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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, 12:17 PM
Jan 2026

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 Jan 2026 #1
They can sign NDAs but they cannot stop a recall! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 2026 #2
who says they're 'iron clad'? mopinko Jan 2026 #9
The way it was reported in local news SheltieLover Jan 2026 #19
Let me guess . . . AverageOldGuy Jan 2026 #3
I feel confident.... SergeStorms Jan 2026 #7
Black communities SheltieLover Jan 2026 #20
100% accurate. evolves Jan 2026 #24
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Of course they did relayerbob Jan 2026 #5
Anything to do with Muck IS a carnival Clouds Passing Jan 2026 #6
A carnival.... SergeStorms Jan 2026 #8
A nightmare funhouse with evil clowns carnival Clouds Passing Jan 2026 #11
An evil carnival SheltieLover Jan 2026 #21
So rich entitled addict doesn't operate his business by the same rules as the the competitors ChicagoTeamster Jan 2026 #10
The court will decide. Musk won't get the last word on this one. ancianita Jan 2026 #13
Ohh, not sure about that zorbasd Jan 2026 #29
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 Jan 2026 #12
So Apartheid AI polluted African American neighborhoods with their Data Centers? Who's surprised? ChicagoTeamster Jan 2026 #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 Jan 2026 #18
I think it's more "nimby" than anything racist FakeNoose Jan 2026 #27
Is Elon at the root of Trump's psycological need to own Greenland? Attilatheblond Jan 2026 #14
Not at all farfetched. I've been posting about the tech bros wanting Greenland as one of the sites highplainsdem Jan 2026 #23
Been thinkin & sayin the extremely wealthy have no country. They are warlords. They are without laws/restraints Attilatheblond Jan 2026 #25
Entirely probable, because for both it's a win-win: no following the law on Epstein, no following the law on Greenland ancianita Jan 2026 #30
"They are typically for things like carnivals." Danascot Jan 2026 #15
"if you're rich, they let you" mike_c Jan 2026 #16
Boy, that's for sure. calimary Jan 2026 #22
K&R UTUSN Jan 2026 #26
Methane in the air is a bad idea. I get peeved when my neighbors burn mystery things downwind of me blue_jay Jan 2026 #28
just throw pebbles in the turbines. that will shut it down....... Flash953 Jan 2026 #31
Meanwhile, in a nondescript Government facility.... COL Mustard Jan 2026 #32
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