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This is the third time Trump has said that grass has โlife like humans.โ He is close to embracing the truth of ็กๆ
ไฝๆง (wรบqรญng fรณxรฌng), the Buddha-like nature of all things, and rejecting the false binary of sentience/insentience.
Is MCM still technically a Nobel Peace laureate if she gave her award to a man who bombed a girls school in Iran?
Marรญa Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate, has returned to Venezuela after more than 10 months in exile, the Venezuelan opposition movement said. wapo.st/4sHOFH3
MCM pops up in Venezuela demanding new elections the same day Lula wins re-election in Brazil, but she has yet to recognize or congratulate him. Whatโs wrong, Maria? I thought you liked the democratic process?
Brazilian Supreme Court: Weโre not going to let you steal this election, weโre extending voting by two hours.
Bolsonaro: Itโs illegal if you donโt let me cheat.
Me (exiting time machine): i have come to tell you that a former Republican house member who dresses in drag will call for a Hitlerite coup in Brazil in the year of our lord 2026.
Me (eight years old): uhhhh
Me (disintegrating into a beam of light): save us. save us aaalllll..
Real heads have known for years that the Cuban exile community killed JFK after he botched the Bay of Pigs invasion and threatened a bunch of tax loopholes that oil companies and right wing, anti Castro media relied on at the time. Now if you want to know something really crazyโฆ
Many people believe that Ray Washburneโs great grandfather in law, HL Hunt, financed the assassination of JFK after CIA hardliners soured on him for failing to provide air support during the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. People believe that Hunt paid Cuban exile mercenaries andโฆ
Logan McMillen ๐จ๐บ ๐ป๐ช ๐ญ๐น ๐ต๐ธ retweeted
There's no better gift against fascism than Lula's victory in Brazil today.
Congratulations Lula!
Logan McMillen ๐จ๐บ ๐ป๐ช ๐ญ๐น ๐ต๐ธ retweeted
Lula should kick off his presidency and send a message to the U.S. and its cronies by sending oil to Cuba
AOC. Sheinbaum. Lula. Manifest this. A workers led return to an industrial mode where the Western Hemisphere is reliant on its own energy and mineral resources, and the US has ended its colonization in the Middle East. It could happen if we try.
Feeling genuinely hopeful that the three major industrial powers in the Western Hemisphere could all have leftist governments by 2029.
Brazil and Mexico need to forge closer economic ties to serve as a counterweight to the US in the Western Hemisphere. Prioritize domestic consumption and demand to be included in the higher end of the value chain when doing business with America.
Logan McMillen ๐จ๐บ ๐ป๐ช ๐ญ๐น ๐ต๐ธ retweeted
Brazilโs results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second โare you you sure about thatโ election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff
Context needed: Bolsonaro-aligned mayors and governors logistically sabotaged public transportation and road infrastructure to depress turnout.
Arresting public officials for interfering in local elections: imagine that. America could neverโฆ
Brazil: The Regional Electoral Court of Bahia has issued an arrest warrant for Pablo Souza (Ind.), head of the Municipal Secretariat of Mobility in Salvador, following the limitation of bus service in the city during todayโs elections.
#Brazil
- Fans pay for the stadiums through taxes
- Fans get screwed by the owners, box office, and shady third party ticket sellers
Itโs been this way my entire life. What exactly is the value proposition of privatized professional sports?
The sickening stories keeping coming inโฆ๐ข๐ข๐ข
SHAME ON YOU, @StubHub.
Imagine being a kid, a HUGE @Brewers fan, and finding out youโre going to see your team play in the WORLD SERIES! โพ๏ธ๐๐
The excitement. The anticipation. The memories youโre already imagining making.
Now imagine having that excitement ripped away because a company sold your 3 tickets that you bought, that they apparently canโt deliver.
Thatโs exactly what weโre dealing with right now.
We purchased THREE tickets to the Milwaukee Brewers World Series for Game 1 last Tuesday(13th) through StubHub. We selected our section, our row, paid for our tickets, and received our order confirmation.
Everything was supposed to be set.
Then suddenly, StubHub tells us theyโre โsearching for replacement optionsโ because they canโt provide the tickets we purchased.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
How does a company accept someoneโs hard earned money, confirm a purchase, and then turn around and say they canโt fulfill it?!
And their solution? We can request a refund while they continue looking for tickets.
THIS ISNโT ABOUT THE MONEY.
Itโs about the experience. Itโs about the memories. Itโs about the excitement of a kid, his dad, and grandpa, who thought they were going to watch their favorite baseball team play on the biggest stage in baseball.
Look at the first picture. Thatโs the disappointment youโre creating, StubHub.
A refund doesnโt replace that moment.
And hereโs what really bothers meโฆ
StubHub advertises a โFanProtect Guaranteeโ and tells customers their orders are โ100% guaranteed.โ
Guaranteed WHAT, exactly?!
Because from where weโre sitting, that guarantee doesnโt feel worth much when you canโt deliver the tickets you sold us.
We did everything right. We purchased through a major ticket marketplace. We trusted the confirmation. We trusted the guarantee.
Now itโs time for StubHub to make it right.
We arenโt asking for anything extra. We want the three tickets we paid for, or comparable or better seats together, at no additional cost.
StubhubโฆDO BETTER.
Please SHARE this. Not just for us, but for every fan who has trusted a ticket company with an experience that means so much more than the price of admission.
โน๏ธBrandon Barker
