No matter, he's still the mayor. For now. I don't foresee a second term.

The whole industry seems weirdly closed off, but what you said makes lots of sense. I am not a wine connoisseur, but if a consumer can find a place that can sell it for affordable prices, while still making huge margin, and having a simple but quality list, that certainly would be attractive to me.

on the move side, there is a way for me to extricate myself from all things California, so as to not have to continue to pay state taxes there for the rest of my life though I am living in Italy. California is known as a "sticky" state, and there are certain things one must show as proof that you have moved out of California into another state. The whole living in Italy does not meet this requirement. So, since I have friends and family in the state right next door, Nevada, where there is no state tax, I have already gained permission from one of these friends, to use his address as my new home address in the states. I also need to drive over there and apply for a Nevada drivers license. I need to register to vote in the state of nevada. I need to open up a local bank account with a local bank there. I need to take myself off of all things associated with california. If I can accomplish all this in my short time span here, I can permanently avoid state taxes for life. And all of this is legal and on the up and up. Renting out my home here in California actually helps bolster their belief I have moved away as I now have no home I can return to in California while it;s being rented out. Of course California will still tax my income from this rental but that can be offset greatly with write offs.

You can all @mik lazy, I call him efficient and medium smart.

I wonder if Pretti's family will also file a wrongful death suit, too.

There’s a new middle school and elementary school being built in about 4 years. It’s in a rural area but likely surrounded by subdivisions eventually. I’d love to buy the land near it and make a billion gajillion dollars. Sadly that’s as far as I’ll go about it…posting about it on TNCR.

Bordello Edit: Den of iniquity

I guess not really a meme, but a Ukranian skeleton athlete was disqualified before starting because he wanted to wear a helmet that showed Ukranian athletes who were killed in the invasion by Russia. I understand the Olympics in this area. I do think that they have to have rules about what would be allowed on a uniform. [image: AFP__20260209__96NA8UL__v4__HighRes__TopshotSkeletonOly2026MilanoCortinaTraining-2048x1366.jpg?x29715]

In mother Russia, videos post you!

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Exactly.

Cultural deprivation. Sad.

Yeah, I did and it is.

An often overlooked and essential skill is the ability to look extremely busy when you've got sweet fuck all to do. I think this may become increasingly important in the future.

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Amazon has trimmed off it's Amazon Express Stores. We had one near our house that opened 2-3 years ago. They spent a fortune to purchase the building and expand. Business was a fraction of the store that it replaced. I'm wondering if Bezos is anticipating a hit to the economy and trimming sails in advance of the apocalypse downturn.

I think congress would fix it. Seniors with reduced checks will become single issue voters pretty fast.