No saddle.

Yeah. I have a doc appointment in a few weeks. Will it be covered? Will I have to cancel? Can I afford it completely out of pocket? (hahahahahahaha!) It's a game of medical chicken I do NOT want to play.

Here, too. An hour and a half on hold (with truly sanity shattering hold music) with my health insurance. Well, I think it's my health insurance. I was told that my completed application has not yet been approved. If it isn't I will not have insurance because the sign up period is over. Yay.

That's hilarious. My ex accused me of being pagan for having a wreath.

Damn it, dude. You're making it harder and harder to make a choice between man and bear. sigh

You've never been black in the USA?

When I adopted my guy, he had a toy at the shelter, but they kept it! First thing I did was get him a bunch of toys. Three years later he still has the first one, much mended and restuffed. It's his favorite of the many. He sleeps with it as a pillow. Good boy!

well, d'uh.

Seriously? NO! Putting targets on people is part of the politics of violence. It is wrong, it is fucked up, and most of all, it does not help but rather makes a shit situation worse.

Walton family net worth $432 Billion
Walmart is public (WMT) FY 2024 revenue $648.1 Billion
McDonalds is public (MCD) 2023 revenue $25.49 Billion

According to a 2020 report from (of all places) Fox: "Walmart ranked among the top four largest employees of SNAP and Medicaid benefits ...employing an estimated 14,500 workers who received food stamps, ...McDonald’s ...to employ nearly 8,800 workers who received SNAP assistance ...."

Well fuck. Just wrote both my senators admonishing them for caving.

What if we stopped electing politicians and voted for public servants instead?

You are blessed with a curious earthling. And I am lucky to have stumbled upon this thread and have followed because we appear to be in the same karass.

Migawd! You actually found a plumber who would commit to arriving on a particular day? Astounding.

In addition to anger and disgust, take action: this is a great time to send a check to your local food bank. Yeah, SNAP needs to be funded, yet making sure people have food IS revolution.

Fool's gold. For fools.

I pretty much met David due to craft on a film set. I basically took the gig because there was food. I was young and broke and free food was a huge perk. (Why is the short form of perquisite spelled with a k? It makes me cranky.)

And you, a self-proclaimed good christian man, husband, father, and *pastor* were perving on a young woman while with your wife and kids? You noticed her backside? Remind me why you wrote a letter instead of plucking your eyes out? tsk! Live your faith or STFU.

We already knew that the intended job for ICE was not simply kidnapping. That's just the pretense for a private army that's exorbitantly well funded, vicious, and obedient to derT. Now with added lethality.

I've assumed coronation. Seems a safe bet that's his intention.

If only maga world bothered to scrutinize anything...

Lon Chaney? The whole movie was stolen in a few minutes of screen time by Maria Ouspenskaya.

I need a cat like that.

WTF? Why did you post it without verification? It IS a deepfake. AI generated total bullshit. Checked with Politifact, Snopes. It might be satisfying to hear confirmation bias but it does NOT help.

WTF? Why did you post it without verification? It IS a deepfake. AI generated total bullshit.

No phone books? What do people use for booster seats at family dinners now?

My parent's phone number started with GRegory, my grandparent's with WEbster. I still remember my parent's number. Grandma's not so sure of, although as a kid I had to memorize both in case I got lost.

It compiled and took over.

Maybe some zealous Republican candidate will turn them in to ICE and get the base raided and the Qataris detained and deported?