OG_zuul

@zuul@pdx.social
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Harvester of Sorrow. automobile enthusiast, audiophile, media critic, horologist, book reader, dub plate hoarder. retired hopeless romantic.

my record collection is better than your record collection.

sometimes when the loneliness is overwhelming i think to myself... instead of buying a house i may have better been served getting a mail order bride. the house is nice. being perpetually by myself is less than ideal.
here in Oregon there are over 700,000 ppl who receive food assistance there's only 137,000 black ppl in the entire state. that math isn't mathing

so even poor white ppl who rely on those benefits don't believe their aid will get cut off because they are white and don't get "welfare" like black ppl

the whole thing is really a master class in the effectiveness of staying on message for 40 years and now here we are.

propaganda works. since Ronald Reagan the media has been pushing this idea that the only ppl "on welfare" are black ppl who drive brand new Cadillac's to the grocery store and eat lobster and steak every night. they are the same ppl who think that only black ppl commit crime. so they have no issue with snap benefits going away because "those ppl need to get jobs"
ready for Friday. 🎃
also in the middle of the conflagration that is portland... along with the toy car exchange, and toy dinosaur exchange... there's a coffee mug exchange.... good to know that on the way to the front lines of the war you can grab a new coffee mug and get you a cup of joe...

media: Portland is a war zone and the city is on fire...

meanwhile in Portland:

2 years ago today i closed on my house and got the keys.

it's been a whirlwind.

rarely seen mountain quail in my back yard just now