The only surviving adult MOVE member, Ramona Africa, refused to testify in court and was charged and convicted on charges of riot and conspiracy; she served seven years in prison.
Jesus Christ! No criminal charges against police so let’s imprison the sole surviving victim!
(She did get a handsome settlement years later, so there’s that but holy hell man)
It truly feels like there are zero repercussions for simply ignoring court orders
Which then makes me wonder why any of these guys ever even bothered for showing up to court since they all seemed to know the outcome would be irrelevant in practice.
Man it’s nearly impossible to find an unbiased source on this. I even found one with a .gov extension, but then saw it was a Republican anti immigration site in fine print.
Best I could do was one from a news station in Arizona that has citations within it. I did not go so far as to check each citation in the article.
Anyway, it’s from December 2023 which maaaaaaybe would be recent enough for your antagonist and it says that of ALL illegal immigrants currently living in the US, 40% of them entered on a visa and overstayed.
Another thing I kept seeing on all sources of immigration was the word “encounter”
When we hear of many millions of immigrants each (insert opinionated time period here - year, month, week, whatever), it uses the word encounter rather than the word crossing, and especially not the word presently residing.
I’m replying to you with this rather than your antagonist, because I feel it would be useless to say anything at all, regardless of recency or veracity, to the latter.
I did think about that, but I don’t know how surface tension works. I’ll certainly take mostly correct. Not bad for an amateur who just watches physics videos for fun.
My visit to my daughter’s apartment did concern me in that I saw not one but two Scrabble sets on her shelf.
And she doesn’t have means to make coffee. That part will get immediately remedied.
But seriously, she and I are quite close. I was telling her that my biggest concern going forward is living alone and going full blown dementia as I failed in securing long term care.
I also told her to never, under any circumstances, sign anything remotely related to my healthcare because the fine print will make her assume financial responsibility. Fuck that. Dump my withering winkled ass in a storm drain before I let that happen.
I had a long talk with my daughter about this last week.
I bought a small 700 square foot house about a year and a half ago. I’ll have it completely paid off in ten years.
My daughter made all the right moves and is making more money in her early twenties than she knows what to do with.
So here’s the plan:
When my house is paid off, she’ll have a house of her own.
I’ll retire and go live with her.
Then we rent out my house, but not in the traditional way. We’re going to look for somebody who is genuinely looking but unable to buy. We’ll go in the rent to own model, so eventually the tenant owns my house and the daughter has cash from the proceeds to go buy another house and rent it to own.
I’m sure somebody on lemmy will find reason to punch holes in this plan and call us horrible capitalist pigs, but short of outright giving everything away, this was the best we could come up with to use family assets for the good of others without starving ourselves.
So I was you. I wasn’t financially stable until well into my forties. I would say I wasn’t raised by anybody. Forget about no parental money. I had no parental guidance, and from that I made a TON of beyond stupid decisions.
Fast forward, and I finally got my shit together. I was able to get my daughter through college without debt and her mother sold her a car for a reasonable price.
So now she’s in her early twenties making more money than I do, and she’s always concerned with mismanaging it. But being who she is, she’s also constantly worried that she’s not doing enough good for others.
Her first house will be with her own money, but I was fortunate enough to help her get into that position.
Just on principle, I’m hell bent on leaving an estate to her even if she won’t need it. From there, I just hope it further supplies her with the tools to realize her ultimate altruistic ambitions.
This being Lemmy, I’m sure something about this is wrong or evil or selfish. I can’t accommodate every random Internet criticism, so I do the best I can.
As to the daughter, I’m just so proud of her. Aside from the line of work, she’s artistic and empathetic and caring. You know, an exponentially better person than I could ever hope to be.
There was a church for sale in my town several years ago. I really wanted to buy it and turn it into a bar I would call something along the lines of, “House of Spirits”
(I had a better name at the time, but I can’t remember it exactly)
It’s difficult for individuals to get deductions for charitable contributions under current tax code. You’ve got to pretty much donate upwards of twenty thousand dollars before any benefits.
That stated number is different for every situation and is a rough estimate of average of what I see on returns.
If Trump tax sunsets in 2025, things will revert back to more easily getting benefits from donations, but that’s a long way away and entirely reliant on who’s running the show at that time.
Rudy Giuliani hit with $148M verdict for defaming two Georgia election workers (www.nbcnews.com)
An attorney for Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, had urged the eight-person jury to “send a message” with its verdict....
Bar owner is arrested after St. Louis police officer crashes into his business (www.seattletimes.com)
Sorry folks, this didn't look paywalled for me when I posted it....
Solar employees join UAW, management hires anti-union consultants with "96% success rate" and lays off 40% of workforce - claims not union-busting (www.theguardian.com)
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Giuliani bankruptcy judge frustrated with case, rebuffs attempt to challenge $148 million judgment (abcnews.go.com)
77-Year-Old Man Is Dozing Off in Court & His Supporters Think It's a Masterful Gambit (www.jezebel.com)
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May 13, 1985 (lemmy.world)
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Can Trump pay? What if he doesn’t? Here’s what to know about Trump’s massive civil judgments. (www.politico.com)
NEW YORK — A seven-figure verdict, an eight-figure verdict and, now, a nine-figure verdict....
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Burger with caramelized onions and Swiss. No fries because I've had a couple drinks and don't need a grease fire (lemmy.world)
Will the real JC please stand up. (midwest.social)
Is it just me or does the new reddit logo look evil (lemmy.world)
Talk to Jesus Ouija Board. Yes, this is a real product. (lemmy.world)
Link for you unbelievers!...
Can YOU Pass This Test? (lemmy.world)
Waste of gas
28 May 2024 (sh.itjust.works)
Trying to buy a house is 'playing a game you can't win' (www.bbc.com)
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Nigerian Civil War (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
EXCLUSIVE: Florida educators trained to teach students Christian nationalism (popular.info)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15908405...
Donald Trump demands Jack Smith be arrested after document revelation (www.newsweek.com)
"No thanks, I research my own charities before making a donation" (lemmy.world)