@adam-l William F. Buckley, of all people, helped Lennon obtain legal status in the U.S. so he could dodge Britain's then top tax rate of 98%.

#fieldreport

2y ago my FWB said something so stupid [or rather attempt to exert control she didn't have anyway], I have kept the message at the top of the stupid things list, to stumble upon it from time to time to keep me on my toes.

After 24months she said something directly correlating to it in very different circumstances. I chuckled - instinctively. The chuckle at this moment was odd so she asked me why?

I have proceeded to "destroy" it, by exerting as much self amusement as I could naturally come up with. Changing subject and moving onto previous topic.

I think timing was perfect. Execution not bad judging by aftermath.

@MentORPHEUS "Maybe if I lose enough weight then people will overlook my age"

@SeasonedRP Ha, I didn't know that

nice piece of history (?) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtax#United_Kingdom

Kelly Osbourne started her arc of (dubious) fame as a reality TV star. Lately, she's taken to whining, "Everyone stop calling attention to my appearance and weight-loss-shaming meeee!"\

Girl, it's because at age ~41, you look like someone in the late stages of untreated HIV or hard drug addiction!

@SeasonedRP I've needed them for a few years already. I actually need to get to an eye doctor sometime soon and get a proper prescription.

@adam-l

1) he was physically abusive to his wives and kids.

2) like many communists and champaign socialists, he was a total hypocrite. He'd talk about how everyone needed to share, while hoarding his own wealth. Paul McCartney was similar in this regard.

@Typo-MAGAshiv I think he was just a natural lefty from the working class north of England who was a good musician. That should have been all but he came of age at a moment in time when a certain kind of music became both the anthem of a the counter culture and a capitalist's wet dream. Suddenly a left musician was as he put it "bigger than god".

So he went round like a god or at least like a guru giving everyone the benefit of his drug induced vision of how to be a rich lefty messiah.

Hi sanctimonious preaching about things he had no understanding was a really shitty thing to do.

Even today some of his songs are like pacifist hymns beloved of the artistic establishment, long after almost everyone has realised pacifism is the way to get fucked.