The Box of Chocolates Thread (You never know what you're going to get!)

1. I mean, it's like 0.000 to the nearest significant figure. It's not zero, but it's not huge
2. Same as Holmes, but it's a stretch, see 1.

It's low, but but I don't think it is as close to zero as you suggest. The odds of him ever spending a day behind bars are probably very, very close to zero.

He is more reckless and more willing to operate in grey areas than most prominent people are, as evidenced by this latest petition stunt.

Did you just disagree then agree with me in the (what should have been) same sentence?

Getting convicted of a felony doesn't necessarily equate to spending time behind bars in the U.S., especially for someone like him.

Oh, my bad, missed the blatant goalpost shifting, just expected better from you, really.

Dunno Roc, that seemed pretty disingenuous. Why would you do that to me?

Chill , Francis (or Friances? I dunno, they all have their own ****ing spelling), it was a jokies bruh.

It isn't my fault that your reading skills deteriorate when you drink. Thankfully it doesn't detract from your ability to keep chez in line.

I beg to differ. I am making this your ****ing fault.

I know someone who has a small NGO and it seems pretty good. A bunch of rich people pay $200 to go to a party and the money is used to help poor kids.

However, I learned a bit about how badly NGOs can be abused. It's pretty crazy. Of course, people set them up for flaky niche issues. You can live in a house owned by your NGO. There are functions for NGO people held in expensive tourist destinations like Hawaii, with NGOs covering all expenses.

Of course, if an individual wants to donate to a bad NGO, that's partly their problem. But they get grants from the government and major foundations.

I have looked for articles on corruption in NGOs and I find stories about the big ones, but not much about this phenomenon.

Does anyone know much about it, or have any good links?

From personal experience, most NGOs I've known closely or worked with pay high salaries for themselves and do some charity work just to say they do something but most of the money stays with them. I have links with the situation in my country, Brazil.

public/private partnerships are the cancer of modern society...

Where do I get a box of chocolate?

these were the good old days... I remember the pain well
-BlurpBlurp

Barak Obush sighting

Hey fam.

Just wanted to proudly proclaim I am A-political again.

My foray into a Right Wing Abyss was not good.

It was the obedience training on this forum that helped steer me correct.

Thank you for your help.

Tuma

So... we will need to rewrite the last fifteen Mod Notes ?

Im only a little ashamed of my past.

Id prefer if those are kept private amongst the moderators, but I don't really care.

😃

The average person has more than one skeleton inside them.

Not sure about the average Democrat liberal. Still haven't found one with a spine.

pretty bizarre song lyrics to equate Stalinists with liberals.

Haha. I agree, but for the most part, you know what they're saying. Anyway, there's no shortage of ignorance among twenty-something punk rock anarchists.