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Mobile Musician: Percussion/Drums/Timpani, Teaching Artist, Stylistic Decathlete, Contrarian. Standard Time Enthusiast. RTs gave pause or laughter.

Cleveland / Hinckley, Ohio
Joined March 2009
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How much has the Pentagon “lost?”
Over the past two years, Elon Musk has lost $200 billion. Don’t tell me we can’t afford a wealth tax.
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The left shows that it really is about control. When the “wealthy” freely give, a certain group still wants to control what is being given.
Large candy bars are the considered the holy grail, but giving them out on Halloween missed the point of the holiday, @ibogost argued in 2017: theatln.tc/0pZou0zj
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Replying to @RandRCigars
It’s monumentally stupid that people who want daylight savings time permanent don’t realize they’ve tried it several times in the past, and it was repealed quickly because it sucks
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I’m guessing he’ll try pushing them off of the roof of the Senate office building.
We’re going to drop a bombshell documentary on @TheYoungTurks tomorrow morning called The Closetocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using male escorts?
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Remember when “millionaires” were the enemy? Now that there are so many millionaires in politics they’ve moved the bar to “billionaires.”
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I keep hearing how young people are more drawn towards “socialism.” I’ve witnessed a large surge in anti-Semitism in young people. I’m sure they’re not linked in any way…
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Mell Csicsila retweeted
You are allowed to change your mind about the life you thought you wanted. Growth gives you permission to choose again.
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So are you saying “each according to his abilities, each according to his needs?”
Billionaires pay the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500. If we ended that absurdity & applied the payroll tax to all income above $250,000, Social Security would be solvent for 75 years & benefits would be expanded by $2,400. Let’s do it.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has modeled uncapping the payroll tax with no benefit changes and found it would return the program to annual surpluses for just three years, through 2029, at which point annual deficits would resume. taxfoundation.org/blog/save-soci… ssa.gov/OACT/solvency/…
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This is liberalism manifest. People who don’t know a thing about what you do go to college and get to pass judgement and create protocols for you.
Shane Gillis can pack the Linc, but he still can’t seem to get SNL right. The former Philly comedian's third turn hosting was a mess. Here are six rules he apparently hasn’t learned. bit.ly/4yeZ3XF
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Amy Acton makes Dick Celeste look like LBJ.
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They were called Blue Öyster Bible Study before the leader started getting weird ideas.
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Wordle 1,909 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sometimes it’s better to just walk away for a few hours and then look at the puzzle, again.
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When I was in Red{an orchestra} we did a “multimedia” concert in 2006 or so. They had computer graphic projections during the Beethoven. While it was a novel idea at the time, I thought the video wasn’t good and I always called it “the screensaver concert.”
Whatever happened to animating screensavers? Are these skills now lost to history?
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How’s that “Pied Piper Strategy” working for you, Madam?
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Pluto is a planet.
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We need to get the Democrats elected there to save those people from the years of Republican neglect and malfeasance!
The U.S. is the richest and most advanced nation on earth. We are spending huge amounts on AI to bomb Iran and destroy infrastructure. Yet after nearly 2 weeks, we can't restore electricity to Gary, IN, a low-income Black city? Unacceptable. Let’s get our priorities straight.
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I really respect Elon, but I’d prefer if my life would allow me to ride a horse and have a flip phone.
Elon Musk: "If you buy a gasoline car that's not self-driving, it's like riding a horse and using a flip phone."
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