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MicaelS

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January 7, 2021

Should I / can I report a private (non-DU) forum for inciting insurrection?

About 15 years ago I signed up for a lifetime paid private forum with a number of sub-forums. The fee was a one time nominal fee. One was a political sub forum. Over the years the political forum has degenerated into the absolute worst of MAGAts. Saying anything to the owner is an utter waste of time, since he is a MAGAt and bans people at the drop of a hat. Once banned you can not even view the forum. No one on the outside even knows it exists. It is a not a TOR based forum.

After today I want to go after these bastards. Not only do posters advocate insurrection, their views are the worst racist filth imaginable. So I am not just thinking of reporting to the Federal Government but the SPLC and others. I do not want to just go after the wealthy owner, but after a number of members.

I will not publicly post the name of the owner or forum.

What should I do?

January 1, 2021

Carol Burnett Show outtakes - The Flasher



Fairly risqué
November 7, 2020

So where has Putin been during all this?

Could he have COVID?

October 16, 2020

Anyone early voted in Fort Worth or Tarrant County?

If so how was it?

October 8, 2020

Change text size?

Is it possible to change text size on DU using Adblock browser in iPad OS 14?

September 25, 2020

Absolute proof USPS is deliberately delaying mails.

So I ordered a book from a 3rd party seller on Amazon, look at the tracking results. Went from Las Vegas to DFW in 2 days. Since then they have been essentially sitting on it. Before this rubbish it would been delivered on Monday the 21st.

Shipped with USPS

Friday, September 25
1:24 AM
Package arrived at a carrier facility
Fort Worth, TX US

1:01 AM
Package has left the carrier facility
Fort Worth Tx Distribution Center, US

Sunday, September 20
3:06 PM
Package arrived at a carrier facility
Fort Worth Tx Distribution Center, US

2:31 PM
Package has left the carrier facility
Irving, TX US

2:13 PM
Package arrived at a carrier facility
Irving, TX US

Saturday, September 19
8:45 AM
Package has left the carrier facility
North Las Vegas, NV US

1:40 AM
Package arrived at a carrier facility
North Las Vegas, NV US

Friday, September 18
Package has shipped

March 21, 2020

All SSA Field Offices closed, employees working from home.

https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2020/#3-2020-2

All local Social Security offices will be closed to the public for in-person service starting Tuesday, March 17, 2020. This decision protects the population we serve—older Americans and people with underlying medical conditions—and our employees during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. However, we are still able to provide critical services.

Our secure and convenient online services remain available at www.socialsecurity.gov. Local offices will also continue to provide critical services over the phone. We are working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state and local governments, and other experts to monitor COVID-19 and will let you know as soon as we can resume in-person service.

If you need help from Social Security:

First, please use our secure and convenient online services available at www.socialsecurity.gov/onlineservices. You can apply for retirement, disability, and Medicare benefits online, check the status of an application or appeal, request a replacement Social Security card (in most areas), print a benefit verification letter, and much more – from anywhere and from any of your devices. We also have a wealth of information to answer most of your Social Security questions online, without having to speak with a Social Security representative in person or by phone. Please visit our online Frequently Asked Questions at www.socialsecurity.gov/ask.

If you cannot conduct your Social Security business online, please check our online field office locator for specific information about how to directly contact your local office. Your local office still will be able to provide critical services to help you apply for benefits, answer your questions, and provide other services over the phone.

If you already have an in-office appointment scheduled, we will call you to handle your appointment over the phone instead. If you have a hearing scheduled, we will call you to discuss alternatives for continuing with your hearing, including offering a telephonic hearing. Our call may come from a PRIVATE number and not from a U.S. Government phone. Please remember that our employees will not threaten you or ask for any form of payment.

If you cannot complete your Social Security business online, please call our National 800 Number at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778). Our National 800 Number has many automated service options you can use without waiting to speak with a telephone representative. A list of automated telephone services is available online at www.socialsecurity.gov/agency/contact/phone.html.


Some GOOD news, the employees ARE working from home. I know this for a fact.

I got a phone call last week from one of their employees from whom I had initially worked with last year. The initial phone call showed UNKNOWN, so I was skeptical, so I let it go to voicemail. He called again, and told me he was working from home now. At first I thought it was a scam, but when we started talking, I got out my paperwork and confirmed his name. I got the wonderful news that my Social Security Disability had finally been approved. He gave me the numbers on my monthly payment, and my back pay. I was overjoyed. I checked the website, and it was all there, just as he said.

He told me when they are all working from home, and gave me his regular office number to call back on. He stated that all calls go to voicemall, and then then he gets an alert at home.

So if you need help it is there. I am a lot less apprehensive than I was, especially because of my back pay.


March 4, 2020

It is time for the Undecided to Decide.

IOW, shit or get off the pot.

February 26, 2020

I early voted in Fort Worth (Tarrant County).

Interesting experience. Different form of voting from years past. In years past, we voted on a single electronic machine with a wheel to turn pages, and buttons to push to vote.

First you get a legal size thermal card. You go vote on a machine that is easy and simpler to read and use. When you are ready to vote you insert the thermal card that prints out how you voted for all offices. The you can check the card for mistakes. Then you take it and insert it into a different machine which records your vote, but it keeps the card. No personal record to keep. That sucks.

I would still prefer paper ballots.

I voted for EW for President and MJ Hegar for US Senator. And for every other office I voted for women, unless there was a lone male candidate. We elect all non-Federal Judges in Texas, so there were a lot, many of them running unopposed.

Ever person working the polls were women.

I was thrilled to see that, and doubly thrilled to see just how many women were running. We need more women at all levels in this state, as well as Nationwide.

BTW, Fort Worth is deep red. Going blue is too much to hope for. I will settle for purple.

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