And, often, the charitable giving lets them put their names on things, such as a department of a hospital, a collection in a museum, etc.
I'm supposed to deliver you to the Master now. There's this whole deal where I get to be immortal. Are you cool with that?
Xander ,'Lessons'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Toddson - Mar 16, 2016 9:52:18 am PDT #17676 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Jesse - Mar 16, 2016 9:52:39 am PDT #17677 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would just note that I do think those things also have value....
Connie Neil - Mar 16, 2016 9:55:19 am PDT #17678 of 30003
brillig
It's sad that many a wonderful institution is only there for the tax break.
-t - Mar 16, 2016 10:34:33 am PDT #17679 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wouldn't say "only"
I guess I am in denial about people admiring Putin. At least I can be pretty sure my conservative relatives (who are actually monarchists, the oldest ones, don't get much more conservative than that) won't go that particular route. The degree to which they deified Reagan was bad enough.
lisah - Mar 16, 2016 10:55:16 am PDT #17680 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
I would just note that I do think those things also have value....
Likewise. Also, I wouldn't make assumptions about why someone might give.
Consuela - Mar 16, 2016 10:57:30 am PDT #17681 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Benign!
Dana - Mar 16, 2016 10:57:43 am PDT #17682 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Woot!
Tom Scola - Mar 16, 2016 10:59:12 am PDT #17683 of 30003
hwæt
Yay!
Steph L. - Mar 16, 2016 10:59:19 am PDT #17684 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Yay!!!
flea - Mar 16, 2016 11:01:13 am PDT #17685 of 30003
information libertarian
Go Team Benign.
In Local Child Pron Case news, the newspaper cites the FBI as reporting that the person has admitted guilt. It looks bad. My friends across the country are just finding out and are at "confused," while I have already cycled through "horrified" and am now at "ferociously angry and the Greeks had a great word for this: sparagmos."
I just feel like half my country is composed of idiots and assholes. Which I didn't presume before but now that sounds about right.
If you worked at a public library, you would be pretty sure it was more than half idiots, but less than half assholes. That's my take, anyway.