Didn't know that before and not exactly surprised. Apparently there are multiple bands named "Beethoven", including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camper_Van_Beethoven

Yeah, Trump is the symptom more than the problem. Warren's plan sounds a lot like central planning to me.

Some sort of suburbs of torture, but the traffic is not bad at all.

Teen birth rates hit another historical low in 2025, CDC says https://www.npr.org/2026/04/09/nx-s1-5777587/teen-birth-rates-hit-another-historical-low-2025-cdc The teenage birth rate in the U.S. fell by 7% in 2025, ... Reasons cited include: higher use of contraception and lower sexual activity for youth, and ... continued access to abortion care Overall, nearly 126,000 babies were born to mothers ages 15 to 19, according to the analysis of provisional data. The birth rate for that age group was 11.7 births per 1,000 females. By contrast, the teen birth rate in 1991 was 61.8 births per 1,000. The report also explored other topics related to births in the United States. The overall birth rate fell 1% from the previous year, also continuing a long decline. ...

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@Klaus said: @Tom-K said: Trump did promise all of that stuff but every politician promises a lot of stuff. That's just politics. The fact of the matter is that neither Trump nor Harris nor Biden nor Newsom nor Vance nor anybody else who you elect is going to give you anything. It is just the way it is. But that's always been the way it is. That argument is sounding more and more lame. Just because previous politicians lied sometimes, it's not OK to lie all the time. Every major politician did something so bad it was unprecedented at the time at least once. But it's different if a politician does this every day. Degree matters. It's not the same. It's not just that he lied. The avoidance of foreign wars was central to his platform and his America First philosophy and his condemnation of the neo-cons. Now, out of the blue we've always been at war with Eastasia.

@Tom-K said: Now, if that was really going to happen, I haven't a clue. (And no one is even coming close to telling the truth about it.) I'm confident it was happening. I think people misunderstand when Trump or Bibi say 'they were 2 weeks away from a bomb'. That doesn't mean they would have had a bomb in mid-march had we not attacked 2/28. It means they have enough enriched uranium at 60% that, whenever they made the decision to do so, they could further enrich it to 90% in two weeks time. (or however many weeks it was). I think that was generally true and had been for some time, and may still be true. Whatever damage the GBU-57 MOPs did last June, it didn't take out all their stockpiles.

@Renauda said: Blondie and Mik have the right idea. I would add there should be zero pressure on the deceased’s family members to get involved or contribute. Maybe the family didn't actually like her very much.

@jon-nyc said: I witnessed it in India. I was driving through a favela in a taxi. Not your proudest fap, I imagine.

https://x.com/anaswanson/status/2041992433630667026?s=46

That’s Mr. Bitch to you, pal.

Is he leaning one way or another? If I was his age I’d lean toward something entrepreneurial. Trades maybe. Bright kid, he’ll do well but white collar is dicey. The changes we are seeing in our lifetime are dizzying.

While it’s true that someone with a weapon could kill a bunch of people on a plane even if they can’t use it as a missile, that’s also true of every mall and restaurant in the US. We don’t put metal detectors in front of those. The last time I rode the train I was surprised that you could just… walk right on. Zero security, they’ll check your ticket once the train is moving. Would be so easy to cause damage.

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Rick, lay off the Cannonau.

@Renauda said: Trump’s the name, snakes and ladders is his game. I was thinking Suicide Monopoly. It's like regular Monopoly, but with Jeffrey Epstein.