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Headline from foxnews.com: “Average 401(k) balance reaches record high amid strong markets: Fidelity.” Great, but what about those who don’t have one? Right now I sense Trump has lost the support of the entire lower middle class. Hope I’m wrong.
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Here’s a headline that went viral after a podcast: “3 gang members jumped a former Navy SEAL inside a jail cell… he ended them all in 22 seconds.” Here’s the gist from Google AI Mode, edited by yours truly: …the former SEAL was targeted by an Aryan Brotherhood “key holder” demanding a “fruit tax” (breakfast oranges), which he refused to give up. He was lured to a jail cell and ambushed by three inmates, taking three quick punches to the head. Using his training, he turned the tables. He dropped the first attacker, put the second into a tight headlock, kicked the third inmate in the face, and used an elbow strike to incapacitate the man in the headlock. The three gang members were left bleeding and dazed, but they survived. When prison guards checked all the inmates’ hands to find out who started the brawl, the former SEAL’s knuckles were completely clean because his primary strike was an elbow. The attackers’ knuckles were bloodied, which got them into trouble. Following the fight, the gang leader respected the SEAL’s toughness and declared him “good,” ensuring nobody else in the prison bothered him again. The SEAL was imprisoned when, sleeping in his car, sober, he was approached by five cops. A brawl ensued. He has since turned his life around.
RIP producer Jeremy Thomas, 77. I didn’t recognize his name, even though he was vital to cinema. Born in London, his father and uncle were directors. He produced works of Bernardo Bertolucci, David Cronenberg, Nicolas Roeg, Terry Gilliam, Wim Wenders, as well as a lot of commerical fare. There are 85 titles under his name at IMDb, career spanning 1976 to the present, four films to be released posthumously. He won an Oscar for Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor (1987). Here are other unconventional films he brought to the screen: The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle (1980), Bad Timing (1980), Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), The Sheltering Sky (1990), Naked Lunch (1991), Crash (1996), Sexy Beast (2000), Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002). He has one credit as a director, All the Little Animals (1998), based on an adapted screenplay by his wife Eski Thomas, whom he precedes in death. Awesome, Sir. Thank you. Photo from Google Images:
RIP fashion icon Bob Mackie, 87, who created outfits for the likes of Cher, Tina Turner, Elton John, Dolly Parton and Marilyn Monroe. He won nine Emmys and a Tony. Awesome, Sir. Photo from GI:
The Anti-Inflation Book Shop started and finished strong, nothing in between. My thanks to the three ladies who each bought a book in Russky, and to the gentleman who purchased Spirit of the Indian Warrior (Sacred Worlds) by Michael Oren Fitzgerald, Joseph A. Fitzgerald, et al., and DVDs of Magnolia (1999) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966); and to the one who selected a Michael Buble DVD; and to the woman who took home another package of adult diapers.
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