It was also on this day in the 11th grade that I got my SAT scores and saw that I had, rather incredibly I must say, gotten a lower score than when we had taken the SAT in the 7th grade. It's soothing to know my dimwittedness comes honestly. Then, not yet satisfied, sensing they could do better than blinding snow and near-zero temperatures, they went to Canada for their honeymoon.
But whatevs.įorty-eight years ago today, my parents got married in a blizzard - all the pictures I've seen look like a tv with shitty reception. Oh, and a certain somebody rocked the house there throughout the summer of 2003. Right after I moved there the fancy-pizza Anna Maria's moved in and everybody went (still, I think) crazy for their barely stopping from buckling under the weight of its 14 toppings slices, but I always preferred the simplicity of the Charleston slice. It wasn't world class pizza, but it was very good and had a unique flavor and texture to it. When I moved there in 1998 the only dollar slice place I knew was The Charleston (before they renovated and took out all the fucking charm.) And you could get an entire pizza (even after 14+ years in Brooklyn I can't pull off saying "pies") for just $7. Ingredients from a pizzaiolo who is skilled at their craft and puts care Most of the dollar slice joints in Manhattan have ousted far superior placesīecause people (including myself from time to time, I'm ashamed toĪdmit) would rather pay $1 for a slice of something hot, filling, andĭecidedly low-quality than $2.50 for something made with better “poverty” to justify cuts to public workers’ retirement benefits. Received the handout at the very moment Rhode Island was pleading That received $75 million in Rhode Island taxpayer cash.
Politically connected conglomerates, they are typically promoted withĬheery euphemisms like “incentives” or “economic development.” ThoseĮuphemisms persist even though many subsidies do not end up actuallyĪnd oh, let's not forget my old buddy Curt Schilling!!!!Īnd not to be forgotten is 38 Studios, the now bankrupt software firm But because they are going to extremely wealthy Yet, as the majorįinanciers of the anti-government right, the Kochs are still billed asĪll of these handouts, of course, would be derided if they were going
Relied on $88 million worth of government handouts. Of course.Ĭonsider Charles and David Koch. Turns out hey guess what, who get's a shitload of charity? Mega-rich corporations. The keys to the kingdom, they also hafta portray themselves as Made to believe that Successful Person X was left to die in aĭumpster, then pulled himself up by his own bootstraps and became a Nobody likes to admit out loud "part of my success is due to economicĪnd social conditions cemented long before I was even born" we must be