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Warpy

(114,529 posts)

14. Richest country in the world, my flabby old ass

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:54 PM

12 hrs ago

This is so sad and so unnecessary.

If it weren't for the hoarding class and the assholes who enable them throughout our joke of a government, we might have adequate housing for people living on the margins, especially our disabled and elderly.

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Woman, Disabled Son Die in Snow Covered Car After Trying to Reach Police [View all] ificandream 15 hrs ago OP

Unbelievably sad... hlthe2b 15 hrs ago #1

It is tragic. yellow dahlia 14 hrs ago #2

A bit more UpInArms 14 hrs ago #3

That's a miscommunication there. Igel 12 hrs ago #18

Just tragic UpInArms 11 hrs ago #19

+1 dalton99a 10 hrs ago #22

unbelievably sad Kali 14 hrs ago #4

Wow SuzyandPuffpuff 14 hrs ago #5

It appears son died first. She was then trapped in the car for quite some time. LisaL 13 hrs ago #11

Horrifying and heartbreaking. pat_k 11 hrs ago #20

tragic Evolve Dammit 14 hrs ago #6

A kind and just society would not tolerate this. Borogove 13 hrs ago #7

So very sad. I suspect that if she was running the car Ilsa 13 hrs ago #8

I don't think they died from carbon monoxide poisoning. LisaL 13 hrs ago #10

A friend once told me Sweet Rosie Red 13 hrs ago #9

always talk to us, Sweet Rosie Red Skittles 12 hrs ago #13

But our billionaires are OK, right? Midnight Writer 12 hrs ago #12

Richest country in the world, my flabby old ass Warpy 12 hrs ago #14

That's exactly it - "the hoarding class," as you put it Alice Kramden 12 hrs ago #16

They had been living in the car for a year. surrealAmerican 12 hrs ago #15

America the Beautiful angrychair 12 hrs ago #17

" Their deaths were ruled weather-related" Javaman 10 hrs ago #21

There are multiple issues here NewEnglandAutumn 4 hrs ago #25

Meanwhile, $45 billion for ICE concentration camps, $10 billion for Trump's Board of Peace, etc. etc. dalton99a 10 hrs ago #23

Sometimes I hate this country. n/t Greybnk48 10 hrs ago #24

A pox on our society for failing those in need once again. RockRaven 3 hrs ago #26

if the cops had found them, what would they have done? rampartd 3 hrs ago #27