I think it's rather that the desperately insecure need to make others miserable as a self-assertion. Of course, you could make others happy, but your agency there is compromised by the fact that they WANT to be happy. But if you make them miserable....that's all YOU!
Someone really needs to check his hard drive. A person with that level of just generally directed violent ideation is very often reflecting the opprobrium they know their own transgressions and crimes would face. See pedophile hellfire preachers.
Was looking for a video on YouTube to lull me off to sleep, and the algorithm thought I would enjoy one about a widow on the western frontier who was trying to keep her children from starving and freezing to death, and now I am very awake. Let’s try this again.
If you mean, based on the video, no. Talked to ex a few days ago he said he was running out of propane. I asked why he didn’t fill it in the summer or fall, and he said it wasn’t empty then. 🙄
I have a friend who said she’s really having trouble running out to the outhouse a couple of times a day. I was pestering her over the summer to do an upgrade, so that it’s enclosed, and she could put a heater on an extension cord in it, but she didn’t do it. She fell one year on her way out there, very pregnant. And now I’m telling her she needs to get a honey bucket.
I have another friend who is incarcerated down in Idaho who wants me to go by his storage unit and get some stuff shipped off to him. He had an ex-girlfriend who’s gotten pretty flaky managing that unit, and I can see so many ways that could go wrong, so I’m building some boundaries and safeguards into this.
I doubled my order of canned cat food, because we’re going through it faster now with the extra mouths to feed. But my pantry is full, and I’m pretty well set for fuel and necessities. But I’m finding my level of alertness is going up as the temperature goes down.
I was just making a silly joke about your alarm at the video and how it might affect a mind like yours.
The stories you're telling are some real-life ant and the grasshopper shit though. Where you live there are some real consequences to not being prepared. Here, if it doesn't get done today or tomorrow or next week it's no big deal and it's easy for me to have a laugh at your diligence.
I have a lot of respect for how you handle yourself. You deserve to know that.
I had drifted into that video without really paying attention, and I stuck with it until the children started to starve to death, and I was genuinely rattled. Because I think about that shit, all.the.time.
I think I was lulled by the pleasant start we had to the winter. And now we are suddenly in take it seriously time. Not horribly cold, but cold enough that you can get into serious trouble.
You might have been here that night a few winters ago when I slipped on the porch and had a bit of a prang. That was me being stupid careless for a split second, and I’m lucky that I’m not paying for it still. I slithered back inside, and into bed, and got on here and decompressed. The Wonkitchen always has a hot pot of coffee on.
But I learned from it. The next summer I put up grab bars outside on the dangerous corners around the house, and I bought an ice scraper, and this summer, I finished putting up a handrail the length of the porch. It’s about focusing on solutions. I have no patience for people who should know better, who keep focusing on the problems.
I appreciate your words of support, truly, and you should know how much strength I draw from from people here. You are my Powdermilk Biscuits.
I remember one night when I just started sobbing hysterically. It was time for me to give the cat another injection for FIP, and it hurt her so much, and she fought it. And I just got to a really primal level and started rocking back-and-forth and saying I can’t do it. I can’t do it. I can’t do it. And somebody here said, yes, you can, and you must, because she doesn’t have anyone else. And i gave her a double dose of pain medicine, and took a hot shower, and I held her and we fell asleep and I ended up missing her dose that night, but I was back on it the next day.
I remember you talking about the aftermath of your fall. It might be around the time I first became aware of you. You talk about how your cat (is that Alice? I admit I can't quite keep them all straight) doesn't have anyone else, which is true enough. It also appears to me that's true of you, too. You don't really seem to have anyone you can rely on besides yourself.
I picture you as a strong, practical pioneer woman. Great as far as it goes but I hope you aren't lonely, that would make me sad. You're so interesting, I hope you have a big circle of people who appreciate you.
I can see why it’s hard to keep them all straight.
I don’t think it even occurs to me to be lonely. There’s so many ways to engage with people. But as far as relying upon myself, that’s what I’m trying to get through to my friend with the outhouse problem. She’s been complaining about that for years. I really want her to understand that even though she’s got a big family, she’s kind of on her own. Nobody else is gonna care about her situation as much as she does, and she could have a solution set up in one day. I get frustrated by her failure to take action, and I’m really pushing her at this point.
At this point, I don't think it matters. But, the republicans want to win the mid-terms, so they think this will help them.
Me? America should be going in the OPPOSITE direction: NO corporate or PAC money allowed AT ALL. America is the only country like this ... this and the Electoral College is why our government can be bought so easily.
What I could never understand was why Mrs. Bob did not work. Poor women worked even then- laundry, taking in sewing, fish gutting, whatever. I know Dickens was in another social class and sort of had a rose colored view of The Poor, but surely he knew that poor women worked.
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
Paramount’s press release announcing the offer says that the $40 billion in equity financing will be “backstopped by Ellison Family and RedBird Capital.” The CEO of Paramount is David Ellison, the son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, the second-wealthiest person in the world...
What is not mentioned in the press release is that... the majority of the equity financing — $24 billion — comes from the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar...Also participating in the deal is Affinity Partners, the private equity firm run by President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner...
If some kind soul carpet-nuked Saudi Arabia, I'd only cry a little bit, briefly. I know this is wrong but I DGAF this morning. I'm sick of those vermin.
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
Paramount’s press release announcing the offer says that the $40 billion in equity financing will be “backstopped by Ellison Family and RedBird Capital.” The CEO of Paramount is David Ellison, the son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, the second-wealthiest person in the world...
What is not mentioned in the press release is that... the majority of the equity financing — $24 billion — comes from the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar...Also participating in the deal is Affinity Partners, the private equity firm run by President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner...
Leaders of a Catholic church near Boston kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it.
The display, outside St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Mass., includes the traditional shepherds, sheep and wise men gathered around a hay-filled manger. But Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus are missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE” in bold blue letters.
“The Holy Family is safe in the Sanctuary of our Church,” adds a smaller note inside the Nativity scene, which is protected by a plastic shield. “If you see ICE please call LUCE.” The display includes a phone number for LUCE, an immigrant advocacy group, which tracks the activity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Massachusetts.
ICE began a major immigration enforcement campaign in the Boston area in September, the forefront of a wave of similar efforts in other major cities...
Some members and supporters of the Dedham parish said they were confused by the demand from the archdiocese, which came one month after a rare and nearly unanimous statement from U.S. Catholic bishops condemning the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign...
Other politically themed Nativity scenes have popped up around the country this Christmas season, including one at a church in Evanston, Ill., that includes a baby Jesus figure with his hands bound by zip ties. In another Nativity scene near Chicago, Mary, Joseph and Jesus are missing, with a sign telling viewers that “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”...
"Masculine truth: bold, 'virtuous' men commit evil.” <- fixed it for him.
Seriously, how are these people breaking through from the Upside Down and invading our world?!
In modern times you know what cultures have public ritual killings - Dictators.
These people are miserable, and misery loves company.
I think it's rather that the desperately insecure need to make others miserable as a self-assertion. Of course, you could make others happy, but your agency there is compromised by the fact that they WANT to be happy. But if you make them miserable....that's all YOU!
"Masculine leadership"
My life advice, find someone who loves you as much as chuds love phrenology.
Hadn't thought about phrenology for a while, but as a kid, I remember seeing an old book on it and the illustrations were hilarious!
Someone really needs to check his hard drive. A person with that level of just generally directed violent ideation is very often reflecting the opprobrium they know their own transgressions and crimes would face. See pedophile hellfire preachers.
Where do you even begin to discuss this guy?
It's really easy to call for things like public hangings if you can't imagine *yourself* on the gallows
'Ireland (yes, Ireland!)'???
Turds of a feather...
Yes, back in the 18th century when public hangings in England were an approved and daily thing, there was a lot less crime. Everybody knows this.
"Since law was made for every degree
To curb vice in others as well as in me,
I wonder we ha'dnt better company
Upon Tyburn tree.
But gold from law can take out the sting,
And if rich men like ourselves were to swing,
'Twould thin the land, such numbers to string,
Upon Tyburn tree!" ("The Beggar's Opera")
Was looking for a video on YouTube to lull me off to sleep, and the algorithm thought I would enjoy one about a widow on the western frontier who was trying to keep her children from starving and freezing to death, and now I am very awake. Let’s try this again.
I'm a tropical rain forest sounds person.
https://youtu.be/ubNfkpbxXUs
Have you added to your to do list?
The answer to that is complicated.
If you mean, based on the video, no. Talked to ex a few days ago he said he was running out of propane. I asked why he didn’t fill it in the summer or fall, and he said it wasn’t empty then. 🙄
I have a friend who said she’s really having trouble running out to the outhouse a couple of times a day. I was pestering her over the summer to do an upgrade, so that it’s enclosed, and she could put a heater on an extension cord in it, but she didn’t do it. She fell one year on her way out there, very pregnant. And now I’m telling her she needs to get a honey bucket.
I have another friend who is incarcerated down in Idaho who wants me to go by his storage unit and get some stuff shipped off to him. He had an ex-girlfriend who’s gotten pretty flaky managing that unit, and I can see so many ways that could go wrong, so I’m building some boundaries and safeguards into this.
I doubled my order of canned cat food, because we’re going through it faster now with the extra mouths to feed. But my pantry is full, and I’m pretty well set for fuel and necessities. But I’m finding my level of alertness is going up as the temperature goes down.
Is that what you were asking?
I was just making a silly joke about your alarm at the video and how it might affect a mind like yours.
The stories you're telling are some real-life ant and the grasshopper shit though. Where you live there are some real consequences to not being prepared. Here, if it doesn't get done today or tomorrow or next week it's no big deal and it's easy for me to have a laugh at your diligence.
I have a lot of respect for how you handle yourself. You deserve to know that.
I'll still rib you though.
You had better.
I had drifted into that video without really paying attention, and I stuck with it until the children started to starve to death, and I was genuinely rattled. Because I think about that shit, all.the.time.
I think I was lulled by the pleasant start we had to the winter. And now we are suddenly in take it seriously time. Not horribly cold, but cold enough that you can get into serious trouble.
You might have been here that night a few winters ago when I slipped on the porch and had a bit of a prang. That was me being stupid careless for a split second, and I’m lucky that I’m not paying for it still. I slithered back inside, and into bed, and got on here and decompressed. The Wonkitchen always has a hot pot of coffee on.
But I learned from it. The next summer I put up grab bars outside on the dangerous corners around the house, and I bought an ice scraper, and this summer, I finished putting up a handrail the length of the porch. It’s about focusing on solutions. I have no patience for people who should know better, who keep focusing on the problems.
I appreciate your words of support, truly, and you should know how much strength I draw from from people here. You are my Powdermilk Biscuits.
I remember one night when I just started sobbing hysterically. It was time for me to give the cat another injection for FIP, and it hurt her so much, and she fought it. And I just got to a really primal level and started rocking back-and-forth and saying I can’t do it. I can’t do it. I can’t do it. And somebody here said, yes, you can, and you must, because she doesn’t have anyone else. And i gave her a double dose of pain medicine, and took a hot shower, and I held her and we fell asleep and I ended up missing her dose that night, but I was back on it the next day.
I remember you talking about the aftermath of your fall. It might be around the time I first became aware of you. You talk about how your cat (is that Alice? I admit I can't quite keep them all straight) doesn't have anyone else, which is true enough. It also appears to me that's true of you, too. You don't really seem to have anyone you can rely on besides yourself.
I picture you as a strong, practical pioneer woman. Great as far as it goes but I hope you aren't lonely, that would make me sad. You're so interesting, I hope you have a big circle of people who appreciate you.
That was Máebh (rhymes with brave), who went right to the brink before she finally got a diagnosis, and then it was a battle against time to save her with some black market meds. That was tough. https://substack.com/profile/1687878-1d57a1d5931d/note/c-185957606?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=106di
I can see why it’s hard to keep them all straight.
I don’t think it even occurs to me to be lonely. There’s so many ways to engage with people. But as far as relying upon myself, that’s what I’m trying to get through to my friend with the outhouse problem. She’s been complaining about that for years. I really want her to understand that even though she’s got a big family, she’s kind of on her own. Nobody else is gonna care about her situation as much as she does, and she could have a solution set up in one day. I get frustrated by her failure to take action, and I’m really pushing her at this point.
𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮, 𝗖𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲, 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/diets-rich-in-tea-coffee-berries-and-nuts-linked-to-better-long-term-heart-health/
✅ Tea
✅ Coffee
✅ Berries
✅ Nuts
Looks like I'm good. Where does beer fit in?
Beer is distilled sunshine, so you get your Vitamin D.
It felt like distilled sunshine last night but today, not so much. 😣 Where's the Tylenol...?
Fermented grains?
Basically the same as Cheerios with whole-grain toast, amirite?
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯-𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱’𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵.
𝘈 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘢 90-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 2001 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 50 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥.
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-campaign-finance-republican-spending-limits-0381e78b1e8a8da0e49f5b55b543894e
Ah of course.
At this point, I don't think it matters. But, the republicans want to win the mid-terms, so they think this will help them.
Me? America should be going in the OPPOSITE direction: NO corporate or PAC money allowed AT ALL. America is the only country like this ... this and the Electoral College is why our government can be bought so easily.
Totally agreed.
I guess America will have to endure its fascist takeover like Europe did before we learn our lesson.
Images of Dickens' England come to mind ...
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 “𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱” 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥 20%, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺'𝘴 2025 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. “𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴” 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴.
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗠𝗲’𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁
https://apnews.com/article/gofundme-crowdfunding-affordability-99fa9ee7434f1ba8c714aa53f9cf99b8
At least Cratchit only had to work one (1) slave labour job.
Now Cratchit would have to work for Scrooge, McDonald's and Walmart. And try to get SNAP.
And be ready to Morse Code commute whenever Scrooge felt like he needed him.
Without a VPN, even!
The roaming fees were more than 6 pence minute.
to be fair, that was because he could not work any more. Scrooge had him in there like 16 hours or some such
"That's leaves a whole eight hours for alternative income!"
But think of how much he saved by not having to commute between jobs,
He should've gone full Bartleby.
He just preferred not to.
What I could never understand was why Mrs. Bob did not work. Poor women worked even then- laundry, taking in sewing, fish gutting, whatever. I know Dickens was in another social class and sort of had a rose colored view of The Poor, but surely he knew that poor women worked.
Poor women have always worked.
Wasn't caretaking Tiny Tim a fulltime job. Guess I'll have to rewatch the Muppet's Christmas Carol and watch more closely this time.
Sophisticated machine learning will be required to keep up with the corruption, even as flagrant as it is...
𝗞𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
Paramount’s press release announcing the offer says that the $40 billion in equity financing will be “backstopped by Ellison Family and RedBird Capital.” The CEO of Paramount is David Ellison, the son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, the second-wealthiest person in the world...
What is not mentioned in the press release is that... the majority of the equity financing — $24 billion — comes from the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar...Also participating in the deal is Affinity Partners, the private equity firm run by President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner...
https://popular.info/p/kushner-and-saudis-back-hostile-takeover
That makes sense, that bunch wants to control all our information.
Ah. So the Hostile Takeover because it would be unfair just means that they want control of the thing
Koosh-Koosh advises the regime, the regime will wind up with its thumb on the scale, whoever is weighing the legalities...
I am sure they have measures in place for an impartial decision that will best represent the consumers' interests...
Try typing 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 with a straight face.
"May the fleas of 1,000 camels infest their crotches forever."
"May Allah strike mange into their genitals."
That's a mite agreeable sentiment.
You must really hate fleas.
Fleas, like Khorne, care not how the blood flows, so long as it does.
"The blood must flow."
-- Captain Mixer of Genres
(giggling)
Hey. It's honest work and the fleas enjoy the perks.
The fleas get ready access to the harems.
If some kind soul carpet-nuked Saudi Arabia, I'd only cry a little bit, briefly. I know this is wrong but I DGAF this morning. I'm sick of those vermin.
And people like Jar-Jar are so fucking stupid.
Jared makes Jar-Jar look like a Rhodes Scholar. And Jar-Jar was more fun in parties.
Yousa am correct.
(of course Jar Jar, as Darth Ept, was the only being to bring down a Galactic Republic by accident)
Darth Junior would bring down his entire sinuses.
And brag about it on xhitter.
Sophisticated machine learning will be required to keep up with the corruption, even as flagrant as it is...
𝗞𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
Paramount’s press release announcing the offer says that the $40 billion in equity financing will be “backstopped by Ellison Family and RedBird Capital.” The CEO of Paramount is David Ellison, the son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, the second-wealthiest person in the world...
What is not mentioned in the press release is that... the majority of the equity financing — $24 billion — comes from the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar...Also participating in the deal is Affinity Partners, the private equity firm run by President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner...
https://popular.info/p/kushner-and-saudis-back-hostile-takeover
𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲, 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀
Leaders of a Catholic church near Boston kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it.
The display, outside St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Mass., includes the traditional shepherds, sheep and wise men gathered around a hay-filled manger. But Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus are missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE” in bold blue letters.
“The Holy Family is safe in the Sanctuary of our Church,” adds a smaller note inside the Nativity scene, which is protected by a plastic shield. “If you see ICE please call LUCE.” The display includes a phone number for LUCE, an immigrant advocacy group, which tracks the activity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Massachusetts.
ICE began a major immigration enforcement campaign in the Boston area in September, the forefront of a wave of similar efforts in other major cities...
Some members and supporters of the Dedham parish said they were confused by the demand from the archdiocese, which came one month after a rare and nearly unanimous statement from U.S. Catholic bishops condemning the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign...
Other politically themed Nativity scenes have popped up around the country this Christmas season, including one at a church in Evanston, Ill., that includes a baby Jesus figure with his hands bound by zip ties. In another Nativity scene near Chicago, Mary, Joseph and Jesus are missing, with a sign telling viewers that “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/us/massachusetts-church-ice-nativity-scene.html
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