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Can we get a hashtag going #PresidentMusk? See how Trump responds.

Oof.

#QueensPride!!! Amazing* that someone with the moral strength of Mario Cuomo (let's not discuss his sons, please!) and someone with the moral weakness of Trump were born and raised only a mile or two away from one another. *see what I did there? Amazin' Mets ('cause they play in Queens!)?

=&= Jing Fong? It's pretty big (like I think it takes up/took up a full city block and goes multi-story). But it's still open, on Centre Street (maybe closed down during pandemic and reopened?) & has an uptown location too. House of Joy on Pell does service by cart. The last jury I was on: Federal Criminal (RICO case), in Brooklyn; they made us leave our phones at the security desk in the courthouse lobby. Quick story/comment about that: when the prosecution asked a witness how he knew the defendant was the one driving the getaway car at one of the two murders, the witness answered 'because I'm the one who shot the guy who died, and I jumped into defendant's car'. It's weird having someone admit to having murdered someone in such a matter-of-fact way.

Regarding the first emphasized part: I kinda want there to be a 'tear it all down' reckoning. Yes, I know it'll hurt, but maybe it's the kind of hurt we need. Regarding the second part: it's not just a German phrase. I recall it having been said by Aristotle "There is no great genius without a touch of madness." You're right that Musk (or as I've heard him called "Lone Skum") needs to be very careful. The fight (& I think it's inevitable there'll be a falling out b/w the two) will be epic. And may lead to the tear it all down reckoning I mentioned above. Hey, not just NYC 'high society'!!! Some of us non-high society NYCers hate him too! I mean I refuse to accept he's from my home borough of Queens.

And he's (Musk) trying it in the UK too, with equal idiot Farage & his idiot Reform Party. Musk ready to bankroll Farage with ‘biggest donation in British political history’ (apologies for the header image!)

Recent Lincoln-related posts by @Blergh has me thinking of Robert Todd Lincoln and his association/connection to not just the assassination of his father, but also those of Garfield and McKinley. The younger Lincoln was at the Sixth Street Train Station when Garfield was shot (he was Garfield's Secretary of War). He was also at the Pan-Am Expo (not in the immediate vicinity, but within the Expo's footprint) when McKinley was shot.

All this talk about dim sum is making me hungry (& I just had breakfast!). Went for a dim sum lunch a couple months back for a birthday event; hadn't been in ages. I used to work in Chinatown and dim sum & congee were staples for lunch. Also, hot pot. Essentially, below your table is a propane tank & on the table top is a small grill and a pot with broth (generally chicken or beef, but some places offer veggie or seafood), where you cook the stuff you get from a buffet style lineup. It's usually all you can eat for a set $$ amount / time. My first time was in the late 90s/early 00s with my late husband and a coworker of his who is Chinese. Said coworker did all the selecting. It was great: didn't know what we were having, but did know it wouldn't kill us. Was my first experience with razor clams, sea urchin, thousand year eggs, and a couple other things I'd never have had were it not for coworker. Which brings me to another friend of late husband's: this guy is so ONLY MEAT & POTATOES that he'll never venture to any 'ethnic' food other than Italian. We offered to bring him for Indian, with the promise that we'd buy him a SECOND DINNER down the street at the Irish pub if he didn't like the Indian. NOPE! He didn't even want to open his palate a tiny bit. I feel so sorry for people like that.

This is such a shitty situation; so sorry you/your area is going thru this @Calvada I'm going to repeat myself here: there will be meaningful action against gun violence only when meaningful campaign finance reform is enacted. Until politicians can no longer take $$$ from the NRA or Smith & Wesson or Colt or other gun manufacturers &/or special interest groups, these mass shootings will continue happening.

Daniel Sloss (from his 2019 HBO special; later it came to be seen as him referencing Russell Brand):

It's not just kids' toys, either. Anyone remember Bic pens for women? Or this? And while we're on the subject: there was a study showing women customers will be lied to much more frequently than men. Even by women sales / service representatives. This had me thinking of starting a company where men would be hired to just go with women to mitigate the deception. I was going to call it PWP: People with Penises (mostly for the shock value of using penis in a company name; I do understand that not all people w/ penises are men.)

Tracey Ullman was credited at the end of Ep5 (at the very end of the actors' credits), for the very brief & only in the shadows appearance. So, if she was meant to be a surprised cameo, that was blown; though I suppose the expectation may've been that most people don't stick around for end-of-ep credits long enough to have seen it. Was anyone expecting Sam to say to Lennie/y as he walked away from their last meeting something like "see you around, Mum"? Just me?

=&= If he himself hadn't been effected by the disease he probably wouldn't have said anything. And yes, he should've exorcised Trump & Trumpism 4 years age. Maybe even in '15/'16.

Yep!! Frost is truly someone to watch. And one of the names I couldn't recall earlier: Mallory McMorrow, Michigan.