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in my last addition. ; )

(Feel free to add your own; the possibilities are endless...)

First: Cringeworthy (h/t Kevin Gosztola): Barack Obomba and Bruce Springstein have combined forces in a podcast they call “The Renegades”.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCwNZA-NhmQ]

Tell The Story--

The Adams victory was so much more lackluster than de Blasio 2013. It's the thing no one wants to say out loud. https://t.co/bO7jz7KCY6

— Ross Barkan (@RossBarkan) November 3, 2021

(Most recent, Salamander.)

When you smoke the cigarettes, and you have no money, you become accustomed to rhythmically changing brands. Because the cigarette Hitlers, they recurrently decide to stop distributing the good cheap ones. And then, you must flail for another.

I learned about the cigarette Hitlers from the woman at that little store over there on the corner, before the town burned down. The distributor, who brought to her the cigarettes, he was a Hitler, who only provided the cigarettes he Felt Like. She would ask for cigarettes, that she knew were out there in the world, and he would say: No. We have those. But you are not getting any. Also, he would provide her with only one good cheap brand. And this she would have to conceal behind a flap, there in the cigarette display case, the cigarettes hidden away, not visible, like porn, or some shit.

Good morning, everybody!

I've been wanting to write a few words about working with the right. This is the first of three essays.

Part I: The Walls Are Closing In

Big institutional investors have been spending billions and billions of dollars buying up single-family homes in order to rent them back to working class at elevated prices. Rents are up nationwide by a shocking and unsustainable 15% from last year.

We all know how white-collar crime is punished in the United States - it isn't.
At best there is a fine of less than the amount that was originally stolen. Sometimes the CEO loses his job, but not without a golden parachute.
Basically, there are no consequences in corporate America for fraud, corruption, or incompetence.
It's the exact opposite of how capitalism is supposed to function.