The corporations pander because they don't want their CCP status quo changed. This is the biggest root problem.
The politicians pander because they don't want their corporate sponsors to leave them.
The stooges voting for the politicians pander because they can not face the reality that they have been misled for their entire lives.
I've been there. I 100% supported baby Bush until I finally woke up. But while asleep, no direct attack would have budged me. It took "Loose Change" (which I discovered on my own while surfing around) and about a month of chewing on it to finally shed the scales from my eyes.
The businesses are taking the city to court. Pundits believe that the case will at least go to the discovery phase. At that point, tons of dirty laundry might come out including knowingly conspiring and aiding the illegal disruptions -- including this incident. I'm wondering if this might eventually lead to murder charges being sought on various city officials or perhaps at least wrongful death suits.
If I recall correctly, one tweet doesn't make you a candidate and get you on the ballot. From all the independent presidential candidates I've followed in the past, it is a YUGE amount of work to get on the ballots especially to do it in all 50 states. This is now July. Is it even possible at this point to get on the ballot in all 50 states -- or even 25 of them?
Oh... and if you are thinking "Well, gee, Biden and Trump are not on the ballots either until after their respective conventions" ... No. Supposedly the Uniparty has special rules for themselves. This was one of the significant things in 2016 with the Libertarian party. They finally got enough of a percentage to bypass some of the restrictions.
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My brother used the term "plinking" when we were kids. I'm 61 so this would be 50+ years ago.
I had always assumed he came up with the term. He was always coming up with weird terms and nicknames. But I guess it is more universal than I thought.
People who vote for Democrats don't care about platform either. They never (old school Republicans as well) came through on their promises.
Democrats just want to win and have power.
Name ANYTHING positive that a president did (other than Trump) in your life time.
Did you get this from this weeks Motley Fool podcast? It was my introduction to it.
To me, it applies to the concept that "Globalism is evil" ... first it was ridiculed. I actually lost my job because I refused to teach my India job replacement how to do my job. Currently I think we are in the "violently opposed" stage.
MAGA!!!
In late 1999, I was separated from my wife and eventually after 3 years divorced her. It was the end and the beginning.
My wife had chased away my toxic family but not because they were toxic but because she was more toxic. Most of my friends had also been chased away. With her out of my life, I was empty and extremely depressed.
I started AA and other 12 step programs, went to two counselors, and read countless psychology / self help books that my counselors pointed me towards.
It was damn hard. There were countless days where all I could do was lie in a fetal position and rock myself to sleep but God had provided me everything I needed. A well paying flexible job I could do in my sleep and a couple of guiding lights.
One suggestion (but this may be too vague) is to develop a good sound support group. The 12 step programs are good at this but you may not want or fit into one of those categories. Perhaps a small group at your church. Perhaps a friend or two who has gone through something similar.
Unfortunately "counseling" is a crap shoot with more than 50% of the counselors causing more harm than good.
Take care and good luck. You are welcome to DM me here any time.
Is it possible to have too many? I see a lot of "gee, add XYZ". I'd like to see this be a tool to educate the children and I'm wondering if there are 20 billion statues, they may be more likely to miss the fundamental themes.
Thoughts?
Within the past decade I went searching for news sites to add to my aggregator. I thought "Hey!!! I'll add BBC. They are straight shooters".
Every one of the articles the RSS feed pulled over was deeply biased. I had it in my aggregator for less than a week.
Then, later, a liberal friend piped up and recommended BBC when I was bitching about my troubles finding an unbiased site. When I told him the BBC was biased, I could tell by the look on his face that he didn't believe or agree with me.