It's the system, people. - Me

Global supply chains keep workers poor: Three case studies show how the cycle can be broken

https://theconversation.com/global-supply-chains-keep-workers-poor-three-case-studies-show-how-the-cycle-can-be-broken-283806

> Globally, about 1 in 5 people in jobs live in poverty. A key reason lies in how global supply chains are organized. From agriculture to tourism, many jobs are embedded in systems that keep wages low, even as they generate value for international markets.

#economics #poverty #working #poor

Title: P0: Society. [2025-10-08 Wed]

In human society I see two main dimensions and one center.
- Poor vs. rich
- strong but dumb vs. smart but weak

At the center stands a government that seeks to balance
forces. #society #rich #poor #smart #strong #government

HASSETT: That's a technical matter. Personal income includes lots of things like transfers and food stamps that we have been reducing as part of our effort to make government leaner and meaner..

The fact that #trump picks these morons to go on Sunday shows to spew this vomit is interesting.

Cutting food for poor people is making America leaner?
Wtf?
#evil #maga #ebt #poor #hunger

Abschied aber kein Lebewohl – A farewell, but not goodbye forever

(English below)

Am Pfingstmontag, 25.5.2026, fanden in unserer St. Concordia-Kirche zu Ruhla zwei Verabschiedungen im Gottesdienst statt.
In einer feierlichen Zeremonie wurde zunächst die Kantorkatechetin verabschiedet. Sie hat 20 Jahre lang mit Kindern und Familien gearbeitet und war zudem für die Kirchenmusik verantwortlich. Doch nachdem sie vor 25 Jahren in den Ruhestand getreten war, hat sie noch ein Vierteljahrhundert die Orgel bei Gottesdiensten, Hochzeiten, Trauerfeiern etc. gespielt. Dafür wurde ihr vom Superintendent des Kirchenkreises herzlich gedankt und ihr Engagement gewürdigt.

Die zweite Verabschiedung galt Pfarrer Reuther, der nach 22 Jahren Dienst in Ruhla Ende Juni 2026 in den Ruhestand geht.
Auch wenn sein Dienst in Ruhla endet, bedeutet das nicht das Ende des Bildungsprojekts in Ruanda! Der Ökumenische Eine-Welt-Kreis bleibt weiterhin bestehen und wird das Projekt in der gewohnten Weise fortführen. Mehr noch, Pfarrer Reuther bleibt Mitglied des Eine-Welt-kreises und wird die Leitung des Projekts behalten.

Beide Ruheständler hatten sich von den Besuchern und Gästen des Verabschiedungsgottesdienstes gewünscht, daß sie auf Geschenke verzichten, dafür aber eine Spende zu geben. Dafür hatten sie zwei Zwecke vorgegeben. Ein Zweck davon war unser Bildungsprojekt in Ruanda und wir sind dankbar für alle Spenden in Höhe von rund 800 Euro, die für unser Ruanda-Projekt gespendet wurden.

On Whit Monday, 25 May 2026, two farewells took place during the service at our St Concordia Church in Ruhla.
In a solemn ceremony, the cantor-catechist was first bid farewell. She had worked with children and families for 20 years and was also responsible for church music. However, after retiring 25 years ago, she continued to play the organ for another quarter of a century at church services, weddings, funerals and other occasions. The superintendent of the church district expressed his heartfelt thanks to her and paid tribute to her dedication.

The second farewell was for Pastor Reuther, who is retiring at the end of June 2026 after 22 years of service in Ruhla.
Even though his ministry in Ruhla is coming to an end, this does not mean the end of the education project in Rwanda! The Ecumenical One World Circle will continue to exist and will carry on the project in the usual way. What is more, Pastor Reuther will remain a member of the One World Circle and will continue to lead the project.

Both retirees had asked the visitors and guests at the farewell service to refrain from bringing gifts and instead to make a donation. They had specified two causes for this. One of these was our education project in Rwanda, and we are grateful for all the donations totalling around 800 euros that were made to our Rwanda project.

Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

RaiNews: Supercinema. I film in uscita nel weekend in Italia: 29 maggio 2026

Tra i titoli: "Tuner", "No Good Men", "Hiedra", "L'amore che rimane" e "Il regno di Kensuke". Renate Reinsve racconta "Backrooms". Al botteghino vince "The Mandalorian and Grogu"

#GliEmirati #Usauna #GiacomoGabellini #BancaCentraledegli #UnitiKhaled #MohamedBalama #control’Iran #Poor’s #AbuDhabi #Estero #StatiUniti #UnioneEuropea #GranBretagna #Svizzera #Canada #MessicoeGiappone #alTesoroBessent #daBessent #BancaCentrale #FederalReserve #Secondo #KevinWarsh #JeromePowell #l’aperturadilinee #Vincolata #Washington #LarticoloGli #Emirati

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/05/29/swap-valutario-emirati-dollaro-yuan-notizie/8401463/

Do you too ever envision your dream locations, those unreal places to the mind, ... waking having been awake?

I see WHERE my dreams take place, while I'm awake.

#philosophy #poor #imagination #dreams #concepyz

Most lamentably, the present state of America in one photograph,

#America #America250 #tragedy #unpresidential #poor #shameful #DC #WashingtonDC #DCphotography #photography #photos #destroyingAmerica #sad #embarassing #news #localnews #DCnews #republicans #USA #US