feel I must scream. At least I have a mouth (thank you, H. Ellison, and you claim to have never done drugs / good on you) see, as envisioned & foretold, AI is being weaponized …
Not Paying for That
Apparently, there’s another epidemic ravaging America, and I had no clue. Which isn’t hard, because I cultivate not having a clue, but even this one is surprising to me. Who knew … that fentanyl overdoses are the leading cause of death in ’Murrica for those between 18 and 49. What? Yeh. News Makes me wonder …
In Other End Times News …
Apparently, back in October ’22 some judge in NY decided that the laws relating to … ahem … “homosexual marriage” must also apply to … wait for it … polyamory as well. What is “polyamory,” you (Other Person, You) ask? Well, simply stated, it is the fully-disclosed, consensually-agreed sharing of genitals with multiple people and …
Not Mad, Bro
Happy to be wrong! No blue blood bath, the red wave was a mere spotting, and it appears that DeSantis and Trump will consume one other in a glorious and protracted battle of nonwits. Things may be looking up. Fetterman won (Oz was just awkward, and disloved by the O), Michigan won, the most boringest …
Election Night in ‘Murrica
I’m old enough to remember the gas lines from the 70’s but too young to have felt any actual pain from them. My Elder had to remember the vehicle license place and the days those plates could get gas (odd/even) Inflation sucks. But it’s a good thing … (should) make folks spend less or not …