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While we wait to see what is in fact the fate of the America Party, we do know that Elon Musk is not taking any crap from either Donald Trump or Scott Bessent right now.
“Any Country aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies of BRICS, will be charged an ADDITIONAL 10% Tariff. There will be no exceptions to this policy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” - President Trump on social media
It's not my birthday. Not a holiday. Not even our anniversary. We didn't win the lottery. So why? My husband who used to cook often, before cancer changed everything, decided to cook for me. I get a pass from cooking dinner tonight. He just wanted to do something helpful. It was nice. We are even having ice cream for dessert. I am spoiled. He is cooking for Summer next. Not prawns though. #Food
@Killer_Mule @zika @cute_doggo The internet doesn't appear to know the actual release date. This is a rerelease. Ain't nobody in 2011 could make that timbre.
From John Lee Hooker's 1992 album "Boom Boom." To learn more about John Lee Hooker, visit: http://www.johnleehooker.com or facebook.com/JohnLeeHookerofficial.
You’re living through the most consequential period in human history since World War Two. Be observant and take mental snapshots of the world around you. Things are about ready to change forever.
now it's all "oh there is actually no list" lol nice 180 degree narrative shift. everyone knows they have a bunch of videos, and that a bunch of politicians and billionaires flew on the lolita express, so it's not like we need them to put 2 and 2 together
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@S!ayer @Livestradamus #RunCore @Donald J. Trump I'm 66, I've seen all sorts of movement in one direction or another during my life. I don't see China doing well long term, they don't have enough young people to maintain their productivity.
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"Rain On Me" by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande is an exhilarating dance-pop anthem that celebrates resilience and the power of friendship. With its infectious beat and empowering lyrics, this collaboration showcases the vocal prowess of both artists, making it a standout track that encourages listeners to embrace life's challenges.
🎵 LYRICS 🎵: I didn't ask for a free ride I only asked you to show me a real good time I never asked for the rainfall At least I showed up, you showed me nothing at all
It's coming down on me Water like misery It's coming down on me I'm ready, rain on me
I'd rather be dry, but at least I'm alive Rain on me, rain, rain Rain on me, rain, rain I'd rather be dry, but at least I'm alive Rain on me, rain, rain Rain on me
Rain on me Mmm, oh yeah, baby Rain on me
Living in a world where no one's innocent Oh, but at least we try Gotta live my truth, not keep it bottled in So I don't lose my mind Baby, yeah
I can feel it on my skin It's coming down on me Teardrops on my face Water like misery Let it wash away my sins It's coming down on me Let it wash away
I'd rather be dry, but at least I'm alive Rain on me, rain, rain Rain on me, rain, rain I'd rather be dry, but at least I'm alive Rain on me, rain, rain Rain on me
Rain on me Rain on me Oh yeah, yeah Rain on me, ooh yeah Rain on me Rain on me
Hands up to the sky I'll be your galaxy, I'm about to fly Rain on me, tsunami Hands up to the sky I'll be your galaxy, I'm about to fly Rain on me
I'd rather be dry, but at least I'm alive Rain on me, rain, rain Rain on me, rain, rain I'd rather be dry, but at least I'm alive Rain on me, rain, rain Rain on me
I hear the thunder coming down, won't you rain on me? Rain on me I hear the thunder coming down, won't you rain on me? Rain on me
Directed by Robert Rodriguez Album Artist: Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande Album(s): Chromatica Written by: Alexander Ridha, Ariana Grande, Betty Wright, Jeremiah Burden, Martin Bresso, Matthew James Burns, Michael Tucker, Nija Aisha Alayja Charles, Rami Yacoub, Stefani J. Germanotta, Vernetta Lynn Williams Music genre(s): Dance-Pop Released: 2020 Decade for first release: #2020sMusic
"Love Me Harder" by Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd is a sultry and passionate duet that explores the depths of desire and connection. With its captivating melodies and powerful vocal performances, this single showcases the chemistry between the two artists, making it a standout track in contemporary pop music.
🎵 LYRICS 🎵: Tell me something, I need to know Then take my breath and never let it go If you just let me invade your space I'll take the pleasure, take it with the pain
And if in the moment I bite my lip Baby, in the moment, you'll know this is Something bigger than us and beyond bliss Give me a reason to believe it
'Cause if you want to keep me You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta got to love me harder And if you really need me You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta got to love me harder Gotta love me harder (Ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh) Love me, love me, love me (Ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh) Harder, harder, harder
I know your motives and you know mine The ones that love me, I tend to leave behind If you know about me and choose to stay Then take this pleasure and take it with the pain
And if in the moment you bite your lip When I get you moaning you know it's real Can you feel the pressure between your hips I'll make it feel like the first time
'Cause if you want to keep me You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta got to love me harder (Imma love you harder) And if you really need me You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta got to love me harder (Love me harder) (Ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh) Love me, love me, love me (Ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh) Harder, harder, harder (Ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh) Love me, love me, love me (Ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh) Harder, harder, harder
So what would I do if I can't figure it out? You got to try, try, try again So what would I do if I can't figure it out? I'm gonna leave, leave, leave again 'Cause if you want to keep me You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta got to love me harder (Imma love you, love you, love you) And if you really need me You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta got to love me harder (Love me, love me, baby)
'Cause if you want to keep me You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta got to love me harder (Love me harder) And if you really need me You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta got to love me harder (Imma love you harder) (Ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh) Love me, love me, love me (Ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh, ho-o-oh) Harder, harder, harder (Love me, love me, baby) Love me, love me, love me (Just a little bit harder, harder, a little bit) Harder, harder, harder
Album Artist: Ariana Grande, The Weeknd Album(s): Love Me Harder - Single Written by: Peter Anders Svensson, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Ahmad Balshe, Abel Tesfaye Music genre(s): Pop, R&B Released: 2014 Decade for first release: #2010sMusic
The worst business idea of all time. Because people that pay less will love it. And people that pay more will go elsewhere. Resulting in permanent reduction of income. They are retarded and deserve what they get.
"The Way" by Ariana Grande is a romantic and soulful track that beautifully expresses the feeling of being in love. With its smooth melodies and heartfelt lyrics, this song from the album "Yours Truly" showcases Grande's impressive vocal talent and her ability to connect with listeners on an emotional level.
🎵 LYRICS 🎵: What we gotta do right here is go back, back to the top
I love the way you make me feel I love it, I love it I love the way you make me feel I love it, I love it
Say, I'm thinking 'bout her every second, every hour Do my singing in the shower Picking petals off the flowers like Do she love me, do she love me not? (love me not) I ain't a player,I just (Player, I just...)
You give me that kind of something Want it all the time, need it everyday On a scale of one to ten I'm at a hundred Never get enough, I can't stay away If you want it, I got it, I got it everyday You can get whatever you need from me Stay by your side, I'll never leave you And I ain't going nowhere 'cause you're a keeper
So don't you worry, baby, you got me I got a bad boy, I must admit it (Hey) You got my heart, don't know how you did it (Hey) And I don't care who sees it, babe I don't wanna hide the way I feel when you're next to me (Hey)
I love the way (I love the way you make me feel) I love the way (I love it, I love it) Baby, I love the way (I love the way you make me feel) Ooh, I love the way (I love it, I love it) The way you love me
Oh, it's so crazy you get my heart jumping When you put your lips on mine And, honey, it ain't a question (Q-q-question) 'Cause, boy, I know just what you like So if you need it, I got it, I got it everyday Be your lover, your friend, you'll find it all in me Stay by your side, I'll never leave you Said I ain't going nowhere 'cause you're a keeper
So don't you worry, baby, you got me I got a bad boy, I must admit it (Hey) You got my heart, don't know how you did it (Hey) And I don't care who sees it, babe I don't wanna hide the way I feel when you're next to me (Hey)
I love the way (I love the way you make me feel) I love the way (I love it, I love it) Baby, I love the way (I love the way you make me feel) Ooh, I love the way (I love it, I love it) The way I love you
I make you feel so fine, make you feel so fine I hope you hit me on my celly when I sneak in your mind You a princess to the public, but a freak when it's time Said your bed be feeling lonely So you're sleeping in mine Come and watch a movie with me "American Beauty" or "Bruce Almighty" that's groovy Just come and move closer to me I got some feelings for you I'm not gonna get bored of But, baby, you're an adventure so let me come and explore you
So don't you worry, baby, you got me I got a bad boy, I must admit it (Hey) You got my heart, don't know how you did it (Hey) And I don't care who sees it, babe I don't wanna hide the way I feel when you're next to me (Hey)
I love the way (I love the way) I love the way (I love it, I love it) Baby, I love the way (I love the way) Ooh, I love the way (I love it, I love it) I love the way (I love the way you make me feel) I love the way (I love it, I love it) Baby, I love the way (I love the way you make me feel) Ooh, I love the way (I love it) The way I love you
The way I love you, you, you, yeah, the way I love the way you make me feel I love it, I love it I love the way you make me feel I love it The way I love you
Album Artist: Ariana Grande Album(s): Yours Truly Written by: Douglas Gibson, Robert W. Manigault, Brenda Gordon Russell, Amber Denise Streeter, Gerald Elliot Thomas, Harmony David Samuels, Jordin Sparks, Al Sherrod Lambert, Malcolm James McCormick, James W. Castor, Harry V. Jensen, Langdon Jr. Fridie Music genre(s): R&B, Pop Released: 2013 Decade for first release: #2010sMusic
In a highly unusual ruling, the California State Supreme Court declared this week that O.J. Simpson attorney Alan Dershowitz is, quote, "one ugly bastard."
"breathin" by Ariana Grande is an empowering pop anthem that addresses anxiety and the importance of self-care. With its uplifting beat and relatable lyrics, this track from the album "Sweetener" showcases Grande's vocal strength and her ability to inspire listeners to find calm amidst chaos.
🎵 LYRICS 🎵: Some days, things just take Way too much of my energy I look up and the whole room's spinning You take my cares away I can so over-complicate, people tell me to medicate
Feel my blood runnin', swear the sky's fallin' I know that all this - fabricated, mm Time goes by and I can't control my mind Don't know what else to try, but you tell me every time
Just keep breathin' and breathin' and breathin' and breathin' And, oh, I gotta keep, keep on breathin' Just keep breathin' and breathin' and breathin' and breathin' And, oh, I gotta keep, keep on breathin', mm-mm
Sometimes, it's hard to find Find my way up into the clouds Tune it out, they can be so loud You remind me of a time When things weren't so complicated All I need is to see your face
Feel my blood runnin', swear the sky's fallin' I know that all this - fabricated, mm Time goes by and I can't control my mind Don't know what else to try, but you tell me every time
Just keep breathin' and breathin' and breathin' and breathin' And, oh, I gotta keep, I keep on breathin' Just keep breathin' and breathin' and breathin' and breathin' And, oh, I gotta keep, I keep on breathin', mm, yeah
My, my air, my, my air My, my air, my air My, my air, my, my air My, my air, yeah
Just keep breathin' and breathin' and breathin' and breathin' And, oh, I gotta keep, I keep on breathin' Just keep breathin' and breathin' and breathin' and breathin' And, oh, I gotta keep (ay), I keep on breathin', mm, yeah
Feel my blood runnin', swear the sky's fallin' (oh, whoa) I keep on breathin' (oh, yeah) Time goes by and I can't control my mind I keep on breathin', mm, yeah
Directed by Hannah Lux Davis Produced by Fuliane Petikyan & Brandon Bonfiglio Edited by Hannah Lux Davis & Anne Laure Dhooghe For London Alley
Music video by Ariana Grande performing breathin.
Album Artist: Ariana Grande Album(s): Sweetener Written by: Peter Anders Svensson, Savan Harish Kotecha, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Ariana Grande Music genre(s): Pop Released: 2018 Decade for first release: #2010sMusic
"Into You" by Ariana Grande is an electrifying pop track that captures the thrill of infatuation and desire. With its pulsating beat and sultry lyrics, this song from the album "Dangerous Woman" showcases Grande's vocal range and ability to convey deep emotions, making it a fan favourite.
🎵 LYRICS 🎵: I'm so into you I can barely breathe And all I wanna do Is to fall in deep
But close ain't close enough 'Til we cross the line, hey, yeah So name a game to play And I'll roll the dice, hey
Oh, baby, look what you started The temperature's rising in here Is this gonna happen? Been waiting and waiting for you to make a move (ooh, ooh) Before I make a move (ooh, ooh)
So, baby, come light me up And maybe I'll let you on it A little bit dangerous But, baby, that's how I want it A little less conversation and a little more touch my body 'Cause I'm so into you, into you, into you
Got everyone watchin' us So, baby, let's keep it secret A little bit scandalous But, baby, don't let them see it A little less conversation and a little more touch my body 'Cause I'm so into you, into you, into you Ooh, yeah
This could take some time, hey I made too many mistakes Better get this right, right, baby
Oh, baby, look what you started The temperature's rising in here Is this gonna happen? Been waiting and waiting for you to make a move (ooh, ooh) Before I make a move (ooh, ooh)
So, baby, come light me up And maybe I'll let you on it A little bit dangerous But, baby, that's how I want it A little less conversation and a little more touch my body 'Cause I'm so into you, into you, into you
Got everyone watchin' us So, baby, let's keep it secret A little bit scandalous But, baby, don't let them see it A little less conversation and a little more touch my body 'Cause I'm so into you, into you, into you ('cause I'm so into you)
Tell me what you came here for 'Cause I can't, I can't wait no more I'm on the edge with no control And I need, I need you to know You to know, oh, yeah
So, baby, come light me up (light me up) And maybe I'll let you on it A little bit dangerous (dangerous) But, baby, that's how I want it (how I want it) A little less conversation and a little more touch my body 'Cause I'm so into you, into you, into you
Got everyone watchin' us (watchin' us) So, baby, let's keep it secret A little bit scandalous (scandalous) But, baby, don't let them see it A little less conversation and a little more touch my body 'Cause I'm so into you, into you, into you
So come light me up So come light me up, my baby Little dangerous A little dangerous, my baby A little less conversation and a little more touch my body 'Cause I'm so into you, into you, into you
Directed by Hannah Lux Davis Produced by Brandon Bonfiglio
Music video by Ariana Grande performing Into You.
Album Artist: Ariana Grande Album(s): Dangerous Woman Written by: Martin Karl Sandberg, Alexander Erik Kronlund, Savan Harish Kotecha, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Ariana Grande Music genre(s): Pop Released: 2016 Decade for first release: #2010sMusic
In this week's episode we're at Crostini's Pizza & Cuisine in Deltona, Florida having a crack at their 28" pizza challenge...Teams of two get just 28 minutes...
Chances are that you have unknowingly encountered compelling online content that was created, either wholly or in part, by some version of a Large Language Model (LLM).
- State violence causes economic distress - The targeted group forced to sell assets - Non-targeted people get a 'deal' - Economic incentives align with persecution
We have seen this before. It is happening NOW in the United States.
"Remigration" is ethnic cleansing. Eliminationist economics at work. "Aryanization": a Nazi euphemism for systematically taking property from persecuted groups. It started as "voluntary" due to economic coercion, later became theft backed by violence. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content…
Economic pressure creates this kind of "voluntary" asset liquidation. Migrants facing ICE raids are forced to sell cars and other things quickly at below market prices so they can flee or prepare for detention. They're not choosing to sell. They're being forced by state violence.
This happened in Germany but it also happened in the United States during WWII. Japanese Americans were sent to the concentration camps and their homes, businesses, and farms were taken and often never returned.
When this happens the population who aren't being targeted by ICE benefits from the sales. Americans can now buy trucks at a low price because of ICE. This creates a situation where people have an economic stake in the persecution. Just like Germans who bought Jewish businesses.
This is exactly how authoritarian regimes create economic stakeholders in genocide. Advertising the financial benefit of ethnic cleansing to create more popular support.
'Get those deportation numbers up and you too can profit from your neighbors being sent to a camp.'
I first learned about this aspect of ethnic cleansing / genocide via the 1976 film "Mr. Klein". Great film, and highly relevant to the current moment, sadly.
Two funny-peculiar things about these posts by “Nathan Halberstadt” are his German surname (therefore we presume some part of his origin is/was German; “Halberstadt” = “half city” literally, perhaps mid city or downtown) & lack of shame or any sense of history or irony. He is a poster boy for the bad.
Thanks for explaining it so clearly, the economic benefits to the in-group (who can loot with impunity) of persecuting designated out-groups: “This creates a situation where people have an economic stake in the persecution. Just like Germans who bought Jewish businesses.”
Like the person in yr toot gleefully bragging about the benefits to the 2nd hand truck market of ICE persecution…
A horrifying situation, but look at the past: it worked for the Nazis… How to turn it around? Sugar in the tank…
much like everything else the MAGA crowd puts out, this is a load of horsecrap, and some wishful thinking by some racist idiot, truck prices aren’t budging, especially used ones. If anything else, they continue to rise, due to the administrations complete lack of understanding how economies work
Reminds me of exhibitions about plundering the Jewish people before they were deported in Hamburg, Germany A lot of people were very excited to buy things for the cheap, even if it meant to exile or kill their neighbors. gedenkstaetten-hamburg.de/en/n…
this is evil, it's also stupid. The entire society gets poorer and less productive, services are cut, debt is added and almost of all of it so the rich can get richer, but you get a one time discount on some second hand stuff. Idiots. Good luck when it breaks down and there is no one to repair it and the parts are double the price because of tarrifs.
it’s of eminent importance as a Jew in Antwerp explained to me, to keep realising that the prosecution of Jews had everything to do with robbery; with claiming ownership of things that were not yours. This robbery / financial aspect usually gets too little emphasis in the analysis of the events that led up to the holocaust.
"When relocating to the ghetto, Jews were only allowed to bring 25 kg of their belongings. The rest of their possessions were taken by the German Trust Office (Treuhandstelle)."
there's about a million versions of this post knocking about but the real question is, assuming you are still able to, what's next in 2028? It's easy to shout fire but the difficult part is putting the fire out. Giving the entire list of fuckwits you have as politicians, what's stopping another asshole from trying it again in four years time? And it's not just facists, because there are plenty of looney left out there as well. 1)
That speaks volumes about their thought process. Blinkered with zero compassion. As a side note, that is some next level Alt text there! Immensely impressed.
Lyon, France, is ditching Microsoft for open-source alternatives! The city is switching to ONLYOFFICE and Linux-based OS to enhance digital sovereignty. #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #Lyondub.sh/nf8jojh
I’m still astounded how much Twitter/X is still being used as the defacto standard for distributing information by news orgs and politicians. In spite of everything. 🤦♂️
Research from last year estimates that climate disaster costs will be around $38Tn annually with a range of $19-59Tn in 2050. This is around 20% income reduction.
17.04.2024 - Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19 % until 2050 due to climate change, a new study published in “Nature” finds.
In unsurprising results it turns out that protected #cycle lanes produce more cyclists than buffered cycle lanes, and both encourage more commuter use than standard #bicycle lanes or sharrows.
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is using it in the field.
As I am trying to get this memorial service for my mom together, I'm going through a lot of pictures of her. I just got a bunch from her sister, of when she was younger.
I've been with mom almost every day, for the last 17 years. Then, she was about 300 pounds. The last 6 years mom battled mini strokes and type 2 diabetes. She was losing weight the past 5 years or so, which we attributed to her not having her stressful job anymore (she wrongfully got fired after her first stroke).
Her nails were always bitten to the quick from the stress she was under at the brokerage firm. After she "medically" retired (no job for her to go to, anymore--plus, nobody would hire a 76 yr old woman) her nails grew. So we thought the weight loss was from her not stress eating.
She was diagnosed with a pancreatic mass 19 months ago during a hospital stay. We elected to not biopsy or treat her for it. I started her on the Joe Tippens protocol, which I did for about seven months.
However, I lost control of her meds after the final stroke that put her in rehab. She never got well enough to leave the nursing home. SInce they controlled her meds, wouldn't give her anything except from FDA approved, labeled bottles , I couldn't get them to give her the off-label fenbendazole. Mom lost too much executive reasoning to self-administer the meds, or I would have sneaked them in to her. I could get one dose in for sure, during my daily visit, but the protocol is 2x a day.
It took mom exactly one year of nursing care--where she was off the Joe Tippens protocol --to finally die. She weigned less than 130 when she passed and her official diagnosis was "protein-calorie malnutrition ". My friend who runs a hospice told me it's a bullshit diagnosis when the doctors can't be certain exactly what's causing the patient to decline, except her weight was plummeting.
It's been 12 days since mom left me. And, as I've been going through these photos of her, I've noticed
that the weight loss was profound and not like when Oprah lost weight, where she looked like a bobble- head. This looks like cancer, where mom was skeletal and her flesh melted away.
I had one final photo of my mom that I took a week before she died, for my aunt. (She tried to snap a picture during their last FaceTime but it didn't work so she asked me to take a picture.) I just looked at it and that's when I realized how bad my mom deteriorated.
My mom was not in pain when she died. I asked her, countless times, and trust me, she would have told me.
The nurses all told me that pancreatic cancer is extremely painful. My mom did not exhibit that pain at all. She cried out once, when her sheets were being changed, because she was so thin and the movement hurt her. But she was okay after a minute. She never asked for morphine.
So although everything looked like cancer, I can't say for sure.
There's no excuse for him not attending. He hasn't contributed even a penny towards her final expenses or the memorial.
I don't know how to feel about this. I want to be angry at him for not loving our mom, but I think my mom would rather have me pray for him because this is pretty indicative of his heart's condition and I know this was a source of anxiety for her. She knows I'm okay and we'll see each other again. But him... not so much. Deep inside, I think she knew his heart was hard.
Oh, friend, I'm so sorry for your loss. Even when we know it's coming, or it's time, it still hits us head on. God bless you as you plow through what needs to be done to put your mother at rest. I pray for you, for her, and for your brother.
You are loved and supported here, dear heart. 🙏🕯❤️
Crying over here. I haven't been on here much, missed your posts and was wondering how you and your family were doing. I am so very sorry about the loss of your dear mother. 😪🙏🕯 You took such terrific care of her. I'm also so sorry about your brother's behavior. Prayers of peace and comfort for you and your family. Love, Kathryn
I am so sorry that your brother has decided to skip his mother's memorial. Good for you that you have purposed to pray for him. Your mom would be proud of that (and is proud right now in Heaven I am sure).
I am sure you have your reasons for the relationship between you and your mom and I fully support you in establishing your boundaries.
It's a little different for me. My brother is not nice to either of us. He hasn't been his entire life.
I appreciate that you are HONEST about your feelings. My brother is passive- aggressive about his feelings. He would draw my mom close to bludgeon her. For instance, he came into town on a connecting flight and called her.
Just so you know, I'm just like you. I'm fine with not having a relationship with a sibling or a parent. And I respect that my daughter doesn't want one with me, even though I'm hurt by her choice.
I had to tolerate my bro for my mom. And I'm going to honor her by praying for him. But I'm not going to have him in my house. He's done and said some things to me that you wouldn't believe, including punching me in the face when we were teenagers.
He asked her to come to the airport so he and his (2nd) wife could take her to dinner while he was waiting on his connecting flight.
She eagerly jumped in her car and drove 75 miles to BWI airport. (I refused, because I'm like you, I don't like that mofo, and I won't pretend, so I wouldn't go. )
She gets there and he's waiting alone. She asks where his wife is and he tells her that she's in the lounge. Mom is bewildered and then he tells her that he has to protect her (from my mother).
Then he launched into a diatribe about his whole relationship with her and how he offended at how she's hurt his wife because she still keeping a relationship with his first wife (mother of her niece and nephew). My mom is confused, crying and really feeling trashed.
There was no dinner, of course. Mom drove the 75 miles back home from the airport, upset and with a monster headache.
My bro made his point
I've found six such emails in her Gmail from him.... all.on the same theme.
I have no issue with not caring for a person in your family. But be up front, be honest, and then be DONE. That isn't what he's doing.
I'm hurt because he's a phony and acts like he wanted to have a relationshipbut not really any of the responsibilitiesthat go with it. His offense and anger is the excuse to justify deliberately shifting all mom's medical expenses onto me when he knows I'm not in the greatest financial situation.
This memorial service is his last act of disdain for her.
I'm so sorry you have this in to of the pain of losing your mother, but this is not your burden to bear. You offered an invitation to participate and to join. Prayers are all you should give now for your own sanity. Put him out of your mind and let his own conscience rule his future. God will deal with his naughtiness since that's His domain. Who knows what will happen? Blessings and love! 🥰💞
Amen sister. I have done right by my mom when she lived with me, and allowed that meat-ax across the threshold to see her... but, no more!
I will not suffer him in my house anymore. My duty and responsibility to care for my mom is ended. Part of caring for her was to get her closer to him because I knew she wanted to see her son more. If we hadn't moved to Texas, he wouldn't have made any effort.
I am in a way glad he won't be at the memorial. It's easier for me.
I wanted to share a few pictures of my mom with you.
I found some of them when I was going through her pictures. Some are from my aunt's stash. ( She inherited all the pictures from my grandmother.) Quite a few of these I'd never seen before.
I'm almost done with the video for my mom's service. It's a hodge podge of photos everybody sent to me and ones I found by looking in all of mom's boxes. Plus everything I could grab off my phone.
At first I was going to use the classic Commodore's song "Zoom" for the background music. But I prayed for the perfect song and a memory of a song came to me out of nowhere last night. It's going to be "I Will Remember You" by Amy Grant.
save an Excel file until I had agreed to new terms for my software account.
Guess what? AI is now bundled into all of my Microsoft software.
Even worse, Microsoft recently raised the price of its subscriptions by $3 per month to cover the additional AI benefits. I get to use my AI companion 60 times per month as part of the deal.
But I don’t want to use it. I want to kill it.
As you can see, I’ve never used this service. I still have all 60 credits ...
@Max_Imum I didn't want the height of the 2x6, so I went with 4x4. The 4x4 were inset because of the concrete perimeter around the pavers. Didn't consider that in my original design
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