I’m with you. I refuse to believe the American machinery would allow us to attack an ally any time soon. A lot would need to change.

Completely ignoring and never talking to them.

Sure something to consider, but they can’t just up and replace 3 million people with 3 million rando Trumpers that aren’t likely to quit their jobs and move to another state for that anyway.

I think a full federal workforce strike would be pretty effective.

No need for a bribe. Just fire all the financial investigators.

The article is worth reading.

https://theonion.com/gang-initiate-forced-to-peacefully-deescalate-conflict-to-prove-he-not-a-cop/

They didn’t exist at the time of my story. But also, I’ve had money swallowed by them since then, and they aren’t reliable for recurring bills. There’s some other weird restrictions and fees on them as well.

So still not a replacement for a bank account. Stop acting like living without one is an easy thing.

Then you lose all access to the Visa/MasterCard network which is basically required for most bills.

Or worse, you risk getting robbed of your whole check by your roommates friend.

Life without a bank account was hard then. Probably harder now.

I did that too. Make sure you withdraw the max you can if you know the overdraft is gonna hit. Then you at least have some cash until payday.

Dark days…

I remember when I was living with my head barely above poverty in my 20s. All the banks had $30 overdraft fees (probably equivalent of $50 with inflation) that would be charged for every offense.

So if you weren’t paying perfect attention to your accounts balance and or got hit by an unexpected charge you were completely fucked. Then when my paycheck lands, I’m already $30-90 under the water for no reason. And then I’m that far below for that entire week making it far more likely I’d get hit with that charge again by the end of this week.

The bank even refused to even turn overdraft off and just refuse charges. I spent many periods of months or years paying my bank like $200/mo for no reason other than I couldn’t get out from under these charges.

Fuck banks.

You can use any temp, really. There’s a pretty good window of a minute or two for being able to touch them. Just don’t leave them in too long and always use a potholder to pull them out just in case.

States rights!

Wish there was a photo of this thing.

The looting of US treasure begins.

There is no one thing. Democrats have floundered for… decades. They did a thing during Obama but largely as a party they’ve done nothing for most of America except maintain.

Then there’s MAGA which is kind of a new thing. It goes beyond ideology. I’d argue there is no ideology, beyond maybe a few wedge issues that are just used to build ranks. To me it kind of looks like useful idiots being wrangled by those that control information. But the idiots are at the top and the bottom of the chain include the politicians and the electorate so it’s confusing.

People also got soft, complacent, and poorer. Lots of people just completely checked out of their civic duties. Either because they can’t be bothered, or because they’ve got more important things to worry about.

There’s probably also lots of other topics leading into the current political climate that I haven’t even touched on. Trying to explain it away as one thing doesn’t really work.

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The report states that Dutil got out of the vehicle and then walked into the dealership. An employee told deputies that Dutil told workers there that he “stands with Tesla” and then “walked out.”

lol

A statement Dutil made to deputies was redacted from the arrest report.

That seems pretty unusual for a sherrif’s office.

So… where’s the money going?

weirder

Keep fucking that chicken.