LawTalkers - I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

It seems like someone says this about one of Sebastian's posts pretty much every week or two these days. I find it hard to believe that, each week, Sebastian is able to surpass the dumbness (or craziness, or whatever) of all of his previous posts ever. Nobody is that good. I guess this is a long way of saying that I recommend that we curtail the hyperbole a bit for 2017. And now, it's the first Daily Dose of 2017! A sweet 1969 cut from Lee Dorsey called "Give It Up." After the gospel-like opening piano chords, you may think to yourself that the backing band is TOTALLY ripping off some Meters riffs. And you would be right if it were not for the fact that the backing band is The Meters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh3cygQeZ1E

Yes, let's TOTALLY curtail the hyperbole.

Anyone else reading the Springsteen memoir?

Tyrone Slothrop

01-03-2017 01:06 PM

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 504815)

http://www.freep.com/story/money/car...oday/96102086/

More jobs saved!

The way things are going, you're going to see more people holding down two jobs just to make it all work.

Hank Chinaski

01-03-2017 02:00 PM

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 504817)

The way things are going, you're going to see more people holding down two jobs just to make it all work.

why do you see this as low paid jobs? Ford is usually pretty well paid.

Tyrone Slothrop

01-03-2017 02:04 PM

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 504818)

why do you see this as low paid jobs? Ford is usually pretty well paid.

If Trump keeps creating so many jobs, there are going to be more than one for each of us, so some people are going to have to do two. Or there.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

01-03-2017 02:22 PM

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 504817)

The way things are going, you're going to see more people holding down two jobs just to make it all work.

Wait until you see how many jobs are created building the wall. We're going to have to let in more Mexicans just to get it done.

Tyrone Slothrop

01-03-2017 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 504820)

Wait until you see how many jobs are created building the wall. We're going to have to let in more Mexicans just to get it done.

Also this.

Replaced_Texan

01-03-2017 03:07 PM

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 504816)

Yes, let's TOTALLY curtail the hyperbole.

Anyone else reading the Springsteen memoir?

I gave it to my mom for Christmas. I'm sure I'll get it back once she's done with it.

ThurgreedMarshall

01-03-2017 03:28 PM

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 504756)

So that might be why to do it a year ago, but now? Isn't it almost petty? I mean it will have no effect other than to record that Obama wasn't all that happy with Israel after all.

Good. Fuck Netanyahu. I'm sick of his bullshit. I hope he shows up to the inauguration and all the photos of him with Trump are tied around his neck forever. He needs to go.

TM

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

01-03-2017 03:53 PM

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 504823)

Good. Fuck Netanyahu. I'm sick of his bullshit. I hope he shows up to the inauguration and all the photos of him with Trump are tied around his neck forever. He needs to go.

TM

Here's the thing, Netanyahu will be gone soon, likely under a very dark cloud. Who knows, when his prison time is up maybe he'll come back and join the Trump administration.

And whoever replaces him will likely be even worse.

Right now it's all just a holding action for a time when there is the ability to do something. Most likely, at that point, we'll be looking at a one state solution and talking about the extent to which Israel can limit Arab voting and participation and whether they can keep Gaza out of the state.

Pretty Little Flower

01-03-2017 05:21 PM

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 504816)

Yes, let's TOTALLY curtail the hyperbole.

Anyone else reading the Springsteen memoir?

I was surrounded by Springsteen lovers in high school and never really got it then, and was tainted by the HS inundation ever since, so I avoided him to the extent possible.

Tyrone Slothrop

01-03-2017 05:33 PM

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 504830)

I was surrounded by Springsteen lovers in high school and never really got it then, and was tainted by the HS inundation ever since, so I avoided him to the extent possible.

This was me until a few years ago, when I finally got far enough away from the Springsteen lovers to start liking his stuff. There is that one co-worker, but you can get him to change gears to talk about hockey pretty quickly.

Hank Chinaski

01-03-2017 05:43 PM

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 504831)

So you think the Flower sock has the capacity for personal growth? Are you a newber?

For flower to listen to Bruce S. you'd need to find a bar in Bushwick that only plays his music. Actually, it would heave to be in Bed-Stuy. Forgot it is 2017.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

01-04-2017 09:26 AM

Re: The 70s was an ugly, ugly place

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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 504830)

I was surrounded by Springsteen lovers in high school and never really got it then, and was tainted by the HS inundation ever since, so I avoided him to the extent possible.

You youngsters had it easy. I had to deal with the Led Zepplenites.

Pretty Little Flower

01-04-2017 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 504833)

You youngsters had it easy. I had to deal with the Led Zepplenites.

I was more of a Led Zepplenite.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

01-04-2017 11:40 AM

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