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Guys. Guys guys guys guys guys.
THIS IS WHY YOUR VOTE REALLY DOES MATTER. If fucking KANSAS can succeed like this, so can the rest of us.
Vote in your referrendums. Vote in your primaries. Vote in the elctions.
THAT LITTLE SLIP OF PAPER YOU PUT IN THE BALLOT BOX REALLY DOES MATTER.
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Audio is crap, but turn it up when they hit the snow to improve your day anyhow
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Okay, USA followers, you know how we all hate bank fees? I mean, you overdraw your account by $1.23 and you get charged $25.00? That's evil.
As of Jan 26, 2022, the Biden Administration CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) is bringing the hammer down on junk fees. This is more than just bank fees - this is going after the junk fees on things like prepaid cards, loans, bank transfers, credit card late fees, even closing costs on a mortgage.
The CFPB needs public comments, like the opinions of real people who are affected by these fees, to build a case about telling financial organizations that THEY CAN'T CHARGE THEM ANYMORE.
The CFPB says it’s particularly interested in hearing from older and lower-income consumers, students, service members and people of color.
There's some good detail about the comments in this investopedia article. The easiest way to comment is to send an email to [email protected]. Include Docket No. CFPB-2022-0003 in the subject line of the message.
Note that these are public comments. They will be published online through the CFPB website. Don't include account numbers, social security numbers, or full names. Tell a story - tell about the time you overdrew your account by $1.23 and the bank took $35. Tell about how you signed up for a credit card and the company charged you a bunch of fees you didn't even know about. Tell about how you transferred money from your savings account to a checking account and the bank charged you $2.50.
These junk fees are a slap in the face of ordinary people who can't refuse to pay, and the CFBP is taking aim at the banks that charge them. To read what CFPB director Rohit Chopra had to say about this call to action, click here.
You have until March 31, 2022 to submit comments.
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Extremely frustrating as Palestinians watching the world stand in solidarity with The Ukraine and suddenly knowing how to use the word occupation.
dropping this here
and this one too. they let refugees fleeing a different war freeze to death in the middle of winter while the world turned a blind eye at the frozen corpses of children who were denied asylum and died because of it. this was happening as of two months ago as well, it’s not old news
i stand with ukraine, obviously.
i also stand with those who are calling out the blatant hypocrisy in how others in the same situation were treated, as well as those who are rightfully upset in the world’s support of and reaction to of one group of people but not others who have faced the same and much worse.
and before anyone jumps on this with ‘omg not appropriate right now’ or ‘stop comparing the two’, it’s entirely possible to stand with ukraine and the russians who are protesting the russian govt, while at the same time acknowledging that the world’s eurocentric response to this situation is extremely different to the response it gives other countries in places the western world declares are “backward”, and “uncivilized”
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Every time I get groceries I’m always appalled at how little you can get for like, $20. I was making banana pudding so I needed vanilla wafers but the brand name nilla wafers cost $4 a box. The minimum wage in my state is $7.25/hr. My friend put it really well when he said “imagine you work for an hour and someone hands you two boxes of nilla wafers and said ‘actually this is a bit more than what I owe you’”
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Always be on the lookout for scams like this!
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Olive doing even more shopping fun, this time by combining an agility course with fetching mini food off a tiny shelf, then placing it into a baby BBQ!
Trick tutorial on training a rat basketball (part of the BBQ trick): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMf3wUl89nE
Rat learning to close the BBQ prop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5COyJK8yLo
Trick tutorial on training rats agility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Q-vAIpNME
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Again - JK Rowling has gone off the deep end and you shouldn’t support her by buying merchandise, or watching her films.
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Over 800,000 women were in the Soviet army during WW2. And they awarded a woman, Tatyana Kostyrina, who achieved 120 kills, the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. And she wasn't the only woman awarded that same title! There was also the sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who achieved over 300 kills during the war, and was known for her witty quips:
Then there was also the women of the Night Witches, an all female air bomber unit that brought hell to the Nazis!
Communist women have a proud history of fighting fascism and should be celebrated!
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