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https://theintercept.com/2020/07/06/coronavirus-assisted-living-guardianship/
TL;DR : It's ridiculously easy to have some one placed under conservatorship particularly if they are old and/or female and conservators have basically complete control of their wards and their ward's assets. Conversely, it is difficult to challenge an existing conservatorship and harder still to end it.

Its ridiculous that a single mental breakdown over a decade ago has enabled her father to rob her of her own independence. Thats sick! Thats unjust! Its a gross violation of her rights, and it could happen to any of us!
Ill be back later with an article about how messed up this whole conservatorship business really is.

https://twitter.com/gzornick/status/1410319476818690056
I hope there's a hell for him to burn in.

Boombam99 posted...

Man, James Buchanan really was just a big ball of suck, wasnt he?

Yeah, he was a weak leader, but also he was pretty pro-slavery (he lauded the infamous Dred Scott decision, for example) and pretty much looked the other way as Southern politicians in his own government transferred stockpiles of arms and supplies south while states were literally starting to secede. About which he did nothing.
So he was both bad at his job and also actively evil.

Andrew Johnson sabotaged Reconstruction to the benefit of the old Southern aristocracy(who had, remember, sparked a civil war less than ten years prior) and got impeached for it. When a moderate Republican Senator voted against conviction out of concern for the ramifications of future relations between the Congress and the Presidency, Johnson rewarded them by issuing a blanket pardon of all Confederates.

Edit: Oh, and FDR should be no lower than 2nd.

Reagan, Kennedy, and Obama all massively overrated.
Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson are also super overrated.
Glad they didn't do the stupid thing and put Trump at the absolute bottom.

DeadBankerDream posted...

Why can't republicans stop themselves from comparing themselves to the victims of Nazis?

Im surprised they havent gotten to the point of presenting themselves as even bigger victims than victims of Nazis, actually.

FortuneCookie posted...

Their reflexes slow as they age.

Its this: your reflexes worsen with age, which means you can no longer react as quickly.

Oh, thats hilarious! And brilliant.
Treat underpaid retail and food service employees like human beings please, because their employers sure dont.

That boggles the mind.

I know Cracked interviewed two porn stars: an anonymous male actor(I dont think he was named) and lesbian actress Lily Cade. They both talk a bit about how unsexy filming sex is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rZdAB4V_j8
Gotta link this. It was....something.
Mike Gravel was a real one until the end. A true hero.

Only the very earliest societal roles would have had any biological basis. It's worth mentioning that nomadic and semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers tend to get most of their nutrition via gathering and/or agriculture: hunting is/was important, but it isn't going to provide the consistent, daily nutrition(at least not with primitive weaponry). Even so, there's plenty of reason to believe that these barriers were not always strict IIRC, it's actually pastoralists that tend to have the strictest gender roles, as maintaining your goats/sheep/cows/whatever is basically a primary source of nutrition, clothing, and wealth.
Oh, and another (unrelated) thing: barter was never a thing.

Nowadays, there's really very little reason for gender roles to exist other than from enforcement of existing societal norms, which cuts against women and men alike, in different ways.

Yeah, this weeks episode was 100% banger from start to after-credits stinger.
Just novel of them to stack Smith corpses like firewood, and everything, from the stupid reasons the decoys were killing one another as to why some were different both made sense and was funny. The fact that the OGs were randomly just on a family space adventure while everything went down was great.
And then you have Glockenspiel Jerry living forever.

I actually know two non-binary people, if that helps. Ill relate what I know Im not out to either, nor have I discussed the matter specifically with them.

One of my best friends is AMAB* non-binary. They initially thought they were a trans woman, but they realized they still feel like a boy sometimes. Theyve gotten hormone therapy and are getting bottom surgery.
The other is a coworker, AFAB^ They have not gone on hormones and I dont know they ever intend to, but have griped to me about how people treat me like a women *flexes legit impressive biceps* which Im not. Im happy they feel comfortable saying that to me.
Unrelatedly, theyre a stimulant fiend: they vape and suck down energy drinks and matcha lattes, so they remind me of a squirrel sometimes.
*Assigned Male at Birth
^Assigned Female at Birth

Im a craft beer aficionado who all too often succumbs to the temptation of assembling expensive mix packs. Im constantly trying new beers and occasionally go further afield to obtain especially interesting new brews.

These kids are good.

Were a global empire that has murdered millions and impoverished many more.
Were the baddies, but we could still swing a redemption arc.

nothanks1 posted...

No
Women hate women designed clothes with no pockets
They fucking suck
They can't even hold a fucking phone properly.

Yeah, even when womens clothes have pockets, they tend to be worse than mens pockets: shallower, narrower, and flimsier. Plus, women may wish to carry more than just their keys, phone, and wallet, even if theyre foregoing carrying around makeup. Pepper spray, for instance.

Courtney Barnett - Untitled(Play it on Repeat)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MdwN2qkHQo

Caligula was possibly smeared by aristocratic senators who felt he was too chummy with the commoners basically an aristocratic past time, but given his early life, it would have been remarkable for him to *not* have been a total basket case.

Njolk posted...

I'm reading about Pizarro and the Incas right now and get the same vibe.

Hard to feel bad for a nation (Inca) that cuts unborn babies from the womb and hangs their mothers with the umbilical cord for not paying taxes to an emperor 2000 miles away, justifying it as the divine will of the sun/god

They were very similar to the conquistadores in some ways

That doesn't even come to close to the sheer brutality of the Conquistadors. Like, they make the damned Aztecs look nice, even if we're assuming Spanish sources weren't exaggerating how brutal they were. The Conquistadors were greedy jerks who were almost uniformly deeply in debt and thus desperate and aggrieved and genocided natives by the thousands.

1 first, then 2.

Opisseus posted...

Yea...I'll be alright once I move out again tho

There's just...gosh I wanna experiment with so many looks and I can't really do that unless no one's home! God!

Ugh, I know. My parents will probably be cool with it, so Im lucky there Im only out to a black lesbian couple. Theyre super positive and affirming though!
I would probably have a lot more girl stuff if I had my own place.
Stay safe and positive Hair!

Oh man, the titty skittles are really living up to their nickname, I see.
I might as well let it slip that I have an appointment at a local trans-friendly clinic for a physical Tuesday. Looking to get started myself, but I also need to start actually going to the gym or just getting more exercise in general as well.

Sonic, but people sleep on Eggmans tracks.

Prismsblade posted...

The X series story is such a mess now that they should honestly retcon everything post X4.

I mean, Sigma should have been killed off long ago, and his eventually appearance each game arguably almost always ruined what would have been a decent story, and antaganis you learn was being used by sigma.

Yeah, its fine for the OG series, as its more cartoonish, but the X series is definitely hurt by having the one villain.
Isnt he basically a zombie in X6 or something like that?

Frankenstein is floridly written and beautifully depressive.
Dracula is like a really good schlock book, but Victorian.

darkprince45 posted...

first result from google showed this

At least 20 large U.S. cities have since reduced their police budgets, adding up to $840 million in cuts, and over 25 cities canceled contracts with local police departments operating in schools

didnt bother looking up more since Im not making this argument

Oh yes, Im sure not having cops in schools is driving this rise in crime.
How do police prevent crime again?

Ultimately, no one is willing to go to war with China (conventionally or otherwise) for Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, etc. It's pretty clear the Chinese government doesn't give a damn about any measures short of those.
Though I am proud of Bjork for getting herself banned from China for not shutting up about Tibet.

A cat that doesn't go outside doesn't try very hard to get out. Cats are very much tied to known territory and tend to approach new environments slowly and cautiously.

I remember one cat I had very briefly: he died of a heart defect very young was trying to catch a bug against the door, but the door was unlocked, so when he fell against it, it opened and he tumbled outside and fell off the stoop.
He immediately bolted up the steps and cried pathetically to be let in. Granted, he was kind of coward.

Burgers are pretty free-form, I feel.
A fried egg+bacon gives a breakfast theme.

ModLogic posted...

put a slice of hashbrown in it

This would take it all the way to breakfast. Lots of empty carbs, salt, and fat, but youre not eating a burger cause its good for you, youre eating it because its delicious!

Oh, and a spicy run plus a bit of roast poblano and avocado (preferably with a white cheese) is baller too.

Good to know! I hope to be going to a state school soon.

Are there enough votes for this?
As long its just part of what theyre doing, its fine.

Yeah, I have a weakness for them.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/23/climate-change-dangerous-thresholds-un-report
Even the IPCC is getting in on the doom!

According to AFP, the IPCC draft details at least 12 potential tipping points. The worst is yet to come, affecting our childrens and grandchildrens lives much more than our own, the report says.
The reportmay be subject to minor changes in the coming months as the IPCC shifts its focus to a key executive summary for policymakers.
It says that with 1.1C of warming above pre-industrial levels clocked so far, the climate is already changing. A decade ago, scientists believed that limiting global warming to 2C above mid-19th-century levels would be enough to safeguard the future.
That goal is enshrined in the 2015 Paris agreement, adopted by nearly 200 nations who vowed to collectively cap warming at well below 2C and 1.5C if possible. On current trends the world is heading for 3C at best.
Earlier models predicted that Earth-altering climate change was not likely before 2100. But the UN draft report says prolonged warming even beyond 1.5C could produce progressively serious, centuries-long and, in some cases, irreversible consequences.

Who's reading for the Great Amazon Savannah?

I love Zero Mission, but Super Metroid has way better final boss music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnouxHhgDMU
Dat 7/4 time signature.

Now I really want her to win. Sadly, there is a 99% chance that this is just dumb inflammatory concern trolling from a tabloid rag unfit even for being used as TP.

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

They want you to be excited to work for them before they've even proven themselves to be a decent employer

Spoilers: They're not.
Oh yeah, and listings that bill themselves as entry level but list a half-dozen "preferred" qualities and certifications you can only get by paying for them.
It's like" "Please train yourself in advance on your own time with your own money for this position which pays slightly more than the minimum wage."

Smashingpmkns posted...

Don't forget the Frankenstein'd Myers Briggs test every job requires applicants to take now even though it's proven to be racist/sexist/ableist etc.

For which the answer keys are usually found with a quick web search lol.

You would have to define liberal.
However, both the War on Crime and War on Drugs were/are rooted in racism and have been broadly bipartisan endeavors.

Theyll need all those cops to deal with all the soon-to-be homeless!

Right! I also read The Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by David Fromkin.
It basically focuses on the war in the Middle East(both before and during) and its fallout, primarily from the perspective of the British and the Turks. For example, it goes into a lot of detail about Sykes-Picot, how everyone felt about it, and how it shaped matters both during and after the war the Brits intentionally tried to occupy as much of the Mid East themselves as possible in an attempt to subvert the agreement.

Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/india-walton-unofficially-beats-4-term-buffalo-mayor-byron-brown-in-democratic-primary/
This hasn't been called officially, but challenger India Walton leads 4-term incumbent Mayor Byron Brown by basically as many votes as are outstanding: he would need to win 100% of all outstanding ballots to even have a chance. The general election is basically a formality.
We can all celebrate/melt down over this while we wait a few months for NYC to certify anything.

deoxxys posted...

Firehouse subs is superior

Is there a sub place that's worse than Subway?
The closest one to me is literally across the street from a DiBella's and a Jersey Mike's is a few blocks away. It's incredible to me that it sees any business at all.

Graycap posted...

Eric Adams, who is unfortunately likely to win because the media killed Yang.

Yang was probably the second worst candidate.
Unfortunately, his demise was wished for with a monkeys paw, because it appears likely the first worst candidate will win.
Only Yang would accidentally wish for his own defeat on a well-known literary device.

Intro2Logic posted...

It's a ranked choice election; early evidence has Yang behind Eric Adams (who sucks) and Maya Wiley (who kinda sucks, but less so)

Dont forget Kathryn Garcia, whose suck level is thoroughly between them!
I fully expect Adams to win.