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"Remember, an actor couldn't say it if it wasn't true"

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For values of h = z.

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Ben Dover also thinks he's great!

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At one point in my work life, I worked for a chip company that was acquired by Daimler-Benz (before it became Daimler-Chrysler-Clusterfuck or whatever it is now). At the time, D-B was not traded on the NYSE, because they had a sort of German Romantic approach to financial statements. It was all about the story-line, which was that they were profitable (and usually increasingly so) every single year. [In good years, they'd stash some of the profits on the balance sheet, for use in remaining profitable during not-so-good years].

It was commonly said that the only correct number in a Daimler -Benz annual report was the year.

Apparently Sam the Wurzelbacher shares that German Romantic mindset.

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I'm not really an oracle, but I did stay at a simulated Holiday Inn Express last night.

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Do I know you?

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Ah, the Mighty Wurzelbacher! Back in the days when pipes were pipes, organs were organs, tubes were tubes, and sleazeball grifters had to work county fairs to make a living.

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Good fucking Jeebus. I had gone DECADES without thinking of Herman Kahn.

Thank you very much not.

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Cousin of Bill Door?

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Oh, and by the way, happy Almost Independence Day from Lost Wages, bitches.

I'm allowing myself one day of internet access ($13.95, thank you very much). Tomorrow, I will Celebrate Unreal America and also try to figure out if my car AC is dead or just out of refrigerant. Happily, it's been pretty mild here the last few days.

Cheerio. y'all.

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we will miss you!

may you have a memorial service worth remembering.

in the best of ways.

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mother georgia needs her cocktail when she's with joe the P.

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I'm just gonna sit back and wait a month or two. There remains a distant possibility that old Not-Joe the Not-Plumber might get himself an education from this woman. Not that I expect an Obama sign on his lawn anytime soon, but it'll be interesting to see if his views change when reality gets figured in.

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Nice little tidbit from Politico's article when Greene's opponent in the US Senate primary challenged the result:

<blockquote>[The voting machiens used in South Carolina] "were purchased surplus from Louisiana after that state outlawed them," Rawl said.</blockquote>

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Jukebox libel!

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Can we be sure 'Mother Georgia' isn't just Rep. Virginia Foxx in blackface?

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