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great line heard tonight " I don't know how you did it North Carolina, but I think you officially Money-balled racism"  J. Oliver

The White House?s Pete Souza Has Shot Nearly 2M Photos of Obama, Here are 55 of His Favorites

worth a few minutes of your time.  the photog really brings out obama's humanity, something that wasn't really done over the past 7.5 years.

sweetcell wrote:
The White House?s Pete Souza Has Shot Nearly 2M Photos of Obama, Here are 55 of His Favorites

worth a few minutes of your time.  the photog really brings out obama's humanity, something that wasn't really done over the past 7.5 years.

too early for me.. i will wait til after the election….

sweetcell wrote:
The White House?s Pete Souza Has Shot Nearly 2M Photos of Obama, Here are 55 of His Favorites

worth a few minutes of your time.  the photog really brings out obama's humanity, something that wasn't really done over the past 7.5 years.

Genuinely got misty eyed looking at these. I've been disappointed in some elements of his presidency, but no one but the biggest shit-doctor can deny that he is an uncommonly decent man

Just got this email. . .


Am I just not understanding the math? They bought the batch of 60 bottles for $80,000 and are reselling them at $1k per . . . thereby losing $20,000?

Julian, wrote:
Am I just not understanding the math? They bought the batch of 60 bottles for $80,000 and are reselling them at $1k per . . . thereby losing $20,000?

You're assuming they're selling all 60 this way, which they likely aren't. 

But you are correct that they are selling this allotment, actual # unknown, at a loss, but perhaps they made a mint on the others.

sweetcell wrote:
worth a few minutes of your time.  the photog really brings out obama's humanity, something that wasn't really done over the past 7.5 years.

Souza has been may favorite Insta/flickr follow in the last decade.

vansmack wrote:

Julian, wrote:
Am I just not understanding the math? They bought the batch of 60 bottles for $80,000 and are reselling them at $1k per . . . thereby losing $20,000?

You're assuming they're selling all 60 this way, which they likely aren't. 

But you are correct that they are selling this allotment, actual # unknown, at a loss, but perhaps they made a mint on the others.

or perhaps this is an implicit admission that they overpaid, there is no way they are going to make all their money back, so they're taking what they can get?

sweetcell wrote:

vansmack wrote:

Julian, wrote:
Am I just not understanding the math? They bought the batch of 60 bottles for $80,000 and are reselling them at $1k per . . . thereby losing $20,000?

You're assuming they're selling all 60 this way, which they likely aren't. 

But you are correct that they are selling this allotment, actual # unknown, at a loss, but perhaps they made a mint on the others.

or perhaps this is an implicit admission that they overpaid, there is no way they are going to make all their money back, so they're taking what they can get?

Yeah, I would think a rare wine would generally appreciate over time (and rarely, if ever, lose 50-60% of its market value in a year).

I sure would be pissed to be a person who spent 2-3k on a bottle of this through an exclusive sale only to have it offered to the general public a year later.

Julian, wrote:
I sure would be pissed to be a person who spent 2-3k on a bottle of this through an exclusive sale only to have it offered to the general public a year later.

This is the real danger in my eyes, having done wine auctions in the past.

man watching CBS This Morning I really wish I'd have been at Aaron Neville's 75th…… if you haven't read the biography of the Neville Brothers- The Brothers- you really should.. one of the best music related books….

;D

http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/09/couple-take-acid-and-try-to-build-ikea-furniture-together-6057892/

too hot

Jane's Addiction in LA, Irvine Meadows - Sept 23rd!
w/ The Cult, Garbage, Violent Femmes, and House of Pain.

Damn, that is a solid bill (minus Garbage of course).

Pretty sure I have an idea what's causing her chronic pain.

SideofBacon wrote:

my most favoriite hoodie ever!

The Nightly Show was cancelled, which bums me out as Wilmore picked up nicely from Stewart with the outrage..  Apparently it was cancelled in part because it wasn't creating content for the youtube generation… so  are we really living in a world where nonsense like lip sync battle and car seat karoke is what people want… get off my damn lawn…

I wasn't a huge fan of the panel segments, but the other stuff was pretty good.

But as far as political memes go, Wilmore was way far behind his peers. I very rarely saw his stuff in my timelines, unlike Noah, Colbert, Oliver, Bee, and even Meyers.