Like most Scientology celebs, he was carefully taken care of by the church. I doubt he was ever aware of how shitty they treated his staff.
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They dumped her when she complained, and found another church member to fill in. An actual tour manager would have cost more money and would have had a contract to get expenses like that paid.
TBH, if I made a pile, my interests would change dramatically. And running a successful company would not be nearly as validating.
My principle need for a tablet has always been ebook consumption. The ebook readers on Linux I've seen all look like hot garbage. Sure, Calibre allows you to manage massive ebook collections. Now let me have a book experience that doesn't look like 1999.
I'm not going to trust this corporation.
The 2018 Hugo novel field was REALLY good. There wasn't a klunker in the group. My favorite was Kim Stanley Robinson's "New York 2140" but it was a very hard call.
40% off the market rent. Oh, and because he didn't actually live there, he left everything. Dishes, pots, a bed.
What value does the App Store provide Hey?
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2009/03/frenc...
My favorite quote:
"Moving from XP to Ubuntu, however, proved very easy. The two biggest differences are the icons and the games. Games are not our priority." -- Lt. Col. Guimard
He was also a successful marijuana dealer to the Jazz community. He married a black woman, moved to Harlem, and called himself a "voluntary Negro." When he was arrested at the Worlds Fair (60 marijuana cigarettes with intent to distribute) he convinced the cops he was black and thus was housed with black prisoners.
He was good friends with Louis Armstrong and has such a cult status among Jazz fans that there's a NYC Jazz Club named in his honor.
As Dylan wrote "To live outside the law, you must be honest." Especially so when conformity was life-threatening.
In 1952, Robert Taft wanted to run for President using the "southern strategy" to woo disaffected Democratic voters, but Eisenhower decided to run, and that put an end to that strategy until Nixon was more successful in 1968.
Basically, the south became squishy on Democratic Party once northern Democratic Mayors (and FDR) realized that African-Americans were a strong labor voice and a powerful voting block. "The Party of Lincoln" (GOP) had been ignoring African-Americans since TR was in the White House.
Typically, a consensus is reached based on technical and economic limitations.
For example, nuclear-powered aircraft? You need shielding to protect the human crew. You also need a reactor that can survive a crash. That's why they use nuclear fuel for unmanned probes. There are no humans to protect, and it's a one-way trip.
1. Meet every 3 to 6 months.
2. Everyone bring books to swap.
3. Everyone bring a list of books they really loved.
4. Each person takes turn talking about the books they loved while sitting around a dining room table with snacks and drinks.
5. It's fun if other people have read the same books. It's even more fun if they disagree.
6. Last time I did this I added 10 books to my "To Read Pile" and traded books with friends.
7. Everyone wanted to do it again.
I really wish you would do some research before spouting off with ill-informed opinions. The Nazis and Italians conquered Greece during WW2, they didn't take Acropolis marbles.