My G-d. She is amazing. Makes me proud to be a woman, coming from abusive relationships. She makes me wanna hold my head up.

Lol, by “crafty” I thought you meant, like macaroni picture frames (i.e. what I would do). This is impressive!!

My child is still in preschool, so my comment is a question, more than advice - Would you consider it appropriate to talk to your child about the importance of (politely) standing firm against authority figures who are being unreasonable? Is 10 years old too young for that? Weighing the pros and cons, could she make…

That sounds fabulous! What kind of crafts do you do?

I love, and subscribe, to all of these!

I’m so sorry for your losses (both of your mother, and then of your father, for all intents and purposes). I’m glad you are focused on taking care of yourself.

I’m so sorry. I can’t imagine how scary this must be for your parents. PS - They are lucky to have you caring for them.

Let’s congratulate ourselves on a good, clean fight and enjoy the weekend in peace :) Thanks again.

I wonder (not think, because I am woefully under-informed) if the only thing keeping those jobs here IS undocumented immigrants (or migrant labor). To your point, the big cheeses want cheap labor, and they will get it, either in the US or by outsourcing. They’ll never accept (and certainly not push for) a living…

(I imagine Rayos was not debating whether to use the SSN in the same way you or I might - She came here when she was 14, which to me, means it wasn’t exactly her choice. Now she’s here, her family is here, she needs a job. In order to get a job, she has to bend the rules. I have thankfully never been forced to move…

That’s awesome but I think you misread my comment. It was very pro-Oprah, with a side of...generalized frustration.

My understanding was that she was only caught after a raid in 2008 (I didn’t see that she had actually applied for the job in 2008). She may have been working there for years (i.e. before she got pregnant, before she married, who knows). So, we don’t know if she already had children and chose to throw caution to the…

Thank you, you’ve made the exact comment I was coming to make. I like Oprah and, in her defense, here is a link to what I bet is only some of her charitable giving (https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/oprah)

I don’t know that either of your assertions are true (nor do you).

OK. I wanted to take more time because I think we can look at “what’s required” in different ways:

What was she doing for 20 years in America? Not working?

That’s not what the commenter said. You know that. You should also know that if a particular statement doesn’t apply to you, you can ignore it. So you’re a “good” white nerd? Awesome. Let it go.

You pose a good question that’s leading me to think about what is the meaning of “required.” And I thank you, likewise, for a civil discussion and out of respect for you and our conversation, I’d like to take some time to noodle this out. Will get back to you.

I get what you’re saying, in a theoretical way. But, my point is, we only know definitively, that Ms. Rayos just had her whole life sucked away from her. We don’t know, for sure, the extent of the ID theft - to your point, it could be major fraud and $$ theft, but from the articles I’ve seen, that really doesn’t seem…

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