EAT THE RICH!!!

Say what you want about Zorhan Mamdani, but damn... this is MARVELOUS.  

Reported by Doctor Zoom on Wonkette - "New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul struck terror into the hearts of the ultrawealthy (and the real-estate investment infrastructure that feeds off them) Wednesday, with a joint Tax Day announcement that Mamdani is now making good on his promise to tax the rich in his city, to help make life more affordable for ordinary New Yorkers." 

It's not up for discussion, in committee, being considered. No "lets look at all sides of this".  No.  HE DID IT! Taxing the uber-rich who buy up properties but do not live in them.  And Gov. Hokul is on board with it!!!  

"...Former Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino replied to Mamdani’s video (Business Insider link) by calling it “actually one of the scariest things I have seen. it won’t stop here” I certainly hope not!   

We need so... so... much more of this!!!!  

Way to go, Zorhan!  Another recent "promise made good" was him launching city run supermarkets in under-served communities; sites have been selected and construction underway.  

Love the guy.

Rade 

   

 

 

Saturday Morning Sip

 Good Saturday to all of you!! 

 

Looking forward to big bulging... cup... of coffee...

 

...and I'm still waiting. 

 

...I've begun going grocery shopping in my sweat pants... 

 

This is a woman who knows how to brand!

"Don't fuck with me, asshole; I made my own wood chipper

and I know how to use it!" 

...and spackle.  

 

Still holds true. 

 

..but how could you say such horrible things about Windows 11?!?!

Easy, I switched to Linux to get rid of your slop. 

Nothing like a good fart sound to bring one down to reality. 

Thank you, Wiley! 

 

Pretty much. 

"Hey, Boss! This has been on Hell of an Epstein distraction! 

Am I right?  Huh?" 

 

 Let's Take Five to end the morning.

 

 

 

 

April 23! - "The New One"!!!

 

 

I may actually go and see it!

In a REAL theater!!! 

 

This Weekend!!!!

 

 

 

Thank you, Stephen Colbert...

Your Daily Meme... and MEN!!!

 

 

 

Indeed!

 

Antichrist Superstar

More from "The Late Show".  I'm gonna miss this!  

 

Your Daily Meme

 

Anti-AI: Desk Set

My first corporate job was to write code for an antiquated Univac computer relegated to a dedicated room on the second floor of the manufacturing plant where I got hired into.  The computer required, in 1983, IBM punch cards to feed the code into the machine, which then got turned into binary signals stored on giant reels of magnetic tape, to then get fed back into the computer for processing.  I actually loved this work; though I did not have the knack for COBOL, the company had a whole bevy of other hardware where I was able to excel in my coding skills for RPG and micro-computer Basic.  

Imagine my delight when I stumbled upon the 1957 romantic comedy, "Desk Set", starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn!  Set in corporate America, with the premise of a mainframe computer coming into the office environment "to free up the staff of their tedious, day to day functions".  LOVED IT!  (Still do!). 

But on hindsight, the movie was a portent... in 1957... of the AI revolution.  Artificial Intelligence was only a concept that came into being just a few years prior to the movie.  I never really gave it much thought until I caught the movies mainframe image as a widget on the YouTube video, "The Machine That Came For Our Jobs".

Almost verbatim, word for word, what was seen on screen is now parroted by the AI drivers.  How the concerns of the ladies in the research office are echoed by today's staff, working to enter the tedious information about their jobs into the AI model.  

I will always have a soft spot for this Tracy / Hepburn classic, but the to realize that 70 years ago, our future was then.

Remarkable!

Rade