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December 22, 2022
Last minute Christmas shopping
December 4, 2022
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sean-quinns-downfall-is-fairies-revenge-say-locals-in-cavan-26794562.html
Sean Quinn's downfall is fairies' revenge say locals in Cavan
HE was once Ireland's richest man, with a fortune of 4.7bn, before his huge gamble on Anglo Irish Bank shares toppled him into bankruptcy. But for some in his heartland on the Cavan/Fermanagh border, the downfall of Sean Quinn has more to do with the wrath of the fairies than risky business moves.
According to these locals, it was the decision to move a megalithic burial tomb 20 years ago which led to the fall of his cement, hotels, and insurance empire. The Aughrim Wedge Tomb stood for 4,000 years in the townland after which it is named, two miles outside Ballyconnell, Co Cavan. But when it got in the way of the expansion of a massive quarry for Quinn Concrete in 1992, permission was granted by the Office of Public Works to move it.
Following a full excavation of the site, it was moved -- stone by stone -- and relocated in the grounds of Mr Quinn's Slieve Russell Hotel on the other side of the village. Mr Quinn has since lost the cement works, the hotel, a raft of other businesses and his multi-billion euro fortune. According to bankruptcy documents, he now claims to have just 11,000 in the bank.
Some locals have linked the movement of the tomb to Mr Quinn's financial woes.
According to these locals, it was the decision to move a megalithic burial tomb 20 years ago which led to the fall of his cement, hotels, and insurance empire. The Aughrim Wedge Tomb stood for 4,000 years in the townland after which it is named, two miles outside Ballyconnell, Co Cavan. But when it got in the way of the expansion of a massive quarry for Quinn Concrete in 1992, permission was granted by the Office of Public Works to move it.
Following a full excavation of the site, it was moved -- stone by stone -- and relocated in the grounds of Mr Quinn's Slieve Russell Hotel on the other side of the village. Mr Quinn has since lost the cement works, the hotel, a raft of other businesses and his multi-billion euro fortune. According to bankruptcy documents, he now claims to have just 11,000 in the bank.
Some locals have linked the movement of the tomb to Mr Quinn's financial woes.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sean-quinns-downfall-is-fairies-revenge-say-locals-in-cavan-26794562.html
November 13, 2022
Didn't Mitch McConnell say he would retire if his party didn't retake the Senate?
Or am I remembering that wrong?
November 8, 2022
Important day DUers. Don't let anything stop you from voting. Call family members, friends,
talk to co-workers, and anyone else you can think of. We need a big turnout.
GOTV.
November 4, 2022
I voted today!
Stopped by the library to pick up a book I had on reserve and it turns out my local library was a County early election polling place. There was no line, so placed my vote for the awesome Rep Gerry Connolly. I was voter 1,972 for the day.
GOTV, DU.
November 1, 2022
https://www.theonion.com/disappointed-trick-or-treater-was-really-hoping-to-get-1849654379
Disappointed Trick-Or-Treater Was Really Hoping To Get At Least One Pack Of Fentanyl
KANSAS CITY, MOScouring the bag of candy before throwing it across the room in defeat, disappointed trick-or-treater Olivia Vercetti, 8, told reporters Monday that she was really hoping to get at least one pack of fentanyl this Halloween. Aw, man, everybody was supposed to be giving out rainbow fentanyl this year, and I didnt even get a single pill, said Vercetti, adding that she even examined her haul of candy for any packages that were open or looked tampered with just in case the colorful opioids were hidden inside, but she still came up empty. I was expecting my neighborhood to be flooded with rainbow fentanyl to get kids addicted, and instead I get a box of Whoppers? I cant OD on that!
https://www.theonion.com/disappointed-trick-or-treater-was-really-hoping-to-get-1849654379
October 18, 2022
A picture says a thousand words.
https://twitter.com/TG22110/status/1582104990952275969?s=20&t=5MDSg3UH9NnXRUADiH9g0A
October 13, 2022
https://www.wsj.com/articles/glorifi-how-new-anti-woke-bank-stumbled-11665174704?st=1ijcoywj5pcjiew&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Good gawd, The Grift Also Rises! $1.7 billion down the drain over RW grifting!
How a New Anti-Woke Bank Stumbled
An A-list group of financial backers including Ken Griffin and Peter Thiel gave Toby Neugebauer tens of millions of dollars to build a new kind of bankone aimed at people who see Wall Street as too liberal.
The potential customer base was huge, Mr. Neugebauer and his business partner, former Mike Pence chief of staff Nick Ayers, told the investors. Plumbers, electricians and police officers, the pitch went, are fed up with big banks that dont share their values.
The startup, called GloriFi, initially aimed to launch with bank accounts, credit cards, mortgages and insurance, while touting what it called pro-America values such as capitalism, family, law enforcement and the freedom to celebrate your love of God and country.
Within months, the investors money was nearly gone, and GloriFi was on the verge of bankruptcy. It missed launch dates, blaming faulty technology and failures by vendors, and laid off dozens of employees. It stumbled with products; for instance, a plan to make a credit card out of the same material used for shell casings failed when the company realized the material could interfere with security chips and potentially be too thick for payment terminals, according to people familiar with the matter.
The potential customer base was huge, Mr. Neugebauer and his business partner, former Mike Pence chief of staff Nick Ayers, told the investors. Plumbers, electricians and police officers, the pitch went, are fed up with big banks that dont share their values.
The startup, called GloriFi, initially aimed to launch with bank accounts, credit cards, mortgages and insurance, while touting what it called pro-America values such as capitalism, family, law enforcement and the freedom to celebrate your love of God and country.
Within months, the investors money was nearly gone, and GloriFi was on the verge of bankruptcy. It missed launch dates, blaming faulty technology and failures by vendors, and laid off dozens of employees. It stumbled with products; for instance, a plan to make a credit card out of the same material used for shell casings failed when the company realized the material could interfere with security chips and potentially be too thick for payment terminals, according to people familiar with the matter.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/glorifi-how-new-anti-woke-bank-stumbled-11665174704?st=1ijcoywj5pcjiew&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Good gawd, The Grift Also Rises! $1.7 billion down the drain over RW grifting!
October 5, 2022
Herschel Walker Self-Defense Training
https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1577403435015671839?s=20&t=rFl-vS-L4uDZ06eLAC-DOw
September 21, 2022
Will Truth Social explode? Love to be a fly on the wall for the ketchup throwing tantrum!
I can hear little Trumpina, Jr, and the other Jr whining from here.
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