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August 31st, 2022, 1:55 pm

 You want a bank that is going to have employees who eat nails for breakfast (...) you don't want an investment bank with employees who need emotional support dogs (CNBC)


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September 2nd, 2022, 1:44 pm

We may have a short recession next year, and it is OK, our economy is strong enough to handle it

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September 2nd, 2022, 7:28 pm

In a WSJ story on an IRS data glitch reprinted on Bloomberg today (otherwise I wouldn’t have seen it): “The IRS and Treasury Department blamed a human coding error that happened last year…”

I guess that means the monkeys are in the clear this time.
 
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September 5th, 2022, 1:44 pm

We have created nearly ten thousand million jobs since President Biden took office, which is the fastest job growth in history (WH Press Sec K.Jean-Pierre)


It is impressive, indeed
 
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October 3rd, 2022, 10:20 am

Mikhail Degtyarev, the governor of the Khabarovsk region in Russia's Far East, said several thousand men had reported for enlistment in ten days but many were ineligible.


Mens sana in corpore sano?
 
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October 3rd, 2022, 10:24 am

"I race cars, play tennis and fondle women, but I have weekends off and I am my own boss." From Arthur

Apple exec. makes Arthur-inspired joke and loses job. 
 
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October 3rd, 2022, 3:20 pm

If only he were his own boss all week.
 
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October 3rd, 2022, 3:43 pm

LOL!
 
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October 4th, 2022, 9:35 am

HR would still get him for the comment and he'd have to sleep on a couch for several months. 
 
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October 4th, 2022, 10:04 am

HR = wife?
 
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October 4th, 2022, 2:04 pm

HR would still get him for the comment and he'd have to sleep on a couch for several months. 
What's wrong with a couch?
 
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October 5th, 2022, 12:20 pm

HR = wife?
Yep!
 
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October 5th, 2022, 12:28 pm

HR would still get him for the comment and he'd have to sleep on a couch for several months. 
What's wrong with a couch?
Well, according to a number of comics there's no problem with it at all, in fact it's the best thing ever! haha.
 
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October 5th, 2022, 8:04 pm

HR would still get him for the comment and he'd have to sleep on a couch for several months. 
What's wrong with a couch?
Well, according to a number of comics there's no problem with it at all, in fact it's the best thing ever! haha.
The toffs call it a 'sofa'.
 
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October 10th, 2022, 10:31 am


What's wrong with a couch?
Well, according to a number of comics there's no problem with it at all, in fact it's the best thing ever! haha.
The toffs call it a 'sofa'.
People with an American background use sofa and couch interchangeably.   ;)

According to Wikipedia, "Ian Kelly's book, Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Dandy, page 159, says it derives from the brown liquid that dripped from an upper class gentleman's nose after taking snuff"!  ;) haha