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  1. Morning Joe led with that today. Video of him saying it followed by video of him questioning whether he said it, the implication of course is that he was denying he said it. They also showed video of saying that the EU was formed in order to “screw” America followed by video of a reporter asking him about that and him questioning whether he said it. He also went on to say he didn’t think he would say something like that. Willie Geist questioned whether Trump was just being “coy” or whether he really didn’t remember. That’s missing the point. Trump is simply a bullshit artist. He’s a troll. He’s playing a different game than those of us living in the reality-based community. Asking whether or not he believes something misses the point that he doesn’t care. True and false, right and wrong, those aren’t separate concepts in his psyche. He’s mentally deranged. He can believe that “A” and “Not A” are both true at the same time without suffering any cognitive dissonance. He can say “A”, then say “Not A,” you can show him video of him saying both, he can question all of it, and his cult followers will blame whomever was questioning him about it for being dishonest and “fake news.”
  2. How many years is it going to take before you realize you’re wasting your time? You’re operating at cross-purposes. If he was attempting to engage in honest, thoughtful, rational discourse then you might have a point. But he’s not. He’s intellectually dishonest. He’s an impulsive contrarian who gets off on the attention from being a fly in the ointment. And he’s not half as smart as he thinks he is if you haven’t caught on to that yet. I put him on ignore back when he was parroting Trump’s “collusion delusion” catchphrase, that was around 8 years ago now. I’ve got him figured out. Nothing I’ve seen in the years of other people quoting him has revealed anything new to me. He is now exactly who I thought he was then. He’s a troll. He adds nothing to the conversation other than disruption and distraction. By engaging with him you reward him and help him disrupt and distract. Are you surprised by anything he says? Or does he say exactly what you’d expect him to say because you’ve got him figured out and have for a long time?
  3. I’d go with “first guess”. I think you can guess better. I don’t want to make a thing about it but I think your scenario requires her to see the natural passing of her 95-year-old husband as a surprise, like she didn’t see it coming and wasn’t prepared. I’d guess that’s the least likely scenario.
  4. Why not murder-suicide? Or what if the wife committed suicide, Hackman discovered her, then had an episode and, being old and frail, succumbed to a heart attack and/or a fall? I think your guess is the least likely of the three scenarios. ’Oh my god, my 95-year-old husband, 30 years my senior, died suddenly. Who could have seen this coming? I’m super rich but I just can’t go on without him. He’s old enough to be my father but I thought we would be together forever!’ Not seeing it.
  5. Because you were young and foolish and never heard anyone say it correctly.
  6. Oh shit, I totally forgot about that one. Such a great flick.
  7. RIP. He was great in everything. On CBS and BBC they’ve run through a bunch of his films but they haven’t mentioned Mississippi Burning. That’s one of my faves.
  8. Yeah but look at all the attention he gets out of it.
  9. Wow. What a shocker. I’ve checked out her Instagram from time to time in the past year. I guess not that closely if she had a liver transplant and I’m only hearing about it now. Or maybe she never mentioned it. I don’t know. But wow, what young age to go. How do you have a surprise rejection of a transplanted organ that kills you before anything can be done about it? She seemed pretty normal. Back in her younger days she was pure smoke. RIP. This was her last IG post 8 days ago:
  10. The Trumpublican play would be to declare that we’re in a recession right now and to repeat that message over and over and over again on every media platform along with a warning that a depression is coming just around the corner
  11. Sorry, kids. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3374ekd11po BP to slash green investment and ramp up gas and oil BP is expected to announce it will slash its renewable energy investments and instead focus on increasing oil and gas production. The energy giant will outline its strategy later following pressure from some investors unhappy its profits and share price have been much lower than its rivals. Shell and Norwegian company Equinor have already scaled back their plans to invest in green energy. Meanwhile US President Donald Trump's "drill baby drill" comments have encouraged investment in fossil fuels and a move away from low carbon projects. Some shareholders and environmental groups have voiced concerns over any potential ramping up on production of fossil fuels. Five years ago, BP set some of the most ambitious targets among large oil companies to cut production of oil and gas by 40% by 2030, while significantly ramping up investment in renewables. In 2023, the company lowered this oil and gas reduction target to 25%. It is now expected to abandon it altogether while confirming it is cutting investments in renewable energy by more than half in what chief executive Murray Auchincloss called a "fundamental reset". Mr Auchincloss is under pressure to boost profits from some shareholders including the influential activist group Elliot Management, which took a near £4bn stake in the £70bn company to push for more investment in oil and gas. In 2024, BP's net income fell to $8.9bn (£7.2bn), down from $13.8bn the previous year. Since 2020 when former chief executive Bernard Looney first unveiled his strategy, shareholders have received total returns including dividends of 36% over the last five years. In contrast, shareholders in rivals Shell and Exxon have seen returns of 82% and 160% respectively. BP's under performance has prompted speculation that it may be a takeover target or may consider moving its main stock market listing to the US where oil and gas companies command higher valuations. Not all shareholders want the company to change course so radically. Last week, a group of 48 investors called on the company to allow them a vote on any potential plans to move away from its previous commitments to renewables. A spokesperson for one of the signatories, Royal London Asset Management, said: "As long-term shareholders, we recognise BP's past efforts toward energy transition but remain concerned about the company's continued investment in fossil fuel expansion." The environmental group Greenpeace UK has warned BP could expect "pushback and challenge at every turn if it doubles down on fossil fuels - not just from green campaigners but from its own shareholders". Senior climate adviser Charlie Kronick said: "Government policies will also need to prioritise renewable power, and as extreme weather puts pressure on insurance models - policymakers will be looking to fossil fuel profits as a way to fund extreme weather recovery. BP might want to seriously put the brakes on this U-turn." 'Science hasn't changed' "I do wonder whether this sort of decision will look right in 10 years," added Sir Ian Cheshire, who has held many executive roles at companies such as B&Q owner Kingfisher and Barclays bank. He told the BBC's Today programme that the "overall energy transition" to renewables was "still going to come". "The climate change issue has not gone away, the science hasn't changed," he said. AJ Bell analyst Russ Mould said this was one of the most significant moments for BP in the last four or five years. "Other energy companies have been clearer about their intentions thus far than BP," he said. "They need to prove to people that after a difficult operational and share price performance compared to their peers, that they're looking to do something about it, not just let things drift along, he added. BP has already placed its offshore wind business in a joint venture with Japanese company Jera and is looking to find a partner to do the same with its solar business. The refocus on oil and gas could also see sales of other businesses in order to get "non-core stuff off the books" as insiders describe it. It is over 20 years since former chief executive Lord John Browne said BP could stand for "Beyond Petroleum" as he launched the company's first tentative moves away from oil and gas. Today's strategy shift could be dubbed "Back to Petroleum" - to the delight of some shareholders and to the dismay of others. Both BP and Elliott management declined to comment.
  12. Right. That wasn’t a Nazi salute in the same way that this isn’t a Hitler mustache.
  13. Lulz. I confess I wasn’t up to date on what she just said yesterday. 😀
  14. I haven’t heard a word from Harris since before Trump’s inauguration. Can’t blame her. I don’t recall hearing anything from Obama either other than seeing him playing nice with Donald at Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
  15. Bush? ROTFLMAO As for Clinton and Biden (you left out Obama and Harris), wtf do you expect? They told us already and no one listened.
  16. I’m not sure if Bongino was selected so he could do bad shit. I am sure he was selected so he would do nothing when Trump and his cronies commit crimes. Is he competent enough to run an operation? I don’t know. But any idiot can sit on his hands and do nothing. He was hired for his loyalty, not his ability.
  17. I still have more labeling to do. And I need to order more double-wide jewel cases. And I don’t know exactly why I ordered the discs like this, in chronological order from the bottom up and right-to-left. Probably has something to do with how I originally ordered my early 60’s discs in a shoe box. But I finally condensed all my boots into two big boxes. The only post-Brent show is one I attended. A bunch of my bootleg discs have been replaced by official releases. Some like the Red Rocks shows on 7/7-8/78 haven’t. Those shows are split between the 2 boxes. Above the Dean Dome show in ‘93 on the bottom left in the first pic are 4 discs of acid test recordings, then immediate post-Jerry work — The Other Ones — leading up to the NYE show at HJK that Phil missed (so TOO couldn’t perform) because of his liver transplant. (Not shown is the KVHW show from the upstairs ballroom.) After that are Jerry band projects Legion of Mary and so on. Then Bobby solo/side projects (Kingfish, Bob & Rob, Ratdog, even Bobby solo acoustic), then Phil & Friends. I used to have more Phil & Friends boots. At some point I purged about a shoe box full because I wasn’t listening to them. Here you can see two different 10-disc sets of AUD recordings from the 4/15-17/99 Phil & Phriends shows from the Warfield. Not shown are three double wide cases of SBD recordings for those shows that mostly get played nowadays. I won’t discard those other recordings, though. They’re both good and they were such important shows that I feel I should hang onto them. Coincidentally, the three cases for the SBDs are the only shows I labeled in blue, red, and green other than the run of shows at the Ark in Boston 30 years prior.
  18. And keep on keepin’ on.
  19. That’s part of the job description. That’s the goal. Mission accomplished. I’ll bet the ratings are good.
  20. They know their audience.
  21. Now, having reached that conclusion, isn’t the logical course of action to put him on ignore and disregard all the drivel he spews? Why pay attention to what a true idiot has to say? Who has the time or the interest? What does it say about you if you continue to read his posts and respond? Who’s the idiot then?
  22. That’s a perfectly fine url. When I copy and paste it into this reply, it embeds. Comme ça:
  23. The last time I bought a dozen large eggs at Kroger, they were $3.19. Probably a couple weeks ago. On Friday they were up to $4.99. Same large eggs.
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