peaked during ww2 at 94% on high incomes (over what would be about 2.5m today). stayed at 70% or above until reagan… the entire 50s, 60s, and 70s.

prc is trying real hard to make lots of future soldiers, too.

yet you did.

duluth is ok, too, but the range has lost its political magic over the years.

the other college towns like mankato, moorhead, st cloud, bemidji are a lot redder than one would think they’d be, unlike some nearby college towns in wisconsin (eau claire, la crosse, superior. menomonie being an exception to those–it’s dunn gone red lately)

Trump’s cruelty is so innefficient

the cruelty is the point. he “hurts the right people”

record everything. skip the commercials.

the need for having them in an ad supported environment is understood. but it’s long since gotten out of hand as to how many there are. 8-10 minutes per hour when i was a kid to 20-22+ per hour now.

they’re getting ready for a huge offensive, and push to kyiv. january. third week. obvious choice for time frame.

that’s why djt told putin not to ‘escalate’… he was really just reminding him “not yet”.

i have the tapes, lots of tapes. all recorded off of tv. vcr quit working years ago, though. but i do have another at the office. used like three times in the last 15 years to digitize old home movies for someone.

i have the same space, basically, at least i’m not sharing it anyone. very small. not really even room enough for a sofa and a bed unless i give up floor space to move or my small table and desk, and the bathroom is so narrow you have to shit at an angle.

they ain’t gonna stop at the border, either.

russia has another country’s forces on the front. russia has warned against retaliation for this move.

ukraine should get some ‘help’, too. it’s only fair, right?

World of Warcraft’s monetization seems to be getting way more aggressive

of course it is. it’s a microsoft property now.

ballmer retired from microsoft over ten years ago.

the ‘form factor’ isn’t the problem. a ‘cool’ tricked-out bike could just be cosmetics, tire size and suspension; and still have a legally allowed motor output and a safe rider.

it’s the modifications to bypass power limits (some can go 60+ km/h, where the legal limit is closer to 25) or swap out motors for much stronger ones, and how reckless some people ride.

the og motel (1925-1991):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motel_Inn

$1.25 a night in 1925

i prefer 2000’s

ukraine is gonna get ‘helped’ similarly. putin will have a free pass once the u.s. aid stops. i don’t think the other nato countries or the e.u. can cover that, especially long-term.

they’ll pocket the difference, jack up prices, refuse bonuses next year, business slows, lay off half the staff, buy material on credit–maybe siphoning some of that off, bonuses are now a distant memory, jack prices up again. business slows to a crawl, lay off more. business falters. file bankruptcy with millions of outstanding debt to write off.

just like their diaper-wearing idol would.

“you won’t have to vote anymore” --the diaper, july 2024

no. you didn’t miss anything.

wisconsin gonna wisconsin. voted in a diaper, twice, too. i wish i could afford to leave this state.