THE CALENDARS ARE LOADED IN ENVELOPES AND IN MY CAR.... TO DRIVE AROUND TODAY AND FIND FRIENDLY POST OFFICES T WHICH I CAN DROP ONE VOLUNTEER AND ONE BOX.. ACTUALLY TOPSFIELD IS VERY ACCOMODATING.. AT LEAST THEY DON'T RUN AND HIDE WHEN WE APPEAR WITH THE CALENDAR ORDERS... HALEY DID GET 1/2 THE FOREIGN ONES MAILED YESTERDAY AND JUDY TOOK THE OTHER HALF FOREIGN HOME WITH HER TO TRY HER LOCAL P.O. I HOPE SHE HAS HER CREDIT CARD WITH HER-- I DID NOT GIVE HER OURS..
MY CAR IS SO FULL I DON'T THINK I CAN GET ANOTHER PERSON AND DOG IN THERE... BUT WE WILL TRY...
GREAT PRAISE TO LINDA AND HER SUPER ORGANIATIONAL SKILLS---.. IT IS AMAING HOW MANY ODDBALL ITEMS LINDA CAN KEEP IN HER HEAD AND GOING STRAIGHT..... SHE AND KITTY HAVE EMENSE RAM..... ( RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY0
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PITY CONGRESS DOES NOT HAVE ANYONE THERE AS "ABLE"... AS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY INSULTER, --DOESN'T ANYONE IN WASHINGTON UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF "HOMEWORK" ? THAT IS WHERE YOU GET AND IDEA , THEN ON YOUR OWN ( (HOME) TIME, YOU DO SOME RESEARCH FORMULATE THE CONCEPT, GET IT DOWN ON PAPER OR ONLINE TO SHARE WITH OTHERS FOR COMMENTS -- THEN PRESENT IT TO AN ORGANIZED GROUP FOR ACCEPTANCE OR DENIAL.. AFTER YEARS OF ALL TALK AND NO ACTION CONGRESS DECIDED TO CHANGE TAX LAWS... AND AS CLOSE AS I CAN SEE, THE FINAL VOTE WAS TAKEN ON A NON EXISTANT 500 PAGE PROPOSAL THAT WAS NOT IN OFFICIAL PRINT, SO NO ONE HAD READ IT ANYWAY...--BUT THEY VOTED... BOTH YES'S AND NO'S..-- GIVES YOU GREAT CONFIDNCE...
I KNOW OF ONE DOCTOR (MD) WHO JUST BOIGHT A SECOND HOME...... IN CANADA.
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JANINE SWAPPED DONKEYS AROUND YESTERDAY AMID OVER 90 COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK... LUCKILY I DON'T READ FACEBOOK... BUT APPARENTLY EVERYONE WAS UPSET ONE WAY OR ANOTHER... IN THE PROCESS SHE BOUGHT A NEW 'FENCE/BARRIER FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE STALL...I AM ASHAMED I NEVER THOUGH OF THAT---I AM SO USED TO MAKING DO WITH WHAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER AROND HERE THAT I DIDN'T THINK........ LUCKILY SHE DID.... I KNEW ABOUT THOSE FENCES/GATES TOO... TRACTOR SUPPLY HAS A BUNCH.... AND I SEE THEM EVERY TIME I GO THERE... WHICH IS OFTEN..... AND IS ANOTHER TOPIC... I AM CHANGING FEED STORES TO AVOID AN UNPLEASENT EMPLOYEE...
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THE OLD FEED STORE IS "THE CO-OP" BEEN THERE FOR 100 YEARS (PROBABLY LITERALLY...) AND IT HAS BEEN WHERE I HAVE BOUGHT GRAIN AND HAY FOR YEARS... HOWEVER..... I WAS JUST TOLD YESTERDAY THAT 2 OF OUR TRAINERS WILL NO LONGER GO IN THE CO-OP BECAUSE OF ONE WOMAN WHO JUST DOES NOT APPROVE OF ME/US--WE SHOULD NOT BE BREEDING DOGS UNLESS WE HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE ON THEM... TO DO THAT IS ABOTU $60,000 IF DRIVING AROUND TO DOG SHOWS CHASING THE JUDGE THAT LIKES YOUR KIND OF DOG-- AND WORRYING ABOUT WHICH SPOT IS WHERE ON THE HARLS.... JUST NOT MY BAG.... I JUST PREFER TO BE CONVINCED MY DOGS ARE BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE'S -- AN D LET IT GO AT THAT. SAVES ALOT OF GRIEF AND AGGRAVATION.... I AM TIRED OF LISTENING TO HOW BAD I AM... SO I WILL GO TO TRACTOR SUPPLY
WHERE BECAUSE THEY ARE NEW HAVE A BUNCH OF NEW PROBLEMS......... LIKE
FYI..... THERE IS TAX FREE AND THEN THERE IS FREE OF TAXES
IF I BUY SOME CRACKED CORN FOR THE CHICKENS, IT IS TAX FREE BECAUSE IT IS A FOOD PRODUCING ITEM... IF I BUY THE SAME CRACKED CORN PACKAGED FOR HORSES- THERE IS A TAX ON IT. -- AND THE TRACTOR WSUPPLY STORE, BEING NEW ONLY KNEW OF THE FOOD PRODUCING TYPE-- AND THEY HAVE A HUGE PRINTOUT OF NON TAXABLE ITEMS.. AND THEN I CAME IN WITH MY ST-2 FORM-- BECAUSE WE ARE A CHARITY WE DO NOT PAY TAXES ON ANYTHING RELATE TO OUR CHARITY. ( AND I TRY AND BE PRETTY EXACT ON THAT)
TRACTOR SUPPLY - HAD NO IDEA OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND THE CASHIER KEPT SHOWING ME THIS HUGE LIST OF WHY I HAD TO PAY $.83 TAX ON A SOCKET WRENCH I NEEDED TO DEAL WITH THE CHAIN LINK PANNELS.. I WAS IN NO HURRY... SO I RODE IT OUT FOR NEARLY 45 MINUTES OF STORE MANAGERS AND CALLS TO CHICAGO... WITH ME SAYING .. I DON'T PAY TAXES ON SUPPLIES FOR SDP.. AND THE MANAGER SAYING "YOU CANT EAT THE PLIERS" IT WAS A VERY STRANGE 45 MINUTES...
I FINALLY GAVE UP AND LEFT SAYING "PLEASE ;LOOK INTO IT" AND 2 HOUR LATER TEH MGR CALLED BACK AND SAID "OOOHHHHH"
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WE DID FIND A GREAT HOME FOR THE 2 GIRLS--- SOMEONE WITH 3 ACRES 5 KIDS AND FENCED ---- WHAT MORE COULD THEY WANT...LATEST REPORT WAS THAT THE DOGS TRAVELED VERY WELL AND WERE DOING "SUPER" THEY ARE NICE DOGS... SEALY IS A BIT TIMID, BUT WILL WORK OUT OF IT I AM PRETTY SURE... THEY WILL STAY TOGETHER.
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I HAVEV NONT HAD TIME TO READ THE ENTIRE.. AND I HOPE THIS BAND OF DAILY DOGGERS WILL LOOK INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL BIT OF HOW TO REPORT "IMPROPER BEHAVIOR IN CONGRESS.." A ?CANADIAN READER GAVE ME THIS...
GOOD MORNING, CARLENE,
NOT SURE IF ANY OF THE "LAWYER TYPES" FOLLOWED UP ON YOUR DD QUERY ABOUT WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND IN CONGRESS VOTED FOR THE ORIGINAL RIDICULOUS ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY.
WHILE NOT AN AMERICAN, I DID LOCATE THAT SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY SPONSORED THE ORIGINAL 1995 CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION THAT CREATED THE "OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE" AND THE ORIGINAL CONVOLUTED PROCESS AND DEADLINES INVOLVED IN MAKING HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS IMBEDDED IN IT.
THE FIRST LINK GIVES A LIST OF INITIAL SENATE VOTES, WHICH LOOKS TO BE PRETTY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND CONSERVATIVES. BUT THE FINAL VOTE IN SENATE, WITH CHANGES, WAS BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, SO NO RECORD OF VOTES WAS MADE. THE 2ND LINK GIVES GENERAL INFO ON THE OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE.
PERHAPS IT WAS PASSED ORIGINALLY WITH FULL SUPPORT BECAUSE EVEN HAVING AN OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE, NO MATTER HOW ARDUOUS AND DISCOURAGING THE COMPLAINTS PROCESS WAS, WAS DEEMED A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? OR PERHAPS, AGAIN, IT WAS LIKE PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A PIG, TO COIN A RATHER APT EXPRESSION. 😊
A SMALL SAMPLE
- (a) FORMAL COMPLAINT AND REQUEST FOR HEARING- Not later than 30 days after receipt by the congressional employee of notice from the Office of the end of the mediation period under section 9, the congressional employee may file a formal complaint with the Office against the head of the employing office involved. No complaint may be filed unless the employee has made a timely request for counseling and has completed the( 30 DAY) procedures set forth in sections 8 and 9.
HAVE AT IT !!!!
