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But in place of the East Wing, Trump will give us another Graceland, one even more tacky than what Elvis had made. Trump would may have an eye for detail, but absolutely no taste whatsoever. I would hope whoever succeeds to the oval office next redecorate this monument to tackiness.

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I think the Blue Jays just proved that every time Trump has a baby tantrum and spanks Canada, Canada punishes US on the sports ball (or puck) playing field (or ice).

Go Canada!
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BoSoxGal wrote:
Sat Oct 25, 2025 10:39 am
I think the Blue Jays just proved that every time Trump has a baby tantrum and spanks Canada, Canada punishes US on the sports ball (or puck) playing field (or ice).

Go Canada!
Well, the winner is crowned World Champion, so shouldn't the only team that is based in a part of the world outside the US of A win the big shiny prize once in a while?

I'm just wondering when MLB will expand into Japan and Latin America and make the Fall Classic a true WORLD Series??
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I just listened to Nebraska for the first time in my life this afternoon, so I could be ready for the biopic.

I can’t believe I’ve never heard this fantastic album before!
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Way back in prehistoric times when Kansas city had a ball club called 'The Blues and it was a farm team for the Yankees, It was part of a real world series. At least western hemisphere. The league included at least one team from Canada and a couple of teams from the Caribbean. And it was a very competitive league. Of course everybody knew the real great players were on the Kansas City Monarchs team, which the Yankees were afraid to play against even in a single exebition game.

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Nebraska? Me too I am a music snob. If it is popular, I don't want it. Have no Springsteen music in my collection. So based on my great resprct for you, BSG, I just ordered the cd from Amazon. It may be a subtle joke from Mr. Bezos. Product information said it usually ships in three to six months.

snailgate.

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Burning Petard wrote:
Fri Oct 31, 2025 11:38 pm
Nebraska? Me too I am a music snob. If it is popular, I don't want it. Have no Springsteen music in my collection. So based on my great resprct for you, BSG, I just ordered the cd from Amazon. It may be a subtle joke from Mr. Bezos. Product information said it usually ships in three to six months.

snailgate.
I got four free months of Apple Music and have been downloading albums to listen to in my car, because I have been trying to take a break from NPR on account of I’m starting to struggle with my mental health over the fascism.

I truly hope you like the album as much as I do, I would be sorry that you bought it if you don’t.

I was only 11 when it released and I was listening to the Muppet album and my mom’s Carpenters and Helen Reddy albums, also my very first album which was Rex Smith lol (I’m sure nobody but me here knows who he even is).

Anyway because of age and my parents’ taste in music I didn’t really hear Bruce until Born in the USA, which was a high school friend’s favorite album and she had a car but I didn’t, so I heard that album so much I got really sick of Bruce and didn’t really check out much of his later work either, I’m sorry to say. He speaks to me better now as a mature person, so I’m taking advantage of free music access to explore his whole discography. I listened to all of Nebraska on my drive from work to a dr appt and back home afterward and it was so good especially that it just totally disconnected me in the best kind of way from the stress of driving during rush hour in eastern Masshole land.
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"driving during rush hour in eastern Masshole land." Agree, it is nothing Like Nebraska. 1965 North Western Nebraska. "Well If you want to go there, take the main road out of town. About a mile and half past the water tower, you should see a dirt road on your right. Take that for about 4 miles and you should see the gate for his ranch. You can't miss it." Everybody had a compass mounted on the front windshield and a rifle rack on the rear window of their pickup. It held cheap military surplus rifle, loaded with cheap military surplus ammo. Used to shoot coyotes wherever by everybody.

Now you might see the racks, but they usually have an umbrella or a fishing rig. GPS has done away with the compass (and free roadmaps at the gas station.)

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My collie slayed another squirrel yesterday; I left him on the front lawn with plans to remove him in the morning once he'd become less warm and pliable. Out early and he's gone - none of my human housemates are responsible.

So my question in, do zombie squirrels lust for squirrel brains, or human brains, or the brains of the dogs that did them in?
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All of the above.

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I generally love my job and the people I work with. All of that is undercut by fucking horrible management. At this point I’m completely burnt out and am demotivated to do any work whatsoever
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.

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Crackpot wrote:
Mon Nov 03, 2025 3:44 pm
I generally love my job and the people I work with. All of that is undercut by fucking horrible management. At this point I’m completely burnt out and am demotivated to do any work whatsoever
Same. And I'm a sole practitioner.
GAH!

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Crackpot wrote:
Mon Nov 03, 2025 3:44 pm
I generally love my job and the people I work with. All of that is undercut by fucking horrible management. At this point I’m completely burnt out and am demotivated to do any work whatsoever
I suggest you stop fucking horrible management. It must interfere with work performance and mess up the desks
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:lol: @ Sue & Meade
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