...won't get fooled again!

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Ah yes very cool! Get ready to spend an hour on something as this reminds me of two videos worth watching. The first analyzes John Williams' score for the Olympics (and how it was inspired/stolen from previous "Charge" battle and bugle calls. Link to video The 2nd and 3rd is back to First Man and how the docking scene "waltz" was inspired by 2001 Space Odyssey / Blue Danube. It's the only track in the First Man soundtrack that deviates from the theme to provide a completely separate sound during the movie, very effectively too as it starts around the 1:20 mark to provide relief "space dancing" right after a tense and bumpy launch sequence and search for the Agena to dock. Also fun fact, in the control room is Neil Armstrong's actual son playing one of the NASA engineers. Link to video Link to video

Who is paying for all these pardons? The president wouldn't be giving them away. Of course we pay for them eventually.

This is going to confuse the shit out of the aliens.

@jon-nyc said in Are You Smarter Than a Cabinet Nominee? Round 1: I’d tell the truth. ‘Of course not. and don’t even bother asking any other nominees. If we were such people we wouldn’t be here because he’s selecting for fealty, not strength or independence’. Snort…

@George-K said in The Difference Between Campaigning and Governing: Now USA has to insert the age of the President-elect...because TDS. Well it’s also pretty historic. He will be the oldest person ever to be sworn in to the office. By a number of months. lol

I haven’t either but when AO discussed the case they mentioned who he was.

Maybe someone more focused on the mission than the politics is what the doctor ordered.

I'm all for it, but the devil, as usual, is in the details. Will it be an effective bill, or will it just put a veneer over the issue.

@jon-nyc said in It didn't work: In my case it wasn’t a big deal but if I lived there I’d definitely make a habit out of getting it delivered from Amazon rather than go through that every time I need a toiletry or OTC med. especially since AMZN is cheaper. Actually, I did have a couple of conversations with pharmacists about this. Both noted all the footage devoted to cosmetics, food, toys, etc., is killing them. Both mentioned online shopping trends as being the reason. A note about drugs...One of the pharms I talked with is a local guy that graduated high school with my son. He runs a very busy independent pharmacy (400 scrips/day) and is making a decent living. His business approach? Just enough OTC stuff for some people's conveniance...We're talking fifteen total feet of single-sided counter. He will somewhat discourage his customers from the latest and greatest high-dollar meds...Walmart or Walgreens can get that for you faster or cheaper. He deals mostly in generics or older drugs still under patent (his profit margin is higher. For some of the new stuff like Mounjaro, he can actually lose money on a scrip). The guy works very hard to ensure his customers get the lowest price on their scrips, sometimes advising them to use a card like GoodRx rather than their insurance. He's very good on service issues andtalking with providors.

Gotta purge the Reaganites. The funny thing is he tells Turner there’s too many headwinds from mar a lago then smiles to the camera and says ‘it’s a House decision’ and went on about what a great job Turner did. I don’t know about you guys, but I don’t remember firing anyone who was doing a great job.

@LuFins-Dad said in My nephew in the Rose Parade: The military bands are so vastly underrated. Link to video

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I was working with a neurosurgeon who was extracting some of these cysts from the posterior fossa of a patient's brain. As he pulled one out, he purposefully let it fall to the floor and yelled "This one's MOVING." The circulating nurse just about fainted. Of course, it wasn't moving, he just wanted to freak Maryanne out. He succeeded. Good times.

Interesting and quite "on time" article. I remember hearing that letting there be some small fires is better in the long run.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/oakland-fbi-investigation-ex-mayor-sheng-thao-indicted-amid-sprawling-public-corruption-inquiry/ar-AA1xkZJl A federal grand jury has indicted Oakland’s recalled Mayor Sheng Thao, a source with knowledge of the investigation told the Bay Area News Group — a stunning development in a federal public corruption inquiry that touched the highest levels of East Bay’s political class. The indictment caps a monthslong federal grand jury inquiry that shook the region’s political circles just months ahead of a recall election targeting the first-term mayor. Thao was booted from office by more than 60% of voters in November. Reached early Thursday afternoon, Thao’s attorney, Jeff Tsai, said he and his client had not been contacted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and they were unaware of any movement in the federal investigation. The development comes just a day after FBI agents raided the home of another East Bay politician, San Leandro City Councilmember Bryan Azevedo, who, along with Thao, was among several officials who visited Vietnam as part of a trade delegation two years ago. The original inquiry burst into public view June 20 when agents with the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Postal Service raided four addresses across the city, including Thao’s home in the Oakland Hills that she shared with her partner, former City Hall council aide Andre Jones. Also raided were the homes and waterfront business offices of David and Andy Duong, the father-son duo who own and operate the city’s recycling contractor, California Waste Solutions.