Brittany Murphy, such a doll, such a tragic loss—reminder that life can be SO short. Shut down the noise, “Lose Yourself” (MnM) in it—last PSA ‘til evening.
“Lose Yourself” Half BILLION views, hard to believe almost twenty yrs ago. Such a GREAT rap. Such an inspiration—Detroit boy, well just north of Detroit actually. I worked a couple miles from where EMINEM grew up—before he grew up.
“SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975”
Detroit and the Great Lakes states were at the peak of their power 50s, 60s and 70s. I grew up right at the center of a superpower and didn’t know it. Wow. Not at all what it once was. Plenty of money radiated and still radiating further out through the suburbs, leaving the carcass of Detroit and its near burbs behind.
Success leads to apathy—for most, who then get steamrolled. Cycles gonna cycle—we’re in a super cycle.
I’m already dreading Nov 3rd, not because of possible outcome, rather it’s the tipping point no matter the outcome. Trump is desperately bullshitting about how good things are to hold things together for GOP. All I keep thinking of is:
It’s all about the midterms—Trump makes deluded grandiose pronouncements, thinks (knows?) we’re stupid, no questions allowed. But, but, but …
“Maybe, but when one does the math, one has to scratch one's head: the 300K tons released in October amounts to just over 2.2 million barrels of diesel. Considering the US consumes just over 4 million barrels of diesel per day that amounts to half a day of consumption.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/oil-drops-after-trump-says-putin-agreed-release-some-diesel-global-market