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Mulling Classism

Posted 03-16-2016 at 09:56 PM by Blondebaerde
Updated 06-26-2016 at 11:29 PM by Blondebaerde

Like most blog posts, this is speculative. Understanding why I think how I do, and how others think and feel here in C-D. Call it an introspective moment. Does the below resonate with you, too? How is your thinking constrained, based on frame of reference?

Mine is on Class.

I am not super-constrained by emotion or sentimentality, nor do I think like the vast majority of my fellow humans. This, I have demonstrated irrefutably across more than forty years on God's...
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Adios, Internet Explorer: We'll Not Miss You Much...

Posted 02-15-2016 at 08:18 PM by Blondebaerde

Finally: there are few-to-no sites I work with in professional or personal life that necessitate using Internet Explorer (IE). Might encounter a legacy holdout sooner or later, but they should be on the wane as sites continue to upgrade into 2016.

Edge, on the other hand, can be enjoyable and I leverage it periodically, though it isn't my first choice.

The significant bulk of my business and personal life online dealings are via Chrome. I'm in it all day to leverage...
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(Part 2 of 2) RE:Excellent "real life" article touching on many economic topics

Posted 02-13-2016 at 04:00 PM by Blondebaerde

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I read the linked article on Slate magazine today. I think it's well written, interesting, and it contains information on several different topics pertinent to the American economy.

The article is called I Was a Super Bowl Concession Worker and the subtitle is "What it's like making less than $13 an hour to serve $13 beers at one of the biggest games on earth."
(In my first commentary/response to the quoted C-D post, I mulled the alleged "injustice"...
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(Part 1 of 2): RE: Excellent "real life" article touching on many economic topics

Posted 02-13-2016 at 03:57 PM by Blondebaerde

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I read the linked article on Slate magazine today.

The article is called I Was a Super Bowl Concession Worker and the subtitle is "What it's like making less than $13 an hour to serve $13 beers at one of the biggest games on earth." The author is Gabriel Thompson, a freelance writer who takes part-time jobs to supplement an income not adequate to comfortable living in the very expensive Bay Area.

The article also discusses the larger issues of people who,
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Exchange Our Food Stamp Program for Welfare Stores?

Posted 02-03-2016 at 02:04 PM by Blondebaerde

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Recently there was a welfare fraud bust in a nearby rural small town. The entire investigation went on for over a year before the cops rolled up and arrested the store owners and employees who were selling welfare recipients illegal products, and paying 70-cents on the dollar for SNAP cards. I'd like to know what this Big Bust cause the taxpayers, but nobody is admitting anything. I'm sure the bill is much higher than the actual fraud.


The welfare system is too easily scammed.
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