The way the wealth gap starts to close is if boring everyday businesses like grocery stores and banks (but preferably credit unions), erc, are owned by people who live in the community so the money stays in the community.

Masculinity is such a weird concept. A certain segment of European culture thinks or used to think that husbands going down on their wives was unmasculine. This same culture has generally considered the gay unmasculine.  But...since gay guys don’t like going down on women either, does that make them more masculine? 

The wooden racket is a nice touch.

Thanks. I had started getting dinner delivered recently because laziness but...I don’t approve of this.

I confess I haven’t looked into the details of her plan, but it’s been possible for decades to get an FHA loan using “alternative tradelines.”

From time to time? Whew...

If it were 1852, I'm sure this speech would still offend you.

I have a Black Friend who introduced me to this speech a few years ago. It’s now ritual reading every July 4 morning.

I do hate those tea sipping motherfuckers....

“at the heart of any aesthetic judgement is an ethical one”

“Early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable.”  I’ve been out of the Army for years, but I still arrive everywhere 10 minutes prior.  lol

As an aside, the fun part of hockey for me in 91 is that the Sharks hadn’t yet come to the bay area and, as a midwest transplant, I jonesed for hockey but could only get a game or two out of ESPN twice or so a week. Which is how I saw one of the most amazing games of my life, a playoff game between the Flyers…

We’d still be forced to watch the neutral zone trap?  (hehe)

I was really into hockey cards at that time. I had many 91 upper deck Teemu Selanne rookie cards and was therefore stoked when he scored 76 goals in 92-93 and got rookie of the year....

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Every time I think things can’t get badder/weirder...

The UFC is still a thing? Huh.

What about the fact that it’s been widely reported that the decision to play also included an independent doctor hired by Durant?

I'm a fairly active sports fan, listen to sports talk radio, read sites like this, etc, and I still have no idea who these people are, so I’m going to suggest that says something about the state of both boxing and ESPN talk shows....

That's very Russian.