Saturday 18th May
This man, James Verone, robbed a bank for one dollar. Why only one dollar? Because he knew that in prison he could get the medical care he could not afford with his part time salary as a convenience store clerk. He was approved for food stamps, but they did little to help his finances. Between his back problems, carpel tunnel, and arthritis, he simply couldn’t handle the pain any longer.
On June 9th, he sent a letter to his local paper, the Gaston Gazette, that stated: “When you receive this a bank robbery will have been committed by me. this robbery is being committed by me for one dollar. I am of sound mind but not so much sound body.”
He then took a cab to the RBC Bank, and handed the teller a note asking for one dollar and medical attention. He quietly took a seat in the lobby and waited for police to arrive.
Since Verone only stole one dollar, he was only charged with larceny. His bail, which he doesn’t plan to pay is set at $2,000, reduced from the normal $100,000. He’s scheduled to see a doctor this Friday, and hopes to get foot surgery, back surgery and to have a protrusion on his check treated.
To me, this is the perfect example of how disturbingly corrupt and unjust our health care system has become under HMO’s. For this man, or any person for that matter, feels that he needs to be imprisoned just to see a doctor, is ridiculous.
This is exactly what I hate about America. Why is it that you can buy an entire house with money you don’t have, but still can’t apply for health care if you don’t meet the requirements? That’s messed up.
Healthcare is ridiculously expensive. I sit around all day and bill people for it. It’s such a business it’s unbelievable.
what if
the whole “mirror mirror on the wall who’s the fairest of them all” thing was created so that
little girls would do it in the mirror and
when their reflection didn’t change they’d see how beautiful they are
that is the most beautiful thing i have read all week
what i’m looking for in a man:
- will lend me his hoodies
- good sense of humor
- is a cutie patootie
- will slay my enemies in a brutal display of violence and paint his face with their blood
- good taste in music
What do teens like?!? Is it memes? Memes about skeletons? Piss? Communism?
this post is 20x funnier if you imagine a CEO shouting it at his board of directors
once in 1st grade there was this girl i really wanted to talk to and befriend and i remember one day we were washing our hands in the bathroom and my A+ conversation starter was “hey you use 3 paper towels me too” and she just ignored me like that explains my entire life right there
Societal expectations of sex don’t make any sense
If dudes are expected to have a lot of sex
But ladies are expected to stay virgins until marriage
But homosexuality is bad
I’m really confused who dudes are supposed to be having all that sex with
i am very proud of you for waking up today. you are very brave. existing can be hard sometimes and that is okay. i am proud of you even if all you did today was exist. i am proud of you for existing.
homestuck au where aradia is rapunzel and like
a prince will climb all the way up her hair and hell pant before looking up to pull himself into the window
aND ARADIA IS JUST RIGHT IN HIS FACE WITH HER :D EXPRESSION AND HE SCREAMS AND FALLS TO HIS DEATH AND SHE THINKS ITS HILARIOUS
SHES HAD LIKE TEN PEOPLE TRY TO SAVE HER THEY JUST KEEP FUCKING DYING
And then there’s this guy:
procrastinators are able to do 30 minutes of work in 8 hours and 8 hours of work in the 30 minutes before it’s due
do white people actually have eyes that change color because that sounds pretty demonic to me
‘You think the dead we have loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him. How else could you produce that particular Patronus? Prongs rode again last night.’
Friday 17th May
imagine if it started raining sweaters i think i would start crying it’d be so beautiful
sorry i cant hang out with u today i have to catch up on my crying
whenever i leave a store without buying anything and i have a bag with me i’m always convinced that the owners will think i’m shoplifting so i try my hardest to wear an expression that says “i am not a shoplifter” but i’m fairly certain that i just end up looking like i have recently killed a family of 5 and eaten them for breakfast
