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May 11, 2018

I believe it is about more than contempt. It is about gumming up the lower ranks with

people who will be hapless and incapable of making it into the top 20% of the income braket. It is about creating a permanent overclass. In places like Pakistan and Italy, bribes do the gumming up work. But bribery is illegal in the US. So instead they tank social programs that get people up a rung or two on the ladder. How else to explain the cost of college loans going up. Corruption by another name.

May 11, 2018

I just had my first fajita in 20 years. I'm in love. Why did I ever stop

eating that? Name some food you forgot to enjoy? I'm looking for retro food ideas to feed my retro dad.

May 8, 2018

This 500,000 payment to Cohen kind of explains why Rudy came out

last week saying Trump paid Cohen the 130,000. They knew this oligarch news was coming. Rudy was trying to get out in front of this.

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