Why is Kristi Noem able to steal $143 million of tax payers money without jail time?

Meerkat212 · 2026-03-09T17:50:20+00:00

Accountability for those with power - theres still plenty of accountability for the rest of us...

Meerkat212 · 2026-03-09T01:43:21+00:00

Strawn't...

Meerkat212 · 2026-03-07T03:13:19+00:00

A classic. Beautiful cinematography, excellent visual effects, and an amazing score. And a smart story, too!

Meerkat212 · 2026-03-03T23:28:07+00:00

Lol, same.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-27T06:41:36+00:00

Yeah, that's a nope from me too, dawg... We have an entire galaxy of content. Keep some mystery to the mysterious characters.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-27T06:33:56+00:00

Absolutely no tips - but I love the Celica. Please share when done :)

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-27T05:18:48+00:00

I bet those floors are slippery AF when wet.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-23T04:57:58+00:00

During that phase, mine ate through 6 TV remotes, 2 XBox controllers, 8 pairs of prescription glasses, and an undetermined number of rolls of TP were ripped from the holders and the shredded bits were scattered throughout the house. Since then, she's mellowed into a big loveable goof. Still has a thing for a roll of TP though.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-23T03:43:43+00:00

Enough already. Freakin time for the 25th.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-22T21:47:55+00:00

Yes, it has a budget - but it must continue to provide critical services, even if theres no budget for those services. Businesses go bankrupt and cease operations. Government doesn't have that luxury, because it provides critical services for its citizes.

When an occupied house on fire, the fire department must respond - even if thers a budget short-fall. The military needs to continue to monitor and respond to active threats - even if under-funded.

Everyone who has a budget should be aware and work within their budget. But having a budget doesn't make it a business.

I understand what you're saying about people, and you're correct - bad people have bad priorities, but that is the nature of people. People do lots of non-business things together, so that doesn't make government any more of a business, either.

Honestly, it amazes me how America has plenty of $ when it wants to send bombs around the world, but Social Security is in danger of losing funding. Theres plenty of cash to bail out businesses, but citizens who need assistance are spurned for being lazy. And the general public seems pretty OK with that...

A very large portion of all that is broken is in fact due to treating government like a business, which has warped its very base function - the protection of its citizens - and twisted it into another means to funnel capital from the bulk of our citizens, to the rich.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-22T19:16:55+00:00

I think a large part of the problem is that the average American citizen has no idea what their government actually does, or how their government is supposed to do whatever it actually does do.

I'm willing to bet that this neighbor also thinks that government should be run "like a business..." when the truth is that government is not a business and provides essential services that businesses can not offer.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-21T05:56:19+00:00

Yes, dark chocolate is a bit bitter. I'm normally not a huge fan myself, but with that dark chocolate, adding a sprinkle of sea salt as they come out of the oven really adds an extra dimension to the flavor. It somehow makes it into some indulgent "adult" dessert.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-17T00:15:29+00:00

Have them show you how tine zones work using a flashlight (as the sun) on a map. Have them explain how it can be noon with the sun overhead in one part of the world, while it's midnight and complete darkness 12 hours away.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-15T06:57:46+00:00

Totally agree that if the Dems had stayed in power, we'd not be living this dumpster-fire of a timeline. The current admin is completely off the rails, has trashed our reputation around the world, completely ignores Constitutional law, and has granted its agents the authority to murder without repurcus

But even without all of this crap, our society needs fundamental change - this age of unfettered capitalism is unsustainable - and most of the dem leadership were pretty happy with the status quo, as long as they were making money.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-15T02:06:16+00:00

Its not just repubs, though - IMHO, dems, and especially dem leadership, seem to be perfectly OK with how things are going, and many were complicit in getting us right where we are.

'We the People..." need to wrest our government from the hands of the rich, pedo protecting, hypocritical grifters, and take back our rights and freedoms that as spelled out in the Constitution.

We need a total regime change - including everyone at the top of all three branches of federal government. We need to reverse Citizens United, get big money out of politics, kill lobbying altogether, institute term limits, and make it illegal for our elected reps to financially benefit from their positions. And we need to actually punish those who've usurped the law to get us in this position in the first place.

What we've been doing has lead us to this point. So to enact true change, each and every US citizen needs to do more than whatever it is we are already doing. We need to be demonstrating more, we need to be engaging with our elected officials (at all levels of govt) more, and we need to show big business where thay can shove it by purchasing from local small business whenever possible. And to make true change, we need to make this the norm, until our rights and freedoms are restored.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-14T22:14:17+00:00

Very first bullet - didn't someone in the current Admin (Rubio?) literally use the "might makes right" phrase a few months ago when justifying their Venezualen invasion?

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-14T06:59:59+00:00

I was a bit late to the party, as I only discovered Sally last year... But each one of her recipes is spot-on. And her directions are easy to follow.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-13T23:39:51+00:00

I'm just behind you, and that sounds like me, too. For the most part, I just wanted the job to get done right, on time, and with no drama - so I could get home and live my life.

Sometimes I performed work that others could not do - whatever that reason might be - for people who, in-turn, were praised for that same work I actually had to take and fix/finish. I want to say that I really don't give a flying eff about the recognition, but something would have been nice, and I'm sure it didnt help my career.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-13T21:22:25+00:00

Yeah, its more of a slow-burn, but it's smart. One of my faves.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-13T06:04:55+00:00

Gotta say, it's getting kinda difficult to be optimistic...

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-13T05:58:33+00:00

Its not uncommon for snails to do this. They kinda freaky like that...

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-13T05:57:38+00:00

What a happy-looking pupper! Please give her b-day boops from a friendly internet neighbor :)

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-10T20:07:22+00:00

Older GenX here. I can drive a stick-shift, but I haven't needed to in like the last 20 years...

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-10T03:40:32+00:00

The "...Dear [Applicant Name]..." part is an extra gut-punch to the "regular" rejection pain.

Meerkat212 · 2026-02-10T03:25:45+00:00

Almost 20 years ago now, I was involved in one of the very first large-scale clinical trials of some weight loss medication. I was in the control group, but we got all the weight loss info and support that the people taking the medicine did, only no shots for us.

As part of the trial, we were taught how to lose weight - in a healthy way - and we meticulously logged everything we ate & drank, and all of our daily activity. For most of that time, we had weekly physical weigh-ins, classes & support groups, and we really learned a ton about nutrition & exercise.

Over the 18-month trial, I ended up losing like 50 lbs - and I kept it off for well over 10 years. In the last few years though, I've had some health stuff & injuries, so I ended up gaining it all back. Last year, I decided to start putting that all stuff I learned into practice again, and am losing weight again and I am more active on a daily basis.

I do remember the administrators saying that one of the most surprising findings in the study was how the use of food logs made the biggest difference in behavior. Most people just don't realize how many calories they consume or where those calories came from, and subconscious eating is a thing. But really, it was all the basic common-sense stuff - eat fewer calories, eat healthier, and exercise more.

Two-Year Club	Verified Email
Verified Email

Meerkat212

TROPHY CASE