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It was all for nothing. The last person finally figured out that even though the letter said "call in 60 days," what it really meant was call in 120 days, so we cancelled the appointment and I can start over in another 2 months.

45 minute hold. They need to verify my identity, so now I suspect someone else filed as me or something. 5 minutes on phone verifying i am me. No appointments available 11 miles away in Toledo, but I can drive 60 minutes to Detroit, or 90 minutes to Lima, OH. Looks like I'm going to Lima. Currently ...

Filed in March. Got notified my return was under review. "If you don't receive an update, call us at *this number* after 60 days." *That number* was just an automated "your file is under review" number. Idiots. Couldn't find a custserv number on irs.gov. Googled another number. C...

Whatever led to the beef shortage is going to be affecting mcds food costs.

There's a general term for the ethos that "the well being of my team takes precedence over everything else."

My kid is home from college, and I just had BK for the first time in months. I notice the "deals" on their app have all gone up about 20% in price. I think as they reach max app usage, they don't need to offer such good deals to entice more people to use it, and thus collect their "pr...

They must be trying to cut into the market share of SPORTS_2k24.

Ohio makes it harder to install a windmill, but easier to force private property owners to allow fracking on their land.

https://energynews.us/2024/05/15/as-ohi ... -drilling/

I hate our governor.

I admire her honesty, and recognition of the fact there's a problem.

a girl got expelled today for starting a fire in the library of the Jewish literature section. da fuq? I'm trying to get more info but I haven't seen it in the news yet. My kid says he knows her, says she is white, but became Muslim, and started speaking in a fake accent. Which makes me chuckle a l...

My kid tells me that today, at the bougie high school from which he graduated, a girl got expelled today for starting a fire in the library of the Jewish literature section.

Sad, that these kids get brainwashed like this.

After you eat chicken.

No means no!

Except when it doesn't.

And getting it wrong will cost you your life.

Yes, they are the problem.

Peter Jackson's wives ruin everything they touch.

Same guy who tagged Rick moranis a while back?

Clinton won on "it's the economy, stupid."

80% of people feeling inflation are going to be resentful that everything is great for the wealthy, and they keep being told to stfu about it.

This was posted on my kid's college's parent page. Just a copy/paste from elsewhere, I know not what. edit - on posting, I now see "Wall Street Journal." Heh. Skimmed over that line earlier. My bad. (Catt Adding link to article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-i-saw-at-columbia-demonstra...

So, geography.

Does the constitution apply to people who aren't Americans, or is the authority of the Constitution dependent on geography?