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Cake day: June 1st, 2024

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  • The search results are interesting, but I haven’t heard of half the bands:

    Bands with No Original Members

    • Opeth: No original members remain, with the last, David Isberg, leaving in 1992.
    • Jinjer: All founding members from their 2008 formation have left.
    • Napalm Death: Formed in 1982, the band replaced its entire original lineup within the first five years.
    • Molly Hatchet: None of the members from the 1978 original lineup or first album are present.
    • Thin Lizzy: Still tours with no original members, including only two who played on earlier studio material.
    • Blood, Sweat & Tears: Has had nearly 200 members, with all original members leaving early in their career.
    • The Spinners: While they had long-term members, by 2010, the original lineup was gone.
    • In Flames: No original members from their 1990 inception remain.
    • Foreigner: Due to health issues, founding member Mick Jones ceased touring with them.
    • Judas Priest: No original members are in the current touring lineup.
    • Yes: Features no original members.

    Bands with Only One Original Member Left (Often Considered “One-Member” Bands)

    • AC/DC: Angus Young is the sole remaining original member, as of 2024.
    • Iron Maiden: The only remaining original member is bassist Steve Harris.

  • I like this take from Market Watch:

    "Donald Trump has at long last unveiled his healthcare plan, branding it the “Great Healthcare Plan.” The core of the proposal is to cut the private health-insurance companies out of healthcare altogether — something liberals have been demanding for decades.

    The Republican president is proposing that Uncle Sam send each of us a check every year so we can buy our own healthcare directly from doctors, hospitals, pharmacies and so on.

    The first thing to say is that if this plan had any chance of becoming law, stocks of the health-insurance companies would be plummeting on Wall Street. After all, this bill would devastate, or even effectively destroy, their businesses.

    Instead, health-insurance stocks actually rose after the announcement. Many were up by 1% or even more.

    Investors are not shaken. They are not even stirred. Wall Street thinks this proposal has no chance of getting through Congress.

    And, given the power, influence and campaign donations handed out by big insurance companies, Wall Street may well be right."