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Bulldozers kill man in tent in Atlanta clearing homeless camp near MLK’s church
  • Everyone is too busy downplaying the “vehicular accident with an individual” and covering their asses to even think about what this says of the Reverend Martin Luther King’s legacy.

    The mayor won’t even say his name.

    CORNELIUS TAYLOR

  • 'Damning' New Poll Shows Price Kamala Harris Paid for Backing Israeli Genocide in Gaza
  • Remember that time President Carter arranged to free the hostages, then Ronald Reagan snuck in and had Iran wait on announcing their release until he was inaugurated, so that he could claim credit?

    Oh, and didn’t Nixon pull a similar trick with Vietnam?

    Must be an incoming GOP President maneuver.

    ETA Gotta love this left-field static yammering on about Biden because nobody can comprehend that my comment was in response to a hot take on how trump wrangled a ceasefire deal JFC

  • Do you also have this deep longing/dream of living at a different/fantasy place to feel home?
  • Yes, after moving a few times during my early childhood, my family settled down in an amazing place that offered something for everyone - and I couldn’t wait to get out. There was nothing wrong, but I could never shake the strong sense that I belonged somewhere else. Nobody else in my family ever felt this way.

    As soon as I was able to leave on my own, I began traveling to and living in other places in North America. Many of those places were great experiences, but none resonated. I eventually forgot about my need to find the right place, raised a family, and just went on small vacations.

    When my children grew up and left, my husband’s job took us to other parts of the United States. I rolled with it until his job moved us in 2020 to a place I didn’t know existed. I was in my 50’s, and it was the first time I ever felt completely at home, where I had belonged my entire life, and I was thoroughly at peace. It was unexpected.

    This sensation reminded me of that yearning feeling I’d had since I was a small child; the search I had forgotten. I hadn’t been imagining it!

    My entire family still lives in the same area where I grew up. They’re happy and they don’t understand why I couldn’t stay there. Maybe some people are more attuned to regions? I can’t explain it, but I understand your feelings. Trust yourself. I think someday you’ll stumble on the place where you belong.

  • Drugmakers to raise US prices on over 250 medicines starting Jan. 1
  • Pfizer raised prices of the most drugs on the latest list - more than 60 drugs.

    CEO Albert Bourla, who opposes government regulation of pharmaceutical costs, lives in Scarsdale, NY - in case anyone would like to write a letter.

  • If you live in the Pacific time zone what are the advantages and disadvatages over living in the Eastern time zone?
  • A few things to consider if relocating from east to west:

    The seemingly endless open space in the west can have a physical effect. I’ve known east-to-west transplants who were unnerved by what they perceived as a sense of desolation. They felt more at home with dense cities, skyscrapers, a faster pace, urban noise, and an absence of distant horizons.

    The west has a lot of dry and brown land. Unlike the wetter east, most people need to use sprinklers or irrigation. Water is a concern in the west.

    Generally speaking, east communication is more abrupt and unmistakable. West speak can have layers of innuendo that can feel treacherous to people who are accustomed to blunt language.

  • Homelessness surged 18% to a new record in 2024 amid a lack of affordable housing across the U.S.
  • My son - who served eight tours in almost every M.E. country after 9/11, who was crushed under a C130 then denied surgery for his injuries so now at age 42 he can barely walk, who slept on the glowing ground of K2, and who witnessed unspeakable horrors - was living in a tent near the river until recently.

    Fuck this fucking country.

  • Ted Cruz really could lose
  • Get your facts straight. Beto did not speak about gun control during his Senate campaign.

    The year after he lost the Senate race to Cruz, Beto briefly campaigned for POTUS. It was during his presidential campaign that he brought up removing AR-15s and spoke about gun buyback programs.

    Speaking about guns did not cost Beto the Texas Senate race because Beto is not a time traveler.

  • Ted Cruz really could lose
  • Beto never spoke about guns during his Texas Senate campaign. There were only gun-loving conspiracy rumors about Beto “taking your guns”.

    He spoke out about gun buyback programs and AR-15s in 2019, during his brief presidential campaign, the year AFTER he lost to Cruz.

    Texas chose Ted Cruz over Beto O’Rourke before he ever spoke about guns.

  • Ted Cruz really could lose
  • This is patently false. Beto never spoke about guns during his Texas Senate campaign. There were only gun-loving conspiracy rumors about Beto “taking your guns”.

    He spoke out about gun buyback programs and AR-15s in 2019, during his brief presidential campaign, the year AFTER he lost to Cruz.

    Texas chose Ted Cruz over Beto O’Rourke before he ever spoke about guns.

  • What's been the craziest moment of your life?
  • I was at a bar in Mexico for 4th of July when, due to a combination of alcohol, no situational awareness, and a strong sense of bodily autonomy, I accidentally started a riot of about 400 Americans, all college students and Hell’s Angels. The entire scene was scary-crazy. I ended up speed-crawling under the legs of dozens of bikers who were trying to grab me, and escaped into the night.

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