"A Holding"

[Mark Kohut]

NC GOP Rep. George Holding: “It has also been gratifying to work for the
ideals and values that I, like many other Americans, believe in. And so it
is with regret that I announce I will not be a candidate for Congress this
election." Cites terrible new district

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 2:45 PM ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Big Brother & the Holding Company, I read somewhere ...  the name is
> an allusion to Orwell's Classic, and a  Holding Company, an IRS
> definition, and Holding is a reference to Holding dope. Holding has
> many, many business, finance, property meanings. A Holding might be
> what is held or held up, or in the Hold of a ship, these days more
> likely to be in a container, box cars box cars box cars, in The Wire,
> human cargo...a legal Hold and Freehold  & your really got a Hold on
> me....stash, keep, know when to buy sell, hold, fade, fold....
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 11:48 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > A British term.
> >
> > It goes back a long British ways to  meaning owning earth.
> >
> > These days it means having a garden.
> >
> > At least I think so.
> >
> > David Morris
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