Hi @MoneyGram, I'm case number 22249950. Just over a month ago, you revoked my account because you "identified it as being at high risk of fraud, scams, or other associated activity which may include a violation of MoneyGram’s Terms and Conditions."
I sent you an email asking why and what I could do to assure you that a) I'm the real Claire Berlinski; and b) I truly *do* want to send money to a family in Afghanistan--the beneficiaries of this fundraiser: gofundme.com/manage/please-…
This was your reply. I've heard nothing from you since.
This family needs the money I'm trying to send them. I'm sure you've heard that things are not going well in Afghanistan.
Generous donors contributed to that GoFundMe account.
They intended the money to go to a family of five girls in Afghanistan.
They didn't intend for it to sit in my bank account.
I've waited for more than a month to hear from you.
They need food.
Could you please, please do something to cut through the red tape?
I really am Claire Berlinski, as many will attest and as I can amply document.
And Afghanistan really is on the verge of famine, as you can confirm: wfp.org/support-us/sto…
Could you please do something to help?
Please don't look away from this request. Pass it to your manager, make noise. There are real human beings involved, people whose lives depend on your attention to this.
Sincerely,
Case number 22249950.
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So, last night I ordered a meal from @DeliverooHelp. It was never delivered. Not at all. No food. Nothing. Since then, I have tried politely to get @deliveroofrance's attention via email and DM. I've provided them with all the information about the order.
I've reminded them, politely.
They have not answered.
I spent more than 30 euros on a meal that wasn't delivered. That's a lot of money for a meal that wasn't delivered, isn't it?
I would expect not only a refund, but an apology.
Instead, I'm being ignored.
What's the word for taking someone's money but failing to provide the good promised in exchange?
She has to swing far enough right to win the (significant) part of the electorate that's very, *very* far to the right in the 1st round. Otherwise, she won't make it: She needs the people who now say they'll vote for Le Pen & Zemmour.
But then she'll (almost surely) be facing off against Macron, and there will be no left candidate. Most of France is *not* very, very far to the right. If she persuades Zemmour/Le Pen voters that she's right-wing enough for them, she will surely alienate the center and left.
So I've been picking random locations in the US, finding random high schools, and looking at the assigned reading. Kids are reading Shakespeare, for sure, at this high school in Wisconsin: k12.com/content/dam/sc…
And this high school in Dallas is having a Shakespeare monologue competition. That sounds intellectually wholesome: udallas.edu/constantin/aca…
A few thoughts about this. 1) Your question is rhetorical, but the answer is obvious: It's because no one is scared of Ukraine, which doesn't have nuclear weapons. This is what is *so* morally--and long-term, strategically--obtuse:
2) Why doesn't Ukraine have nuclear weapons? Because *we forced them to give them up.* And in turn, guaranteed their territorial integrity. No matter how people try to argue the Budapest Memorandum doesn't count, it does:
3) Why? Because if we don't stand by it, what kind of damned fool will ever give up his nuclear weapons, or abandon his program to build them, because we promise that in exchange, we won't let anyone chew them up and spit them out?