22 yrs ago today, after a long zoning dispute with local officials that ruined his business, welder Marvin Heemeyer had enough & created the Killdozer.
He destroyed the mayor’s house, the judge’s house, town hall, the police station, & the bank - while avoiding hurting civilians or their property.
Happy Killdozer Day to those who celebrate 🎊
Warren Buffett was asked how he defines true success.
He's worth over $130 billion but his answer had absolutely nothing to do with money:
"If you get to be 65 or 70 and the people that you want to have love you actually do love you, you're a success."
"I've never seen anybody at that age, I mean I'm not talking about somebody in extreme poverty, I've never seen anybody that if they have a lot of people that love them that is other than happy."
Then he described the alternative. The people who have everything except the thing that matters...
"And I've seen some very very wealthy people. They have testimonial dinners. They have named schools after them. And nobody loves them. You know, their own kids would say, he's in the attic. He's in the attic."
He's watched billionaires fill rooms with people who clap on cue and go home to houses where their own children avoid them.
He's watched people with nothing surrounded by people who genuinely care about them. And he says the second group wins every single time.
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LISTEN UP ONTARIO:
Something big is happening in Ontario, and almost no one is talking about it.
Premier Ford has quietly passed a law that opens the door to water privatization across Ontario - and he's hoping you won't notice.
The Water and Wastewater Public
Corporations Act lets the government seize your local water system and hand it over to a for-profit corporation without your consent.
History is clear: when for-profit corporations control our water systems, the results are disastrous:
Bigger bills!
Bad service!
Dirty water!
Water is a human right not a commodity. It's not too late to stop this.
& Tell Premier Ford our water is NOT for sale. Take action now!
Unpopular opinion:
A lot of what we call "mental health issues" are actually survival issues.
When you don't know where you'll sleep, how you'll eat, or how you'll pay your bills, your brain isn't focused on thriving, it's focused on surviving.
Secure housing, food in the fridge, and financial stability aren't luxuries. They're prevention!
Pretending money doesn't affect mental health is a privilege many people can't afford.