You are not blocked, because you are beneath contempt.

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No, that’s a terrible idea.

If nothing else, the neighbors’ of elected officials would be subjected to all sorts of nonsense they hadn’t signed up for.

On the other hand, learning to deal with people you dislike is a useful skill. If everyone segregates themselves into opposing factions there will never be any progress.

Of course, I’ve personally blocked about 600 people…

For fun, watch the movie “The French Connection.”

Besides still being a great film with plenty of action and suspense, you get to marvel at the fact that, at one time, the police seizing 60 pounds of heroin was headline news around the world.

The format here is funny like that.

Enjoy the night, and eat lots of candy!

We agree completely.

People are working harder for less money.

A while back, we were watching a Marilyn Monroe movie at the local watering hole. “How To Marry A Millionaire.”

At one point, Marilyn and her two buddies walk into a giant duplex apartment at a swanky Manhattan address.

Marilyn looks at the luxurious digs, the fantastic view, and the fawning doorman.

“Wow! This place must rent for a thousand dollars a month!”

The crowd demanded that line be replayed three times before the barkeep restored order.

People understand.

When I was in high school I could afford concert tickets. I’m an adult and concert tickets are prohibitive.

There’s day to day inflation, and a super inflation in luxury goods. One of the biproducts of the billionaire class growing is that minor luxuries are being taken away from regular consumers. Normal folks used to go to the Super Bowl, now you need a private plane to afford tickets.

otoh, prices have been out of control for decades.

When Reagan took office, ‘middle class’ was still one good job supporting a family of four. In those days, $1 million was a vast fortune. By the time Bush Sr. left office “middle class” was two jobs to support the family and $1 million was what a rich guy paid for a party.

Here’s my take on the reality versus the perception.

I brought a good used car back in 2008. It was about twenty years old and it cost me $3,500.00 It was a great deal.

A quick look at the car ads today shows me that a twenty year old car now costs about $7,000.00

There’s a charity dinner I used to attend. The first time I got tickets they were $125.00 and the event was held in a Manhattan luxury hotel. Same event this year is $225.00 and it’s being held out in Queens.

$1,000.00 a month for rent used to be considered extravagant; now it’s the norm.

Even if people have enough to get by, they no longer feel like they are doing well. Poverty is a mind set. Dick Gregory had the line that his parents would tell him that they weren’t poor, they were just broke. If you think of yourself as ‘broke’ it means you expect things to get better. If you’re poor, you’re going to stay poor.

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I haven’t heard the expression “an elephant never forgets” in quite a while. It’s funny how some expressions come and go. “Tight as the bark on a tree” for cheap and “boiled as an owl” for drunk are ones that I know, but haven’t used in conversation in years.

That was a pleasure to read.

Anyone who owns a house is a millionaire.

So we’ve got a tiny number of billionaires in charge.

An ever dwindling number of millionaires desperately holding onto their small privilege

An ever growing number of working poor who need two paychecks to live

Sounds like Tsarist Russia, with no single royal family to execute.

One argument against gun registration was that it would let nefarious forces quickly identify gunowners

I once posted that Trump had run a lottery promising dinner with The President as the top prize and that no one had ever won face time with him.

One of his MAGoos posted back that what he’d done was no different that other pols sending messages saying they personally wanted my backing.

I told him that it was the difference between having a waitress smile at you and giving a stripper $5,000.00 for her mom’s operation.

This is why I think Trump supporters are all idiots.

He’s been robbing them blind since the start, and they keep throwing money at him.

Back in Reconstruction days, the KKK types identified each other by wearing red shirts.

That’s the trouble with symbols. Anything can become one

As far as voting goes, you’re fine. I’ve lived at my current address for over a decade and still get letters for the prior resident.

The State of Pennsylvania knows you’ve moved and the spammers are just sapmmers.

Reagan talked about ‘the big tent’ and did everything he could to purge anyone Left of him.

The GOP was ready for Trump for decades. George W. was just Donnie with a better staff around him.