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		By: James Sisco		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/08/29/open-thread-8-26-2025/#comment-2820122</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Sisco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 05:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Time waits for no man or woman.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Time waits for no man or woman.</p>
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		By: AesopFan		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/08/29/open-thread-8-26-2025/#comment-2820103</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AesopFan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@ Philip Sells - I&#039;m glad you asked that question. I was curious enough to look.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/rack-vs-wrack

M-W did clear up the etymological history of the two words, but was quite unhelpful about choosing between them.

My preference has always been to use the word that alludes to the torture instrument, hence nerve-racking (stretching your nerves on a rack).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Philip Sells &#8211; I&#8217;m glad you asked that question. I was curious enough to look.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/rack-vs-wrack" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/rack-vs-wrack</a></p>
<p>M-W did clear up the etymological history of the two words, but was quite unhelpful about choosing between them.</p>
<p>My preference has always been to use the word that alludes to the torture instrument, hence nerve-racking (stretching your nerves on a rack).</p>
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		By: Philip Sells		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/08/29/open-thread-8-26-2025/#comment-2820082</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Sells]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 02:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Speaking of Frost in the other thread, I got a sudden notion to try driving to the old Frost farm museum-thingy in New Hampshire at some point. Maybe during color season. How&#039;s the driving in northern New England these days? The highways, at least, around Albany seem to be getting more nerve-wracking* lately.

* (Why is &#039;wracking&#039; supposedly merely a variant here, according to merriam-webster.com&#039;s current information? Is it really possible that &#039;racking&#039; is the correct and original form of it?)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of Frost in the other thread, I got a sudden notion to try driving to the old Frost farm museum-thingy in New Hampshire at some point. Maybe during color season. How&#8217;s the driving in northern New England these days? The highways, at least, around Albany seem to be getting more nerve-wracking* lately.</p>
<p>* (Why is &#8216;wracking&#8217; supposedly merely a variant here, according to merriam-webster.com&#8217;s current information? Is it really possible that &#8216;racking&#8217; is the correct and original form of it?)</p>
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		By: huxley		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/08/29/open-thread-8-26-2025/#comment-2820027</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[huxley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 23:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Re: Cracker Barrel rebrand

Cracker Barrel rebrand: $700 million
Current CBRL capitalization: $1.33 billion

&lt;i&gt;https://companiesmarketcap.com/cracker-barrel/marketcap/&lt;/i&gt;

So CEO Julie Masino just bet over half the value of Cracker Barrel on a costly cosmetic rebrand. 

Sure, she can restore the old-fashioned logo on their menus and remove DEI references from their web pages for next to free. But so many of the physical changes in the pipeline are already paid for.

The company was already in crisis, losing customers and stock value. In 2016 CB was worth $4 bil. The real complaints from customers were on declining food quality, which the rebrand did nothing for.

Dead company walking.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re: Cracker Barrel rebrand</p>
<p>Cracker Barrel rebrand: $700 million<br />
Current CBRL capitalization: $1.33 billion</p>
<p><i><a href="https://companiesmarketcap.com/cracker-barrel/marketcap/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://companiesmarketcap.com/cracker-barrel/marketcap/</a></i></p>
<p>So CEO Julie Masino just bet over half the value of Cracker Barrel on a costly cosmetic rebrand. </p>
<p>Sure, she can restore the old-fashioned logo on their menus and remove DEI references from their web pages for next to free. But so many of the physical changes in the pipeline are already paid for.</p>
<p>The company was already in crisis, losing customers and stock value. In 2016 CB was worth $4 bil. The real complaints from customers were on declining food quality, which the rebrand did nothing for.</p>
<p>Dead company walking.</p>
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		By: miguel cervantes		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/08/29/open-thread-8-26-2025/#comment-2820006</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[miguel cervantes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 22:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/28/newsom-continues-denial-about-antisemitism-at-ucla-fine-for-what/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/28/newsom-continues-denial-about-antisemitism-at-ucla-fine-for-what/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/28/newsom-continues-denial-about-antisemitism-at-ucla-fine-for-what/</a></p>
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		By: miguel cervantes		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/08/29/open-thread-8-26-2025/#comment-2820000</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[miguel cervantes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[you mispelled evil,https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-29/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/some-say-its-the-end-of-zionism-and-i-say-thats-all-right/00000198-e107-de0b-a7d9-e9e759200000

the commenters are 
this is just one example, as Jews are being hunted in every Western Capital,]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you mispelled evil,<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-29/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/some-say-its-the-end-of-zionism-and-i-say-thats-all-right/00000198-e107-de0b-a7d9-e9e759200000" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-29/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/some-say-its-the-end-of-zionism-and-i-say-thats-all-right/00000198-e107-de0b-a7d9-e9e759200000</a></p>
<p>the commenters are<br />
this is just one example, as Jews are being hunted in every Western Capital,</p>
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		By: Mike Plaiss		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/08/29/open-thread-8-26-2025/#comment-2819997</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Plaiss]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By the way, has anyone been over to Haaretz lately? I didn’t think they could get any dumber. I was clearly very wrong.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By the way, has anyone been over to Haaretz lately? I didn’t think they could get any dumber. I was clearly very wrong.</p>
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		By: Niketas Choniates		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/08/29/open-thread-8-26-2025/#comment-2819980</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Niketas Choniates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of things that Chorus sought to restrict its influencers from doing was any kind of confrontation or attempt at explication of Dem politicians&#039; stances on Israel and Gaza.

And I think I understand now why the story was given to Lorenz and why she agreed to have her name on it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://freebeacon.com/author/stiles/media/just-the-facts-taylor-lorenz-was-calling-out-genocide-joe-before-it-was-cool/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow ugc&quot;&gt;Lorenz is anti-Israel&lt;/a&gt; and so is the faction of the Left that gave her the story.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of things that Chorus sought to restrict its influencers from doing was any kind of confrontation or attempt at explication of Dem politicians&#8217; stances on Israel and Gaza.</p>
<p>And I think I understand now why the story was given to Lorenz and why she agreed to have her name on it: <a href="https://freebeacon.com/author/stiles/media/just-the-facts-taylor-lorenz-was-calling-out-genocide-joe-before-it-was-cool/" rel="nofollow ugc">Lorenz is anti-Israel</a> and so is the faction of the Left that gave her the story.</p>
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		By: huxley		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[huxley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Re: Cracker Barrel vs Bud Light

Notice how much faster CB backtracked compared to Bud.

Are we learning yet?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re: Cracker Barrel vs Bud Light</p>
<p>Notice how much faster CB backtracked compared to Bud.</p>
<p>Are we learning yet?</p>
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		By: Selfy		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/08/29/open-thread-8-26-2025/#comment-2819971</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selfy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;The CIA -vs- DNI Tulsi Gabbard&quot;
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/08/29/the-cia-vs-dni-tulsi-gabbard/#more-275467

&quot;CIA agent unmasked by Tulsi Gabbard has &#039;deep state&#039; ties to ... &#039;Russiagate&#039;&quot;
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15043729/undercover-cia-agent-tulsi-gabbard-deep-state-trump.html]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The CIA -vs- DNI Tulsi Gabbard&#8221;<br />
<a href="https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/08/29/the-cia-vs-dni-tulsi-gabbard/#more-275467" rel="nofollow ugc">https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/08/29/the-cia-vs-dni-tulsi-gabbard/#more-275467</a></p>
<p>&#8220;CIA agent unmasked by Tulsi Gabbard has &#8216;deep state&#8217; ties to &#8230; &#8216;Russiagate'&#8221;<br />
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15043729/undercover-cia-agent-tulsi-gabbard-deep-state-trump.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15043729/undercover-cia-agent-tulsi-gabbard-deep-state-trump.html</a></p>
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