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[ReignOnU]

Maybe it was Bomani... I just caught it right as I was getting into my truck today.

[packsyd2284]

I don't care about his situation nearly as hard as Jason I just feel like it would prob be better suited for someone else. At the same time it will be all over the news and I will end up watching, lol.

[DRiccio21]

i miss when it was common to hear people use the phrase 'all that and a bag of chips'

[Cnasty]

I just ate applesauce for the first time in like 30 years probably. Not bad.

[DRiccio21]

I just ate applesauce for the first time in like 30 years probably. Not bad.

i went cold turkey off my freeze pop phase for a while and i use subbing in sugar free apple sauce as my late snack.

huge fan of apple sauce.

[Cnasty]

I prefer the pineapple chunks in fruit juice stuck in the freezer for 10-15 minutes and then enjoyed.

[Cnasty]

I really try to live all positive and see the good in every single person like Master Dave has taught but seeing shit like this really makes that hard to do.

In late 2011, the Red Cross launched a multimillion-dollar project to transform the desperately poor area, which was hit hard by the earthquake that struck Haiti the year before. The main focus of the project — called LAMIKA, an acronym in Creole for “A Better Life in My Neighborhood” — was building hundreds of permanent homes.
Today, not one home has been built in Campeche. Many residents live in shacks made of rusty sheet metal, without access to drinkable water, electricity or basic sanitation. When it rains, their homes flood and residents bail out mud and water.
The Red Cross received an outpouring of donations after the quake, nearly half a billion dollars.

The group has publicly celebrated its work. But in fact, the Red Cross has repeatedly failed on the ground in Haiti. Confidential memos, emails from worried top officers, and accounts of a dozen frustrated and disappointed insiders show the charity has broken promises, squandered donations, and made dubious claims of success.
The Red Cross says it has provided homes to more than 130,000 people. But the actual number of permanent homes the group has built in all of Haiti:six.

[Seeitsaveit13]

I really try to live all positive and see the good in every single person like Master Dave has taught but seeing shit like this really makes that hard to do.

In late 2011, the Red Cross launched a multimillion-dollar project to transform the desperately poor area, which was hit hard by the earthquake that struck Haiti the year before. The main focus of the project — called LAMIKA, an acronym in Creole for “A Better Life in My Neighborhood” — was building hundreds of permanent homes.
Today, not one home has been built in Campeche. Many residents live in shacks made of rusty sheet metal, without access to drinkable water, electricity or basic sanitation. When it rains, their homes flood and residents bail out mud and water.
The Red Cross received an outpouring of donations after the quake, nearly half a billion dollars.

The group has publicly celebrated its work. But in fact, the Red Cross has repeatedly failed on the ground in Haiti. Confidential memos, emails from worried top officers, and accounts of a dozen frustrated and disappointed insiders show the charity has broken promises, squandered donations, and made dubious claims of success.
The Red Cross says it has provided homes to more than 130,000 people. But the actual number of permanent homes the group has built in all of Haiti:six.

If true, that signals 1 of 2 things:

-Full out ineptitude, which is inexcusable, and easily fixable (fire them all)
-Corruption, which is inexcusable, and easily fixable (arrest them all, and subsequently fire them)

[Cnasty]

It may be naive in thinking as we all know the lack of utilizing funds appropriately with charities can be but man, the Red Cross?
The freakin Red Cross is corrupt too!!?

Aint that some shit.

[texasfan4444]

One thing I have come to Conclude in business.....no one is non profit. No fucking one. To generalize, Non profit is a tax exempt status people abuse for personal gain.

[jsence2]

One thing I have come to Conclude in business.....no one is non profit. No fucking one. To generalize, Non profit is a tax exempt status people abuse for personal gain.

Not true. Many charities and NPO do not abuse for personal gain. Our soccer group is a registered NPO, and not one of us takes a single cent. We also work with Jimmy V, and they do not pull anything from their donations (they have a fund they've invested very well that covers all their payroll and overhead). Many are corrupt or pay more to their leaders than they should, but please don't throw them all into that bucket.

[Weasel]

i miss when it was common to hear people use the phrase 'all that and a bag of chips'

This was a thing?

[DRiccio21]

We also work with Jimmy V, and they do not pull anything from their donations (they have a fund they've invested very well that covers all their payroll and overhead).

how can you make a comment like this when there is next to no possible chance you'd have enough info to make an educated comment on this?

you could be best friends with the president of the foundation and there is no possible way of knowing how they are handling their finances.

[DRiccio21]

i miss when it was common to hear people use the phrase 'all that and a bag of chips'

This was a thing?

was it ever!

[Seeitsaveit13]

http://deadspin.com/no-a-disabled-vet-w ... socialflow

[Weasel]

Related, Im re-watching Entourage with the lady since she never has and wanted to before seeing the movie. Its crazy because it started while I was in high school (2004?) and theyre saying things like "retard" and "faggot" left and right. Back in the day it seemed like everyone used those words as insults, myself included. I guess I didnt realize how well we as a society removed them from our vocabulary, because it really sounds out of place when I hear it now.

[autiger730]

We also work with Jimmy V, and they do not pull anything from their donations (they have a fund they've invested very well that covers all their payroll and overhead).

how can you make a comment like this when there is next to no possible chance you'd have enough info to make an educated comment on this?

you could be best friends with the president of the foundation and there is no possible way of knowing how they are handling their finances.

Jsence is an expert in NPOs, telecommunications, IT, football (both kinds), basketball, seismology, meteorology, climatology, history, law, religion, and being a white knight. How dare you question his knowledge on this matter.

[Cnasty]

Entourage is terrible.

At least the first season that I tried to watch. Worse than Seinfeld even.

[DRiccio21]

Related, Im re-watching Entourage with the lady since she never has and wanted to before seeing the movie. Its crazy because it started while I was in high school (2004?) and theyre saying things like "retard" and "faggot" left and right. Back in the day it seemed like everyone used those words as insults, myself included. I guess I didnt realize how well we as a society removed them from our vocabulary, because they really sounds out of place when I hear it now.

kumbaya brother Weas

[shel311]

Entourage is terrible.

At least the first season that I tried to watch. Worse than Seinfeld even.

Entourage is always on my shortlist of series to watch when I need a new one, but it always seems to be at the bottom of that list. And I think the more time that goes by, the less likely I am to watch it now, so it may be a foregone conclusion that i'll never get around to this one.