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Jesse Malin does not seem to be getting better. :(

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At first I thought Glencore might be even better passes than Glenclose at Phish's Mondegreen.

Also, Bryan Adams is NOT metal.

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When I read the headline I thought glencore was a musical subgenre of bands that play metal versions of Glen Campbell songs and that such bands were not well received by the audience at a headbanger festival.

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"The borrow fee on DJT shares (for selling short) continues to fall. Current quote is below 150%. Let's be clear, that is still insanely high and usurious, but it is what it is. It’s a market rate set by supply and demand.

DJT is now trading at $35.50 per share, which is 10x to 100x what it is worth in any rational evaluation. Ditto about supply and demand. [I keep saying this stock is worth about $.15 a share!]

If the borrow rate is a leading indicator of the stock price, DJT is headed into the $20s, on its way lower.

The “lower” borrow fee for shorting DJT is down from peak/panic rates of 600% to 800% just a few days ago. A speculator hoping to “farm” DJT stock and collect borrow fees to offset the risk will now receive about 50%-67% of the 150%, lets call it 100%. That is less than .33% of the equity value of the position per day. That’s below 10c per day per share -- a very poor risk/reward given the weakness of the DJT shares in the market now that the novelty and volatility has worn off."

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/this-indicator-on-trumps-stock-may-hint-at-further-collapse

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One-company towns are the bane of Canada's north. When they are in business, they poison everyone, and the minute the price of whatever commodity they are ripping from the ground goes down, they leave, leaving nothing. No other work. People with homes they can't sell, small businesses they can't sustain. And for the most part, the company is subsidized by both provincial and federal government.

Resource-based economies are the shits for the people who actually extract the resources.

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Ok, taxes are FILED! Filed mine a couple of weeks ago, worked with my pal to file hers, and worked with my sweetie to file hers. All done as of yesterday evening, and my oh my what a nice burden it is to have that off our shoulders!

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I like how the French words to the Canadian national anthem have nothing to do with the English version. Maybe this band should come up with a metal rendition.

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"Glencore" sounds like a more specific version of Normcore for guys named Glen

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I laughed way louder than I meant to at C IS FOR COOKIE!!

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it's Lochness MUNSTER!

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The lyrics are definitely in French. I found a linky here:

https://guhntwei.bandcamp.com/track/tueurs-denfants

P.S. 𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘥'𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 translates to "killers of children."

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Fukui's ideas

of senryu are incorrect.

Also, he's an ass.

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Going house-hunting with the Missus soon. Went for a nice walk on the beach with her, and with the woman who’s taking care of our Shiba Inu. I miss that pup-I really want to get our own place soon so we can reunite the pack.

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OK, now I really AM heading back to my chores, honor bright!

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻

https://www.politicususa.com/2024/04/13/even-the-new-york-times-poll-shows-big-momentum-for-biden.html

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The other night, something I've never seen before: weird looking dude got on the subway holding a large bong and proceeded to distribute business cards for buying Nitrous Oxide.

Drugs are live and well in NYC, apparently.

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Either is OK by Republicans, especially since nothing whatsoever will be done about it...

𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿-𝗮-𝗟𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿

https://www.politicususa.com/2024/04/13/trump-marines-fundraiser.html

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