They didn't release them though? They only released select parts that don't implicate the pedos they're protecting.

I did this as a kid as well, though I never confronted my parents about it. I just quietly died a little inside as the whimsical magic of my childhood was eclipsed by the cold truth of our reality.

Wow, who could have seen that coming?

Thanks, Obama.

I've lived here since 2022 and while that is an unfortunate reality in some parts of the city it's typically concentrated near the city center, which is also where tourists tend to go.

Portland covers a lot of area and downtown is just a small part of it. There are plenty of other districts beyond downtown with parks, shopping, restaurants, etc. that embody Portland culture far better than downtown.

I live in the inner-SE side, less than 10 minutes away from downtown and I rarely encounter homeless people and haven't ever seen open drug use in this part of the city. I don't generally have any reason to go downtown as all my favorite restaurants/places to go are elsewhere.

I've lived in half-a-dozen cities over the years and to me and Portland feels the closest to ideal. Public transit could be better, I miss that about SF. But otherwise I think this city is beautiful and the people are wonderful. The summers here are by far the best I've experienced and the food never ceases to amaze me.

Easy fix, don't buy from Amazon.

I remember hearing about basically this literally a decade ago. Nothing's been done about it since then. Nothing will be done about it now. Not unless we make a fuss about it at which point they'll pretend to give a shit about us and make grand gestures towards transitioning away from receipts made from hazardous materials. Meanwhile, they'll continue to knowingly expose us to some other hazardous material for the next decade until some independent research team uncovers how it's slowly poisoning everybody who comes into contact with it. And thus the cycle continues.

Under capitalism, there is no incentive to do anything for the benefit of humankind when it comes into conflict with the ultimate goal of accumulating as much wealth for yourself as humanly possible. It will always corrupt.

It's great to see the Democrats have learned absolutely nothing and continue to refuse to evolve.

For reference, $10M is 1% of $1B. Jeff Bezos is worth $225B, so that would be 1/225 of 1% for him to foot the bill. Considering there are many other multi-billionaires living on that island, that brings our fraction of a single percent of their collective wealth closer and closer to effectively zero.

The greed of billionaires is unfathomable.

How insurance should work: Disasters are unpredictable, are bound to happen and can be very expensive to resolve. So instead of each individual risking bankruptcy for participating in a system, everybody pools together money at a much lower individual cost. That money goes toward a statistical guarantee that the cost of any disaster will be covered.

How insurance actually works (under capitalism): For-profit companies use every tool at their disposal, regardless of ethics or legality, in order to take as much of your money as they can possibly get away with while simultaneously paying out as little as they can possibly get away with, and then pocket the difference.

The left doesn't worship their politicians as the second coming of Jesus Christ son of God.

"I don't want to make this political"

What does that even mean in this context?

Democrats: "Understood. We must try harder to win over the center-right."

You can't make this shit up.

Airliner ticket prices used to be regulated. So when all airlines had to charge the same price, they had to find other ways to be competitive in order to bring in customers. Deregulation in the 70s brought ticket costs down but that means ticket cost is now the primary point of competition between airlines and amenities now come at a steep premium.

The Cow says: Moo!

The Horse says: Neigh!

The Zebra says: I ain't nobody's bitch!

"Stop genociding yourself"

Remember "grab 'em by the pussy"? The crazy shit he says didn't make any difference then either. Remember to vote.

What's the point of all that military gear they're wasting tax payer money on then? Fascist cosplay?