Those lumps are cats, and those cats have names. And those names are Amber, Milky Way, Diane, and Lumpy.

Do you have any? I’d be really interested to learn more. I wouldn’t have thought progressivism unchecked would lead to fascism. Without balance I guess I don’t know what it would lead to.

Likely he hadn’t opened his credit card to that kind of spend on another continent, or he had an Amex which tends to work poorly in many different places in Europe.

You’re wrong. The card reader was not working, the ATM had too low of a limit and the bank was closed. When they brought in a new card reader he was able to pay.

I’m also sure he could’ve gotten an invoice as well but likely just wanted it sorted out directly.

If you can’t pay the tax directly you have 10 days to make payment but the item is held until that payment is made. Since it was bound for an auction that wouldn’t work in this case. Not to mention payment was attempted and the issue was on the side of the customs office.

Embrace the power of the pyramid.

I thought the War on Drugs was a distinctly American thing, ya know, starting a war that’s doomed to fail.

opens the divide between different parts of society

If you or others feel “divided” because of this that’s your problem. Normal people who have empathy see this and feel happy for the marginalized groups it will benefit.

The same part stood out to me and gave a real boomer pull yourself up by your bootstraps vibe.