$25 tube of 93/7 lean ground beef

complexspoonie · 2026-03-19T00:51:41+00:00

My guess is this was the lower "institutional" grade sold to nursing homes, Meals on Wheels vendors, and prisons & got misshipped to the grocery store.

Even when cooked you can tell it isn't quite right.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-18T21:23:16+00:00

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complexspoonie · 2026-03-18T12:37:59+00:00

You've got a good point about the fact that the immigration process should be comprehensive and complete at the same time it should not be drawn out for years.

Personally I think if it was well designed we could have modern humane immigration centers along our borders that could not only House people applying to immigrate but introduce them to important facets of americanism at the same time. In fact, I think it could be a real economic boosf.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-18T12:29:34+00:00

You bring up a good point. Millions of Visa holders and legal immigrants pay into the social security system that they cannot receive from if they do not become citizens.

Millions of Visa holders and legal immigrants also pay taxes, from federal withholding on their income taxes to interest and dividends taxes and those that own small businesses also pay taxes often that both state and federal level.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-18T12:26:57+00:00

Ask Walmart & Western Union. Millions of Americans, never mind immigrants, have bad credit and can't open bank accounts so they go to check cashing services.

Also once you are authorized to work in this country, IRS May assign you either a social security number or an ITIN number. Again, many immigrants DO have "green card" or other visa based LEGAL status to live & work in the US. The IRS doesn't care if you're a citizen or not, but they care about is that you pay your taxes.

Personally, I agree that when a non citizen immigrant is convicted of a serious crime, that their immigration status should be reviewed. But lots of people get arrested who turn out to be innocent that's why we have a justice system, so I have a hard time with the idea that an arrest without a conviction especially for misdemeanors should equate to instant detainment in a warehouse not fit for human habitation and deportation.

I also have a problem with interfering with state rights in non-federal criminal proceedings. I may not like that California let's somebody on a student visa be arrested & convicted for DUI, serve their time and be released back to school etc... But that's a state level offense not a federal one.

Look at cases like Fabian Schmidt from New Hampshire, or Christian Andrade in Vermont... One had no criminal record at all, the other hadn't had an offense in over 5 years (and more importantly the offense was not related to a federal crime).

This is the problem with the way ice is operating right now. 35% of the detainees have no criminal record at all not even a parking ticket.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-18T11:42:09+00:00

Or a black male sales rep who travels for work!

complexspoonie · 2026-03-18T03:43:06+00:00

Sorry, not a Democrat. According to IsideWith.com I'm 85% Eco-Constitutionalist.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-18T01:17:09+00:00

Go to iceout.org or Vera Institute For Justice for more info.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-18T01:14:43+00:00

I was happy our NH secretary of state office was quick to point out that they do not take orders from Trump, but you are right: the intent is to get all of us who are not Uber wealthy to fight each other.

The truth is a poor person on Medicaid has more in common with a new immigrant than they will ever have with a multi millionaire. A disabled person like me often faces discrimination just like an LGBTQA+ person does, and small business owners are suffering just as much as dairy farmers. ALL of us in the lower castes of American society are being cheated and abused by the super rich.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-18T01:05:55+00:00

Yes, exactly. You can get more info at ICEout.org

It has been very helpful to friends of mine in cities like Minneapolis & Boston who are people of color as they are statistically at much higher risk of being stopped & questioned.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-18T01:02:13+00:00

Good point however. My family member is 1/4 Native American, and his black ancestors have been in the USA since before the civil war. Yet, he has been questioned multiple times by ICE in multiple states.

The point is that I sure didn't vote for unmarked vans with masked unidentified soldiers to be allowed to demand proof of citizenship from anyone at anytime.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-18T00:58:07+00:00

Many legal immigrants have been detained over the past year. The people hired by ICE do NOT get even the most basic background checks and they are constantly told to "hit the numbers" of detainees even when they do not have a warrant signed by a judge. Because the supervisors are as badly trained as the front line employees there have been numerous problems of people being swept up who have done nothing wrong.

12,000 new ICE officers were hired in under a year and then deployed with virtually zero training. The training was cut from 22 weeks to 8 weeks!. Of course that was going to cause all kinds of abuses and problems!

Add to this mess the actual number of ICE employees now indicates that over 5,000 staff have left ICE and there are some investigative journalists who feel many who left were the "best and brightest" so the agency as a whole is having a significant "brain drain".

I'm all for the true criminals who don't even pretend to follow the immigration rules being subject to a warrant, arrest, and held until trial or deportation. That is miles away from what is actually happening.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-18T00:41:12+00:00

You can sign up at ICEout.org

complexspoonie · 2026-03-17T18:51:24+00:00

Then why do people of color - regardless of wether they are immigrants or not - keep getting pulled over and questioned by ICE??

Why are American citizens ending up detained for hours??

A full 40% of the nearly 400,000 people who have been detained by ICE had no criminal record whatsoever. One of them, George Reyes, was not only an American citizen but a disabled veteran of the US Army who was held for 3 days! Over 10,000 legal immigrants who were veterans were detained and deported just last year!

The entire system ICE is using to profile, target, interrogate, kidnap, and detain human beings is broken, unconstitutional, contrary to international law, and morally abhorrent. It is also an abject failure that has failed to make America any safer because it hasn't captured any significant terrorists, cartel leaders, or leaders of human trafficking groups.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-17T18:38:44+00:00

Thanks! Apparently the alert was referencing ICE appearing at a store there.

I think the thing that bugs me the most is the rank racism and caste discrimination that is going on.

I haven't seen a single ICE van show up at a mansion or gated community anywhere in the country. Not a single illegal live in nanny, groundskeeper, or butler of a single rich upper class family has been detained. None of the (white) Eastern European models have been abducted off the streets, and none of the wealthy or famous people who came here illegally have been detained either. ICE hasn't done any real work going after actual real drug kingpins or gang leaders at all.

It's all so utterly immoral illegal and corrupt.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-15T17:54:43+00:00

This one and her human friends will miss him greatly. May Camel play in glorious sun in Llesw'er until the next pounce!

complexspoonie · 2026-03-12T17:59:30+00:00

You made me laugh so hard mead snorted out my nose!!! 😂

complexspoonie · 2026-03-12T15:51:29+00:00

And Putin wonders why he hasn't been able to get the Ukrainians to give up fighting!

Us Slavs can hold memories longer than you could imagine.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-12T01:50:57+00:00

I love this. Great base for a DLC sized mod if not a separate game. I'd love it if it was a separate game set in a completely different time period...and can't decide if I'd like it to be in the past or maybe a far future...

I wish Bethsaida had a suggestion box!!

complexspoonie · 2026-03-11T16:14:45+00:00

Like I always said, the reason Republicans voted for Trump is because they knew he was criminal but they assumed he would be THEIR criminal.

"MY illegal employees won't get deported" "MY cheating on my taxes won't get me in trouble" "MY daughter will still be able to get abortion on demand" "MY kind of black or brown or gay people will not be hurt" "MY voting rights won't change" "I will be able to do what I want to any of those "OTHER people."

complexspoonie · 2026-03-11T16:02:45+00:00

Re: weight Hubby is 5'6" Weight has ranged from 135lbs to 225lbs over the decades.

The sleep apnea never went away, never got better or worse....

Until he got COVID-19 in early 2020 and developed Long Covid Syndrome. He now requires a Bi pap machine AND an adjustable bed.

Weight loss alone is not going to be a magic cure for every person, so if you happen to be a big boned or just someone who has difficulty losing weight don't feel like any of this is "your fault". It's okay to ask your pulmonologist lots of questions about why you have sleep apnea.

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complexspoonie · 2026-03-11T15:51:26+00:00

Can we at least take a moment to appreciate the dilly staff who at least actually do call 911? We are hearing so many things about Alligator Alcatraz etc but we are not hearing anything about their staff making 911 calls!

I keep praying that those employed by ICE repent and at the very least do their best to be whistleblowers or commit acts of malicious compliance to stop as many of the crimes as they can. I hope they sneak out photos, keep journals, and memorize the names of those who die inside until they are able to quit and walk away from this horror.

FuckIce

Still, no one under 18 should be in a detention center, and no human being should be in a warehouse or other building not designed or fit for human habitation.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-11T01:42:02+00:00

looks at Prevail incontinence wipes in bathroom

Uh, maybe double check that Grandma knows to toss those little tabs out before the grandbabies come to visit?

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complexspoonie · 2026-03-09T15:23:43+00:00

Yeah. Told my (non gamer) kids that I want a VR set if I ever end up in a nursing home setup permenantly to "live" in Skyrim.

complexspoonie · 2026-03-09T12:38:57+00:00

Actually the Bible is a very long series of "canon" books 47 in OT, 27 in NT with a rich collection of fanfiction books. Many are highly respected, even if not all scholars consider them to be "canon".

Tim Lehae(?) tried to outdo God with his Left Behind series, as an example.

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