Sorry for the threadjack, Elok. Shutdown talk here.

[BeBMan]

Here's how I read the pic:

Mamdami is a left winger. That is why the Trojan Horse is pointing to the left. On the right we see a sign of "The Lion King". This is obvsly about Pres Trump, who's certainly on the political right.

On the far left of the pic we see "82 Paratrpr". This can only mean that Trump ordered the 82nd Airborne to NYC to keep the far left in check. Or that the US Military is too left because them generals didn't applaud to that Trump speech preceded by the no-beardos Hegseth speech, who knows.

A bunch of innocent Greeks got stuck in the ensuing chaos, until some Odysseus hired a bunch of guys from Saudi Arabia to smuggle them outside the city. The used a Trojan Horse because these are dirt cheap now that modern cities don't have funtional city walls anymore.

So demand for Trojan Horses to get secretly behind walls has crashed. That is why the Horse was just standing around on Wall Street, since it got confused by the lack of walls there.

Luckily the Saudi guys know the NYC/Wall Street area very well, because of the stock market, and they're often asked by folks who want to ride Trojan Horses for a city tour. So in the end it worked out well and everyone is happy.

[BlackCat]

That makes more sense than Sloww

[Provost Harrison]

It's beyond you.

Ah, so it's what they call a dogwhistle then? But Sloww, it's not that we don't hear it, it's just that you think it gives you plausible deniability. But the thing is Sloww, it's so blatantly obvious what you are signalling it leaves no doubt what a racist you are. And the dogwhistling just demonstrates that you are a cult of like-minded idiots who, unfortunately, turn out to be rather numerous.

But at the end of the day Sloww, it's just old fashioned racism. And you're just...well...a racist. Own it.

[-Jrabbit]

Huh. Apparently there's an unholy alliance between gay people and Muslims in New York. Even though the Quran says homosexuality is a sin. Weird.

Since at least 2010, Republicans have been telling us all the rich people were fleeing the city due to the burdensome taxes and liberal social policies.
Fun fact: During that time, the actual number of millionaires in NYC has doubled to about 34,000.

[Broken_Erika]

Trump administration tells states to stop paying full food aid benefits

The Trump administration is ordering US states to stop paying full food aid benefits to low-income American families, saying they are "unauthorized".
A memo from the US Department of Agriculture, which runs the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap), said states can deliver just 65% of benefits after the Supreme Court allowed the administration to withhold some funding pending further legal hearings.
More than 42 million Americans who rely on the food aid began receiving only partial benefits this month due to the ongoing US government shutdown.
Some states had been issuing full benefits after a federal judge last week ordered the Trump administration to fully fund the programme.

The USDA memo directs states, which administer the programme that relies on federal funds, to stop paying out 100% of November's benefits and to claw back any funds they have already distributed above the 65% threshold.
"States must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025," the USDA said in its Saturday memo.
If states don't comply with the latest guidance, the agency warned it may cancel federal funding for state administrative costs, and hold states "liable for any overissuances".
The BBC has contacted the White House and the USDA for comment.
The latest memo comes after the USDA told states on Friday that it is working towards issuing full benefits as it sought to comply with a lower court order requiring it to do so using emergency funds. The Supreme Court later paused that lower court order.
New York, Massachusetts, California, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania are among the states who had begun paying out full benefits to Snap recipients.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, a Democrat, wrote in a Sunday post on X that his response to the request to return the benefits was a simple "no".
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said in a statement that if "President Trump wants to penalize states for preventing Americans from going hungry, we will see him in court".
The Democratic governor said the funds had already been sent to recipients late last week in accordance with the earlier guidance received from the USDA.
The clawback request is the Trump administration's latest move in the funding battle over Snap, also known as food stamps, as the longest government shutdown in US history drags on.
The legal saga was spurred after the USDA announced benefits would be halted in November due to the lack of funding over the shutdown.
On Friday night, the Supreme Court issued an emergency order temporarily allowing the Trump administration to temporarily withhold $4bn (£3.04bn) of funding for the benefits while it appeals the lower court's order.
The Snap programme is used by around one in eight Americans and costs almost $9bn (£6.9bn) a month.
A family of four on average receives $715 per month, which breaks down to a little less than $6 per day, per person.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly9pggxydeo

[The Mad Monk]

Six dollars per day, per person.

That certainly would encourage me to do some baby makin' Sloww!

[SlowwHand]

Give me $6 to sit around. I'll take it.
How is $60 for 10 better?

[Dauphin]

Give me $6 to sit around. I'll take it.
How is $60 for 10 better?

Sit around? Your prejudice is showing.

SNAP Eligibility | Food and Nutrition Service

In general, people must meet work requirements to be eligible for SNAP. These work requirements include:

• Registering for work;
• Not voluntarily quitting a job or reducing hours;
• Taking a job if offered; and
• Participating in employment and training programs, if assigned by the state.

Failure to comply with these requirements can result in disqualification from the program.

In addition, able bodied adults without dependents are required to work or participate in a work program for at least 20 hours per week in order to receive SNAP benefits for more than 3 months in a 36-month period.

[SlowwHand]

That's for a single person. How many people with 10 dependants work? The child care alone would drive them negative.

[The Mad Monk]

$6 a day to sit around? Place keeping for ticket lines pays a LOT better, if you can get the work.

[BeBMan]

One thing's for sure, if poor people would just stop eating the WH could get much more gold deco for the money.

[Dauphin]

That's for a single person. How many people with 10 dependants work? The child care alone would drive them negative.

Yes it would, which is why being given $6 per child doesn't encourage anyone to have more kids. So not giving them the money is really only hurting the kids, who never asked to be born. Add in the pro-life restrictions on birth control and abortion and you end up with a policy of save the fetus, screw the child.

[giblets]

That's for a single person. How many people with 10 dependants work? The child care alone would drive them negative.

Wouldn't the oldest have to babysit the rest?