Thursday Night Open Thread

Hilly Michaels is better known as a session musician and a record producer. Primarily producer. Been around performing since 1970, and appeared on records by John Mellencamp, Marianne Faithfull (who he used to live with), Dan Hartman, and Ronnie Wood, among others. Long career. Flirted with his own stuff back in the 1980s. Got a little notice then. How much notice? I’ll tell you tomorrow, okay?

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What’s been on your mind? Got something you’d like to share? A topic to discuss? It’s Thursday Night Open Thread.

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Straight Line of the Day: New Yorkers Are Abandoning the State in Droves. But…

Straight Line of the Day: New Yorkers Are Abandoning the State in Droves. But…


Lawmakers Plan Online Survey To Find Out Why People Are Leaving NY
cnycentral.com | January 30th 2020

Albany, N.Y. (WHAM) – Two New York State legislators are planning to launch an effort to determine the causes behind the state’s population loss.

Federal estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau show New York has lost 76,790 people from 2018 to 2019 – making it the fourth largest state in the country. This also makes the fourth straight year of a population decline for New York.

Since 2010, New York lost a net total of about 1.4 million residents to other states, more than any other state in the country, according to the analysis by the Empire Center. Most of the people who left the state are middle class workers and high income earners, according to the report.

“The elephant in the room that our state government’s not talking about is why New York State is number one for highest population loss in the nation? ‘I love New York!’ is New York’s slogan. Unfortunately, in New York State and in our Upstate communities, too many people are saying ‘I’m leaving New York!’ When enough people who can afford to leave New York State are gone, who will be left to pay for the infrastructure, health care, schools and other necessities?” said Senator Jim Tedisco.

Ha! Ha Ha ha ha! Name yet a third bridge out of the city after a Cuomo! [Wipes tears from eye]

Memes away!

As usual one is mine and one is not. Go ahead and guess.

 

 

Maybe She Has The Right Idea

Everybody on the right is getting their panties in a wad about Nancy Pelosi ripping up her copy of Trump’s State of the Union address. Well, not everybody. I’m not.

You see, I think this should become a trend.

Think about it. Somebody stands up in Congress and gives some papers to the Speaker of the House. The person reads it, then the Speaker of the House rips it up.

Imagine if that was a bill.

“Madame Speaker, I present to you my proposal that the government get involved with the regulation of the color of vacuum cleaner bags. We cannot allow this plethora of colors of vacuum cleaner bags to continue to cause confusion among the American consumer when having to choose between beige, taupe, off-white, and light grey. My proposal would allow for the creation of the Department of Vacuum Cleaner Bags with oversight authority on all such items manufactured in or imported into the United States and offered for sale to consumers.

I also present my accompanying proposal that covers industrial vacuum cleaner bags and ensures they conform with the standards set forth by the E.P.A. and the United Nations Climate Neutral Strategy.

I also present my accompanying proposal to increase funding to the United Nations specifically for its Climate Neutral Strategy.”

Tell me, would you be upset if the Speaker then ripped it to shreds?

It should be the duty of the Speaker of the House to rip up everything handed to her (or him, once things right themselves). If that means a presidential speech or two gets ripped up in the process, that’s the price we have to pay.