LaceyLou

There was a court case within the past 10 years in which it was determined that states can require online merchants to collect income tax based on where the buyer lives.

Tempting.... although I'd rather donate something that's truly meaningful to an organization I actually care about.

A 'meaningful' donation to TPUSA???? I guess I would continue to be suspended, because that organization is pretty much in direct opposition to what I believe.

And he wonders why people call him and Drumpf Nazis?

Also a lot of low wage workers died of COVID or are still dealing with the after effects... a lot of people are looking at these jobs and thinking it's not worth the risk.

This is heartbreaking. It's also infuriating in that the shelter has to ask for donations from the public for basic supplies. Shouldn't whoever caused them to be exposed to the meth be providing these things?? I suspect there will be no consequences for anybody except the victims.

I saw that. I'm not surprised but I'm still disgusted.

One thing that's sad to me is that the many people who should have been remembered yesterday, those who died on 9/11, barely got a mention.

While I'm far from being a scholar of the Bible, my reading of it led me to believe that you need to live the teachings: feed the hungry, visit the sick and jailed, to name a couple. And, to go forward and sin no more. And, while I'm sure that there can be cases of people sincerely repenting at the end of their lives, I would hope that it takes more than 'yikes, I'm dying so I better become born again' in which one is only saying the words to avoid punishment. And.... if I were to find myself in 'Heaven' with people who are as hateful as certain of his followers are, then that frankly would not be my idea of Heaven.

Clearly Obama is to blame.

Good grief, you'd think he was Franz Ferdinand the way they're talking. I believe somebody mentioned that he's getting the Horst Wessel treatment? Sounds about right.

..and they tried to blame it on a Communist plot, which was disproven. I'm pretty sure that the real culprit(s) was never definitely proved.

I'm guessing my decision to not watch the video was the best one for me, from the sounds of it.

Unfortunately I feel like this is where we're headed. People are going to be dying already, or at least losing everything they have. As the old song goes, "when you have nothing, you have nothing to lose."

I figured he was either a liar or an idiot, if he's saying that 'doesn't sound like Drumpf.'

Yes-Spain's reign of totalitarianism lasted longer than the Axis powers.

Operation Paperclip did result in a lot of German scientists being allowed into the US, and some of them had been doing work for the Nazis so.... yeah. It's definitely something to remember.

I have a feeling Drumpf is not a supporter of Amtrak.

That's the one, yes. At least Kraft is saying the 'right' things, though I still don't trust him.

I got a flyer in the mail for a candidate for mayor of Boston-a real Trumper who vows to work with ICE... one look at his last name is enough to tell me that his family was probably less than welcome (to put it mildly) in this city. How quickly people forget. He has a snowball's chance in Dante's Inferno to make it to the general election, but still.

I'm one of the few people I knew who always did the best on tests consisting of essays. I also liked oral exams-the only bummer of stopping at a master's was not having the chance to defend my thesis.

There's a massive surge of ICE activity in "Boston" right now, that started last Thursday. I have Boston in quotes because most of the activity I've heard of has been in Chelsea, Revere, Lowell.... and other places that are not the city of Boston.

Maybe we could rebuild Alcatraz as a golden palace, and tell him it's his kingdom.

I think you'll be able to get one. https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2025/09/03/against-fda-restrictions-healey-issues-order-making-covid-vaccines-more-accessible-in-mass/

Is he pulling a "Paul is dead" type of stunt, to raise even more money?