I am a little surprised that volunteers are that picky about items sent to help. I eat foods that are officially expired, so long as it's not by too much, because most of them are perfectly fine. Brand names only? Seriously? I never buy a brand name if an equally good (and they usually are) non-brand name item is available.
(1) Is the Red Cross really trustworthy? I have some memory of them paying gigantic salaries and making lots of money off of blood sales. Maybe they are, and I am wrong. But a lot of charities will use a natural disaster to make money, or to collect money for LA Fires and then use it for DEI programs in Venezuela.
(2) It sounds like your website problem was with Google Docs. Is that right? Google wouldn't have access to a blog, would it? This is important because a lot of people do use Google Docs as a free way to do *.docx and *.xlsx files and cooperative work, and it seems highly risky to me. Google probably legally owns everything you put up there and has the right to look at it, sell it, and delete it. And they probably have no duty to help if they accidentally erase something, and provide no backup, which is a more realistic danger for folks who don't irritate The Regime. Or am I wrong?
I am a little surprised that volunteers are that picky about items sent to help. I eat foods that are officially expired, so long as it's not by too much, because most of them are perfectly fine. Brand names only? Seriously? I never buy a brand name if an equally good (and they usually are) non-brand name item is available.
Good post.
(1) Is the Red Cross really trustworthy? I have some memory of them paying gigantic salaries and making lots of money off of blood sales. Maybe they are, and I am wrong. But a lot of charities will use a natural disaster to make money, or to collect money for LA Fires and then use it for DEI programs in Venezuela.
(2) It sounds like your website problem was with Google Docs. Is that right? Google wouldn't have access to a blog, would it? This is important because a lot of people do use Google Docs as a free way to do *.docx and *.xlsx files and cooperative work, and it seems highly risky to me. Google probably legally owns everything you put up there and has the right to look at it, sell it, and delete it. And they probably have no duty to help if they accidentally erase something, and provide no backup, which is a more realistic danger for folks who don't irritate The Regime. Or am I wrong?
Hang in there Postrel. I realize what a daunting task that is becoming but do it anyway.
An American Negro. "Eldest " Emeric A Martin🙏