From: punditster@gmail.com
On 2/10/2026 10:51 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:43:45 -0800, Dude wrote:
>
>> On 2/9/2026 2:46 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>> On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 13:27:43 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/8/2026 12:41 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 11:44:14 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/8/2026 9:48 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 09:44:46 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2/7/2026 7:16 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 09:36:40 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 2/7/2026 7:55 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 09:33:18 -0500, Wilson
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/6/2026 9:11 PM, Dude wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/6/2026 1:46 PM, Wilson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "An ordinance creating a reparations fund for Black residents
in San
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Francisco has finally been signed into law, but the program
lacks an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> identified source of funding. Mayor Daniel Lurie has stated
that no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> city funds will be used, (even though he signed the law!)
emphasizing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the fund's reliance on private donations...none of which have
been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> received.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You just can't make this stuff up!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> San Francisco has formally established a reparations fund for
Black
>>>>>>>>>>>>> residents. Except the City has a $1 billion budget deficit.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The ordinance was passed, but no immediate cash payouts for
initiatives
>>>>>>>>>>>>> like $5 million per person!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wait! What?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It's fine! There's no problem! Just create a board of directors
and pay
>>>>>>>>>>>> them a stipend to have a few meetings. There's no need to
actually do
>>>>>>>>>>>> anything.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Progressive government programs are dysfunctional ideas living in
a
>>>>>>>>>>>> fantasy land of virtue so they can say, "We did the thing!"
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> As it this were a new idea or not equally practiced by r's.
>>>>>>>>>>> So, I had to read that twice: 5 million dollars each for
reparations as
>>>>>>>>>> payback by liberal Democrats for supporting the slave trade?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There's no way anyone could make this up!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Your attitude towards the whole thing speaks for itself.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's only fair that the Democrats pay reparations for the slave trade
>>>>>>>> and to the disenfranchised Mexicans too. That was a terrible thing to
do
>>>>>>>> to people for profit. So, I figure Native Americans in Canada should
get
>>>>>>>> their welfare, at least, to triple from $640 month up to at least a
>>>>>>>> living wage.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems to me the quote says, nobody is being paid for anything.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> It means regardless of wealth or status, every person ultimately pledges
>>>>>> their loyalty and service to a higher power. It's a spiritual choice,
>>>>>> serve the Lord or serve another.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or so the bible would have us believe.
>>>>>
>>>> If you are religious, you would probably elect to serve the Lord. If you
>>>> were an atheist, you would probably serve somebody else, like "Daddy"
>>>> Warbucks or the King. The point is, you've got to serve somebody.
>>>
>>> So the bible says.
>>>
>>> the things that yer lible
>>> to read in the bible
>>> they anin't nessussarily so.
>>>
>>> So says Porgy.
>>>
>>> As for me, I think there are enough excuses for mindlessness around
>>> without that one.
>>>
>> Everyone is different.
>>
>> Apparently, Quebec is full of Roman Catholics, serving the Lord, while
>> in the US Midwest you'll find Protestants.
>>
>> If you're not serving the Lord you are probably serving someone else,
>> like the King, or your boss at work.
>>
>> You've got to serve somebody and pay your taxes.
>>
>> Or, you could retire and just be mindless and serve yourself a cup of
>> Joe. In the end, you've got to pay somebody. YMMV.
>
> You have got to participate in paying everybody for everything always.
>
You got to pay somebody.
>
> That is under the current dispensation. It is not a priori. It also
> does not mean you are serving. You are simply being paid and paying.
> Circulating money through the system.
>
Capitalism can become your God. Worshiping lucre and the golden calf.
>
> As some wise guy historian said of what historians will say about us
> now, "they bought and they sold".
>
A guy named Johnson went down to the crossroads to hitch a ride into
town where he supposedly sold his soul to the devil for a quarter doing
busking down in San Antonio.
>
> Suggesting that is all that we do. I'd say that mostly sums up the
> total emptiness of it all.>
You may be on to something.
According to Buddha, the reality is that everything is empty. Why?
Because of change - no thing is absolutely real or unchanging.
In reality, there's nothing absolute, everything is empty of own being.
"Everything changes." - Buddha
>
> Except that does not mean that as individuals, we cannot refuse to buy
> into the necessity of it all, or serve the system. It is possible to
> say, I object. This is not right. Gimme a break.
>
You can always retire. Just quit working. There's not much you can do
anyway; probably very little that is happening in the world affects you
personally. YMMV.
Side gig suggestions for older people:
Get a GoFundMe for a pet sanctuary and adopt a pet.
Drive for Uber or Lyft.
Work from home doing data entry or IT research.
Join a Senior Center or Moose Club and play bingo on Friday evenings.
> >>>>>
>>>>> However, your quote is about no such thing. It is about a dummy
>>>>> agency created to look good to constituencies while costing nothing,
>>>>> which is certainly not a recent idea of either r's or d's.
>>>>>
>>>>>> True autonomy is an illusion, according to Dylan. You've got to serve
>>>>>> somebody or pay the Devil. (1979).
>>>>>
>>>>> Either that or you can choose to not believe such stuff.
>>>>>
>>>> You can choose to believe anything. It's your mind.
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