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Apple CEO Tim Cook presented Trump With a glass statue with a gold base, gets tariff break.

I really hope Timmy Boy wasn't stupid and the base is actually gold plated. He could probably afford to give tRump real gold but what's the point? tRump could turn around and pull the tariff break at any time.

So I guess bribery is completely legal now - if yo9're bribing tRump.

I hope tRump does pull the tariff break. They're both assholes.

Anyways, older Apple desktops and laptops work great with Linux or with Open Core Legacy Patcher. Work was tossing out 15 old Macbook Pro laptops (mostly from the 2010- 2012) and I resurrected 8 of them with more RAM, SSD hard drives and Open Core Legacy Patcher. The others were too damaged to waste my time on. I donated 7 of them to my church. They're a little pokey but for cruising the web, office stuff and other light usage they're just fine.

Repair and reuse!

Please watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv5bZRj7BWA

"10 Signs Capitalism Is Starting to Collapse"

Although it labeled as capitalism collapse it covers more systems than capitalism. It's a little more than minutes

When I started getting severe flaking on my scalp last September I thought it was just another manifestation of my psoriasis. Then came the bleeding and scabbing and puss. After several biopsies the jury is in: Lichen Planopilaris.

Long story short, they don't know what causes it, there's some treatment and no cure. Although the scabbing and puss is gone the scarring of the hair follicles is most likely permanent.

I've lost about half the hair on top of my head. Mostly likely, permanently. They're going to try some steroid shots but the research is not looking promising.

I've become that woman who always wears bandanas and scarves and hats.

I've always wanted long hair that goes all the way to my butt, but my hair was too brittle to go much beyond shoulder length. Now, I'm half bald. It's embarrassing. It's.... depressing.

No, I am not going to get a wig.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was designed to insulated from political manipulation by being an independent entity and their funding approved several years in advance.

That has gone out the window.

We've been here before; budget cuts to our services over the decades have become a feature, not a bug. Expect stations to close, programming and services to be curtailed and more fundraising.

I've been in public broadcasting for 36 years and I've survived the decades of downsizing. I've heard the screams of "we've got to cut the fat!!!" and cut after cut being made until we were slicing off arms and legs. We became a skeleton crew. We rebuilt. We fought. That's what we do. That's what we will do.

But we can only do this with your financial and political support.

(Of course I had to throw in a pledge break.)

The ending song for the latest episodes of Sesame Street have the words, "You're going smarter, stronger, kinder - on Sesame Street." In a world where the Republicans want us to be dumber, sicker, meaner - we need public media more than ever.




Okay, quick break. Sure, the conservatives can't stand the children's programs because they can't sell shitty toys during the breaks and we show kids a world that isn't all white, xtianist and capitalist. What bugs the shit out of conservatives is that public broadcasting has been fact and reality based for decades. We follow the facts, not ideology. Frontline, News Hour, POV, American Experience have shown both the good and bad sides of America. Have we gotten things wrong? Lots of times. But they hate our news shows, our documentaries, our features that often portray American - and World - history in a more honest light. Did we murder and cheat the Native Americans? Yep. Base our economy and politics around slave labor while mouth "All men are created equal"? Yep. Treat Gay people like shit and demonize them for no reason? Yep. Incarcerate our own citizens and steal their property during World War 2? Yep. The list goes on and on.

Because if we don't examine our failures we will keep repeating them.

If that information makes you feel bad then *you might want to look into your own heart*. If you're all in keeping black people down, kicking gays and jailing people for their ancestry _then you should feel bad_.

Because that's not American.

So the Republicans have refused to release the Epstein files. Now, let's just assume that tRump isn't actually in there and was just visiting a good friend and dancing to bad disco songs.

You can stop laughing now.

The known list of Epstein's associates was vast. Royalty, wealthy folk, politicians, actors and musicians. Who's in there? Who are they protecting? Democrats? Bill and Hillary? Come on... if Billy boy was knee deep in under aged girls they'd be plastering that all over Fox News! If tRump isn't in the files...

... I said you can stop laughing now...

.. who is in there? Epstein had cameras, servers full of... stuff. Thumb drives. Loose hard drives. The FBI raided his house in Manhattan and his private island mansion and found lots of ... stuff. Let's wee what's on them, We have flight logs and witness statements. If the evidence exonerates tRump...

WOULD YOU STOP LAUGHING!

Who's being protected? While investigators, news persons and Congress dithers what pedophiles pedophiles are walking around free?

Because at the moment THEY are the ones laughing.

Bastille Day
Available on Caress of Steel

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
Lyrics: Neil Peart

There’s no bread let them eat cake
There’s no end to what they’ll take
Flaunt the fruits of noble birth
Wash the salt into the earth

But they’re marching to Bastille Day
La guillotine will claim her bloody prize
Free the dungeons of the innocent
The king will kneel, and let his kingdom rise

Bloodstained velvet, dirty lace
Naked fear on every face
See them bow their heads to die
As we would bow as they rode by

And we’re marching to Bastille Day
La guillotine will claim her bloody prize
Sing, o choirs of cacophony
The king has kneeled, to let his kingdom rise.

Lessons taught, but never learned
All around us anger burns
Guide the future by the past
Long ago the mould was cast

For they marched up to Bastille Day
La guillotine – claimed her bloody prize
Hear the echoes of the centuries
Power isn’t all that money buys

It was supposed to be a Jet Way: an airport specifically made for the supersonic aircraft that were coming Real Soon. Away from major cities so the sonic boom wouldn't be a problem and with a long runway it was to be the future of air travel.

It was a future that never arrived. With only the Concorde flying (at significant cost and ticket price, the age of supersonic never happened. The runway and some outbuildings were completed but nothing else.

So when a concentration camp was proposed there my first thoughts were, is there water hook ups there? Sewage and sanitation? Electricity? As originally planned, this was supposed to be a big honking airport - you had to have those things. Were these things finished back in the day? Do they still work? I have the sneaky suspicion that the general answer is no - there's no water/sewer/power available to sufficient enough to service thousands of prisoners and their guards.

What I've seen is cages made of chain link fence material and metal bunks with no mattresses. There's ducts for air conditioning but where's the A/C units? Where do they get power?

And all the talk about 'full service deportation' with planes whisking prisoners to dog knows where? THEY BUILT THE BARRACKS ON THE RUNWAY. I"ll grant you there's a muck ton of runway but still...

Yeah, yeah they broke the law by entering the USA illegally, but this has all the hallmarks of a death camp.
Most came fleeing political or social dangers. Many came to save their families. They came seeking freedom and to work, build a better life. They don't deserve to die for their one small act of criminality.

From NPR:

Melissa Hortman’s husband, Mark, and dog, Gilbert, were also killed by a gunman who broke into their home. Their bodies now lie in state at the capitol building.

That's right, the motherf*cker killed the dog too.

I hate people.

Last night I got texted that my Monday morning dental appointment was changed form 9 AM to 7 AM. I was upset but agreed to the change. This morning, less than an hour before the appointment it was changed again. What makes me even more angry is that I'm now dependent on my G.D. smart phone for communications.

It's too hot.

We're bombing Iran. This is Iraq 2.0 with a more fanatical enemy. No amount of promises of golf courses and luxury hotels is going to quench the Iranian thirst for revenge.

I've grown up to become an anti-war activist. This stinks.

That was the text of my sign. It got a lot of thumbs up and smiles and people asking for photos. I agreed to let them photograph the sign while I hid behind it.

Yeah.

Happy honking and revving of motorcycles. Local politicians attended. Speeches were given, a good time was had by all. We need more dogs though.

MAKE DOGE DOGS AGAIN!