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Boy, howdy, I'll say! My

jollyroger — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 13:15:10 +0000

In reply to chicken in every pot (just no

Boy, howdy, I'll say! My pancreas cringes just to make a casual inventory....Looks like the craft table at a Tarentino shoot.

Edit to add: He is 100% correct re: the big gulp thing.

Edit to further add: A timely tip from today's Times:

By 2030, nearly one in two adults will be obese, and nearly one in four will be severely obese.

...

Well-intentioned efforts like limiting access to huge portions of sugar-sweetened soda, the scientists note, are effectively thwarted by well-heeled industries able to dwarf the impact of educational efforts by health departments that have minuscule budgets by comparison. With rare exceptions, the sugar and beverage industries have blocked nearly every attempt to add an excise tax to sugar-sweetened beverages.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/well/live/half-of-us-face-obesity-dir...

Look, it hurts me to say (I

jollyroger — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 02:41:55 +0000

In reply to Boy, howdy, I'll say! My

Look, it hurts me to say (I know you know how much...) but on two existential issues, Guns and Climate, he may be as good as there is. And given that he could redistribute in the 10 figure range and not skip a beat, he may have promise.

I would not be surprised, incidentally, to hear that he is stepping up to pay the bogus costs and fees that have been interposed between the Florida felons and restored voting rights. He wouldn't miss it, and it would own the Repugnants big time.

chicken in every pot (just no

artappraiser — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 21:12:29 +0000

In reply to ok, if so, so what? there's

chicken in every pot (just no big gulps, plastic straws, smoking or handguns):

...What happens when a billionaire self-funds his campaign? Events feature hundreds of free T-shirts and buttons, plus food and alcohol....

Bloomberg.... rarely mentions his Democratic opponents, focusing his attention on President Donald Trump....

a surprising number of young people showed up at Bloomberg’s events.....

The line for the opening of a Bloomberg campaign office in Portland extended out the door.....

Edit to add photo; he puts on a spread waay better than most Chelsea gallery openings:

ok, if so, so what? there's

artappraiser — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 20:52:44 +0000

In reply to General election. No debates, maybe no election.

ok, if so, so what? there's always social media and professionally produced events! OPTICS: Mike Bloomberg, Man of the People? Scenes from the billionaire-candidate’s unconventional foray into presidential politics.