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Happy birthday belatedly, Happystuff. Everyone else, beware today!! :0! Got to see most of the eclipse, very cool. It was really clear here, so...

Being as we have no financial moves to make, big or small, lol, we'll just have to try to ride out whatever comes. I KNEW it was a mistake to have...

Tybee, that is some scary reading. And people think we're "overreacting".

KayLR, that's terrible. I agree that we owe our men and women who served MUCH better than that. There must be a lot of regional differences in VAs....

No shady deep state motivation here, personally speaking. I agree that I am not as concerned about discouraging words/ideas that are mean, hurtful,...

You're in my thoughts, TMS. Hoping for the best possible outcomes for you. Appreciate the updates also.

Yay happystuff!

It's part of the good/evil, right/wrong slant everything is given at the moment, at least by many. And government figures are leading the way. And...

I agree that free speech must be protected. Where I have difficulty is how to draw the line between protected free speech, however hateful it may...

Most mice in houses in the midwest/eastern/southern US are a different species from the deer mice that are more prevalent in the west. The house...

Well, lots of people I know don't check their SS accounts. All of my BILs were surprised to know they COULD check their SS accounts prior to...

They contribute to the system because they are working with fake or stolen documents, sometimes set up by employers. The SS taxes are taken from...

yeah, I don't understand that either. When you were at the library, did you pay into SS?

Nope, and I'm living proof. :~)

I really am not sure of all the ins and outs of WEP - windfall elimination provision. I just know that the social security that would have been paid...

Well, I'm freaked about SS, because that's our largest income source. But I today I got my "pending" lump sum from SS for the WEP abolishment. Not...

I knew a few people who were old money in Germany, who had all stolen in the Holocaust. Several were able to get out with a bit. Others were able...

Sure! Many people, many different situations! I don't do facebook or anything like that, but a friend of mine found great comfort in finding someone...

Tybee, I smiled at your dad's bookmark that you held onto. I have a "laundry stick" - a piece of wood my dad smoothed down for my mom to use to poke...

Well I'm back to Amazon today, ordered new Ukrainian flags.

We use ebay mostly as price-point comparisons. Quite a few of the descriptions are obviously AI generated and are sometimes quite hysterical. :~)

I don't have Prime but do buy from Amazon. I have their credit card and use their cash-back to pay for most of our items. I hate shopping in...

I was sort of wondering what LDHL thought was the anti-freedom viewpoint. But sure, from the oligarchical/fascist/trumpist viewpoint, of course...

Wait what?? "anti-freedom viewpoint?" wtf is THAT? So, is being anti-racist anti-freedom? Pro-woman= antifreedom? Wanting to see more than...

JUST TO BE CLEAR - the post quoted above by LDAHL is NOT mine! :~)

+1 The rule of law is getting trampled underfoot far too often.

Tradd, Happystuff - I am so sorry. I feel so badly for everyone who is struggling now, (including myself and my own family). >:( I just try to...

If my second child does not get their antidepressant medications, I'm not sure how much longer I'll HAVE a second child. This crap Kennedy is...

Alan didn't ask what we THOUGHT about unconstitutional actions, he just asked what we thought they were. I agree that birthright citizenship is...

it's a game for those who have money, and power. for the rest of us, it's not a game at all. though it's clear we're the pawns....

I for one would say: birthright citizenship. I think the Constitution is much clearer on that than the way people interpret the second amendment. ...

Catherine, that's a very eloquent explanation, thanks for that. I learn a lot from your posts!! Tybee, I think the standards you aspire to are...

Well, I've been on hiring teams, where hiring decisions were by consensus. And no, where I taught was an educational portion of a state/county...

Exactly this! I am not comfortable with the idea that public "spaces" need to be "segregated". I have no problem with transwomen being in any...

I actually asked this because I DON'T understand how people see or don't see their own conditioning/past experiences play out in their/our daily...