On Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 5:06:23 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> On Jun 27, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<f94c9e22-be0e-4e6a...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Monday, June 27, 2022 at 11:24:35 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > On Jun 27, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > (in article<0ddfc19d-991d-4514...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > lOn Monday, June 27, 2022 at 3:37:13 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > On Jun 26, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > (in article<11668070-384e-4a5c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 3:47:02 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > On Jun 26, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > (in article<004ee526-4135-4b24...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 12:06:37 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Jun 26, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > (in article<d0b299cf-a700-41e8...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 3:38:02 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 25, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > (in article<3fb64167-150e-46ea...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 1:49:59 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 25, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<fe9dbce5-f561-47b7...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 9:47:46 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 25, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<880debfe-67fa-48ed...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, June 24, 2022 at 12:20:53 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 24, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<c345d996-d1ea-430f...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Farmer Brown noticed that there were illegal cotton pickers
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > his
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cotton
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > field stealing his cotton crop so he told his assistant "I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > want
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > go
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > out
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > there and tell those cotton pickin cotton pickers to quit
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > stealing
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > my
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cotton
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > picken cotton crop.”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That response is unlikely to boll me over.. Weevil see if you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > can
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > next
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > time
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was so depressed about those cotton pickers that I didn't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > know
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > whether
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > kill myself or go bowling.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Either way is dangerous --- you never know who may be lane in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wait
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > while
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > passing an alley.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now matter how the nice the idea may strike you, spare me the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > gritty
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > details.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx i'm
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Talking about lanes and alleys , this fellow propositioned a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > prostitute
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > back alley and she said "how much money do you have ", he said "I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > only
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > have
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > $.50 "'and she said "well , for $.50 all you get to do is look at
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > "
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > so
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > she
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > pulls down her panties and he's looking at it and he says "man, I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > can't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > get a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > good look at it in this dark alley, here let me flick on my
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > cigarette
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > lighter
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > " so he does and he's looking at it, and she says "that's some
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > pretty
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > nice
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > plumbing isn't it , boy " and he says "well, you better get it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > working
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > because you're on fire”
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Thats no way to heater up
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Well , it was stated that he could only look at it so heating her
> > > > > > > > > > > > up
> > > > > > > > > > > > wouldn't
> > > > > > > > > > > > do him any good.
> > > > > > > > > > > So he was blocked from fulfilling his burning ambition!!
> > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Yes, and when he got back to his computer device thingy he was
> > > > > > > > > > bragging
> > > > > > > > > > on
> > > > > > > > > > what he had achieved but many people are so disgusted by the story
> > > > > > > > > > they
> > > > > > > > > > blocked him.
> > > > > > > > > Well, he was a block head
> > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Isn't that what bolts down onto an engine, a block head?
> > > > > > > Is that a line one sales man crank shafted you with on a car repair???
> > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I did get crankshafted one time , you see , there was a crank who was
> > > > > > selling
> > > > > > Dr. Feelgood "Cures what ails you" elixir and I bought into his company
> > > > > > for
> > > > > > $100,000 , needless to say I was , well , I hate to say the word , but I
> > > > > > guess I'm going to have to, I'll just go ahead and say it , say the word
> > > > > > now ,
> > > > > > SHAFTED. I'm so ashamed ; that was a true confession.
> > > > > You bought it from the wrong place
> > > > > https://shop.walldrug.com/products/dr-feelgood-
> > > > > koozie?_pos=1&_sid=1c93c03ac&_ss=r
> > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > >
> > > > You're right, Mike. I made a mistake , instead of buying from Dr. Feelgood
> > > > I
> > > > should've bought from Dr. Feel-like-crap, his stock was legitimate and
> > > > everybody who bought it is now a trillionaire , five times more wealthy
> > > > than
> > > > Elon. Can you say "Germany after World War I?”
> > > Then they got addicted to the drug Hitler was pushing till the withdrawal
> > > symptoms left them feeling really bombed out.
> > > Michael LeVine
> > > mle...@redshift.com
> > >
> > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > finding it everywhere,
> > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > Groucho Marx
> >
> > Of course much of it was the fact that the populace was no better than
> > lemmings.
> When stuck with a lemming, make lemming-ade
> Michael LeVine
> mle...@redshift.com
>
> Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> finding it everywhere,
> diagnosing it incorrectly,
> and applying the wrong remedies.
> Groucho Marx

If you're stuck with a lemming , try to make the best of it . Try to at least have a conversation ; politics is a good subject.