DeepFriedDresden

Close. He died on 4/30, he was born on 4/20. But there were many deaths at Columbine High School on 4/20/1999.

Reality is covid changed the way they did it, that and many stores closing on Thanksgiving. Then they realized they could still make a similar amount of money with less risk to people and property. And with digital retail becoming more popular they’ll lose less product to theft and damages if you ship from a warehouse or have a personal shopper get it for you and bring it to your car instead of going into an overcrowded store.

Employees are less stressed, everyone is safer, and sales numbers are the same or better.

Counter argument, Russian interference and political undermining has a direct and indirect influence on global politics.

“Russia should “introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics”.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

Good catch, I didn’t even notice the percentages. I did look at the date but of course the meal was purchased on the one day this month where that’s not helpful

Let’s see… dollar sign? Well that cuts out a lot of the world. Written in English, so that leaves about 3 countries. Australia doesn’t have a tipping culture the same way we do in North America so that leaves either Canada or the US, in which case you can replace state with province and cover your bases.

I’m seeing between 3 and 6 killed reported by the Independent, Al Jazeera, and others that I havent heard of before mostly citing Comittee to Protect Journalists. Mohammad Salhi is the only one that I can see is definitely confirmed.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/palestine-journalist-killed-israel-hamas-b2427021.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/10/at-least-six-palestinian-journalists-killed-in-israeli-strikes-on-gaza

https://cpj.org/2023/10/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-gaza-rockets-attack-palestinians/card/palestinian-journalist-killed-during-incursion-from-gaza-osZzWSiVD0aWiFNdaOya

By that thought process, wouldn’t these people more likely to have their hidden phone discovered by spontaneous Amber Alerts? Those come with no warning, whereas the NAS did come with a heads up.

Where are you that indie coffee shops aren’t open at 6am? I just looked at all the coffee shops near me and they all open 6:30 or earlier except for one located inside a mall.

They can’t deduct the $2 donation if you made the donation at POS. It doesn’t count as income for them, and it shows up on your receipt, so they do not legally get to write off that $2.

https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-000329849244

If you pay the donation you get the tax write-off, regardless of whether you donate through a grocery store, directly through the charity, or through your paycheck. It’s on your receipt and you can claim it. The store cannot legally claim the tax write-off that you made because it is not income for them, they are simply holding the money.

https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-000329849244

Now in this case where they are donating a portion of the sales, this is what’s called a commercial co-venture, and it’s a regulated activity that usually has a written arrangement to protect the non-profut. While the business does get the tax benefit since it counts as income, if you were already planning on buying a Gatorade, it doesn’t benefit you or the non-profit to buy it elsewhere just to “stick it” to the store.