freeloading free-for-all on Skins's island?

[beefeater]

Can you imagine, now that Skins's isn't going to vett appeals, how many moles will be making up hard-luck stories and posting them, garnering beer and cigarette money from the gullible primitives?

Just a random thought, but shouldn't that be beer and travel money?

Wonder who that really was BTW.

[Chris_]

The only difficult decision is how much to skim off the top.

Primitives are fond of high taxes.  Skinner can start at 39%.

[GOBUCKS]

Primitives are fond of high taxes.  Skinner can start at 39%.

Skimmer can't interfere with Paypal transactions.

There's only one guy who can do that.

[Maxiest]

Skimmer can't interfere with Paypal transactions.

There's only one guy who can do that.

Oh just wait, won't be long until he institutes his version of DuWishADooo.

[tanstaafl]

Skimmer can't interfere with Paypal transactions.

There's only one guy who can do that.

Yeah, but.

There's a DUAC out there that can sniff out a lost check in a mailroom to counteract such a dastardly deed.

[Chris_]

Yeah, but.

There's a DUAC out there that can sniff out a lost check in a mailroom to counteract such a dastardly deed.

DU Mailroom Ninja Squad

[franksolich]

It's been that way since I  joined DU.  I dont' see the problem.  People are free to ignore.

The primitives won't ignore even blatantly fraudulent pleas, though; they're their own worst enemy.

The sad thing is, such gullibility isn't limited exclusively to the primitives.

I dunno for sure, but you're probably one of the fortunate few who missed out on poor stupid Beth's stupid scam nine years ago--count yourself blessed if you did miss out, as it was a mess--but anyway, those of us who originally formed Scamdy, in the beginning, were propelled by nothing but the most pure and noble of motives; to protect the primitives from being scammed, from being ripped off.

That noblesse oblige, that sense of responsibility to those less fortunate than us, lasted only five minutes into the Scamdal, but it was there at the beginning, and it was the original motive.

It probably had some effect on some primitives not opening their pocketbooks, but unfortunately it had a certain unanticipated consequence too.

Not much money was really raised to help sfexpat2000 with her divorce-and-moving expenses, but of what was raised, the majority of it was from.....sob-sisters on this side of the aisle, who thought we were "picking on a poor sick dying man."

There's unfortunately pigeons on this side too.

I frankly suggest no one donate to any internet appeal for cash; if one's feeling magnanimous, best to donate to people and causes in real life.

[CollectivismMustDie]

It's been that way since I  joined DU.  I dont' see the problem.  People are free to ignore. 

Since last year, you mean.

CMD

[Mr Mannn]

[youtube=425,350]watch?v=Bxauqa7rJgI[/youtube]
(Sniffle, sob)

I'm so poor, I have to share the litter box with the kitty!
I'm so poor, I can't afford shoes, so I use shoe polish on my bare feet,

[anti-spelunker]

The primitives won't ignore even blatantly fraudulent pleas, though; they're their own worst enemy.

The sad thing is, such gullibility isn't limited exclusively to the primitives.

I dunno for sure, but you're probably one of the fortunate few who missed out on poor stupid Beth's stupid scam nine years ago--count yourself blessed if you did miss out, as it was a mess--but anyway, those of us who originally formed Scamdy, in the beginning, were propelled by nothing but the most pure and noble of motives; to protect the primitives from being scammed, from being ripped off.

That noblesse oblige, that sense of responsibility to those less fortunate than us, lasted only five minutes into the Scamdal, but it was there at the beginning, and it was the original motive.

It probably had some effect on some primitives not opening their pocketbooks, but unfortunately it had a certain unanticipated consequence too.

Not much money was really raised to help sfexpat2000 with her divorce-and-moving expenses, but of what was raised, the majority of it was from.....sob-sisters on this side of the aisle, who thought we were "picking on a poor sick dying man."

There's unfortunately pigeons on this side too.

I frankly suggest no one donate to any internet appeal for cash; if one's feeling magnanimous, best to donate to people and causes in real life.

My guess would be that few donate.  

[anti-spelunker]

Whaaaa? You can ignore a problem you don't like!!!!!????? Like... say... guns?

If they weren't so efficient at killing people, including children, I could ignore them.  32,000 deaths a year should not be ignored. 

[anti-spelunker]

How cold, cruel even Republican of you.  Have you sent leftcoast money yet or are you going to set on your rich fat ass and "ignore" his pleading bleats.

I don't know that person.  I see no reason to send money.  Have you sent any?

[tanstaafl]

I don't know that person.  I see no reason to send money.  Have you sent any?

I haven't sent any money to the LeftNutNumbers DUmmie, either, anti-. And I don't want to know the smelly creature.

I want him to learn the hard, cold financial truths of life in the twenty-first century. GET A JOB, ya miserable skinflint or die miserably in the cold.

Hey. maybe you can get him  job with you at the U. Y'know, where you sit around all day wasting your employer's money on the internet. Time thief.

[Tess Anderson]

Yeah, I saw Ski$$er's thread and this DUmmy doesn't want any help from any "teabagger", remember? LC2020 is just going back to the well before it is dry.

[franksolich]

Well, okay.

I predict, with reasonable confidence, that before spring has sprung, someone's mole is going to launch a really good, a really great, fund-raiser on Skins's island.

I have no idea who the mole would be, and the mole might not even be based here on conservativecave; I only know it's going to happen.

I wish I could be involved, but as old-timers here know, January-February of every year are busy times in real life for me, and my posting and commenting plunges.

However.

However.

However.

If someone's mole, whoever it is, wishes some assistance on writing a hard-luck tale, a real sobber, a good tear-jerker, the services of franksolich as usual are available.  It's for the good of humanity after all.

I'm sure I could write something that would move even my fellow alum Skins to increased secretions from the lachrymal glands, causing him to part with a few Alexander Hamiltons, and possibly even the notorious skinflints the chronically-helpless primitive "Paper Roses" and the primitive with a sensitive bottom "Curmudgeoness"--usually getting anything from such primitives is harder than prying open a clam with a wet paper-towel.

However, I really doubt I'm good enough at it to motivate all the primitives to chip in; I doubt for example the most piteous pleas would open the pocketbooks of the CalPig primitive, Skippy, or the big guy in Bellevue, who actually believe they're helping by saying a few nice meaningless words.

[obumazombie]

If they weren't so efficient at killing people, including children, I could ignore them.  32,000 deaths a year should not be ignored. 

You said 25,000 a year in another thread.

As for the topic, The Holy Grail of the Golden Fleece !

[Freeper]

If they weren't so efficient at killing people, including children, I could ignore them.  32,000 deaths a year should not be ignored. 

Just pretend they are really late term abortions.

[Big Dog]

Can you imagine, now that Skins's isn't going to vett appeals, how many moles will be making up hard-luck stories and posting them, garnering beer and cigarette money from the gullible primitives?

Off the top of my head, one.

 

[Big Dog]

Skimmer can't interfere with Paypal transactions.

There's only one guy who can do that.

"Coach!"

"Daaamn right."

[Bad Dog]

I don't know that person.  I see no reason to send money.  Have you sent any?

Heartless rich bitch.

[CollectivismMustDie]

I don't know that person.  I see no reason to send money. 

Yes, we know. Its only other peoples money before you cash the check. 

CMD

[Big Dog]

If they weren't so efficient at killing people, including children, I could ignore them.  32,000 deaths a year should not be ignored. 

A gun has never killed a single person. A gun is a tool. It is morally neutral.

[franksolich]

Heartless rich bitch.

Well now, I've suddenly had sort of an awakening about our guest here.

When she wrote about her nephew--Gawd, I got one of them too--smoking dope, she at the same time outlined her housing situation, and it was a shock to me.

I'd always imagined our guest as a bigwig in local university circles, being a fund-raiser and all that.  I'd assumed she's one of these overpaid governmental employees, much like Skippy is, living high on the hog on the oppressed taxpayers.  I dunno how much, but I'd vaguely guessed, per year, $200,000 upward.

So I'd figured some sort of ivy-covered Tudor mansion in an affluent area of Minneapolis-St. Paul, with ample grounds and a separate carriage house, much like what other university administrators seem to have.

Another one of them Elizabeth Warrens.

But apparently I'd figured wrongly.  She apparently lives in a big old house that's apparently subdivided into apartments for various family members (i.e., a one-family house, but separated into independent units).  I suppose that's okay, and I suppose the accommodations are good, but it indicates a lesser income-level than I'd speculated.

Our guest is definitely no rich bitch kpete or the Bostonian Drunkard or Atman or the CalPig primitive; in fact, she may not even be as affluent as Skippy or the sparkling old dude or Anne, that wretched miserable old she-devil the dysmenopausal school teacher from Kansas.  She isn't anybody who could afford a membership in the country club up there.

So I suppose even if she wanted to help destitute primitives, she really doesn't have the means to.

And so I'm now withholding judgement; she may have a good and giving heart, but alas she probably doesn't have a fat pocketbook.

[obumazombie]

Just pretend they are really late term abortions.

Or retroactive ones.
Or they could be thought of as abortion prevention measures.

[DumbAss Tanker]

...but alas she probably doesn't have a fat pocketbook.

That's what comes of wasting all your time preaching about your pet rock social activist causes on the internet instead of doing anything productive.