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Midnight Writer

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12. But our billionaires are OK, right?

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:34 PM

18 hrs ago

Last edited Sat Feb 21, 2026, 07:11 PM - Edit history (1)

They are the ones that really count. The rest of us should be grateful for the opportunity to sacrifice ourselves for their comfort.

I sure hope incidents like this don't cause their taxes to go up.

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Woman, Disabled Son Die in Snow Covered Car After Trying to Reach Police [View all] ificandream 20 hrs ago OP

Unbelievably sad... hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #1

It is tragic. yellow dahlia 20 hrs ago #2

A bit more UpInArms 20 hrs ago #3

That's a miscommunication there. Igel 17 hrs ago #18

Just tragic UpInArms 17 hrs ago #19

+1 dalton99a 15 hrs ago #22

We would hope that dispatch would have called the caller back. LeftInTX 1 hr ago #31

unbelievably sad Kali 19 hrs ago #4

Wow SuzyandPuffpuff 19 hrs ago #5

It appears son died first. She was then trapped in the car for quite some time. LisaL 18 hrs ago #11

Horrifying and heartbreaking. pat_k 16 hrs ago #20

tragic Evolve Dammit 19 hrs ago #6

A kind and just society would not tolerate this. Borogove 18 hrs ago #7

So very sad. I suspect that if she was running the car Ilsa 18 hrs ago #8

I don't think they died from carbon monoxide poisoning. LisaL 18 hrs ago #10

A friend once told me Sweet Rosie Red 18 hrs ago #9

always talk to us, Sweet Rosie Red Skittles 18 hrs ago #13

But our billionaires are OK, right? Midnight Writer 18 hrs ago #12

Richest country in the world, my flabby old ass Warpy 18 hrs ago #14

That's exactly it - "the hoarding class," as you put it Alice Kramden 17 hrs ago #16

They had been living in the car for a year. surrealAmerican 17 hrs ago #15

America the Beautiful angrychair 17 hrs ago #17

" Their deaths were ruled weather-related" Javaman 15 hrs ago #21

There are multiple issues here NewEnglandAutumn 9 hrs ago #25

Oh, the call couldn't be traced. However, I wonder if dispatch called the caller back? LeftInTX 1 hr ago #30

Meanwhile, $45 billion for ICE concentration camps, $10 billion for Trump's Board of Peace, etc. etc. dalton99a 15 hrs ago #23

Sometimes I hate this country. n/t Greybnk48 15 hrs ago #24

A pox on our society for failing those in need once again. RockRaven 9 hrs ago #26

if the cops had found them, what would they have done? rampartd 9 hrs ago #27

K&R jfz9580m 5 hrs ago #28

75 years old and a disabled son? OldBaldy1701E 4 hrs ago #29

Terrible tragedy! electric_blue68 1 min ago #32