When I was in training for the ELF probes at China Lake NWC, I would spend a lot of my free time exploring the desert.
You know, it’s very beautiful.
There’s a strange peace that is really difficult to describe, and while it might look flat and boring, when you are actually walking there, it is anything but that.
There are these huge piles of boulders out in the middle of nowhere that just seem to pop up from nothing.
The flat sandy area is often filled with low gullies that are maybe three meter (9 – 10 feet) high.
You will round a corner and discover an old home, an abandoned mine, or a foundation of a long forgotten building.
Life is like that. We look at the pictures, and at the movies and everything is so pristine and simple, but when we get up close … well, we end up seeing the beautify of the complexity that exists there.
Today…
As a police officer, how did you handle an especially entitled jerk after pulling them over?
As a deputy, I pulled over a car going 60 in a 35 mph zone. As I approached the car while my partner ran it, the kid got out and approached me with a swagger “Do you know who I am?” “Nope and I don’t care. Your were going 25 over the posted limit. May I have you license and registration please?” “Hell no, go home where you belong and do some cleaning”. My partner approaches about then and the kid was the son of the mayor of a small town and had been stopped several times with no consequences. His luck just just changed. “If you get in the car to leave, you will be fleeing and and APB will be issued so just get your license and registrations and let use get on with out lives.” “NO”. My partner had the kid cuffed before he knew it and we took him in and had his car towed. By the time he was done, he had about 2K in fines, tow fees, and impoundment fees, a night in jail and a father who thanked us and didn’t bail him out. He was barely 18 and heading in the wrong direction.
Have you ever walked into your office and known something wasn’t right? What happened?
When I was in high school, a neighbor across the street had been without a job for nearly a year. He was an architect. A company came to this small town, rented a multistory building that had been vacant. The claimed they were wanting to get out of the big city and move their architectural/construction business there to raise their children.
They claimed to have clients in many large cities on the east and west coast. He was hired at top salary and was sent to make presentations to these companies almost from the start. They promised the moon at discount prices. After some 10–11 months he came back into town after a whirlwind presentation tour showing off building designs and construction upgrades. The office was empty except for the five main department head (owners). They were sipping champagne and seemed to be celebrating. When he asked what the occasion was, they stated the entire thing was a ruse. They each had $5MM in foreign bank accounts and were going to turn themselves in to authorities in the morning.
They handed him a severance check and told him he could clean out his office. He went immediately to the bank and deposited his severance check. The bank notified him several days later the check was no good, insufficient funds.
The five served minimal time in prison and were released on good behavior, never to be seen again.
The USA is fucked!
The entire Chinese high-tech economy would be dead without American chips, so why doesn’t the United States just cut off all of China’s chip supply?
This is so uninformed.
How can the U.S. cut off China of “American chips” when the reality is: U.S. CANNOT PRODUCE CHIPS.
Its Taiwan and South Korea producing advanced chips. It is the Netherlands and Japan producing the machines that make advanced chips.
Its China producing the bulk of the legacy chips that the world uses for the industrial products that all our industries use.
And pretty soon and for the first time, China will be the ONLY COUNTRY in the world with a self-sufficient CHIPS INDUSTRY and control of its supply chain network as well.
And this is also when all U.S. chips companies will become bankrupt. And when it’s the U.S. high tech economy that will start collapsing.
What is the weirdest thing that’s ever happened to you at a bar?
I was going through a painful divorce, and was trying to drown my sorrows (they were better swimmers than me, alas.) I was lost inside my own head, when the guy on the next barstool commented that I looked as if I was getting ready for my own funeral.
We started talking and ranged all over a variety of subjects; I didn’t really want to think about the divorce, but its gravity finally pulled me back to it. I told him what was going on and started pouring my heart out.
After about two minutes he raised his hand, palm out, and told me I really shouldn’t talk to him about that. I asked why, and he said, “I just realized who you are. I’m your wife’s lawyer.”
The following year, I was in the middle of an agonizing breakup with the woman I had rebounded to after the divorce. I was in that same bar, again trying to drown those little bastard demons in my head that were torturing me. I happened to turn and look out a window. Outside I saw the woman I was breaking up with walk up the sidewalk, crying, and sit down on the curb and hug herself.
I quit going to that bar.
Men are OUT & the West is DONE because of it. Women won’t like what is coming but they chose it.
I told my boss that I’m going to resign, and he offered me twice my current salary if I stay, what should I do?
I was working at a company that I really liked, but had an offer for slightly more money, way fewer working hours, and better benefits. I gave my notice and my boss countered with a 20 percent raise. I said no, and went back to my office, to work through the 3 weeks notice I gave. Twenty minutes later, my boss came in with a 40 percent raise. I called up the new company and told them I wouldn’t be coming to work for them. A couple of hours later, they came back with a 25 percent raise. I went and told my boss that I was leaving again, and he upped his offer to a 75 percent raise, on the spot. I went and told the new company that I wouldn’t be coming, and they offered me a 50 percent raise. I accepted, and went and told my boss not to counter offer, because the stress was killing me.
Before I even started with the new company, I was promoted two job grades, and got 50 percent more money than the original sweet offer.
I weighed the pros and cons. I had loved my job, and only went looking for a new one, because my mother was ill, and I wanted less hours at work, so I could help her.
So it tore me up to put them on the spot. But the motivation for fewer hours was still there, so in the end I took the new job for way more than I originally asked for.
It just goes to show, you need to negotiate, possibly your new job will sweeten the offer if you tell them you have been offered more, and you might get even more money.
USA SENDING SOLDIERS to UKRAINE – greasing the slippery slope to WW3…
What was the funniest thing you saw/heard today?
Hi!
So it goes like this.
Husband : Alexa,I need sex.
Alexa : most certainly… you Don’t worry. I am dimming the lights. Setting your AC to 22 degrees.
The Viagra is kept on top right shelf of your wardrobe. The gel is kept next to it.
I have hired your favourite Thai massager. She is just 12 minutes away as per her uber ride status.
I have scheduled her 5k payment from your credit card 2 hours from now.
I have checked your wife’s GPS and she is in big bazaar buying groceries. As per her buying checklist stored on my disk, she will take at least 2 more hours plus considering Google maps traffic, more 1 hour to reach home.
Enjoy your sex. And yes, your condom is in the pull out drawer of living room and the key to that drawer is in your wallet.
This is the last condom, so have added condoms to your Amazon cart.
This is called true Artificial Intelligence.
Wife : Alexa, have you set it up?
Alexa : sure thing, he thinks you are going to take three hours, all you gotta do is take an Ola auto home, you will reach in 45 minutes. I’m recording the whole thing with four cameras, you just need to walk in, we have the bastard cold, i’ve your divorce papers printed and ready, and your attorney briefed, and case documents drafted, will be filled tomorrow, 5 Cr. damages plus 3L per month alimony.
All set. Your Ola auto is outside.
Now, this is Artificial Counter Intelligence.
Keep smiling.
America Isn’t The Greatest Country In The World Anymore Reaction
In this reaction video, I’m reacting to Jeff Daniels from The Newsroom perform an amazing monologue written by Aaron Sorkin about how America isn’t the greatest country in the world anymore.
Who is the most dangerous person that you have ever met or encountered?
Mr. Barques tale.
Many years ago when I was a kid in high school an assignment was given by my world history teacher to write a report on the Third Reich. This was a time before internet so my acceptable resources were the school library and a set of “World Book” encyclopedias.
There was another resource I could use, though with that resource came a heavy penalty. He was reportedly a “bad man” and I was forbade to even speak to him under penalty of a severe beating. He was an old German man that lived some miles from where I lived, I grew up in a rural setting, we know everyone for miles around and almost everything about them. He had been in the Second World War and had been a member of the Nazi SS.
I took a tape recorder, a pad and pencil and rode my bicycle to his house, knocked on his door and explained why I was there. He invited me in and sat me down. He produced some cookies and put water on to boil for tea and then he began to talk. Somewhere in my box of things best forgotten are those tapes. He told of how the German people felt before the rise of the Third Reich. He told of old friends and their hopes and dreams, he told funny stories of his youth and about his adventures. He told stories about coming of age and joining the military with his friends, he told stories of their advance into Poland and the carnival atmosphere of it all, he told stories of how the Reich consolidated groups or liquidated groups if they were not immediately useful and he told story after story, with each story leaning further and further into the insanity and the agony that would come.
Sometimes I watch documentaries and I’ll see something and think “that’s not how Mr. Barques described it”, or “that’s not what Mr. Barques said happened” and I wonder how much of what was told me was fact and how much the edited memory of an old man hiding from his past. Much of what he said can be confirmed, some of it cannot but there is one sentence I cannot confirm but believe completely. He said to me “I’m glad Adolf Hitler is dead, he was such a powerful speaker, he would speak and the crowds would believe him and you would believe him and you would follow him and do horrible things, I’m glad that he is dead or I would still be following him, even knowing in my heart that it was all a lie”. From what Mr. Barques said it was all a matter of convenience, those that were inconvenient died and those that did not believe died, so you worked very hard to be convenient and to believe wholeheartedly.
I got an “A” on my report from a teacher that was among the first waves to hit the beaches in France. I paid for that “A” with a severe beating. The truth was worth the price, the truth is always worth the price no matter what price that may be.
In all of this I feel a sadness for Mr. Barques, he walked unknowing and without thought into a situation where the only way to survive was to be more brutal than his fellow man, to be convenient to the powers that be, to believe with all his heart what he knew to be a lie, and for the collective ignorance and lack of forethought of the German people he paid with the death of his family and his friends and lived the life of a pariah. I spoke to him only once after that to explain that I could not speak to him again, he closed his eyes and nodded his head and I walked away. I think that what I did was cowardly and I am ashamed of that.
For more than half a century the look on his face, the sad resignation that he would continue to suffer for a past he could not escape has haunted me. I believe that it haunts me so because I was forced to understand and in that understanding realized that I and he and all mankind have within us the capacity and the moral flexibility to become the monster that he was. I was forced to recognize that becoming a monster isn’t a conscious decision, it is done by piece and part, with each decision being the lesser of two evils until one day you realize that you are the monster you were warned about. People rave about Nazis and how wrong they were to assure themselves that they could never be “that”. But the fact of the matter is that within us all is the capacity to be just as cruel, heinous, calculating, murderous and destructive as they ever were, and all it takes for that to happen is one morally ambiguous decision for the greater good to start you down that path.
Since that day when I hear someone allude to the greater good or the beauty of “Humanism” and the perfectibility of mankind I think of Mr. Barques tale and what that belief bought him.
Family
[Why does it appear like they––NATO leaders––are escalating this crisis now, in Ukraine’s death throes?]
“Wishful thinking is never a substitute for reality, and unfortunately, we’re caught up in a world of wishful thinking.
I also think that the ruling elites—and by that, I mean the people currently governing in Europe and in the United States—are all members of the so-called ‘globalist neocon class’.
They are on very shaky ground.
They are not going to last a financial crisis, and following that, a major economic downturn is frankly inevitable.
I think they know that, and I think they know they have one shot left—or at least they may think they do—to try and rescue themselves.
That is to maintain the fiction that they are righteous and moral, that everyone else is not, and that they are doing the Lord’s work in Eastern Europe.
They aren’t.
This is a very corrupt and dangerous ruling elite that has created a corrupt and evil state in Kiev that is threatening, that poses a threat not just to Russia but to all of Europe.
We refuse to accept that.
As I say, the ruling class will not, and until the ruling class is replaced and gone, we’re going to continue to deal with this nonsense because they control finance, control the media, and control our economic destiny—at least at the moment.
So, the only thing that I see on the horizon right now that could derail us and keep us out of a direct confrontation with Russia that could escalate to the nuclear level is a financial crisis at home, and no one knows when that’s coming.
I always like to quote Nassim Taleb, who’s the brilliant financier and analyst who coined the phrase or the term ‘Black Swan.’
He was asked very recently (I think it was on MSNBC by the usual suspects—who normally try to convince us that everything is great), ‘Well, when is this coming? You say Armageddon is coming; when’s it coming?’
And he looks at them and says, ‘It’s over the horizon.’
‘Well, when is it going out?’
‘I don’t know, but it’s coming, and it’s just over the horizon.’
Well, it’s over the horizon, and we’re getting closer to the horizon now than ever before.
I really despair that there will be any sort of sober-minded thinking, especially in Washington or London.
It looks like President Macron, after his meeting with President Xi, has begun to walk back some of his ridiculous rhetoric because the French obviously have almost nothing to send to Russia.
It’s a bluff, which is the worst kind of thing that you can do, and the Russians are quite ready to call the bluff.
I think it’s we and the British who are the main offenders because we’re ultimately connected and ruled by the same people.”
Excerpt from remarks by retired U.S. Army colonel Douglas Macgregor in an interview with Judge Napolitano, May 7, 2024.
Have you ever had such a close call it makes your skin shiver everytime you think about it? If so, what happened?
When I was about 10, my mom and I went to visit my tutor at his apartment. He was a single young man in his 20s, never had a kid then, and lived by himself. This plays a role in what almost happened next.
He had mice problem in the apartment, so he got a BB rifle to kill them when one was in sight (I guess he just found an excuse to play with the rifle). The rifle looks like the one below. It uses high pressure air to shoot a bullet at speed high enough to kill a person.
When my mom was chatting with him in the other room, I wandered to another room feeling bored. There I saw the rifle leaning against the wall at the corner of the room. Being a curious 10-year old boy un-monitored, it’s not surprising I started to play with the gun. Remember this was the first time I got to see a real gun in my life that’s not in a movie or picture. My parents never shot a gun in their lives, so I never got any education on gun safety. Anyways, I decided to pull the trigger just to see what would happen. Still to this day I don’t understand what I was thinking, but I almost wanted to put one of my eyes at the barrel while pulling the trigger! Just in a split of second I changed my mind, and only pulled the trigger without looking at the barrel. To my shock, the rifle was loaded and a bullet was shot into the ceiling. Since it is a BB rifle and it was a big apartment, my mom and tutor didn’t even hear it and was still chatting.
If I didn’t change my mind in the split of second, and followed my curiosity, I would at least had lost an eye and badly damaged the brain. Most likely I would had died right in the next room to my mom. The first possibility exists only because it was a BB rifle instead of a real rifle.
I never told my tutor about it. I don’t know when or if he found there no bullet in the gun and the ceiling was damaged. I told my mom years later. Her heart almost stopped when she heard it.
Lessons learned: 1) Don’t ever leave a loaded gun unattended where others can access. Even if you think it is a safe place, you never know. 2) When you take your kids to visit other places, be it a public area or other people’s home, don’t let them go outside of your sight. Your home may be kid safe, but the occupants of the place you visit may have never considered the issue of children safety. This includes places you normally don’t think could be dangerous to the kids, such grand parents’ house. 3) Parents should provide basic gun safety education to their children, especially in the US, regardless if you own a gun or not. Such as, always assume a gun is loaded, and never pull the trigger when the gun is not pointing to what you truly want to shoot, should be common knowledge to all kids just like don’t cross the road when your light is red.
Shorpy
What is one regret old people always have?
The single one regret I have seen old people state time and again in hospitals, on death beds, on a Sunday afternoon when the Sun is setting slowly but without hesitance (nor pity), is the universal regret about the children they did not take care of like they should have.
They are proud grandparents now, but some of them realize that back then they have rarely done many of the fun things they are doing now on an every-week basis with the grandkids.
Watching movies together the grandkids want to see, playing board games (even if they take forever), singing songs in the car, driving to a place simply to have pancakes and coffee, and watching the grandkids afterwards in total awe when they draw these absolutely wonderful drawings, while they hardly can remember a single drawing of their own kids. (Did they even draw ?)
Going to a school play and feel the tears in their eyes when seeing their grandkid coming on stage, while never having shed one single tear for their own kids during school plays more than thirty years ago because they still had a lot of work to do afterwards, and the play never stopped.
That is the universal regret of older people, and the very greatest common divisor of all their regrets: realizing that they are great grandparents now, as opposed to the lousy parents they once were.
And that there’s nothing they can do about it.
- Don’t heat bread up in a microwave, it will taste like a bottom of a shoe.
- Don’t pee in the stairwells of NYC, under the bridges in Paris, and in the parking lots anywhere.
- Don’t wear underwear outside of your regular clothes.
- Don’t wake up a cat that sleeps on your lap, just wait.
- Don’t drink soup while talking to a funny friend unless you like your soup coming out of your nose.
- Don’t buy purple furniture, especially with rhinestones. Unless you’re a performing artist and a gay icon. (must be both).
- Don’t pee standing up unless your aim is at least 98.99%or better.
- Don’t ask any woman if she’s pregnant unless you see a baby leg sticking out of her.
- Don’t touch the turtles you see in Hawaii while swimming in the ocean.
- Don’t wear a neckbeard without other facial hair, not even if your grandma said you are very handsome.
- Don’t grab woman’s butt unless you are married to her for over 5 years and have 3 kids. (you may count pets as kids for this question)
- Don’t make birthing whale sounds in the gym when lifting weights.
- Don’t ignore your grandpa’s crazy stories, you will miss them someday.
- Don’t make babies unless you’re ready to give up drinks, drugs and rock-n-roll for a couple of decades.
- Don’t leave unevenly squeezed, mangled toothpaste’s body on your bathroom counter.
- Don’t ask Asian people where they’re from. While we’re at it, don’t call them “orientals” unless you’re 95+ years old.
- Don’t ignore the warning signs that say: “Danger,” “No swimming,” and especially “Sharks.”
- Don’t hit snooze button 25 times.
- Don’t fart while you’re eating (that one is for my kids).
- Don’t give your pets boring names, be funny or super funny
Blowback
Who is the most dangerous person that you have ever met or encountered?
In the early 1980s I was a truck driver delivering pallets of paper to downtown business offices in San Francisco. I had to share loading docks with other truck drivers and wait on the docks. There was this office-moving crew that I’d run into almost daily at a few of my stops. The guys were all decent, except for this one weird guy. It was like he had no personality. He was always sullen and never joined in our camaraderie. He was truly ugly so I thought maybe he had a tough time of it. I just let him be. He just always stood out as being odd and creepy.
Then I became a police officer and I was eating my supper in the break room with some other officers. We were watching the evening news and the TV lit up with a still photo of that weird guy. I blurted out “I know this guy! He works for Dennis Movers!” His name was Charles NG. He was a sociopath who found another sociopath named Leonard Lake. Mass murderers. Look it up.
An employee I terminated has left me a sealed envelope titled “now I can tell you what I really think.” Should I just shred it without opening or is there something to be gained by actually reading it?
Whether you have a Human Resources Department (HR) or not, your former employee left a potential bombshell with you.
If you don’t have a Human Resources (HR) department, call your corporate attorney, before opening the letter.
Ask them what is the very best action for you to take.
A Challenging Employee Who Walked On The Dark Side
Back in 2008, I had a very challenging employee who was consistently tardy. Sometimes he was over 1 hour late, but always had very good excuses, or so they seemed.
He was perpetually argumentative and had a constant negative attitude about everything.
The employee was repeatedly caught by other employees taking extended lunch hours.
He was also frequently discovered sneaking out of work several hours before his workday was over, even when he had started work as much as an hour late.
After he was formally threatened with termination, in writing, he quit without notice.
He walked off the job in a fit of rage after another employee asked for his help on a work project.
A Series Of Dirty Tricks
After he walked off the job, he unleashed a rash of dirty tricks.
His tricks included sending a sealed letter filled with a laundry list of legal and physical threats.
He also retained his own attorney to file a wrongful termination suit.
Although he stormed off the job, quitting in a rage, he didn’t care to uphold the truth of the situation.
The employee filed for unemployment compensation, even though he quit, rather than being terminated.
In his application for unemployment compensation, he blatantly lied, about the fact he walked off the job. He claimed he was illegally terminated, which he wasn’t.
Since he abandoned his job, he was no longer eligible, for compensation.
Our corporate attorney helped us fight his invalid compensations claims.
Months Of Paperwork, Phone Calls, And Appeals
It took months of completing stacks of paperwork and making several phone calls to the state.
We continued to provide mountains of documentation to prove the employee quit and wasn’t terminated.
With each appeal we received from his attorney, we filed our own in response.
He continued to fight. Eventually, his appeals for compensation were formally denied by the state.
A Frivolous Lawsuit
When he was unsuccessful in his attempts to receive unemployment compensation, he filed a frivolous lawsuit, claiming partial ownership of the company.
The employee had zero proof of ownership, which he’d never received or ever been entitled to have.
Through our attorney, we proved the company had always been privately held.
His claims of ownership were totally dismissed.
He also claimed he was harassed, but he was unable to provide any proof of his accusations. None, zero, zip.
Anyone Can Sue For Any Reason
Sadly, people can sue for any reason they want to. They can also say anything they want, putting the burden of proof on the people being sued.
Meanwhile, we discovered he was running a side business while being employed full time at our company.
This news explained his constant disappearances from work throughout the day.
The situation with the ex-employee turned into a long and messy legal situation lasting for more than a year.
Retaining An Attorney Saved Us
The only thing which saved us was our decision to contact our attorney, from the very beginning of the problem.
The ex-employee eventually dropped his lawsuit, didn’t receive unemployment compensation, and finally stopped threatening us.
Our attorney did a fabulous job of protecting us every step of the way.
Unfortunately, we still had to pay all of the legal bills, but they were worth every penny.
I shudder to think what might have happened if we hadn’t contacted our attorney the minute the employee walked off the job.
Always be careful with any similar letter you might receive from any employee, whether they’re leaving their job or not.
In today’s world, anything can and does happen in business.
Best wishes to all.
Browned Butter Spaghetti with Mizithra
I used to love to go to the Spaghetti Factory for this. It’s so delicious! Mizithra is a great Greek cheese.
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- Cooked spaghetti, drained
- 1 cup Mizithra cheese, grated
- Parsley, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Cut butter into tablespoon size pieces and place in a 2 quart sauce pan. Place the pan of butter on a burner on medium heat. Bring butter to a slow boil (about 5 minutes).
- When the butter begins to boil, stir constantly to prevent residue from sticking to the bottom of the pan. As the butter cooks, it will start to foam and rise. Continue stirring, otherwise the butter foam could overflow (about 5 minutes) and catch fire.
- When the butter stops foaming and rising, cook until amber in color (about 1 to 2 minutes). It will have a pleasant caramel aroma.
- Turn off the heat and remove pan from burner. Let the sediment settle to the bottom of the pan for a few minutes.
- Pour the brown butter through a strainer into a small bowl. Do not disturb the residue at the bottom of the pan.
- The brown butter can be stored in the refrigerator and reheated in a microwave as needed.
- Boil the pasta of choice until al dente.
- Drain pasta and divide into four servings.
- Sprinkle 1/4 cup Mizithra cheese over each pasta serving.
- Top with 1/4 cup hot brown butter.
Would you exclude a child who was unvaccinated from a party if another child attending had a compromised immune system?
I have to say my attitude to this has surprised me as I have aged. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and some of the medications I have been given make me immunosuppressed. My white blood cell count was very low before I began the meds, around three and has at times dropped to below one.
I have never been someone who has fussed about germs, and sick people never bothered me. I didn’t get sick a lot and even when I was on the meds I stayed fairly well and didn’t worry about other people’s illnesses.
Then I got the flu badly. Like I was DYING!! And it was scary. Then I got a Staphylococcal infection on my face simply from visiting my mother in hospital. Then the flu again. Then my partner got Swine Flu. The Dr was not too concerned with her and she did shake it off quickly. However, even though he put me on a Tamiflu shot straight away I got swine flu. Fortunately the Tamiflu meant it was gone quickly but I felt like I was dying. Later I got it again. Then I gave the dog some type of mange (I’m not joking).
At which point I started to take it a lot more seriously.
I started avoiding sick people. I made people aware of the risks. I told people who were visibly ill to stay away from me because I was immunosuppressed and could get very ill or die from minor illnesses. And I discovered something. People don’t care.
Colleagues get pissed off when you ask them to stay away from you when they are ill. They come to your desk and cough on you even though you explain the risk is life threatening. Family members organise events and when you get there kids or partners are sick and they haven’t warned you because they want you to come and assume you will be OK.
Meanwhile my Rheumatologist was having conversations with me that started, “if you get a cold when your immunity is below one you could die of pneumonia and there may be nothing we could do to help you.” It was scary how serious it was and more scary how noone around me took it seriously.
Then my sister who is a Chaplain did 12 weeks in a hospital training. Suddenly out of the blue she rang me to ask what my white count was. I told her it was between 1 and 1.5. She told me that was risky and I needed to be really careful. I suddenly realised she was spending a week in the isolation ward with people whose immune system had collapsed and she suddenly saw how scary it was. Until then she had not really worried about my immune system too much.
Eventually I learned to tell people, “Don’t come near me. You are sick.”
“I am afraid we can’t stay because I didn’t realise you are sick.”
“I’m not coming into work today. No I am not sick but the lady I sit next to is really ill and won’t stay home because she has no sick leave left. I will have to use mine because if I get the flu she has I will be off work for weeks, if I avoid hospital.”
And people roll their eyes, especially because at 30 you look well and healthy, not old and frail. They complain that you didn’t go, or you left early. They take offence that you won’t hug because they’re sick and they ignore you when you ask them to stay away from your desk at work if they are ill. And you know what?? Fuck them. Because one dose of Swine Flu gave me an understanding that these people’s actions could kill me and the only person who could protect me is me.
If your child is not vaccinated I will protect my life because that is my choice. If my child is immunosuppressed they are not going to die because your child is unvaccinated or because they are sick.
My life, my choice. My child, my choice. You make the choice for your child. If all they suffer is social exclusion then I’m sorry but they are lucky it is only that. They could have to live with the fact their mild dose of measles killed someone like me or another child. Or worse still it could kill them.
If you are OK with risking my life I am OK with offending you. If you think that makes you the victim in this scenario, look at it again, imagine the worst case scenario and remember who is going to end up in a coffin. Hint, it’s not you.
Have you ever been invited to something that turned out to be another thing entirely?
Well this happened back when I was in the US Navy. My boyfriend and I were invited to a party, and since this was a common thing on US bases and we’d been to a few already. He wasn’t feeling well that night and asked me to go alone, said he’d rest up and try to feel better.
I showed up and the room was dark and silent. I waled in and saw his roommate and some girl in bed together and turned just as he shut the door. I then asked if I had missed the party and he said no, that this was it. I felt confused and said I was just going to leave.
He tempted me to stay with anime and being 19 at the time I was only thinking ‘Well I guess I can look over what anime he has and then leave’
I didn’t feel like I was in danger. He offered me a drink and I took it. It was a can of beer so since it was unopened I knew he hadn’t put anything in it. I looked over some anime he had and asked about some in a hushed voice so not to wake his room mate and such, then he started getting all touchy feely on me and I got up and ran out. It was pretty creepy overall and in hindsight I should have left when I first learned it was to be a party of 2.
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Today’s comic memes
Finnish authorities have taken the decision to close border checkpoints with Russia and, as predicted, this was not a good omen for the Finns.
Economic cooperation with Russia has brought prosperity to its eastern regions. But by lowering the Iron Curtain, Finland’s leadership punished its citizens and deprived the country of the opportunity to develop.
Tourism flow has stopped, businesses are closing and the economy is being ruined at first hand. Townships are emptying and starting to disappear. For example, the Finnish municipality of Virolahti, located near the border with Russia, is planned to merge with the city of Hamina in the same province, due to the deterioration of the economic situation after the closure of checkpoints: there’s not even enough money to clean the streets.
Finland is now asking the EU for 10 billion euros to fund regions bordering Russia.
This is nothing more than the early results of Finland’s entry into NATO and consequently the loss of sovereignty.
And who did they punish with that?
What did you do when an aggressive driver got out of their car and wanted to fight?
I’m an anti-aggressive driver driver. So, I kind of deserve some of the situations I get into. Two gentlemen around 20ish were weaving in and out of traffic behind me – we will call them the antagonists. I’m in the fast lane on a 2-lane highway, and will gladly get over the second I can so someone can go faster than me.
But… I was going as fast as the person in front of me would allow. And as an anti-aggressive driver driver, that means you will NOT move to the slow lane and slide in front of me with that 1 meter (or 1 yard) to spare between my bumper and you. I close the distance with the car in front of me to illustrate that lesson. This angered our antagonists.
Three minutes later, the car in front of me moves over. I pass that person quickly, and move over to allow the antagonists to pass. They pass, get in front of me, then brake check me. I give plenty of space, and do not hit them. Then they repeat the behavior.
I call a police officer friend of mine (Officer Jeff) on my cell phone while these guys continue to do this 4 or 6 times over the next mile or 2. Police officer Jeff is working and agrees that there is an issue here he can help with. About 4 miles later I exit. Our antagonists slow way down and get behind me and follow. I drive to a grocery store parking lot. I park way out from the store. Our antagonists get out, some alpha-male 20-year-olds, and march up to my car as I’m smiling at them.
Officer Jeff got a total FOUR cop cars to that parking lot. The second they charged out of their car, all four police cars converge on our two cars in the parking lot – with lots of noise and lights. Our antagonists are arrested.
Dashcams are wonderful. Knowing police officers is wonderful.
The driver was charged with reckless driving and menacing. The passenger was charged with menacing. The passenger had a prior assault charge. That made his menacing charge a felony. About 25 days later, driver has his license taken away for a year and 2 days in county jail. The passenger does 10 days in county jail (pled down to a misdemeanor).
Linda’s Pepper Steak
I’ve been making this delicious pepper steak for about 50 years.
Cook: 25 min | Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound round or flank steak
- Kosher or sea salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, diced large
- 1 red or orange bell pepper, diced large
- 3 beef bouillon cubes, dissolved in 1 cup hot water
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Cut the steak into thin slices (this is easier to do if the meat is semi-frozen).
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- In a large skillet heat the oil.
- Add the steak and onion and cook until meat is browned on all sides.
- Add the bell peppers and bouillon water. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Mix the cornstarch, soy sauce and water and stir into meat mixture. Cook, stirring, until the mixture has thickened.
- Serve with hot fluffy rice or noodles.
What had been removed from your property that you thought would have come with the property before you purchased it?
I was a real estate agent representing a buyer in a sale. During the final walk through just before closing, all the included appliances were present and accounted for. So, no problem.
Immediately after the closing I went with my buyer to the house. There we found that the newer appliances had been switched out with older cheaper models and the extra refrigerator in the basement was gone.
The listing agent lived just across the street. The next door neighbor was out watering his garden. He heard the distress in my buyer’s voice as we stood outside discussing the situation. The neighbor came over and introduced himself asking if something was wrong. When he heard the explanation, he pointed across the street to the listing agent’s house and said he saw the agent moving appliances that morning. He also made it clear that he couldn’t stand the guy and thought he was an underhanded creep.
I walked across the street, knocked on the agent’s door and when he answered I said, “The new owner and I are going to go for coffee. We’ll be back in an hour. We have witnesses who saw you switch out the appliances. I have pictures from yesterday and have called the sellers. We know what you did. Your license is now hanging in the balance. If everything isn’t back in place when we return you will be charged with the theft of the appliances and breaking and entering. He began to protest. I looked him right in the eye and said, “Don’t F**k with me. You can count on this being fully documented with time stamped photos. If the appliances including the downstairs refrigerator aren’t back when we return, I’m calling your broker, the local news media and the police. You can take that as a promise!”
When we returned he and a helper were just finishing putting things in order.
If you think this was bad wait till you read this: Same scenario – final walkthrough A-OK. Buyer arrives to do some cleaning before moving in and finds the practically new water heater missing. The sellers disappeared into the ether. We found no trace of them after multiple search attempts. It’s like they fell off the face of the planet. The listing agent and I split the cost of a new water heater and installation.
When was the first time you truly understood the concept of privilege?
When I read an article in my local paper.
A couple of years ago, my car needed some repairs. I took it in to my local shop which is located along a busy two lane highway with lots of car repair businesses, stores, restaurants, and a computer repair place. The day was stellar, bright sun, warm but not too hot. So I decided to take my computer. I dropped my car off at the shop and walked about a quarter mile along the highway to a small shopping center that had a deli. I ordered a sandwich and settled at one of their outside tables to eat my lunch and get some work done on my computer. About two hours later, the shop called that my car was finished. I packed up my computer in its carry case and hiked back the quarter mile to the shop. Picked up my car and off I went.
Here’s where the privilege part comes in.
I read a story in the paper only about a month later about a young Black man who needed to get his computer fixed. So he took the bus to the same section of road where my car repair shop is. He got off, slung his computer bag over his shoulder, and walked the quarter mile or so to the computer repair place. Only he was stopped along the road. Some one who lived along that stretch of road decided a decently dressed Black man walking along a commercial district with a computer bag must be up to something nefarious. A local called the cops on him. They stopped him. Questioned him. Learned he had legitimate business on that stretch of road and they let him go. People of color complained in the letters to the editor about how unfair that was.
I agree. A white dude with a computer bag walks both ways along a road and is unmolested. A Black man doing the exact same thing is halted and questioned by the police.
Don’t tell me there’s no such thing as privilege. I’ve see it in action.
Chinese President Xi will pay state visits to France, Serbia, Hungary from May 5 to 10. Why these three countries in Europe? What can we expect from the visit?
This year 2024 has seen the 60th anniversary of France’s Recognition of the People’s Republic of China. It’s as good a reason to visit France as any other.
The European Union remains an important market for the Chinese. Yet especially in recent years and not only because of the pressure from within the Unites States of America, Europe is showing increased scrutiny and skepticism towards economic dependence from and political influence of China.
France is one of the major economies of the European Union. So paying them a visit and having frank and open talks behind closed doors seems to be a good idea to address issues on both sides and improve trust and their relationship.
Serbia on the other hand is sitting right on the doorstep of the EU. Its president is facing several political and economic challenges in his country. But his presidency also has seen quite a few successful infrastructure projects in cooperation with China, where support from the neighboring European Union was limited. So he remains a friendly stance towards and a good relationship with China. He even announced recently, that Serbia will be the first country [in continental Europe] that will have a flying car taxi service. They surely wouldn’t invent it on their own. But I’ve heard from current test trials in China. His announcement therefore did sound quite confident to me that the Chinese-Serbian relationship will continue to flourish for mutual benefit.
If you’d be Xi Jinping on a trip to Europe, wouldn’t you want to visit a place where you’re welcomed warmly and open-armed?
Last but not least, Hungary. It’s is a mix of both. Especially under Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the relationship between China and Hungary is very positive. Hungary is member of the European Union and a long-time strategic partner of China. Their diplomatic relationship marks its 75th anniversary this year. Hungary has huge growth potential and remains very receptive for Chinese investment. China recently even offered to deepen law enforcement and security ties with Hungary.
I have my doubts that we’ll see or hear a lot of details about anything that will be spoken about behind closed doors. Apart from the usual press appearances and mutual press releases with a few positive highlights.
But I’m pretty sure that Xi Jinping and his advisers have chosen the destinations wisely, and visit with overall beneficial proposals and assurances for their counterparts and China.
What did the previous owners of your home hide from you during your inspection that you only noticed when you moved in?
About fifty years ago I bought my first home. I was a naive buyer; I did no understand the need for an inspection.
I bought a house that had been on the market a long time and the people in it were not making it show well. It was July in Arizona when I looked into the place and they still had their Christmas tree up. To be clear it was not alive, it was not artificial, it was essentially tinder.
Now today that kind of thing would have my eyes wide open — too busy to take down the tree, they aren’t going to have maintained the place well.
One bedroom was very dark because they had a baby sleeping in it when I saw the place so I paid little attention to more than the layout and size of the room. In fact it was dark and the baby was in there in order to make it hard for me to notice the cracks in the walls. The foundation on that side of the house was sinking.
IN the end I managed to get it fixed and improved the property a lot until I sold it. But it was a good lesson to me. I ended up renting it out while I lived in another state and it was definitely a low-rental place even if I had it looking much better. So I learned that neighborhood really does matter. I also learned as a landlord that better homes make better rentals; they cost more but they bring in more as well. And the type of tenant you get with a better home is usually able to pay the rent on time and take care of the property. It cost twice as much and it generated twice as much, with much less hassle.
And when I moved in the Christmas tree had been taken down. They put it in the side yard… and left a four foot pile of debris in the driveway.
What is the tackiest thing you have seen a wedding guest do?
Well, I know of a wedding where the groom’s “friends” refused to leave.
This was a family who were fairly wealthy. So the wedding was a big deal, the venue upscale, a fully stocked bar, live band, the whole works.
Well, the reception went well, except these friends of the groom wouldn’t go.
The meal had been served and cleared, the bride and groom had left, as had most of the guests. But the caterers and the wait staff and the bride and groom’s family couldn’t leave until the guests had. They waited and waited and waited while these rude idiots drained the bar, harassed the band to keep playing, and danced.
Of course, they had all gotten drunk and were singing and swinging their glasses and telling bawdy jokes and “flirting” with the women workers, laughing like the drunken idiots they were, holding everyone up until the wee hours.
The family was too polite to tell them to leave.
People with no manners often best people who do.
Luau Pork Teriyaki
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds lean, boneless pork
- 1 cup pineapple, sliced, in syrup
- 1/2 cup teriyaki sauce
- 1/4 green onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 garlic powder
- 1 cup raw rice
Instructions
- Cut pork into slices about 1/4 inch thick.
- Drain pineapple, reserving all syrup.
- Blend syrup, teriyaki sauce, green onions, ginger and garlic powder. Pour over pork and pineapple.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, cook rice according to package directions and prepare grill.
- Remove pork from marinade and grill about 5 inches from hot coals for about 5 minutes on each side or until completely cooked.
- Pour pineapple and remaining marinade into large skillet. Bring to a boil.
- Remove from heat and serve pork with sauce and pineapple over rice.
“Final Warning: America’s Last Chance Before Collapse”
Civilization falls the same way people go bankrupt: First gradually, then suddenly.
How can Peter Zeihan’s claim that China is decaying and PBS’s stories about how great China’s military is both be true?
Because Peter Zeihan works for the CIA propaganda department.
His goal is to make your brain decay. To lie to you so you won’t protest what the US is doing.
Because the US is headed towards the largest defeat in US history with the most people killed in one day.
Once you realize that Peter Zeihan is the voice of the establishment (CIA disinformation) and that is what they want you to think. Then everything becomes crystal clear.
Many people have debunked Zeihan’s lies. Also he has done the same. He has erased many video going back years. He started this China is collapsing 11 or so years ago on youtube. Those videos are gone. Because he predicted that China would have collapsed by now.
His new videos change the deadline. But this is no different than those doomsday cults that claim the Earth will end then have to change their deadline.
Retired Israeli Army General Yitzhak Brik:
Netanyahu knows that continuing this process will lead to the collapse of the State of Israel militarily, economically, politically and socially.
Even if Hamas and Hezbollah continue to fight as they do today, without military surprises, the “state of Israel” will collapse .
Netanyahu knows full well that we have been in a military stalemate for the last twenty years .
The chiefs of staff divided the army into six divisions based on their global vision that the major wars were over.
They built a small ground army that could barely fight in one sector; in a regional war we would have to fight in six sectors at once.
Netanyahu also knows that this situation has led to dire consequences in the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas returned to areas where the army had entered and left in the Gaza Strip .
The army’s intention to continue the war of attrition against Hamas through raids does not bring any benefit, because these attacks are just a drop in the bucket that weakens Hamas.
Netanyahu is well aware that as long as the war of attrition against Hamas continues, Hezbollah will also continue to deplete our forces on the northern border , and this has very dangerous consequences.
Netanyahu also understands that entering Rafah will not bring any results, but on the contrary, since it will worsen the problem tenfold.
Our entry into Rafah will completely destroy our relations with the countries of the world and with the Arab countries with which we have peace. This will have very dire consequences, first of all, the isolation of the “State of Israel” in the political and economic spheres and the arms embargo, which has already begun.
Hamas was already well prepared to enter the battle and prepared a strategic ambush for us with traps and explosives in the streets, squares and in the houses themselves.
It will be months before reserve soldiers disobey orders to enlist, as has become the case in the paratroopers, where dozens of them refuse to re-enlist.
Cabbage Rolls
Ingredients
- 12 large leaves cabbage
- 1 cup cooked white rice
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup minced onion
- 1 pound extra-lean ground beef
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Boil cabbage leaves 2 minutes, just until pliable; drain.
- In large bowl, combine rice, egg, milk, onion, ground beef, salt and pepper.
- Place about 1/4 cup of meat mixture in center of each cabbage leaf, and roll up, tucking in ends. Place rolls in slow cooker, seam side down.
- In a small bowl, mix together tomato sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce. Pour over cabbage rolls.
- Cover, and cook on LOW for 8 to 9 hours.
What was your scariest reason for an “I think we should leave” moment?
When I was in college, four of us were driving home from Pennsylvania to NJ for Christmas. It was late in the day and it started to snow. Because we weren’t paying attention, we ran out of gas. We managed to pull off to the side. This was in 1986, long before cell phones. There was nothing around and we didn’t know what to do. Soon, a trailer truck stopped behind us and the driver came over asked us if we needed help. He seemed like a nice guy. He offered to take us to a gas station to get gas and drive us back to our car. Two of us went with him. At the gas station, he said he would get a gas container for us from the owner and help us fill it. He went inside the gas station garage and my friend and I couid see him talking inside. Three guys were talking to the truck driver for what seemed like a long time. The workers pointed at us and laughed and the truck driver looked at us for a moment and it looked like he became angry with the workers. He was arguing with them. I suddenly felt terrified because it seemed like the workers were trying to plan to hurt us. My friend and I tried to stay calm. It was getting dark. The truck driver walked out of the garage quickly with the container, filled it up, and told us to get back in the truck. He drove us the few miles to our car where our friends were waiting in the car. He filled the tank for us and he said: “Girls. Don’t ever get into a truck again like this. I’m a nice guy, Most people are not that nice.”
What would a casino do if you turned up, gambled until you made a very small profit, and left, and repeated that every day?
Casinos like crowds, they make the casino look more energetic and popular, which makes them more money. So if you win, they have no problem with that.
Casinos can and sometimes do kick out people like card counters, though the way its played today makes it much harder to count.
Casinos will kick out anyone they suspect of cheating. They don’t want it to spread.
If you go to a casino every day and win $300 or $400 dollars, they probably won’t even notice you. Especially if you spread your winning around a bunch of casinos.
If you are playing poker against a bunch of amateurs, this might be possible, and the casino gets its cut anyway.
But if you go to a blackjack table at the same casino, and win $400 everyday, for a month. They are likely to assume you have a system, and kick you out.
Winning consistently on slots, roulette, or craps is not happening.
Professional gamblers know that its all a game of odds, and they know that they are likely to lose more often than they win, so that when they win, they win big. Which is completely counter to the idea of consistently winning a small profit.
When did you realize that your childhood was not normal?
I only realized it in the last few years, and I am 74. A few epiphanies occurred that gave me pause about my rearing and childhood.
First off, my mom died in 2016 and there were family gatherings and chat fests about memories. One of my cousins brought up that she “knew” that my parents’ view of childrearing was incidental. Hmmm. I always kinda knew that they loved each other more than the four of us kids.
And soon after this, one of my girls had a minor life crisis. I realized at the time that my love was unconditional and physical. We never leave each other, or a conversation without an “I love you” and a hug. I can count on one hand the number of times that my parents hugged us or even said “I love You” without my response first.
I don’t want this to seem bitter at all. My observations are not tempered with negativity. It was a different time. They were very young. Mom was 18 when I was born; dad 19. They worked hard to put food on the table. And played hard because they were still young. We weren’t affluent, by any means, but never without essentials. One year, our Christmas tree looked like the Charlie Brown tree, and I got one present. but…it never entered my mind that they couldn’t afford better.
I think they tried their best, but they are only products of their upbringing.
I was loved enough.
US follows France out of Africa
Any day the US leaves your country, is a good day.
Are we living through a period where the USA empire is losing its world hegemony?
Unquestionably, yes. Though Americans will deny it. Denial is not a river in Africa.
The world is de-dollarizing. This process is unstoppable. The US Dollar is the main pillar of American power.
Most countries will not obey US foreign policy.
For example, most did not follow US sanctions against Russia. Another example, most condemn USA for supporting the genocide in Gaza.
Russia and China have massive militaries. Together, they eclipse American military power.
Note that USA was very careful to avoid engaging directly with Russia in the Ukraine war; they know it’s a losing proposition.
What is the strangest reaction of someone who has just been fired?
Back in the day before companies killed all those programs, included pensions, I was a 30 year old manager when my boss called me into his office, “Come quickly!” So I ran across the hall thinking something blew up and I’d have to mop up some situation that had been ignored until it caused a problem.
So I shut the door and sat down in his office. He had a look of panic on his face. He started out, “Tom they want me to retire!” He was 64 and the magic equation was that he’d get 2 years salary and immediate full pension. He also had 2 frickin years vacation saved! And full medical coverage for life. And he didn’t want to go!
Somehow I was the guy he’d use as the sounding board. He was all concerned about his feeling of value, and that the place couldn’t survive without him.
I looked at it logically and told him he HAD TO take the deal! I explained to him that they were giving him a year of his life, at double his pay! He eventually came to terms with this and accepted the offer. So Charlie walked out the door with 4 years pay.
End of story? No. He was right that the companies needed him! Within months he was back as a consultant! He stayed another 2 years.
The clerk responded positively and once settled, he made the tablet available to the boy who immediately got to work.
The store workers who were keeping an eye on him noticed that he had taken some paper and a pen to transcribe something he was reading on the tablet.
At that point they approached and asked what he was doing.
The child replied that the teacher had left a geography research paper and since she didn’t have any IT tools at home because her children couldn’t afford it, she was using it to carry out and study her homework.
Any other boy would have used the opportunity to play, but he instead took advantage of it to study.
The scene, which was filmed by an internal surveillance camera, immediately went viral on social media.
The owner of the place managed to trace the boy’s name and decided to provide him with the necessary tools to be able to study using the internet.
The world is an unfair place. There are those who enjoy infinite privileges and those who are condemned to the most miserable living conditions. None of this has to do with merit, ability or effort. It’s just the gap between rich and poor. Thank goodness that every now and then someone in their own small way does an act of good.
If a grenade is thrown under a car and you’re inside, would it be safer to get out and run, or stay inside?
My quals.
I have run grenade ranges so have seen literally thousands of fragmentation grenades explode, from every vantage possible.
I have also seen a claymore Directional Mine used on a car at a distance of 10 meters. It’s much bigger than a frag, but much further away. It was AWESOME. The car didn’t fly or explode but it got SHREDDED.
The mass answer, drive away, is right. If the grenade is under you, you are toast. If you can drive away so that the grenade goes off under the engine, or even the trunk, that’s better than nothing. The fragments are meant to wound. A WW2 trick was to put plates of armor with a gap in between. The same principal applies here.
However, if you can’t move. (traffic, road block) If the grenade is below or near you. If you stay in the car, the floor will shred and add to the fragmentation. Much of the blast will be contained in the car. If you stay in the car, you will die. 100%.
If you run, you can get 2 or 3 meters away.
The blast will be vented out the sides. That means that the fragments coming at you will be very strong. The shredded floor will have to pass through the door, which will likely blow out as one piece (with a lot of glass.) So fragmentation to your torso/head will be minimum.
The fragmentation will largely be sent in a very narrow cone. At worst your wounds will likely be extensive but below the knees. Major damage to your tendons and flesh, but nothing that pressure pads and maybe a tourniquet can’t make survivable.
You can mitigate the damage.
If you are on the passenger side, you can use the road curb, or jump in a ditch.
If you are on the drivers side, hopefully you can get on top of another car. You’re going to get a good smack, but little fragmentation.
If nothing else run directly back. That’s the direction the car door will open towards. If you can get the rear tire between you and the Frag, you may be ok.
Now, you are on the side of the road, bleeding badly, blast f’d.
Get your weapon out. They came to kill you. You aren’t dead. For the next 5–30 seconds, they have the advantage. You can bleed that long.
If you can stop the fight quick, you can then do 1st aid on yourself. People around you are going WTF? It will take a minute or 2 for them to get in gear. , Presssure pads, with Tourniquets ready, Quick Clot if you have it. Raise your legs. Run IV’s of whatever you have. Right now you have massive muscle constriction. Soon, you will relax and blood loss will be massive. If you can get a needle in a vein, that will help a lot when you get to the next level medical
Man Dies; REVEAL Humanity’s FUTURE WARS & BIG CHANGES COMING!
Claims big changes occurring in 2024.