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They imagine they know what's in them.

I honestly don't know but I wish we could get to the bottom of it so the actual victims could get their deserved justice.

Not the wimps who pretend to be the victims of this whole thing. Wimps who pretend to give a ---- about blackmail or whatever leverage has been applied to politicians or other powerful people.

It's as if some here believe the notion that uber wealthy people who put their dicks where they want only do it at epstein island.

LOL....as if it doesn't occur everywhere all the time and has for centuries and have been exposed to blackmail all the time for their entire lives.

not saying there isn't blackmail as part of the epstein thing and it's likely included in the files.

-I notice you repeatedly go for the homoerotic ad hominem.

no, you don't. on a scale here, I'm not even close to the top half of folks who "repeatedly go for the homoerotic ad hominem".

and don't imagine anybody here believes you give a ---- anyway.

How about this....try telling the truth for a change?

Sorry......people who go on and on about epstein files don't care about the actual victims of epstein..

people like Zed.

-No one cares about the epstein "files", its been almost 15years now.

They care about the politics of it.

No one cares about the victims of the whole epstein rape island.

Just the politics....

-Trump acts classy for the first time in his life.

You think Trump did that not knowing for sure she supported him?

-She acted like a religious person should act.

Easy there, might have been a Trump voter.

LOL

-Can we all agree these people are all still happy with their decision not to vote for Harris because they're sure she would have been worse, and that they're going to vote for Trump and republicans again every chance they get.

Sure........don't know if "happy" works but yes, they will not vote for any version of Harris next time.

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Did I hurt your feelings?

I hope not

-I dunno... looks like he was going to pay a $20 tip!

what do you normally get?

Do the men like your stubble on their sack?

I actually agree with you on this.

What's ironic is that if Bellringer, for example, were to be making the exact same argument you are, heads would be exploding over it.

That would be more fun, IMO.

So they are supposed to NOT ask for that information if they look as poor as they appear to be?

Although I doubt the support for higher minimum wage is as strong as you'd believe, I have no trouble believing those issues generate that support.

until you put the word "socialist" next to it.

-On how to spot obvious cheaters? Of course.

They don't teach them how to fight their biases and focus on the data the applicants provide?

What is a desk worker for SNAP empowered to do if someone comes in, doesn't look like ----, and proves they qualify for benefits?

What are they supposed to do? Just say "well, you're wearing nice clothes and jewelry.....so no dice" even if they qualify?

I've given way too much credit to way too many people.

Like whom, for example?

-DEI ineffective for Democrats as a political issue? What isn't?

Some issues are hard to simply get most democrats on board with....and DEI is probably one of them.

-FFS, do you think these folks don't get training in what to look for?

training for workers at the SNAP office?

Brother, I'll take your word for it.

-It's a mature acknowledgement of my recognition of Trumpy's immaturity.

Hardly.

But it's okay. Almost everyone here gives you a pass for it.

-That Trump has used it as a election issue is not a positive DEI benefit.

No, it's a Trump benefit. Which was my point.

Pretty sure that wasn't an intended consequence of DEI.....to HELP the GOP and specifically Donald Trump.

-You know this obsession will turn to hate some day

You mean yours?

Because that turned into hate a long ------- time ago.

-Donald Trump was elected vowing to eliminate DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion)

Which means that is an argument that DEI is not helping the Democratic Party....or at least not yet.

-DEI is peak toxicity

I don't know if that's true. It's seemingly ineffective. Trump has benefited from DEI based on the 2024 election results.

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If you say so. Never applied for SNAP.

You seem to know they underwrite the wardrobe otherwise they don't ask for documentation.

The article must be wrong to omit such relevant information that you seem to know all about.

nevermind......

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I understand what you're saying but the article focuses on the documentation. Not wardrobe or car or any other display that's sketchy.

Why are you going there?

I was just asking about what the state wants and what's reasonable to be asking for.

Is it reasonable?

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no, I wouldn't.

-The real tragedy is how much you victimize yourself.

Let's not under-appreciate the entertainment value of watching Zed beat himself with a stick every day here.

I learned how to use tools and equipment as a youngster.

I still went to college and pursued a white collar career.

Learning how to use that stuff isn't sentencing someone to a trade. It's helpful in developing kids, just like reading classical literature.

Is that too hard for folks like ---- to understand?

Maybe it's because ---- never learned how to use a pipe wrench?