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ancianita

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18. No one is surprised. That wasn't the point of my answer. My answer was meant to update what's being done about it
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 11:17 AM
7 hrs ago

in the courts.

Sure, the oligarch owned polluting companies have a history of overrunning the innocent, vulnerable and poor, who have least access to legal remedies -- because historically that has been their attitude toward "the other" -- to dominate, run over and run the least of society out so the oligarchs and their corporate fronts can keep their profits flowing by any means necessary, human cost born by the harmed innocent humans themselves. Bad oligarchs/companies cover up their indifference to human costs by saying: "Nothing personal, just business."

As with Scrooge's partner, Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol -- to this day the bad oligarchs and their corporate fronts don't care that the rich Marley repents by saying, "Mankind was my business!" His repentance came too late for him then, and unrepentant oligarchs now.

Human life is a blink in time, but for the human soul, Eternity is infinite.

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And xAI is only 1 of 4 in the Memphis region. SheltieLover 10 hrs ago #1
They can sign NDAs but they cannot stop a recall! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 9 hrs ago #2
who says they're 'iron clad'? mopinko 9 hrs ago #9
The way it was reported in local news SheltieLover 7 hrs ago #19
Let me guess . . . AverageOldGuy 9 hrs ago #3
I feel confident.... SergeStorms 9 hrs ago #7
Black communities SheltieLover 7 hrs ago #20
100% accurate. evolves 7 hrs ago #24
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Anything to do with Muck IS a carnival Clouds Passing 9 hrs ago #6
A carnival.... SergeStorms 9 hrs ago #8
A nightmare funhouse with evil clowns carnival Clouds Passing 9 hrs ago #11
An evil carnival SheltieLover 7 hrs ago #21
So rich entitled addict doesn't operate his business by the same rules as the the competitors ChicagoTeamster 9 hrs ago #10
The court will decide. Musk won't get the last word on this one. ancianita 9 hrs ago #13
As for "we" don't need to be doing this, the thing about corrupt oligarchs is that they know "we" can't stop them. BUT. ancianita 9 hrs ago #12
So Apartheid AI polluted African American neighborhoods with their Data Centers? Who's surprised? ChicagoTeamster 8 hrs ago #17
No one is surprised. That wasn't the point of my answer. My answer was meant to update what's being done about it ancianita 7 hrs ago #18
I think it's more "nimby" than anything racist FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #27
Is Elon at the root of Trump's psycological need to own Greenland? Attilatheblond 9 hrs ago #14
Not at all farfetched. I've been posting about the tech bros wanting Greenland as one of the sites highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #23
Been thinkin & sayin the extremely wealthy have no country. They are warlords. They are without laws/restraints Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #25
"They are typically for things like carnivals." Danascot 9 hrs ago #15
"if you're rich, they let you" mike_c 8 hrs ago #16
Boy, that's for sure. calimary 7 hrs ago #22
K&R UTUSN 6 hrs ago #26
Methane in the air is a bad idea. I get peeved when my neighbors burn mystery things downwind of me blue_jay 2 hrs ago #28
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