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Header artist today is Anders Montan. Learn a little about him and his paintings of laborers at the link: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/anders-montan

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Very weird timeline when I have to say that Dan Crenshaw was right about something.

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IANAL so I'm asking: can an appellant court tell a defendant not to bother filling an appeal? I'm thinking of the next highest appellant court telling Loser 45 to just go away after one appeal to delay the NY criminal trial was denied.

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Apr 11Liked by Rebecca Schoenkopf

Speaking of cruise ships, we just paid off the balance for our cruise this summer. That's the last of the Big Expenses left for the cruise, so all that's left is to make sure we've got a few hundred to chuck on cruise credit for the cabin card, and coordinate a shore excursion with a friend who will also be in Athens, Greece at the same time that we are going to be there. I'm excited, first international trip since 2019!

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Tucker Carlson has a veneer of false intellectualism? Odd, must have missed it!

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O. J. Simpson's dead.

Good.

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OJ Simpson has kicked the bucket. About 30 years too late, in my opinion.

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O.J has left the building.

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Apr 11Liked by Rebecca Schoenkopf

No really. It wasn’t the debt, it was kids stealing toothpaste and pinwheels from the aisles. And please ignore the following. In other words, the owner made a deal with Paulie from Goodfellas, cashed out and lived off the debt until the bank wouldn’t let him borrow another Buck from the bank.

“The deal — which valued 99 Cents Only Stores at $1.6 billion — saddled the company with a debt load that turned a "conservative balance sheet" into a "highly leveraged capital structure," Standard & Poor's Rating Services said in a report.

The company struggled with debt for years. Its financial position continued to erode even after it sold a City of Commerce distribution center last year for $190 million, then leased it back, to raise capital, according to S&P Global Ratings.”

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According to NYT, the lack of a boom and bust economy filled with sudden depressions and booms could just be a bad thing, you know “to some”. Sure Jan.

“Is the Boom-and-Bust Business Cycle Dead?

There is a growing view that the U.S. business cycle has changed (for better) in a more diversified economy. To some, that sounds like tempting fate.”

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Apr 11Liked by Rebecca Schoenkopf

West Coasties, you're in luck...

Next Stop on the Glasgow Wonka Experience: The US of A, Baby - Jezebel

https://www.jezebel.com/next-stop-on-the-glasgow-wonka-experience-the-us-of-a-baby

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So I see Dan Crenshaw has reached the "I have seen the enemy" phase. Unfortunately achieving the "and he is us" connection is exceedingly rare with conservatives

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So I see Dan Crenshaw has reached the "I have seen the enemy" phase. Unfortunately achieving the "and he is us" connection is exceedingly rare with conservatives

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Well, the Yoshino Cherry Trees might be done but the Kwanzan ones are MORE than making up for it by me. Those bad boys have such heavy bunches or bright pink blooms, it always weighs down their branches. So pretty! The Eastern Redbuds are doing pretty well too. Also the Capitol has gone for freaking GIANT tulips for its landscaping this spring. Those things are easily 3-4 times the size of the ones growing by me!

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Apr 11Liked by Rebecca Schoenkopf, Martini Glambassador

Very glad we have Sarah Taber running in NC. She of course has my vote!

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