Jestbill / is on Nostr

Eldest Boomer is 76.
I favor a UBI and universal healthcare for USA.

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2024-11-16 19:57:09

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@nprofile…taps Likely 'cause the one I heard about was mostly a scam.
Ali vs Lyle Alzado in Denver: I spoke with the referee who said he didn't get paid.

2024-11-16 19:46:05

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@nprofile…taps When Mohamed Ali did those exhibitions, sometimes the referee didn't get paid.

2024-11-16 19:43:56

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@nprofile…taps There is a thing called "Learned Helplessness".
If Mom is in a home for the aged, this tree is entirely appropriate.
If not, Mom should buy her own tree if she wants one.
BF could provide transportation and muscle if Mom wants help.

2024-11-15 21:34:34

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@nprofile…fynq Quicksand made for terror and adventure in old radio shows. Took awhile to go away after TV became the norm.

2024-11-11 23:52:54

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@npub1dts…6798 Provision of cups is $1?

2024-11-08 21:13:15

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@npub1c5u…n87m " I am what a tankie or other edgy leftist would call a "pacifist"."
You are a propagandist bot.

2024-10-19 20:16:48

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@npub189n…satx More (B)illionaires means more (H)omeless.
Wonder what the current ratio of B to H is.

2024-09-08 02:50:34

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@npub1dts…6798 If it is you who is on the FTL flight, you may be the younger one now.
Also, she might now be your brother.

2024-09-04 17:28:13

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@npub1cw3…let5 They deserve exactly what they have voted for.
These lax laws didn't all get passed during this past year.

2024-09-01 04:34:24

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@npub1dts…6798 https://xkcd.com/1053/

2024-07-27 23:54:59

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@npub1tps…9rmt People were asking similar questions in the 1830's.

2024-05-26 01:24:15

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@npub166y…6dc6 Weight? 50kg, 90kg?

2024-05-22 23:00:01

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@npub1ks4…x88p Progressive LVT at minimum.
My idea is about corporations that buy up a lot of small properties and charge high rent. Make taxes both progressive and cumulative so they can't afford that.

2024-05-22 22:33:17

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@npub1ks4…x88p Counter idea: make 'em progressive and cumulative. If you own two properties your tax bill is at the rate of the sum not the sum of the rates.

2024-05-03 00:19:29

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@npub1xg3…nyjk Excess at the top, excess homelessness at the bottom.

2024-03-10 19:34:39

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@npub18ap…tu0c @npub189n…satx @npub1gmx…atcq No! We're doing EVERYTHING over after 80 years. Nazis, Robber Barons, the Great Depression...all of it.
Women voting, secret ballots, ...

2023-09-12 14:05:18

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@npub1krc…68qh As the eldest remaining, I just don't go to 'em.