We have a few of those plastic circular ball tracks in the house and when my cats play with them, sounds like they are skateboarding on the wooden floors. Not sure if an all-wood one works be better or worse, noise-wise. But a small price to pay for feline amusement, in any event.
*CEO pay is linked strongly to the stock market—and market declines in 2022 led to an uncharacteristic dip in CEO pay.
*Cumulatively, however, from 1978–2022, top CEO compensation shot up 1,209.2% compared with a 15.3% increase in a typical worker’s compensation
Why this matters
Exorbitant CEO pay is not just a symbolic issue—it has contributed to rising inequality. CEOs are getting paid more because of their leverage over corporate boards, not because of contributions they make to their firms
Policies that limit CEOs’ ability to collude with corporate boards to extract excessive compensation are needed to prevent the U.S. from becoming a winner-take-all society
Didn't several red states already try the drug testing welfare recipients game and it cost them more money than they saved? Too many people in all walks of life think people are poor because they make poor decisions such as drugs and/or alcohol. The findings in the red states was that welfare recipients used drugs and alcohol less than the general population. Stop shaming people for being poor and needing help. Your supposed gawd told you to take care of others but you are too cheap and too mean to do so.
Sadly the policy plays well to the cheap seats. Their voters hear about one person somewhere who got caught gaming the system, and they demand performative theater like these stupid policies to reassure themselves their tax dollars are not being wasted. Of course, poor people suffer and their tax dollars are in fact wasted.
Well I have heard that at least one rich guy tried an insurrection, another one ran a ponzi scheme that involves bitcoin (W ever TF that is)another one is putting up so many satellites in orbit that space junk may eventually prevent any manned mission from being safe. Maybe we should drug test rich guys before they get any government money from any program or get to hold office or build a business without consulting governments.
Yup. It has literally never succeeded as a strategy to reduce govt spending or catch people defrauding the social safety net. It is a policy based on prejudice, not facts. To paraphrase Trae Crowder, “Turns out, drugs are expensive.” So people in poverty don’t have them as much as folks with lots of disposable income.
If city officials had literally googled for 5 minutes, they’d know they are making a stupid choice that will backfire badly, AND making things worse for vulnerable people for no reason other than hatefulness.
So did any of last night's turds get polished enough to look Presidential? For some definitions of Presidential, when compared to, well, any other Republican puddle of craven mendacity.
Latest bloodwork shows that part of my inability to concentrate on anything for any length of time (say, until the end of this comment) might be because I am hyperthyroid again. Yay! No, not might by hyperthyroid, but said hyper might be affecting my ability to concentrate. Should make the ADHD testing on Monday less than accurate. Also, why is everything buzzing? Hopefully just halving my meds will do the trick. SQUIRREL! Fuck, I'm exhausted and edgy and just want to be sedated.
"Josh Marshall says we need to stop being babies about not wanting to hear Trump’s bullshit — no, some of you, not covering it does not make it go away!"
What needs to happen is the press needs to stop normalizing it with their "Former President/Dictator-in-exile calls for public executions: people are divided as to what this means"
Okay, I'm going to have to break down and put pants on today. The amount of kitten claws on my inner thighs this morning has been fucking brutal. Looks like I was trying to masturbate with razor blades and sewing pins. Fortunately, never made it past stroking my thighs, based on the bloodshed and gouging.
My belief is that cats were originally highly intelligent alien invaders but didn’t realize their susceptibility to cat toys and tuna fish and forgot their mission entirely.
Kittens usin’ strategery! Thanks to Tiny Kitten on YouTube. You can find the video (and other amusements) at the link: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/kitten-chess
I saw one of those things in a store just last week. Even though I still have a cat houseguest I passed on it. Now I wish I hadn't.
We have a few of those plastic circular ball tracks in the house and when my cats play with them, sounds like they are skateboarding on the wooden floors. Not sure if an all-wood one works be better or worse, noise-wise. But a small price to pay for feline amusement, in any event.
After ignoring hers for months, Slim found it at about 1am this morning. So that was terrifying.
"I push it to this side, and it comes back on the other side! What witchcraft is this?"
And it's not even Caturday!
Kittens Tabs are the best Tabs.
Was it nucular strategery?
Yeah. Simba knocked my vape down so many times that this $75 weed cartridge quit working. I need one of those things.
Simba's trying to break you of the habit.
Yeah. And he's high AF most of the time.
a couple of my cats got endless amusement out of one of those cat fountains, batting at the water as it fell.
I tried that. The Crew was unimpressed. {{{shrugs}}}
You obviously have an unusually sophisticated posse of kittehs there.
But did you use the fancy sparkling water?
I used Guinness, of course.
We shall bungalow in the jungalow, and some opine that that's a'aight with Jesus.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-york-ag-plans-call-trump-adult-sons/story?id=103565222
Got plenty of popcorn in the cupboard?
At the Erie Canal today
https://substack.com/profile/157525103-hoovervilles/note/c-40875441?r=2lsb5b
I'm asounded that there hasn't been a leaping shark-overwater bungalow scene in a bad horror movie yet, as least to my knowlege.
*Teaches at MSU without even an undergraduate degree in a country he wasn't even born in*
It went well. I had fun with the class.
https://25.media.tumblr.com/4b0be97f85fd6dd26d2f4856deeee640/tumblr_mfd30oCmgT1rkty0bo1_500.gif
https://www.insider.com/mike-lindell-says-american-express-slashed-mypillow-credit-line-2023-9
'But, but, but, I've got evidence!!!'
Reading the Economic Policy Institute is always cheering...
𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝟭,𝟮𝟬𝟵.𝟮% 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝟭𝟱.𝟯% 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗽𝗮𝘆
*CEO pay is linked strongly to the stock market—and market declines in 2022 led to an uncharacteristic dip in CEO pay.
*Cumulatively, however, from 1978–2022, top CEO compensation shot up 1,209.2% compared with a 15.3% increase in a typical worker’s compensation
Why this matters
Exorbitant CEO pay is not just a symbolic issue—it has contributed to rising inequality. CEOs are getting paid more because of their leverage over corporate boards, not because of contributions they make to their firms
Policies that limit CEOs’ ability to collude with corporate boards to extract excessive compensation are needed to prevent the U.S. from becoming a winner-take-all society
https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2022/?mc_cid=0c5b116d0d&mc_eid=ac561c31d7
Every goddam year...
...from becoming a winner-take-all society?
Didn't several red states already try the drug testing welfare recipients game and it cost them more money than they saved? Too many people in all walks of life think people are poor because they make poor decisions such as drugs and/or alcohol. The findings in the red states was that welfare recipients used drugs and alcohol less than the general population. Stop shaming people for being poor and needing help. Your supposed gawd told you to take care of others but you are too cheap and too mean to do so.
Sadly the policy plays well to the cheap seats. Their voters hear about one person somewhere who got caught gaming the system, and they demand performative theater like these stupid policies to reassure themselves their tax dollars are not being wasted. Of course, poor people suffer and their tax dollars are in fact wasted.
Well I have heard that at least one rich guy tried an insurrection, another one ran a ponzi scheme that involves bitcoin (W ever TF that is)another one is putting up so many satellites in orbit that space junk may eventually prevent any manned mission from being safe. Maybe we should drug test rich guys before they get any government money from any program or get to hold office or build a business without consulting governments.
Yup. It has literally never succeeded as a strategy to reduce govt spending or catch people defrauding the social safety net. It is a policy based on prejudice, not facts. To paraphrase Trae Crowder, “Turns out, drugs are expensive.” So people in poverty don’t have them as much as folks with lots of disposable income.
If city officials had literally googled for 5 minutes, they’d know they are making a stupid choice that will backfire badly, AND making things worse for vulnerable people for no reason other than hatefulness.
So did any of last night's turds get polished enough to look Presidential? For some definitions of Presidential, when compared to, well, any other Republican puddle of craven mendacity.
I'm guessing Breed is trying to find ways to appease the wealthy conservative underbelly of SF.
But that's some deeply disappointing shit.
Latest bloodwork shows that part of my inability to concentrate on anything for any length of time (say, until the end of this comment) might be because I am hyperthyroid again. Yay! No, not might by hyperthyroid, but said hyper might be affecting my ability to concentrate. Should make the ADHD testing on Monday less than accurate. Also, why is everything buzzing? Hopefully just halving my meds will do the trick. SQUIRREL! Fuck, I'm exhausted and edgy and just want to be sedated.
"Josh Marshall says we need to stop being babies about not wanting to hear Trump’s bullshit — no, some of you, not covering it does not make it go away!"
What needs to happen is the press needs to stop normalizing it with their "Former President/Dictator-in-exile calls for public executions: people are divided as to what this means"
It would be nice if even once the media reported the context of why this shit is not normal, rather than a random shrug emoji.
Okay, I'm going to have to break down and put pants on today. The amount of kitten claws on my inner thighs this morning has been fucking brutal. Looks like I was trying to masturbate with razor blades and sewing pins. Fortunately, never made it past stroking my thighs, based on the bloodshed and gouging.
Joan Walsh's story. Crying.
My belief is that cats were originally highly intelligent alien invaders but didn’t realize their susceptibility to cat toys and tuna fish and forgot their mission entirely.
That, and they misjudged the height of humans. And the effectiveness of thumbs. Should have brought more polydactyls, you furry bastards!
We've got two polydactyls, brother and sister - he's 6/6 on his front paws, she's 6/7.
"Once we figure out how to grow thumbs you SOB's will be REALLY sorry!"
"Oh, and please provide more of that good canned food. Mr. Cuddles doesn't like the kibble."
"Actually, scratch that...hehe I made a funny. Can we switch out the good canned food for tuna? I know we can."