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Metatronz , in Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights

Way to go Ohio!

torknorggren , in Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80

Not to mention he was an outstanding guitar player. Those original Band albums and the records with Dylan wouldn’t be nearly as good without Robertson’s strat.

girlfreddy OP , in Canadian musician Robbie Robertson dies at 80: multiple reports
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Damn. One of my favourite artists of all time. His first solo album is still one I listen to often.

:'(

girlfreddy OP ,
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999 ,

I have around 1,000 records, and that one is the one I play most often. Such a stellar record. Transports me right back to that time.

If you haven't read it, I can't recommend his autobiography highly enough. He has a fascinating story.

majkeli , in Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80

Legend.

AFKBRBChocolate , in 6 year old who shot teacher bragged about it

The intentional shooting itself is all I need to know that the little kid has really significant issues that need to be treated. The fact that he bragged about it isn’t news; he’s six, I’m not expecting him to act maturely about anything.

LaunchesKayaks ,
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My mom works in a school as a therapist for very mentally ill children. There are a few that have been sent to the bad kids school because of violence. I wouldn’t be surprised if she told me one of the kids shot someone.

NathanielThomas , in Americans’ credit card debt hits a record $1 trillion

Undesirable? The system is working as designed. The world is $59 trillion in debt to ITSELF. Which makes no sense.

afraid_of_zombies ,

Sure it does. You got ground level which is trust, above that central bank, above that fiat currency, above that companies/people, and above that banks.

You orders machine from my employer. You put some down and the rest you pay on delivery. To buy the raw materials from middlemen, we put some money down and pay the rest on delivery (or use a po but that is complicated way of nearly the same thing), the middlemen put some money down and pay the rest on delivery, and the employer of them hasnt been paid enough yet so is borrowing some from the bank and is depending on two week payperiods. The employees are renting and owe money at the end of the month to a landlord who is still paying off a mortgage to a bank, who is using deposits that can be summoned at all times…

The same x amount of money is multiplied. This x amount of money becomes y*x amount of debt. It is all abstractions on abstractions with no bottom. Since even if you say trust is the bottom it is really just trust that the top of this process will continue to work.

Sleep tight.

bongus_urongus ,

Wait wait wait., but that just sounds like feudalism with fucking hedge fund bros, real estate speculation, and a bunch of extra goddamn steps…

afraid_of_zombies ,

Well I mean I don’t think your life is as bad as a 12th century Russian serf.

Shardikprime ,

Indeed, even Kings would envy us right now. Just even the luxury of having to not slave away for weeks just for a lump of stale moldy bread is a marvel.

We have an hyper abundance of food at our hands. You can even drink a delicacy called coffee together with another delicacy called cinnamon without murdering countless on the way to your table together with the miracle of milk kept fresh through days or even weeks or months without it even getting a stale whiff.

There is even more to that, but the luxury of partaking in it and complaining about it, thinking our lives are somehow worse, while trying to destroy what countless generations sacrificed themselves for, knowingly or unknowingly, is the biggest luxury of them all.

gila ,
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Paying a portion later means more cash can flow through the business and provide utility today. Your post implies that every business operating this way is effectively insolvent without access to credit, but even if your employer has the money to pay for the raw materials today, it generally isn’t in their best interest to do so

afraid_of_zombies ,

Sure. There is going to be variation. Some companies are going to be money empires, I have heard ship builders usually are but can’t confirm that. Plus you got like tech startups that can spend a decade without making a penny.

And yes it generally isn’t a good idea for a business to pay for everything right away. If they run low on cash they will have to borrow vs delayed payment means an interest free loan. Back in my freelancer days I used to get furious about net-90. Do all the work, lay out all the expenses, and still have to wait 90 days to get paid.

Without trust the whole thing burns to the ground. Good thing everyone trusts that the banks won’t fuck us over and demand a bailout, that will never happen.

quicksand ,

Stop making points, but you’re totally right… How I look at it at this point is it’s like gangs… ya I know I owe you 30 trillion, but I’m giving you hundreds of billions a year. And I have more muscle than you. So why would you try to collect when I can kick your ass and you still get enough to pay your debts without conflict… I want someone to correct me, because Ive spent a lot of time trying to understand more nuance to this situation

Edit: I realize I’ve missed some punctuation. If you’re confused, just ask

Iusedtobeanadventurer , in Tampa mayor finds big catch off Florida Keys: 70 pounds of cocaine

I don’t know why, I have absolutely zero against Mayor Castor. I don’t even really know much about her or her politics.

But… Her being a former police chief and now 2 time mayor of Tampa for some reason part of my brain is telling me “prearranged publicity stunt.”

Why else disclose that she’s the one who found the dope? And, while it’s not unheard of to find cocaine floating around the ocean down here, that’s a LOT of cocaine. Enough for a big fat nationwide headline, especially if you’re mayor of Tampa.

So maybe it is a coincidence that she found it and she did not, in fact, trade a favor to get some white girl lost from a drug bust, but I have never been a fan of coincidence.

demesisx , in Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80
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Which band?

dublet ,

The Band is the band that band leader Robbie Robertsen led.

AllonzeeLV ,

The band. They sound like A Band but go a little harder, but not nearly as hard as That Band.

girlfreddy ,
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@AllonzeeLV @demesisx

I fear for a generation that has no idea who The Band was and how they changed music history.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1234803234/

Son_of_dad , in Canadian musician Robbie Robertson dies at 80: multiple reports

Canadian artist died, time for Canadians to pretend they remember who he was

girlfreddy OP ,
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Kinda hard to forget since he was a founding member of The Band.

frozenicecube ,
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In all seriousness, do you not know The Band? Dude is quite famous…

girlfreddy ,
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@frozenicecube @Son_of_dad

He just finished scoring Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro, which is set to hit theaters in the fall.

Looking forward to that movie.

brihuang95 , in AP: Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant
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Another conspiracy theorist wacko?

gullible ,

No, a PATRIOT who was MURDERED by the GOVERNMENT. I’m going to EMPHASIZE words by CAPITALIZING them and occasionally bolding them like a fifth grade POWERPOINT presentation, because my AUDIENCE has the attention span of a GUPPY suffering from COCAINE WITHDRAWAL. SAD

madeinthebackseat ,

NOT ENOUGH USE OF REPEATED PUNCTUATION!!!

Snowpix ,
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THAT SENTENCE HAS TOO MANY SYLLABLES! APOLOGIZE!

grue ,

“‘A-po-log-ize?’ What’s that?” – MAGAs

realcaseyrollins , in Teen sent 'hobo hunting' text before killing homeless woman with pellet gun: prosecutors

I didn't even know that you could kill someone with a pellet gun

girlfreddy OP ,
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Hit the jugular vein, you can.

freecandy ,

She was shot 3 times, one of them puncturing the aorta

GuyDudeman ,
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Jesus

RivenRise ,

That’s crazy, I wasn’t aware they were that strong. I only ever had cheap bb guns that would barely fly 5 ft.

roguetrick ,

Wow, that was some penetration.

Hobo ,

There’s some pretty powerful air rifles out there. The one from the article appears to be a varmit air rifle (at least that’s what I would call it). Here’s a review I found:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=ghNp27YgJd4

And another one that shows the targets they’re hitting up close:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=VDzhK2oFDIs

JakoJakoJako13 , in Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80
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Damn. I just had a convo with my mother about this group. They were busy in the 70s and 80s. They opened for a lot of groups and said yes to a lot of collabs.

Sad to hear he died. RIP

QHC , in AP: Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant

Anyone dumb enough to post about that kind of thing on Facebook… I don’t even have words. That would have been dumb in 2003, let alone 2023!

Also, I am enjoying the mental picture of how fast this guy’s MAGA friends reached for the FBI hotline when they saw his posts.

smokin_shinobi , in AP: Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant

FBI is up two-nil on the MAGAs now. I wonder if he had a thin blue line sticker on his truck.

Ginjutsu , in AP: Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant

what a stupid way to die

Sharpiemarker ,

What a stupid way to live too

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