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Machine Head · Jan 10, 2024

Driftwood said: ↑

House GOP loons are now wanting to impeach Austin.
They serious just want to impeach somebody, and they don't care who it is.
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They keep trying to make fetch happen.

Azrael · Jan 10, 2024

Azrael said: ↑

Seems overtly political to me.
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qed

Alma · Jan 10, 2024

three_bags_full said: ↑

I can understand wanting to keep his diagnosis a bit more private, but ... man. This is mind-blowing.
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Is it? The military/DOD/CIA feeling the autonomy to keep something off the books for a minute seems pretty standard to me.

BTExpress · Jan 10, 2024

I'm sure the stuff we'll never know is exponentially more mind blowing.

Neutral Corner · Jan 10, 2024

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This hits me and makes me sad for your dad.

I relate to it to some extent, because, as I think I've mentioned on here at least once, I have a nephew who is an albino. Albinism and vision problems go together. They just do, and my nephew, who just turned 25, is legally blind, too. He doesn't drive, and that is his greatest issue -- because he has seemed to conquer all other challenges. He is so bright, articulate and otherwise normal, at least, if not actually even extraordinary.

He went all through school with straight A's, and graduated from college with honors and a degree in television/film writing, and we are no longer surprised when he excels in anything. When he was little, I, uncharitably, sometimes thought a lot of his success in school must have been the result of sympathy grades, because, otherwise, how was he doing it?

But I changed my mind after a couple years when the straight A's just kept happening, all through elementary, middle and high school). He also is pretty artistic, a talent we guess he inherited from his maternal grandfather, and he is fluent in American Sign Language. Yeah, he's an interesting person, and, I think, pretty amazing.

We still have never quite figured out how he has done it, because we have never really known what, or how, or how much, he actually sees. Whenever his parents tried to figure that out by trying to get him to read street signs, or asking if he could see this, or that, he always quickly shut that game down and refused to play along. My brother would try to explain that they weren't trying to put him on the spot; they just wanted to know, "What do you actually see?" But he would have none of it.

Anyway, despite all he can do, and all we now think he can do, we in the family still always worry a little bit about him, because we know life isn't easy, and that it might get really real as time goes on. He had no trouble getting interviews when he was job-hunting, but once he got to them, he always had to, and will always have to, get past people's perceptions of his differences -- which are definitely unusual and even a little bit of a shock, at first glance. He has nice, thick hair, but it's definitely white -- not blonde, not toe-headed -- it's white. And his eyes are ever-changing, color-wise, depending on the light, which goes right through them and also causes him untold problems with glare, which he combats with dark glasses, or by squinting, or tilting his head or moving eyes from side to side, etc. He also is the first (and oftentimes only) albino that many in his circle have ever met, and while he is pretty good-looking in his unique way -- my sister actually thinks he should be a model -- it takes getting used to him to not look and stare, and of course, question...

My sister, the same one who suggests he should be a model, has, in fact, also lamented about how he, unfortunately, has to deal with the fact that he sticks out, and "looks different from literally everyone else." We have gotten used to it, for lack of a better description, but the need for most people to do that, first, before moving past the unusual looks to whatever else he might offer, hurts him a lot in an interview/work setting.

We've also seen over the years how he has had to deal with people staring at him as he reads/writes with his face practically on the pages/screens. He got good at ignoring it, and he even isn't afraid to put himself out there -- we were surprised to find some YouTube and TikTok videos he made of himself discussing various topics of interest (including albinism), either by himself, or with a friend.

After graduating college, the job-hunting efforts were difficult and took over a year, during which he tutored kids in math, reading and languages periodically just to make a little money. But he did finally get a job, not in his field of study, but in a school district close to home, a factor we all realize was probably key to him taking any job. He needs to be able to get to it easily, and not necessarily always by car, either. Again, the not being able to drive, and the resulting transportation issues, are likely to always be his greatest challenge, even as big as many other, more personal, ones have been, too.

As you can probably tell, though, we are all really proud of him, and we are hopeful that he will be able to live a pretty normal, mostly independent life, particularly as he gains experience and confidence, despite whatever challenges he faces because of any vision or transportation problems.
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Regarding employment for him, I have a suggestion. Try the non-profits who help people with various such issues. Not necessarily just vision related, either. They are generally more receptive to differently abled people than the general business world. I hope that he would not be offended by a suggestion of that sort. I've met people with difficult issues like multiple amputations or TBI's working for several such groups. The issue is that if anything it likely makes the work transport issue worse, as such places who are willing to hire him are unlikely to be nearby - or possibly anywhere near where he lives. Best of luck to him and your family. So sad.

Neutral Corner · Jan 10, 2024

The people that they don't interview in Iowa cafes. Brave souls.

MileHigh · Jan 10, 2024

Boebert's ex-husband arrested. Not known if it's tied to incident between them at a restaurant last weekend.

https://www.denverpost.com/2024/01/...on-arrested-assault-restaurant-fight-colorad/

Starman · Jan 10, 2024

A refresher course on Jayson Boebert

Lauren Boebert Claims Husband Only Exposed Himself to Teen Girl Because She ‘Begged’ for It

Sheer trash. Solid shit semi humans

garrow · Jan 10, 2024

Starman · Jan 10, 2024

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Triumphant Impunity

Yes I did it
You can't do shit about it
Fuck you

garrow · Jan 10, 2024

B-b-but the whales and the wind.....

outofplace · Jan 10, 2024

Driftwood said: ↑

House GOP loons are now wanting to impeach Austin.
They serious just want to impeach somebody, and they don't care who it is.
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They do, but Democrats might want to join them on this one.

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