"Whaddya mean there are no more messages?!? I specifically saved some of those so that they *would* still be there!"
- me, rhetorically to my voicemail system

[To anyone here who might've called and saved one, I'm not ignoring you, so please call back.]

benefited in all this, it makes me wonder if they didn't somehow manipulate Trump into imposing those tariffs.

Legal experts did explain early on such tariffs would very likely end up being overruled, and CEOs getting an audience with Trump has never been a rare occurrence.

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And so, now that they're gone, the larger ones not only won't have to compete with them anymore, but now they'll be getting all of their tariff expenses refunded to them, without having to compensate customers for the portion they passed on to them.

Considering how they've

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all of that tariff money be refunded to the American businesses that actually paid them, who'll benefit the most?

Businesses had to pay those tariffs, but only the largest ones were able to not pass all of those costs on to consumers.

Some smaller ones couldn't survive this.
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When Trump claimed yesterday that Isreal never talked him into this war with Iran, perhaps that was a case of him protesting just a bit too much, but it made me wonder if something like that might've been true of Trump's tariffs.

I mean, now that the Supreme Court requires

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Wait.. Sinatra's version of that song was written for him by Paul Anka after Sinatra told him:

"I'm quitting the business. I'm sick of it. I'm getting the hell out."

Again, I just gotta ask:

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Is their thesis that anyone following me only did so by accident?

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I'm not saying they're wrong . . .

. . . just wondering if they stole my idea!

I gots me a question 'bout this weekend.

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NASA's Artemis II News Conference with Moon Astronauts (April 16, 2026) YouTube video by NASA

Hey, Blueskyverse!

Heads-up on this, 'cause it starts in only 10 minutes.

Today at 2:30pm, NASA's Artemis II astronauts will be holding their first news conference on their mission.

Yinz can watch that live on C-SPAN 3, or directly through this link:

www.youtube.com/live/_43Ei9e...

NASA's Artemis II News Conference with Moon Astronauts (April 16, 2026) YouTube video by NASA

Hey, Blueskyverse!

Heads-up on this, 'cause it starts in only 10 minutes.

Today at 2:30pm, NASA's Artemis II astronauts will be holding their first news conference on their mission.

Yinz can watch that live on C-SPAN 3, or directly through this link:

www.youtube.com/live/_43Ei9e...

NASA's Artemis II News Conference with Moon Astronauts (April 16, 2026) YouTube video by NASA

Hey, Blueskyverse!

Heads-up on this, 'cause it starts in only 15 minutes.

Today at 2:30pm, NASA's Artemis II astronauts will be holding their first news conference on their mission.

Yinz can watch that live on C-SPAN 3, or directly through this link:

www.youtube.com/live/_43Ei9e...

Now if only the good folks in Harrisburg would be kind enough to let me know if my Pennsylvania tax return is ever gonna get outta Limbo, that'd be just great!

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When I received notice that my federal tax return had been rejected, I was concerned, then even more when I found out my Pennsylvania tax return had also been rejected.

Turns out my employer's ID number didn't match, but I corrected it.

So then the federal one was accepted.

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I have a deal I'd like to offer the IRS.

They can charge me double, hell even triple, what I owe, and take it right out of my bank account every year.

In exchange, they are forever forbidden from requiring me to spend even a microsecond on anything tax related.

Not ANY of it!

caller: Didja see Trump made another post with Jesus?

me: Yeah, and claimed he was a doctor.

C: No, not *that* one. He posted *another* one.

M: Wait, what? That goofy bastard did it AGAIN?!?

C: Go look.

(looks)

M: If he keeps that up, Jesus is gonna get pissed off!

I have a deal I'd like to offer the IRS.

They can charge me double, hell even triple, what I owe, and take it right out of my bank account every year.

In exchange, they are forever forbidden from requiring me to spend even a microsecond on anything tax related.

Not ANY of it!

Hey, Blueskyverse!

Join me in wishing a very

Happy 93rd Birthday

today to Yuri Oganessian!

His techniques & research

are responsible either directly

or indirectly for the discovery

of over a dozen elements,

including the heaviest, oganesson,

which was named in his honor.

3I/ATLAS is Moving into Position for an Unprecedented GALACTIC ALIGNMENT YouTube video by The Avi Files

Seriously with this AI slop?!?

I mean, Avi is already bad enough as it is, but, um, 'AI Avi'?

sheesh

Oh, by the way, take a guess just how quickly it'll be apparent that this is fake.

Lemme [asterisk] give [asterisk] yinz [asterisk] a [asterisk] hint!

youtu.be/oru7T_JeAcc?...

[Preemptive Community note: As it turns out, Trump is neither Jesus, nor a doctor . . . you know, at all.]
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Hey, Blueskyverse!

Join me in wishing a very

Happy 93rd Birthday

today to Yuri Oganessian!

His techniques & research

are responsible either directly

or indirectly for the discovery

of over a dozen elements,

including the heaviest, oganesson,

which was named in his honor.

[Preemptive Community note: As it turns out, Trump is neither Jesus, nor a doctor . . . you know, at all.]
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