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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Doubly so, if one of the judges in charge of the case rules that alternative evidence is inadmissable.
on What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade WarEh, I’m not a fan of tariffs at all. If the other guy is shooting himself in the foot, why join him? Tariffs s…on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025JayBird: the dance where someone asks for evidence and then, when it’s provided, they say “that’s not conclusi…
on Saturday Morning Gaming: MetroidvaniasThat sounds about right from what I've seen of Hollow Knight (I think I beat the first boss and got slightly i…
- on What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade WarAnd, let’s face it, if I wanted to argue for tariffs at all, easy mode would be “reciprocal tariffs against fe…
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Did “bootlegger” have more cache than “dealer”? Like, is the proper translation for the modern ear “weed guy”?Report
My understanding of the use of the term at the time is that yes, there was more cachet. Bootleggers generally dealt in high-quality booze smuggled in — an actual bottle of Glenlivet, not a mason jar of moonshine. Bootleggers were suppliers for the well-to-do, their product line was priced out of the reach of the common man. The cartoon supports that interpretation, I think. The character has bought on credit, and is writing a check to pay the bill.
I can’t think of a corresponding role in the more contemporary drug hierarchy.Report
“Budtender”Report