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On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 12:36 PM Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > Steve writes: > > < I just (minutes ago) gave my "firewood guy" an extra large tip/bonus, > knowing he and his are likely to be on somebody's "hit list" (your > performative cruelty idiom) in spite of their very upright, diligent, > serious contributors to the (local) community and economy. I already pay > them a small premium (santa fe prices when I could probably scrounge for > el-rito prices) because I like their wood, their work ethic and have a > loyalty to them with an eye to them being around in the future. > > > I’ve had dozens of pages of Google translate conversations with my > construction guy that is now (at retirement) heading back to his home > country. His partner, an older white guy, had the job of driving the > truck and translation and presents himself as the contractor, even though > he mostly complicates matter. I would be much better off if the > construction guy could have been here with his family, and got a driver’s > license, instead of hiding in plain sight and sending money back home. > The governor here (Newsom) is one of the few that is outspoken about the > value of immigrants here in California. Accepting the premise that these > people cause harm rather than bring value is one way Trump managed to > control the conversation, and it is incorrect. > > Marcus > > > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / > ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > -- Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology Clark University nthomp...@clarku.edu https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson
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