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EuterpeThelo

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6. Off topic about the corporate whore-ishness of UP and other donors to the you've-got-some-balls-room

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Nov 13, 2025, 02:16 PM

Nov 13

I totally get why people are suddenly using the title of "Ballroom Blitz" because it's so eerily fitting, but it's a little heartbreaking to see, too; Steve Priest, the founding bass player for the band that recorded this iconic song, actually died from COVID-19 during the apricot hellbeast's first maladministration. (The public reports said "flu/pneumonia," but I'm close to some here in L.A. who know the truth. As an aside, Steve loathed "the orange man" with the heat of a billion white-hot suns.)

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Ballroom Blitz: Union Pacific donates to White House ballroom while proposing massive merger [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 13 OP

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Greedy grubbing sh*tstains. NotHardly Nov 13 #4

Um, Chief Justice Roberts? lonely bird Nov 13 #2

The Supreme Court said gratuities after the fact are allowed. Irish_Dem Nov 13 #7

I was thinking the other day that should be Tish James argument for the vacation shes being sued for. Volaris Nov 13 #8

Only white male magas get gratuities. Irish_Dem Nov 13 #10

K&R BlueWavePsych Nov 13 #3

Just a small part of the blatant corruption going on in the white house. mdbl Nov 13 #5

Off topic about the corporate whore-ishness of UP and other donors to the you've-got-some-balls-room EuterpeThelo Nov 13 #6

So it isn't just "his own money" like he said. Munu Nov 13 #9

I think Eugene Debs had the right idea about nationalizing the railroads. Crowman2009 Nov 13 #11

The simplest definition of Fascism popsdenver Nov 13 #12

Just a coincidence, I'm sure.... Grins Nov 13 #13

He'll raise over a billion to build a "$300 million" travesty tinrobot Nov 13 #14

Who will pay for the Balls after it is built? pwb Nov 13 #15

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