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April 14, Haley's BDay celebration. This picture has a lot of proud moments for me. I'm 110 pounds lighter, and I am WALKING in the motherfucking York River! Yea, I'm a big man, but you get to see me, saggy moobs and all, because hey: At least I'm not a B cup anymore!

So, a lot of you don't know, but 2 years ago I ended up partially paralyzed. I could not stand, not even with a machine at the hospital rehab unit that lifts you up; it basically dragged me around. Physical therapy helped me use the muscles I *CAN* still control in my legs so I could stand, with assistance. I still use a wheelchair most of the time, but look at me! With Lofstrands I am verically mobile for short distances!

I am proud about losing over 110 pounds the past 2 years! The back giving up and crushing part of my spinal cord was insulting because it happened AFTER I had already lost 40 pounds! Damnit! Anyway, a lot of people GAIN weight going in the chair. Real talk: I did. But I resumed my regimen, tuned it to be much more effective, and here I am!

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Well, that escalated quickly!

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Mr. Pickles and Mary Jane

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You know how we've been hearing for a year and a half that Pelosi stopped the guard from being present, and until now we hadn't been shown the real truth? Well, think about that before you unfollow/block someone because their partner levies accusations and they remain silent.

The truth is out there.

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I am in line to vote.

It's the middle of Thursday. This many people are already voting.

There are 10 ahead of me, and 6 behind me. In a Virginia-only election.

Democracy is still a thing.

[thunderdolt]

Damn. This milk expired the same day as our democracy

[weavemama]

DO NOT SUPPORT SALVATION ARMY 

[jackharknessday]

I can back this up. It isn’t only their shelters.

I have a family friend who worked at our local Salvation Army headquarters as a a secretary. This particular office took all the Christmas donations for children in need, put them in a warehouse, and on a designated day the staff and their friends picked through them all, taking whatever they wanted. She saw people hauling away bikes donated for specific families. Some local children had hundreds of dollars of gifts donated in their name, and on Christmas they received three cheap things, items likely not even from the person who sponsored them.

My friend quit, and I’ve not given them a dime of my money since then.

Do not give to the Salvation Army.

[gayfeatherfiend]

Do Not. Give. To. Salvation. Army

[rab-it-deactivated20231030]

My turn.

I’m a wildfire and disaster logistics specialist.

I deal with a lot of agencies who provide disaster relief.

I used to say the Salvation Army’s disaster services were the one (literally the ONE) good thing they did.

They would come in, set up a canteen trailer, make and pass out hot coffee and donated food in a disaster, usually being one of the first agencies to get there and the last to leave.

Then I found out.

Every time they did this, regardless of if they were actually invited or deployed by the agency in charge (usually FEMA, sometimes others) they would SELF-DEPLOY. Meanjng they would just show up. Ok. That’s not TOO bad, sometimes agencies have to take initiative and get there before the red tape is sorted out. BUT. They, after they left at the end of the incident, they would send FEMA or the host agency a BILL. They used one or two paid employees (usually the driver of the truck and a supervisor); and many VOLUNTEERS, but they would bill for EVERYONE’s Labor at standard federal rates. They would bill for the food they distributed even though it was all donated by another agency or private parties. They would bill for the coffee they made and the supplies. Except they would use electricity from the shelter location, water from donations or from the shelter, and in many cases, they would get the coffee and industrial filters DONATED, but bill for them at retail prices.

Don’t FUCKING give to the Salvation Army.

[thunderdolt]

I have written maybe 3 physical checks in the past 5 years. I am paying EVERY bill by check in January just so I can write 2021 over and over.

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November 7

Independence Day 2

Coming to a screen near you January 20, 2021

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The 21 yo facing down police in downtown Richmond protests, Sep 2020.

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So, for the debates we're going to play a drinking game. Every time the fact checkers identify a tЯump lie, we're going to drink a shot... Not of liquor! Great Scott, man! We'd be passed out in minutes! No, for each tЯump lie we will do a shot of KoolAid! The sugar high should be sublime.

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Can we please get tЯump a counterfeit weed vape STAT?!

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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47610936

Yes, Virginia, there is still a MySpace, but it just got a lot smaller than it was a year ago 😢

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Must get hamberders for Moose and Sqvuirrel and Tigers... Is Russian sandvich, no?

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Happy New Year! Glad I got here before someone got the last soap.

Wait... What?!

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Errybody complaining about Daylight Savings Time

Y'all realize we're OUT of Daylight Savings Time now, right? We're now at the time we're supposed to be.

Daylight Savings Time BEGINS in Spring, and ENDS in fall.

You've been living a lie.