📢 Call to Action: No More #Blank #Checks for ICE https://open.substack.com/pub/peoplepowerunited/p/call-to-action-no-more-blank-checks-for-ice?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Was hat ein Jahr Donald Darth #Trump gebracht?
Die Zerstörung des Mythos von #checks und #balances

Damit den Schwellenübertritt von einer Demokratie in ein autoritäres Regime.

Traurig.

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I'm an old and am very glad I rarely write checks anymore, because the first couple of weeks of January was when I kept writing the previous year.

#old #checks #cheques #newYear

#Trump has created and implemented more national #healthcare plans than he has issued #dividend #checks to #American citizens

🤔

Let that one sink in...

#uspol

Hmm... this is a new one.

I click the stupid "verify that you're a human" check box. It decides that I'm a human.

I decide to edit the form again, and by the time I've edited, the checkbox has expired, and I have to re-check it.

:catthinking:

Yeah, 30 seconds ago, I was a human, but now I've turned into a eucalyptus... Makes total sense.

:why:

#VerifyThatYouAreHuman #forms #checks #idiocy

I'll leave you out of the #mentalillness discussion. He is very. #Internal #controls are being ravaged. Invisible #checks and #balances. The #FBI. #RichardNixon The watchers must be watched, but so must the assholes. #Trump's #lawlessness at #SCOTUS feet. The court openly displays it's #bias.

Trump ally Stephen Miller at h...

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Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkz3m3re1zo

#HackerNews #Pornhub #UK #Decline #Age #Checks #77% #Internet #Safety

3/ Federal workers face growing uncertainty as #government #shutdown continues in2 second week. Newly disclosed memo from the Office of Management and Budget #OMB claims that #furloughed #employees are not guaranteed back pay despite a 2019 law designed to ensure it. Demo suggests a legal basis for denying retroactive compensation to as many as 750,000 employees,. Meanwhile, #SocialSecurity recipients won't find out the size of next year's #checks as long as the shutdown delays #inflation #data.

☑️. Check & Fastplan
■. I was thinking for days about Checking to make sure somehow if you are here, but I don't dare to. Because you're not, I'm Psychotic. I might not, it always going wrong with #Checks. Don't know the PLAN either, it's all so upsetting.

PSYCHOTIC
●. There's a HANSOLO who definitely know my Roomnumber, if that's not his ghost.

●. I do feel the Presence, and suspicious sounds sometimes.

●. And then there's these things
🏷. That's not them, ya. Go to hell

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Good morning. 🏖️🩴🌊

8 September 2025

Checks and Balances

Have you noticed that writing checks isn’t as popular as it once was? It’s very much a 20th-century thing. I still keep a checkbook and write the occasional check—usually to pay a bill that can’t be handled online, or for a larger purchase that my credit card might not accommodate. The checkbook isn’t forgotten; I still keep the ledger up to date.

I use a debit card now and then, though I prefer a credit card. The thing is, nowadays many small businesses charge extra when you use a credit card. Some even tack on fees for any card, which misses the point entirely—they’re not charged extra for processing a debit card. That’s yet another reason I might reach for a check.

Back in the 20th century—especially in the ’70s and ’80s—writing checks was common practice. People carried their checkbooks everywhere and used them for everything. Need gas? Write a check. Groceries? Write a check. Just want a cold soda? Write a check.

I still remember opening my first checking account and thinking, I have arrived. It took a lesson or two to learn about balancing the checkbook, and the statement you received in the mail didn’t always reflect your actual balance. Live and learn.

Nowadays, if I’m waiting in line at a store and the person ahead of me waits until all her items are scanned before digging through her purse—only to retrieve a checkbook—I might let out a silent sigh. I’d be careful not to show any emotion, not even impatience. Even if she waits until asked for ID to start rummaging again, my outward demeanor would remain impassive.

For I remember when.

“Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.” — Ezra Pound

“The good old days weren’t always good, and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems.” — Billy Joel

#morning #beach #birds #photo #checks #nostalgia #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature

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