The summer ending with these lusciously insane gas prices is absolutely killing me. I spent $75 to fill up my car just so I can get to work is not sustainable for most Americans and it's all self inflicted by a man who doesn't understand the consequences of his actions. Just insane how many self owns this administration has had.
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There's a new study which tells you that alcohol is bad and another one that says that water is wet. What shocks me is not that alcohol is tied to cancer but they there are always these other studies which tells you that drinking wine leads to all sorts of other benefits. Nothing has been studied more than alcohol and we still know nothing definitive.
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I haven't totally followed the Kawhi Leonard saga but the fact he got off with a slap on the wrist while the Clippers lose five first rounders and Steve Ballmer is suspended for a year, seems a bit off. In not advocating for less time or a lower penalty for the Clippers brass but a more stinging punishment for Kawhi seems obvious. We all know it takes two to tango and he was well aware of the underhanded shenanigans but somehow we have blinders on for these athletes
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I'm all about making more green space but I don't totally get these seesaws in the middle of Broadway. It's fun and all but midtown Manhattan where it has to be 99% white collar guys who aren't ever going to get on these five hundred pound metal contraptions. Next time a bunch of benches would work a lot better
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We will go down as gestapo state when it's all set and done. Trump has turned our country from one which saw liberty and freedom as important pillars to moving to full on tyranny. I don't know what the end result is but I'm convinced that when you cross this rubicon, there is no going back
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Apparently we can now just strong arm counties into giving their national recourses to American firms after we take out their president. This bodes well for Trump's buddies but proves again that we are becoming a global pirate. We aren't even being subtle anymore with the benefits not even going to the US but just some shell company probably controlled by Kushner
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Google Maps proved to be spineless losers with their adherence to Trump's latest ridiculous demand. I'm so sick of every big tech company capitulating to his every whim, instead of them having some backbone they proved again that they are spineless. Their old motto about doing good is long gone as they now just kiss the ass of their orange king
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Today is the anniversary of one of the biggest controversies the White House has ever had to endure. It wasn't about sending our young boys to war; it wasn't about mishandling a national disaster or for tanking the economy. Republicans got their panties in a bunch for something much more sinister. Something so corrupt that we have never gotten back to our original nationals mission. It's been 12 long years
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There is nothing more disturbing about walking into an airport and finding some dude with sleeping. I'm not saying just a dude who dozed off but a guy who takes his shoes off, puts out a blanket and is just snoring in public place. Either get a hotel or find a broom closet but nobody need to see you drool all over the seat
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Trump is just a fool at this point. His renaming of Lake Ontario isn't cleaver or funny or even good diplomatically, is just lame. I'm so done with an administration that can't take itself seriously, a president who is this petty and fellow citizens who find joy in running the country likes it's a season of Celebrity Jackass
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A present announce mission accomplished in the Middle of East when it's nowhere near done sounds eerily familiar. I know we weren't going to get into any endless wars but somebody forgot to inform the Iranians. For a country who has had egg on their face before, you'd think we'd be little more check.
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Trump got us into this Iran mess and instead of admitting defeat he's doubling fine with his idiotic economic nuclear option. He's now going to try to punish China for trading with Iran which will lead to more economic pain for Americans all for his vanity war project. I don't know how many miserable sailors have to beg for support, how many American troops need to come back in body bags nand how many economic disasters we need this year but I'm quite frankly sick of it And that is not to mention the absolute suffering the people who are directly affected by this are going through, all so our president can stroke his flaccid ego with his tiny hands.
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There is no more toxic bottle of liquor than Chinese "white wine". I've been here a dozen times and to this day, I don't understand how -and why- people drink this stuff. It's basically jet fuel in a bottle and they drink it like it's juice. I've had multiple shots of it tonight and the only good thing is that whatever throat pain I've had this week has now been completely disinfected.
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The choice of food in China is always a bit odd and the language barrier doesn't help but when I was offered what I believe is penguin yesterday, I wasn't sure what the heck to do. You don't want to insult anybody but the idea of eating an animal with the personality of a penguin is just not exactly appetizing. It could very well have been another bird but at that point it was just too late.
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As a runner, China is a tough place to come as the air quality often makes it so you can't walk across the street, let alone go for a run. In fairness, it's better than it was and I usually run on a treadmill. Secondly, since I'm usually only here for a few days, it's manageable but these poor people live like they are in the back of the airplanes in the 1980s
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I've travelled around the world on business and I have to honestly say, I've never felt compelled to shower at the airport. There are lounges which offer this but to think I'm going to get butt naked and hit a communal shower sounds like something I can't imagine anybody actually does. Then that thing into a private crapper and it'll be used constantly
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Half the time in China you don't know what you are eating. The other half of the time you know damn well and you want to puke thinking about it. I've had bull balls, jelly fish and chicken hearts and can't say I'm a huge fan of any of it. Their steak tastes like chicken, their chicken tastes like fish and their fish tastes like your sock.
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I'm shocked at the amount of smoking you still see in China. When the rest of the world has started to recognize the health risks, in China with the pollution, they believe that breathing through a filtered cigarette is actually safer than just breathing in the air.
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You just have to love coming off a 14.5 hour flight and then having to navigate the maze at Pudong airport which makes DeGaul feel desirable. The tunnels and trains and hallways and escalators just keep going like you are in an escape room. Then between the people shoving, everybody yelling and fellow passage cutting you in line and invading your space, it's actually a relief when you step outside in the 95F humidity.
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Nothing gets you ready for international travel to China quite like needing to board at Terminal 1 at JFK. This is the terminal that has been left behind by everybody. It's dark, it's crowded, it's poorly ventilated and somehow every store is Hermes or Gucci Once you get through the maze at security you are greeted with a full pat down which while you are sweating like a slob watching your laptop just sitting there waiting for somebody to just walk off with it.
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I have one Big Mac per year and have to say it's always a bit disappointing. The flavor is fine, the experience is passable but the meat quantity is nonsensical. Over the years they have cut the amount of food down so often that you are basically left with two McDonald's cheeseburgers.
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