@kims Yeah, I guess for people in that sort of situation the gamble probably seemed worth it. I'd love to know what percentage of their customers that was.
@kims I was never a big Queen fan and didn't recognize a couple songs on your list, but I certainly know "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," which was indeed a no. 1 in the US and several other countries. Fun fact: John Lennon ( has your son heard of him?) cited the success of "Crazy Little Thing..." as one reason he thought there would be an audience for his "comeback" album, "Double Fantasy.:
@Waitnwallflower@WrenArcher I once worked in an office full of Libertarians. Nearly all of them were sociopaths who had simply learned to dress up their sociopathy as a political philosophy.
"While most eyes remain on Gaza, #Israeli military attacks on the #WestBank killed more than 594 since October 7, including 115 children who were killed by live ammunition, and 1,411 children injured, according to the United Nations. Around a dozen of those deaths can be attributed to violence by extremist Israeli settlers." https://theintercept.com/2024/08/31/israel-west-bank-strikes-raids-palestine/
"A top #Kroger executive admitted under questioning from a Federal Trade Commission attorney on Tuesday that the #grocery chain raised its egg and milk prices above the rate of #inflation, a concession that came as no surprise to economists who have been highlighting corporate #PriceGouging across the U.S. economy in recent years." https://www.commondreams.org/news/kroger-egg-prices
Some people on here are clearly trolls, idiots or both. If you care at all about marginalized groups--ppl of color, #immigrants and #LGBTQ folks--not voting for Harris is a vote to harm them, period. #Harris hasn't always been perfect, but overall she's been good on many issues and has shown she's capable of learning. Trump neither learns nor cares. Voting 3rd party is a vote NOT to stop Trump.
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