| Brenda: But maybe they've been having getting on SIX. |
| Brenda: Never know. People pick things up and then drop them with no rhyme or reason. |
| 6ixStringJack: They sound like High School girls. |
| second: "Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had." - William T. Kelley, former Wharton Professor. Now he's the dumbest President America has ever had.
It’s rare for a professor to disparage the intelligence of a student, but according to attorney Frank DiPrima, who was close friends with professor William T. Kelley for 47 years, the prof made an exception for Donald Trump, at least in private. “He must have told me that 100 times over the course of 30 years,” says DiPrima, who has been practicing law since 1963. “I remember the inflection of his voice when he said it: ‘Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had!’” He would say that [Trump] came to Wharton thinking he already knew everything, that he was arrogant and he wasn’t there to learn.” Kelley, who passed away in 2011 at age 94, taught marketing at Wharton for 31 years, retiring in 1982. [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: They've been pretty quiet for most of the day though, huh? I think some serious things just hit home for them today. |
6ixStringJack: Look at those crybabies cry...  |
| Brenda: Wow! That is shocking. Never thought that would happen SIX. |
| second: On Wall Street, TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out — has abruptly been replaced as a favorite meme by NACHO — Not a Chance Hormuz Opens. As a result, oil futures have soared.
I never bought into the TACO meme, which was initially about tariffs: Trump did not, in fact, reverse his destructive tariff policy, although he blinked in his confrontation with China. But NACHO looks right. Hormuz won’t open until the economic damage to the US from its closure becomes much more severe. More at: [go to link] |
| THG: lifted from SECONDS post; I've seen like 50 of these GOP Senators say they're working on a ballroom bill. Not a single one working towards stuff normal people care about. |
| second: Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul tweeted "I'm dropping a bill tomorrow. Let's build the [Trump] Ballroom."
[go to link] I've seen like 50 of these GOP Senators say they're working on a ballroom bill. Not a single one working towards stuff normal people care about. Cheaper healthcare? Not in a million years. By the way, improvement would be easy because the U.S. healthcare system is a extreme global outlier, spending roughly $14,885 per person (2024), nearly double the cost of the next highest-spending country, Switzerland. While the U.S. pays significantly more, this high spending does not result in better outcomes, often trailing other wealthy nations in life expectancy and disease prevention. [go to link] |
| second: "You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." – Marcus Aurelius
“If a man knows not which port he sails, no wind is favorable.” – Seneca
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” – Epictetus
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl
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| 6ixStringJack: Wow, Brenda. You were publicly acknowledged by the most important man alive in Second's universe! All it took was me telling you that you would be ignored and he sure proved me wrong again! |
| second: Trump has long compared himself to America’s two greatest presidents. But recently he told two people who are in a position to know such things—a senior administration official and a longtime Trump confidant—that he is now greater than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
“He’s been talking recently about how he is the most powerful person to ever live,” the confidant told us. “He wants to be remembered as the one who did things that other people couldn’t do, because of his sheer power and force of will.”
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| second: Brenda wrote: "I said I will be ignored." You weren't ignored and now you have been publicly acknowledged. |
| second: Federal appeals court won’t rehear Trump’s appeal of E Jean Carroll’s $83 million jury award. In 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation of Carroll. Onward to the Supreme Court. [go to link] |
| Brenda: No worries SIX. Just thought you didn't realize it was me. Oh, I know about their behaviors and that is why I said I will be ignored. Which is cool with me. |
6ixStringJack: Oh.... sorry, Brenda. I was referring to both Ted and Second and their odd tag behaviors again. I just assumed that you'd be ignored by both of them. They're only interested in arguing.  |
| Brenda: Hey, I just posted something to Second which will be soundly ignored. |
| 6ixStringJack: Look at you two... |
| Brenda: I know a hockey audience once say America's national anthem after a mic cut out. Don't remember who was playing but it was a good thing to see. |