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Marcia Diederich's avatar

WHAT I DID THIS WEEK (sent to hr@opm.gov):

* Read up on the history of the Third Reich. Spoiler alert - it did not end well.

* Submitted my income tax report. I owe this year. I was saving that money for an electric car. Bottom line: no sale.

* Saw my dentist for a check up. No cavities. Medicare Plus has a good dental plan, so the bill was doable. Hope I get to keep it - and my teeth.

* Bought seeds and fertilizer for a vegetable garden for when the economy tanks this summer on account of Trump’s tariffs.

* Apologized yet again to my friends in Europe. “Ich entschuldige mich noch einmal für unseren Präsidenten.”

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William A. Finnegan's avatar

Perhaps I should have you write next week’s update. Lol. This was pretty good. lol.

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jj's avatar

Epic.

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Pirate Studebaker's avatar

Much appreciated. Perhaps you could turn this into a petition that has no demands for action other than the self-evident ones?

I'd sign it.

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HeyMom's avatar

Well that was fun. Even my spleen is more comfy after that venting-for-the-common-good.

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Anthony S's avatar

Yes, very funny (yes, honestly). However, I’m glad I’m retired because I can’t say how I would have reacted to such a bullshit requirement - if keeping my job, and by extension, my home, my health insurance, and (although it absolutely shouldn’t matter) my standing in my communities depended on it.

This isn’t a rant against capitalism, but, let’s face it, if you are a wage slave, you don’t have that many options: freedom of expression and freedom of action are largely theoretical.

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William A. Finnegan's avatar

Agreed. Which is why I don’t think any federal employee should respond.

I have for them.

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Dennis's avatar

Indeed

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jj's avatar

Five bullets seems like an odd and arbitrary number. Unless one carries a single action army. Wise cowboys load only five rounds, leaving the chamber under the hammer empty. Which begs the question, how to maximize results with a minimum of bullets point?

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Melissa's avatar

Poetic!

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Leslie's avatar

"All my activities are sensitive!"

Do the MAGAs want the Federal Government to end up exclusively war-economy based, with the Gaza Riviera as the jewel in the crown? Eisenhower must be rolling in his grave. Maybe my state will secede. Tell me what a present day Civil War would look like. I liked your report on the annexation of Canada.

p.s. Does anyone have data on the Economic Blackout Day?

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