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Then: The boy who cried Wolf.
Now: The man who cried Tariff.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/07/business/tariffs-trump-canada/index.html
"Don't meet your heroes" they say. I experienced that recently. 
(Sadly, not my first experience.)
Götterdämmerung @gutenberg_org
#Saying: the grab-bag category. Sayings is the loose catchall term for short, pithy observations about life. E.g. "When it rains, it pours." Unlike their more pretentious cousins, sayings don't try to impress you. They're content with being the verbal equivalent of small talk.
Elections, where the sausage is worse than how the sausage is made.
Jack* of all** trades, master*** of none.
* What is the bar, here? Can I be a "jack" of creative writing if I've never published anything?
** A few
*** Again, not sure about the threshold. Maybe I'm a master of something, but it really depends on the criteria
One thing is quite simple
Freedom of speech ends
where it curtails that of others
No one can demand freedom
if he curtails that of others
and does not concede the same freedom to others
This applies to everyone
What #KamalaHarris Was Really #Saying in Her #Convention #Speech
She understood the #need to tie her #story to yours.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/08/23/kamala-harris-dnc-speech-theme-analysis-00175973
'A #vibe I’m feeling': Here's what #people are #saying about #VicePresident #KamalaHarris
Earlier this month, longtime #Republican #LaTrellBell took up a #friend’s #invitation to attend a #HarrisWalz #rally in his #hometown of #Detroit. Now he's going to #vote for Kamala Harris.
#Polls suggest millions of #Americans are changing their presidential #voting plans with Harris currently topping the #Democratic #ticket.
In #Finnish there's a #saying, to 'show someone from where the chicken pees'. Basically means to confidently kick ass. It is only yesterday that I learnt that #chickens don't actually pee (if you call me stupid, I'll show you where the chicken pees from, damnit).
Suddenly the #phrase takes on a whole new level of meaning and confusion.
Is the (second) measurement before the cut or after the cut? 
`enum class` does not make the enum a class.
An old C++ saying.
Besame en esta esquina.
I skipped this one, no one to kiss. Not this corner or any corner.
With a nomadic lifestyle it is hard to find a partner, especially at my age, so I settled for single life, and gave up my romantic longings.
Believe in the delusion all you want; but, do not expect me to prove or disprove your delusion.
In the end the wheels fell off.
A cigarette burns for me
and so must a woman burn for me...
But the spark must never burn out for her, like that of the cigarette...
My 21-year-old colleague has just said that to me and I really had to toot it... 
Our discussions at work are always so interesting and often so hilarious...
Tired: In for a penny, in for a pound 
Inspired: In for a scoop, in for a tub 