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  1. @kilroy_was_here @thomas_klopf
    Now I'm back to sitting back and collecting baksheesh for people wanting to see pictures of other people's plumbing, in the iron-and-copper-and-PVC sense. It's an ever-dwindling source of revenue nowadays, given ad blockers and public tendency to stay placidly within walled gardens. But the baksheesh continues to trickle in, and that, you see, is an ongoing source of Slack
    #Baksheesh #Slack

  2. @AAKL

    Exactly, and with specificity, what #FederalGovernment account will this $100.000.00 per employee be deposited in?

    Oh

    The #Trump #NationalLibrary fund

    Thought as much...

    #DHS #Shakedown #Baksheesh

    cc @AssociatedPress

  3. #DOJ finally files #ADA accomodation case in #SanFrancisco against #Uber that most govt entities have ignored and sat on for well over a decade...

    In the complaint, the US Dept. of Justice
    claimed that Uber drivers “routinely refuse to serve individuals with disabilities, including individuals who travel with #ServiceAnimals or who use stowable #Wheelchairs."

    The complaint also alleged that drivers oft
    “insult and demean people with disabilities or ask them inappropriate questions.”

    Travis Kalanick debuted so-called #rideshare car & limo service in San Francisco in 2010 claiming it was "revolutionary" idea and unlike regulated #taxis, the #WallStUnicorn has never been in compliance with #disability accomodations since, yet finally gets challenged in 2025 under #Drumpf administration enforcement effort...

    Perhaps some #DJT #baksheesh will be forthcoming.to forestall case?

    cnbc.com/2025/09/11/uber-doj-l

  4. @Nonilex

    Let's take a deep, cleansing breath and call this #LuxuryJet from #Qatar exactly what it is:

    #Baksheesh

    "Baksheesh (from Persian: بخشش bakhshesh[1]) ... and certain forms of political corruption and bribery in the Middle East and South Asia. "

    These are Arabians

    They know exactly who #Trump is

    They know exactly what they are doing

    They know exactly what they're going to get -- for starters

    Trump does not

    Trump gets played for the fool he is -- once again

    Here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakshees

    #AirForceOne #Law #Corruption #EmolumentsClause #USConstitution #Boeing747

  5. Someone recently bought "Tactical Specialty Pursuit Covert Work Gloves" after clicking on an Amazon ad for something else on one of my sites. That's #EagleTactical level nomenclature of fragile belligerence. And #baksheesh for me, the important part.

  6. #FBI raids home of #SanLeandro #CityCouncil member and #SheetMetalWorkers #union member who got into fight at election forum last fall . Bureau refused to say whether Azevedo targeted because one of several local #Democrat political officials who attended a #Vietnam junket sponsored by heavy political #baksheesh donors #Duong Family, owners of #Oakland’s recycling contractor #CaliforniaWasteSolutions

    eastbaytimes.com/2025/01/15/fb