Happy Thanksgiving! Latest Substack post on a Fall in Fall: open.substack.com/pub/brucesmu...?
The Fall I took this Fall
What I learned, and Why I am thankful
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November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! Latest Substack post on a Fall in Fall: open.substack.com/pub/brucesmu...?
Gutted to learn of the passing of Jimmy Cliff. He was not only a Beautiful Person, he made the world more wonderful with his presence and music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XDV...
Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World, Beautiful People (Stereo)
YouTube video by jacob 6657
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November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Gutted to learn of the passing of Jimmy Cliff. He was not only a Beautiful Person, he made the world more wonderful with his presence and music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XDV...
ChatGPT apparently came too late for Marco Rubio, who thinks that "copy-and-pasted" is the equivalent of "authored."
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
ChatGPT apparently came too late for Marco Rubio, who thinks that "copy-and-pasted" is the equivalent of "authored."
If you think you've ever heard me say a nice thing about Larry Summers? I'm quite sure you've got me confused with someone else. Though apparently he could do one thing well: Ask Epstein for dating advice.
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you think you've ever heard me say a nice thing about Larry Summers? I'm quite sure you've got me confused with someone else. Though apparently he could do one thing well: Ask Epstein for dating advice.
It would just SHOCK me if Patel's crowd mistook the equivalent of planning to throw some eggs on Hallowe'en as a "terror attack." www.cnbc.com/2025/11/02/h...
Michigan lawyer says a Halloween terror plot that FBI Director Kash Patel described never existed
A Michigan defense lawyer is disputing allegations his 20-year-old client and four other young suspects were planning a terror attack.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It would just SHOCK me if Patel's crowd mistook the equivalent of planning to throw some eggs on Hallowe'en as a "terror attack." www.cnbc.com/2025/11/02/h...
Happy Hallowe'en from Jaws, Scaredy, and Snaggletooth!
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Happy Hallowe'en from Jaws, Scaredy, and Snaggletooth!
Where is Melania going to put her bloody red Christmas trees now? www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/f...
There Will Be Blood-Red Trees (Published 2018)
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October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Where is Melania going to put her bloody red Christmas trees now? www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/f...
My review of "Breakneck" by Dan Wang. open.substack.com/pub/brucesmu...
Review of "Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future"
China vs. US; Engineers vs. Lawyers?
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October 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My review of "Breakneck" by Dan Wang. open.substack.com/pub/brucesmu...
Homegrown, that's the way it should be. #gardening
October 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Homegrown, that's the way it should be. #gardening
Good to know that only males can identify the qualities that qualify one to be a soldier, but when It comes to what painkillers one should take when pregnant? Only males can decide that too. Got it.
September 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Good to know that only males can identify the qualities that qualify one to be a soldier, but when It comes to what painkillers one should take when pregnant? Only males can decide that too. Got it.
Imagine Corp Bigwigs tell u: "We like u & r gonna give u 10 mill USD." U say, "What's the Catch?" They say, "U have to increase the value of the company." U say, "Well DUH, what else?" They go "U have 2 invest 100k in our company." This is LITERALLY (less 6 Zeds) what Wall Street is agog about 2day!
September 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Imagine Corp Bigwigs tell u: "We like u & r gonna give u 10 mill USD." U say, "What's the Catch?" They say, "U have to increase the value of the company." U say, "Well DUH, what else?" They go "U have 2 invest 100k in our company." This is LITERALLY (less 6 Zeds) what Wall Street is agog about 2day!
New post on SubStack: On Alexander Hamilton and homegrown violence. open.substack.com/pub/brucesmu...
Hamilton At Home?
Wellll, it’s been a minute since I posted anything, and I can certainly plead a lot of excuses, but let’s just say that “summer got in the way” and let it go at that.
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September 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New post on SubStack: On Alexander Hamilton and homegrown violence. open.substack.com/pub/brucesmu...
Welcome to StagFlation 2.0, MAGA! And be sure and fire the person who collected the statistics on the way out, it's clearly their fault: www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/a...
Labor market growth slows dramatically in August with U.S. adding just 54,000 jobs, ADP says
U.S. private sector hiring rose less than expected in August, per the ADP.
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September 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Welcome to StagFlation 2.0, MAGA! And be sure and fire the person who collected the statistics on the way out, it's clearly their fault: www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/a...
Granted. with all the craziness going on, this may not even rank in the Top 10, BUT can you even IMAGINE the vitriol and cries of "STATE SOCIALISM!!" if Biden or Obama had purchased 10 percent of a major US corporation?? www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/s...
Sen. Rand Paul blasts Trump's stake in Intel as 'a step towards socialism'
Sen. Rand Paul criticized the Trump administration's decision to take a 10% stake in Intel.
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September 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Granted. with all the craziness going on, this may not even rank in the Top 10, BUT can you even IMAGINE the vitriol and cries of "STATE SOCIALISM!!" if Biden or Obama had purchased 10 percent of a major US corporation?? www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/s...
Some smaller ones, for a change. #sunflowers #gardening
August 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Some smaller ones, for a change. #sunflowers #gardening
The US rolls out the red carpet for War Criminal on US soil, & then allowed WC 2 be lead speaker at the subsequent presser; WC promised to give up Zero in his quest for peace. Of course, this opportunity is all at the behest of someone who once saluted a North Korean general, so nuttin' to see here!
August 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The US rolls out the red carpet for War Criminal on US soil, & then allowed WC 2 be lead speaker at the subsequent presser; WC promised to give up Zero in his quest for peace. Of course, this opportunity is all at the behest of someone who once saluted a North Korean general, so nuttin' to see here!
Chuck Mangione puts us so far past the "rule of three" for recent passage of prominent and significant individuals who enlightened our lives in a myriad of ways, that it's probably time to retire the whole thing. RIP
July 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Chuck Mangione puts us so far past the "rule of three" for recent passage of prominent and significant individuals who enlightened our lives in a myriad of ways, that it's probably time to retire the whole thing. RIP
First sf blooms of the year #gardeningfeed
July 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
First sf blooms of the year #gardeningfeed
Happy Mother's Day to all! #gardening
May 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Happy Mother's Day to all! #gardening
I mean, he coulda gone with Pope Leo Durocher II. Just sayin'.
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I mean, he coulda gone with Pope Leo Durocher II. Just sayin'.
Yet another day of watching the economic ball of string steadily and inexorably unwind. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/u...
10-year Treasury yield falls from highs after auction eases concerns about demand for U.S. debt
U.S. Treasury yields surged Wednesday as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff regime continued to rattle markets.
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April 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yet another day of watching the economic ball of string steadily and inexorably unwind. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/u...
Another first: A POTUS (loosely speaking) gives a televised speech, and we watch the stock market melt simultaneously, in real time.
April 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Another first: A POTUS (loosely speaking) gives a televised speech, and we watch the stock market melt simultaneously, in real time.
And who says there's no good news these days?? www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
Tesla quarterly sales plunge as Musk backlash grows By Reuters
Tesla quarterly sales plunge as Musk backlash grows
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April 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
And who says there's no good news these days?? www.investing.com/news/stock-m...