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you just have to change your definition of 'young' to under 70.

I look forward to a time when there is "no DeJoy in Mudville."

I bought a pack of 100 on Sweet Deals at Black Friday for this very reason. Cost me $45 during a sale they had back then and now I'm set for a long time.
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I misread this as "Start licking your penises good-bye," and I panicked for a moment.

Is the age of majority 18 in Texas and Florida? If so persons under that age should be allowed access to porn. I would draw the line at 12. After all kids are having sex after that age, not sanctioned  with adults I might add, but with each other. It’s normal development. It’s the exploitation of youth which is wrong. 

Really? So you think the government doesn't have an obligation to try keep minor children away from watching internet porn just like the rating system prevents minor children from porn in theatres?
Stupid is as stupid does.....
God bless the good citizens of Texas.
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What a stupid thing to say.

What a stupid thing to say.

Oprah and her wonderful friends can support and use any product they choose.  If board of directors don't want them that is their choice.

Oprah and her wonderful friends can support and use any product they choose.  If board of directors don't want them that is their choice.

Oprah and her wonderful friends can support and use any product they choose.  If board of directors don't want them that is their choice.

I think she's heroic - she has been a willing poster child for all the gyrations that someone with a chronic weight problem can experience in struggling to somehow live with themselves.

Are the two of you forgetting the incredible treasure cereal is responsible for bestowing upon the world?
Had Marjorie Merriweather Post not inherited the family fortune, she would not have been able to build Mar-a-Lago.

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Huge profits announced today by Meta and also Amazon. The market surges.   Then there’s this piece by Axios. 
 
Just a moment...
WWW.AXIOS.COM The US clearly has performed better than the rest of the developed world since the onset of Covid. I’m actually concerned the economy is just too hot right now to consider interest rate cuts…even in March. Let’s see how things look once we get to March. 

FedEx also reported a decline in year-over-year package volume, down 2% in its fiscal Q2, the biggest decline being last June with 9%.  Given that Americans shop online more & more, these declines are a bad sign.

People went on an extended online spending orgy, which all transportation companies benefitted from. Plus there were supply chain issues causing a huge shortage of air freight space which meant people who would normally get delivery of orders by freight had to switch to express services.  UPS and FedEx had huge, but temporary, profits as a result. It was a supply-demand imbalance. 

Now that things are returning to normal, they have volumes coming down, year over year, but still have significantly more shipments than they did pre-covid. So the volume and profit windfalls are over. It’s back to normal (good, instead of very exceptional) growth now.
 
Yes they are bellwether companies. But the numbers don’t mean impending recession. They mean the results must be viewed in light of tough comps that are specific to the express transportation industry. 

The main dynamic at play for UPS in 2023 was them narrowly avoiding a strike by workers on August 1 over wages and other issues. Negotiations went on for months and many shipping customers started re-directing their shipments through other channels to ensure delivery. UPS lost customers during this period so revenue and profits fell substantially. They have since recovered some of, but not all, the lost business which explains the weak Q4 results  
 

UPS reported its earnings yesterday.  They are laying off 12,000 employees.  Their revenue was DOWN 7.8% from the same quarter last year.  This is most definitely bad news and a sign of an impending recession.  

I really don’t care what the Pope thinks, says or does. He’s only the Pope because people make him so. I don’t accept that he has any say whether a man can marry another man. The Church (any Church) only exists because some people want to exert control over others using things like threats, coercion, stories, social control and guilt.