It’s half the story. The other half is that a dangerous 18 year-old with a documented history of aggression a mile long and ten miles wide was able to buy an AR-15 with no background check, which is the way Republicans want this system to function.
right wing lone wolf attacks will continue to happen no matter what gun control you pass as of course they are friends with police who will always be willing and able to supply their friends.
Not just for medical either. Ever got smacked with a huge ass fee for “damages” when you move out of an apartment that not just eats your security deposit but tries to take an arm and a leg as well.
Ask for the itemized list, you will be surprised how fast they come back with a “huh, that’s weird, I can’t seem to find where these damages are coming from” and let that shit go.
People WILL try to screw you on all kinds of routine and mundane shit. Don’t let them.
Also, secrutity deposit doesnt cover normal wear and tear. You are not responsible for replacing the carpet if you never put belmishes on it, and you are also not responsible for it in states where renters are REQUIRED to replace it with each new tennant.
A good practice before moving out is to take a video of the place you are moving out of, when everything is gone. Get clear shots of the walls, floors, appliances. If they want to get you on damages, they will have to prove it against your video evidence.
Fight your health insurance as well. I … sadly, lost my first child at 14 weeks due to some extream birth defects… I got a call from our insurance telling me I have to cover the cost of my hospitlization because this was a “pre-existing condition.” I asked the agent to explain HOW something can be a pre-existing condition when it was the first time that happened to me? It wasnt something that I had to be hospitalized for on the monthly.. My doctors even did genetic testing to see if this defect was a fluke or a product of some weird gene. Testing came back that I just got a really fucked up birth defect by no fault of my own… so again.. Pre-existing how? (Nevermind they were calling me just weeks after having lost my child about this stupid shit. I was extremly pissed off that they even had the audacity to give me a bullshit excuse as to why I had to pay for something THEY should be covering.)
Agent took it off the record and they paid.. like they should have.
FIGHT for your right to not pay shit you shouldnt have to pay for.
I don’t have food stamps but I need to know how to eat well for $4/day. Thank you for this.
I love this cookbook!
Tips and tricks on how to survive being working class.
I’ve seen this kind of thing before and a lot of them are full of random weird shit you’d never make…because of time constraints or like, it just sounds super gross.
But this one had a whole section that’s just “Things on Toast”. Another that was all about putting crap in your oatmeal to make it better. Those are fairly pedestrian and don’t take forever.
I haven’t looked through the whole thing yet but so far it’s actually pretty practical. Also if you’re broke like me and don’t know how to make Dal, you should get on that.
I also liked that there’s this at the beginning:
This book isn’t challenging you to live on so little; it’s a resource in case that’s your reality. In May 2014, there were 46 million Americans on food stamps. Untold millions more—in particular, retirees and students—live under similar constraints.
Been there. Done that. Advice on this art is always welcome.
The link above seems to be broken; here’s one that still works.
I have never been a fan of the word normal, but this is the most disgusting use of it.
[tweets from Jack Herrera]
Talked with a cop outside the grocery. She said shoplifting of food had gone up, and I said “That’s so sad - so many people have gotten desperate during the pandemic.” And she said “Well it’s mostly homeless people; I haven’t caught many normal people stealing”
We toss around the word “dehumanization” often enough that it’s easy to forget that it’s a coherent, easily observable process.
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