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On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:43:53 -0800, Dude wrote:
>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.
Or not.
>> 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.
This cycle of money through society can be empty without "everything
is empty of its own being". Your switch of emphasis trivializes what
I said.
>
>"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.
It is not about quitting work. It is about affirming the emptiness of
the eternal cycle of money, not allowing that to get its slimy claws
on the my potential servitude.
>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.
I stay just busy enough as a freelance programmer.
> > >>>>>
>>>>>> 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
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