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It's gonna be a humdinger. We will miss you!

That is indeed what I am saying.

There is also a tribute concert at Regal Rooms tomorrow night. Pretenders tribute band Brass in Pocket opens that show at 8PM. I'm in that band if you want to come by and say hello to a (mostly lurking) lady Surlyhorn.

So, I front a Pretenders tribute band. Someone contacted us yesterday and wanted to know if we are "conservative" because they had a parody song they want us to play. I can only guess. "I went back to Ohio and my kitty was gone....." Fuck these ghouls.

Popping in to say how freaking lucky I also am that neither of my parents went down the rabbit hole. Like many of y'all, my dad was a staunch Republican most of his life. He might have held his nose and voted for HW and W, but that was the end of it. I guess it helped that we are a liberal Jewish family and Trump's naked bigotry and embrace of the neo-Nazis were on full display early. My mom has dementia and can't remember a fucking thing, but she does remember she hates Trump. She just can't remember why.

I've known him since I was a kid, attended summer camp at Echo Hill Ranch and have been involved with them in recent years as they've transitioned to a nonprofit camp for kids of gold star families which that right there ought to tell you what kind of person he is along with his sister Marcie. Had the true privilege of sitting around a firepit with him and a couple of guitars. Incredible memories. His was truly a Texas-sized personality. What an immeasurable loss.

Incorrect, the amount of the improper writeoff was $651 million, causing a tax decreae of $100 million. So doing the math, Propublica is claiming Trump was in the 15% tax bracket. “He doesn’t make enough to break out of the lowest tax brackets, just like you and me!” Oh, wait a second…..

Oh but hey did you hear about Soros and his pinko commie agenda? Same difference.

CPA here, there were no material income tax law changes from 2021 to 2022 so if you went from $5K refund to no refund during that period you’re doing it wrong. Perhaps a better comprehension of income tax law would 1) help prevent such unpleasant surprises and 2) cause you to understand that there is no way in blue hell that you are paying anywhere near a 60% effective tax rate.

Two words. I won't say them but they rhyme with shmanti shmemitism. Same as it ever was. Wish I could put on my shocked face but I just can't.

This is categorically untrue. The Jewish National Fund began buying land in Palestine in 1903 from absentee Turks to give to the Jewish people, and when they started showing up, well, we know the rest. See for example the Jaffa riots of 1921, the Hebron massacre of 1929 and the Arab revolt of 1936-1939. https://www.jnf.org/our-history

Somewhat surprised that this discussion is as relatively civil as it is. As a Jewish American I am completely gutted reading about and seeing elderly Israelis gunned down at bus stops, Kibbutz families pulled from their homes and slaughtered, and worst of all, hundreds massacred and injured at a fucking open air music festival where attendees were chased down like rabbits with nowhere to hide. And the bodies of Jewish women paraded naked through the streets of Gaza while cheering crowds spit on their corpses. And yeah, I'll be thinking about it while attending ACL this weekend. I'm sorry, there is NOTHING, no treatment, no policies, no grievances, and the Palestinians certainly have plenty, that justifies this. One more thought - Hamas has been tolerated, if not welcomed, as the overlords of Gaza for a long time. So Hamas acts with the tacit approval of the populace. If the Palestinians of Gaza want peace, and "to just live their lives", maybe try a different approach and find different leaders rather than supporting a terrorist organization whose stated goal is to demolish Israel and build a Palestinian state on the bloody bodies of the hated Jews. They fucked around and now they are about to find out. And it's going to suck for everyone.

On edit, it's Crystal Clear Pools, not Swim Pure, and they still suck.

Started a new topic because of the urgency and didn't have time to wade through 62 pages of the other thread. We are selling our house in NW Austin and while capping the spa controls next to the pool, Swim Pure (don't EVER use them, they suck and they are liars) fucked up the light and heat wiring and we need to get this repaired in the next two weeks. Suggestions? Thank you!

Fucked up and scheduled a business trip for this night. Sec 119 Row E Seat 15 and 16, INDEED Club Seats, $400ea OBO