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Posts posted by MC Fresh Breath
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On 2/4/2024 at 7:26 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said:
The economy is the best talking point, and when they counter with inflation, mention how wage growth is outpacing inflation. If they say their wages haven’t grown as much, well then that’s their problem.
This board is a bubble. Is that wage growth CEO wage growth or the average worker's wages? Did their wages keep up with the cost of goods? How many millennials can afford a house now? What is the average age of a millennial? The middle class and below are getting squeezed terribly whether this place wants to admit or not. Grocery bills eat up more than they used to eat up. Then there is everything else. Use cards cost more now than they used to cost. Home repairs, medical bills, whatever. It all costs more. Do you see the amount of tech layoffs going on lately? Oh sure we created more jobs--at what pay level?
None of that is to blame Biden, per se. But when people hurt* telling them "the economy is great its your fault for being deceived" imo isn't awesome messaging. I'm pretty convinced Biden needs Trump. Because "I'm not Trump" is his main winning line.
* https://jacobin.com/2024/02/us-economy-opinion-polls-cost-of-living
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17 hours ago, TexasHooch said:
Great performance. This was in Berlin, but same crew. Alan Dawson steals it.
Completely agreed on the album I linked. Was blown away by it.
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Great release Apple Music found for me:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/dave-brubeck-quartet-gerry-mulligan-live-at-university/1726673796
For spotify folks:
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2 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:
oh yeah, definitely in my rotation. I like their first album better. the second album was way too bass guitar-forward for me and at time sounds more like acid jazz than metal. but I still dig those guys and have seen them play twice
Yeah, the techy (acid jazzy?) parts are I think kind of what hooked me and apparently lots of other metal writers out there. Found it on a lot of best of 2023 lists.
Will check out the muddy slam.
In the meantime, some 'blackened thrash' found on a bandcamp list:
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seems to be close to @Longhorn_Fan68's wheelhouse. "tech slam"
I've enjoyed the album a few times even though I don't think I understand one single word of it.
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Oops, does seem that way. But yeah, I feel like I'm at a good point and do wish I could freeze time.
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Turn 54 in a few months. I'm overall having a great time and my only desire is for time to standstill a bit a more these days. Mortality bothers me, but what can you do.
A few pages/months back I saw some folks talking about soreness and working out. I'm going to shamelessly recommend pliability.com. It is basically 'slow' yoga (sometimes called yin I believe) where you hold a pose for a few minutes at a time. Think long static stretches. Has made a difference for me, for sure. Ease into it if you're new. Oh, and this is a referral link for 2 weeks free, and I think I get rich if anyone signs up and pays for it: : https://pliability.com/app/signup?referral=dae4710e5 Mainly putting it there for the two weeks free so you can see if you like it or not. I don't put much faith in the 'extras' like the mobility test or what not, but the routines themselves have helped me greatly.
I do weights 3x a week these days (some weeks 2x). Some light cardio in the gym when it is winter. Skateboard and snowboard. Sometimes mountain bike (need to get more on that this summer) and stand up paddle board. Weight is in healthy range, BP is fine, Diet mostly healthy. Cholesterol however went up every year no matter what I did, so now I'm on a statin.
Also had that calcium CT score and I'm so jealous of all of you with zeroes. Mine was 135. Statin has brought my cholesterol levels in check so hopefully that helps in the long run.
First one I was on did not work out for me in terms of mental health. Really bad effects after a few days on it. Switched to atorvastatin and has been fine.
Take care everyone. Oh, and I'm reading a book titled "Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live." Might be worth looking into.
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This dude reps Austin pretty damn well.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1ueM6GrO3q/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
His "Texas Three Step" videos are worth watching on Youtube.
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36 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:
-I've since ebayed many of my reissues over the years to pay for speeding tickets. Part of an agreement with Mrs. Doom that one indulgent foolishness must pay for the other...
Best thing I've read online in forever.
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Haven't listened to a lot of heavy music this year. Did go through some best of lists, not a ton grabbed me that I had not check out already.
However back in April I definitely missed this work of art. What a beautiful heavy album. Really moving good stuff.
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Only my second personal grip tape job on the Welcome board. That's MOB clear grip in the middle. Yes, bit of a bubble on top right but I've smoothed it out. Pepper grip tape.
Before I put the trucks on it. Art is a Michelangelo painting lol
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15 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:
This is all that I really ride these days, and only a couple of times a year and only a few blocks down the street to Doomlet's school.
It's a squirrelly little (26.5x7.5) death trap and a guaranteed beef for anyone heavier than me due to the softness of the bushings, looseness of the trucks (Indy 101s from ~1986 on wedged risers), and size of the wheels (76mm, 81a ABEC-11 Gumballs), but it's fast as shit and incredibly manueuverable thanks to the short wheelbase (handcarved butchery by a previous owner - I received it in a bulk purchase of used miscellaneous crap). I used it to haul ass all over campus during grad school, and it was perfect for that purpose. Only got tossed off a few times myself...
It's like a lifted Mini Cooper on Mickey Thompson drag slicks.
bad ass!
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16 hours ago, Mittens said:
Picked up the Kendall and a nice bright orange Grabke exploding clock today. Will post when they come in.
You might already know of these but I love watching the Andrew Cannon SC "product challenge" videos.
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Seems not too long after I moved to Oregon Austin built a few skateparks all around that look nice from what I see on the Youtubes. Including one in Mueller that would have been just down the road from me. Oh well.
I'm now on a Welcome board. 9.25 wide with a 14.75 wheelbase. Found out I like a longer wheelbase which given my height and old man self (6'5'') makes sense. Indy forged hollow 169 trucks. Alternate between spitfires or Powell dragons depending on the surface. Just baby ollies and short manuals for me right now other than just riding around for fun. Hoping to get some no complies in 2024 and maybe some shuv its. The neighborhood crew rode a lot this summer so we had a great time (some of them really, really good skaters). Although one of them really hurt himself badly in a garage session so he might not be rejoining.
Have also found r/oldskaters on reddit is one of the few subreddits I go to anymore these days. Pretty supportive group. Although if you browse it much you will think every dude 40 and up rides either a Heroin egg deck or an Andy Anderson flight deck.
Happy holidays and New Year skate crew.
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15 hours ago, mdmost said:
This is a truly great read. An indictment not only of Kissinger, but of all the US elites, really. Fantastic work.
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956 is on my ignore list. It would not matter what source I shared with that douchebag warmongering shitheel who loves zionist takes.
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On 11/8/2023 at 2:04 PM, mchookem said:personal rant, feel free to skip...so i feel like the gen z person in my life is close to off-the-rails on this topic and i'm really worried she's going to end up arrested and/or expelled in the middle of her senior year of college for crossing a line in her efforts to protest. she is beyond passionate at this point 😒
her enthusiasm is right in line with her Type A/ocd/eating disorder mental issues... she grabs hold of something and gives it 1000% and just won't let go. she's also a leader so she's actually organizing some shit this weekend...i don't even want to really know details but ngl... i'm worried how it might turn out. i actually admire her passion and commitment, and i don't think she's even wrong (i share many of her sentiments)... but not if she ends up sabotaging her future.
a sample - 'i can't sit back and lavish in my cushy american privilege and future while innocent men women and children are bombed and their history erased! that's horrifying and i can and will sacrifice so that they can have a chance. those kids deserve to grow up as much as i do!'
she and her mother haven't been speaking for a while (nothing to do with this, mostly her moms alcohol/histrionics) and her dad is a wet-brained moronic maga-type (i mean thank god she doesn't actually drink, amirite)... i'm literally the only one she talks to. luckily we are super close, and she does listen to me, i spent the morning counseling her on how her skills and resources could be put to good use in this effort in productive ways versus... whatever she's got planned. but this is a topic she's honestly probably more informed on than i am so i'm not sure what to say or how. i have to freakin google half the shit she talks about so i can at least try to discuss it... but of course some of it is just horrible and i don't know what to say. i read this and the other thread to try and stay informed of developments. but i stg if i have to fly to Texas to bail her out i'm gonna lose my shit 😳 any words of advice??
tl/dr my niece is damn near radicalized and may blow something up this weekend, what should i tell her to get her to not? lol (kidding. sort of. 😐)
Learning about US aided genocide can be troubling.
But like all of us here actually, we can't make much impact. As there is complete bi-partisan agreement (re: the masters want it). edit: last few minutes of this one are a bit to polly-ana-ish for me. Money and might rule all.
The lack of true power and impact we all have in this duopoly can be frustrating for sure.
Perhaps contributing to humanitarian causes is the way to go. I give to this one:
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Congrats @shadow_operative2.0 on the world series win. Enjoy!
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QuoteInternet and cell service have been cut off in the Gaza Strip as Israeli airstrikes intensify on the besieged territory, where more than 7,000 Palestinians have reportedly been killed since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants.
News outlets and on-the-ground aid groups reported on Friday that their communications with individuals within Gaza have been severed, and the 2.3 million people who live there are now left in a near-complete digital blackout. Jawal and Paltel, Palestine’s largest internet service providers, said Friday that service had collapsed due to Israel’s bombardment of the region, which has intensified in the last 24 hours. “The intense bombing in the last hour caused the destruction of all remaining international routes linking Gaza to the outside world,” Paltel wrote in a statement.
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Israel’s UN envoy slams General Assembly resolution
Gilad Erdan says “this is a dark day for the UN and for mankind” after the UNGA passed the resolution, which urged a humanitarian truce in Gaza.The Israeli ambassador promised that Israel would use “every means” in fighting Hamas.
“Today is a day that will go down as infamy. We have all witnessed that the UN no longer holds even one ounce of legitimacy or relevance,” Erdan said.
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Genocide Is Underway in Gaza. US Leaders Can No Longer Say “We Didn’t Know.”
QuoteThe death toll from Israel’s aerial bombardment has surpassed 7000, including 3000 children, according to Palestinian health authorities. Fifty-one percent of all homes in Gaza have now been destroyed, and over 1.4 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes in northern Gaza, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The dire, inhumane consequences of Israel’s halting deliveries of food, water, fuel, electricity and medicine will take their toll and will result in the death of an even larger number of Palestinian children and civilians in the coming days.
SpoilerThe past two weeks have been very painful for me and my Palestinian American family, but especially for our relatives in Palestine. I’ve had little sleep, and when I did manage to close my eyes, I was unable to stop the nightmares. The horror that is taking place in Gaza became like a noose around my neck preventing me from breathing. I couldn’t help but think of all the children who lost their parents, their homes, and who can’t understand why no one in the world cares about them and why no one is coming to their rescue. Close to half the population of Gaza was born under the 17-year-long suffocating siege and have known nothing but misery and extreme hardship.
The death toll from Israel’s aerial bombardment has surpassed 7000, including 3000 children, according to Palestinian health authorities. Fifty-one percent of all homes in Gaza have now been destroyed, and over 1.4 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes in northern Gaza, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The dire, inhumane consequences of Israel’s halting deliveries of food, water, fuel, electricity and medicine will take their toll and will result in the death of an even larger number of Palestinian children and civilians in the coming days.
“Hospitals have lost their ability to treat [patients], and medical teams are treating the patients with very limited capabilities,” Palestinian health ministry spokesperson Ashraf Al-Qudra said in an interview.
Under the watchful eye of world leaders who continue to repeat the same mantra that “Israel has the right to defend itself” but are indifferent to Palestinians and their right to resist their occupation and blockade, Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland, the former head of the Israel National Security Council, said in Israeli media, “Creating a severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza is a necessary means to achieve the goal. Gaza will become a place where no human being can exist.”
“Human animals must be treated as such. There will be no electricity and no water [in Gaza], there will only be destruction,” said Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, head of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories. “You wanted hell, you will get hell.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement at yesterday’s UN Security Council session that the UN “must affirm the right of any nation to defend itself and to prevent such harm from repeating itself,” simply adds fuel to the fire. Every government official in the U.S., the U.K. and the EU who isn’t calling for a ceasefire and an end to the carnage should be held accountable for their part in this genocide. Sending billions of dollars in missiles and weapons to the Israeli military in order to mercilessly kill and ethnically cleanse more Palestinians amplifies the U.S.’s complicity in the atrocities. The tragic loss of Israeli lives on October 7 should not be used as a pretext to launch this genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel is actively implementing a strategy I have called the “out-of-state” solution. This strategy aims to transfer Palestinians — or keep terrorizing and oppressing them until they give up and leave — to neighboring Arab countries, dispossessing them of their homeland. This is what we are witnessing in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem before our very eyes.
According to the Palestine Ministry of Health in Ramallah, Israel Defense Forces and armed settlers have killed at least 100 Palestinians in the West Bank and displaced at least 13 Palestinian communities in the last two weeks.
The two-state solution promised to Palestinians during the Oslo Accords is no longer possible; the chances of a one-state solution with equal citizenship rights for everyone are even slimmer, since Zionists insist on keeping Israel a Jewish state with democratic rights for Jews only.
What is left — and what many in the new extremist Israeli government are in favor of — is driving as many Palestinians as possible out of Israel/Palestine.
The Netanyahu government made clear its intention to commit genocide against the Palestinians and is counting on people around the world becoming numb as the death toll rises.
During French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent visit to Israel, Netanyahu said that the fight “was a battle between the ‘axis of evil’ and ‘the free world’.… This battle is not merely our own … it’s everybody’s battle.” Macron’s visit to Israel completes the series of pilgrimages to Israel by prominent Western leaders renewing their pledges of allegiance to the Israeli state and giving it the green light for its ground offensive.
But, as we’ve seen time and time again, Palestinians are resilient and are determined to keep their struggle alive, no matter how severe Israeli attempts are at their erasure.
There is a newly invigorated global grassroots movement for justice in the Arab and Muslim world as we’ve seen from the massive demonstrations in Amman, Cairo, Beirut, and elsewhere. Palestine is on the minds of the masses in Europe, too. From Paris — in defiance of a pro-Palestinian protest ban — to Dublin, London, Edinburgh and Geneva, the voices of Palestinian supporters chanting “Free Free Palestine” are reverberating in cities throughout the Western world. And in Washington, D.C. we heard the voices of American Jews mobilizing in solidarity with Palestinians and loudly declaring “Not In Our Name” as they marched to Capitol Hill and called on their representatives to demand an immediate ceasefire. On October 19, they shut down Congress to draw attention to the U.S. complicity in Israel’s ongoing oppression of Palestinians.
Meanwhile, Palestinians in spaces ranging from cultural institutions to college campuses to media outlets are being silenced, harassed and discriminated against.
My latest personal experience of this occurred in Germany, where I spent this past week attending the Frankfurter Buchmesse, or Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF). Upon my arrival in Frankfurt, I was greeted by an overwhelming display of Israeli flags everywhere — at the airport, on train ticket machines, on government buildings. Why, I wondered? Is it because Germany is still atoning for its past crimes? The next morning, I woke up to a shocking statement by the FBF Director Juergen Boos that said: “We want to make Jewish and Israeli voices especially visible at the book fair.… Frankfurter Buchmesse stands with complete solidarity on the side of Israel.”
As if this was not bad enough coming from a renowned institution that was celebrating its 75th anniversary — and one that prides itself on promoting cultural exchange and freedom of expression — the FBF followed its one-sided statement by announcing a decision to cancel the award ceremony of the LiBeraturpreis 2023 “due to the war in Israel.” Palestinian writer Adania Shibli won the German literature prize this year. Contrary to what The New York Times initially reported, Shibli, whose first two novels Touch and We Are Equally Far Away from Love were released by Interlink Publishing, (the Massachusetts-based, independent publishing house that I founded), did not agree to the cancellation.
In light of these announcements and the FBF’s attempt to silence Palestinian voices, many exhibitors — Indonesia’s collective stand, Malaysia’s collective stand, the Arab Publishers Association, the Sharjah Book authority, and others — decided to withdraw their participation as a sign of protest, leaving behind many empty booths. In a statement, the Sharjah Book Authority, organizer of the world’s third-largest book fair, said: “Given the recent announcement by the organizers of the Frankfurt Book Fair, we have decided to withdraw our participation this year. We champion the role of culture and books to encourage dialogue and understanding between people. We believe that this role is more important now than ever.”
I, too, was compelled to withdraw from my scheduled talk sponsored by the Frankfurt Book Fair, where I was initially asked to participate in a discussion about the role of literature-in-translation in promoting cross-cultural understanding and knowledge. How could I participate in such a discussion when the FBF had just silenced an author whose novels we translated into English simply because she is Palestinian?
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre, which claims to monitor the Frankfurt Book Fair each year for books that foment “antisemitism and hate” apparently did not like the Palestine-related books displayed on our stand and suggested that our publishing house, Interlink Publishing, “be denied access, in the spirit of the Fair’s rules.” The center called several of our titles “in the lineage of the so-called ‘self-hating’ Jews.” While the “Hate Prize” went to a Turkish publisher, Timas Publishing Group, the “Runner-Up Prize” is shared by our publishing house Interlink Publishing and French publisher La Fabrique “for their combined effort to demonize Israel and indulge in antisemitism.”
The silencing of Palestinian voices and their supporters is not restricted to Germany. It is happening here in the United States, in mainstream media and on college campuses. The New York City cultural institution known as the 92nd Street Y canceled an event with author Viet Thanh Nguyen after he signed an open letter critical of Israel. As a result, several authors — including Saidiya Hartman, Christina Sharpe and Andrea Long Chu — have canceled their own upcoming talks at the 92nd Street Y. Similarly, the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel canceled its contract to host the upcoming conference of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights scheduled to take place on October 27-29. You can read the full press release here. And according to a report in Arab News, the U.S. news network MSNBC suspended Muslim anchors Mehdi Hasan, Ayman Mohyeldin and Ali Velshi amid the Israeli war in Gaza. On October 26, 57 UMass Amherst students were arrested for democratic dissent.
The world’s failure to challenge Israel’s ongoing oppression, occupation, apartheid and genocidal tactics against Palestinians provides the context for what is taking place now. Fearing a repeat of their mass displacement 75 years ago, many Palestinians in Gaza are opting to stay where they are and risk death. Israel’s message to the people of Gaza to leave or die is being ignored because Palestinians know that if they leave, they will not be able to return.
There is an urgent need for a ceasefire to stop the deliberate mass killing of Palestinians, which is in flagrant violation of international law. The genocide is underway. We can no longer say that we didn’t know.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
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Fucking generations? How are those fucking generations doing tough guy?
And if you're capable of reading comprehension, which I believe you are, you'll note where I didn't blame all of that on Biden. But telling people the 'economy is great therefore vote fo me' is bullshit.