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“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
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WTF? That is not A CRACK. That's completely broken up.
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In a way, I'm happy that age has made me sick on roller coasters now, but I used to love them. There were lots of options in SoCal and I went often.
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I mean who thought that this would happen?!
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It is the one big "secret" (because everybody knows it) about the US economy. A lot, and it is indeed a LOT, of it runs on migrants that are willing to do all the "dirty" jobs.
During the pandemic, when I was stuck in Colorado, a house was being built across from our place. I was surprised, one Saturday afternoon, to see three guys working. Then, they turned on some music.
Of course they were Mexican. Because it took them a while to build the place, and I would walk by them to go to the market, I one day bumped into them. We started talking, I switched to Spanish and it became the usual: where was I from, what was I doing there, etc.
I did not ask if they were there legally; what would be the point? The thing was: they were working, on Saturday afternoons.
And then you tell me immigrants are all criminals. Sure.
During the pandemic, when I was stuck in Colorado, a house was being built across from our place. I was surprised, one Saturday afternoon, to see three guys working. Then, they turned on some music.
Of course they were Mexican. Because it took them a while to build the place, and I would walk by them to go to the market, I one day bumped into them. We started talking, I switched to Spanish and it became the usual: where was I from, what was I doing there, etc.
I did not ask if they were there legally; what would be the point? The thing was: they were working, on Saturday afternoons.
And then you tell me immigrants are all criminals. Sure.
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The citrus crop was already in trouble and now there's no one to harvest what's left. Higher prices are coming to a supermarket near you.
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Unfortunately, you are correct. That same person is going to get rid of immigrant children born here whose parents immigrated here
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This satisfies a little bit of schadenfreude. I wish all service folks bailed on their jobs for a week to show who's making things hum here.
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Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed during an altercation with another incarcerated person at the United States Penitentiary Coleman in Florida.
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/i ... ral-prison
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Owendonovan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 11:04 pm Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed during an altercation with another incarcerated person at the United States Penitentiary Coleman in Florida.
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/i ... ral-prison
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I read that he was attacked because he made “lewd comments” about the women playing at WimbledonOwendonovan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 11:04 pm Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed during an altercation with another incarcerated person at the United States Penitentiary Coleman in Florida.
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/i ... ral-prison
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In unrelated news, I’m seeing this morning that they may have caught the Gilgo Beach killer
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This is big news in the NYC area. They went to where he worked too.JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:59 pm In unrelated news, I’m seeing this morning that they may have caught the Gilgo Beach killer
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