10 hours ago, MariaariaM said:

I'm sure the sunk cost fallacy is in full swing: after putting that much money into something it's really hard to admit it was absolutely useless...the quackery center probably felt quite nice while what's going to happen at the hospital (if anything can be done) will likely be unpleasant

Sadly, both of these things are probably true. There's a reason that the quacks run H4C like a spa.

Shalom has been doing an additional ask for $ on social media - why, you can even make a donation directly to Justin's account at the quack center. 

I’m also curious if Liberty, or anyone in her family, is aware of how much VF teachings/christian nationalist/quiverfull bs aligns with with Nazi Germany.

NPR posted an article a few days ago how children in Gaza are dying from their injuries when they could have made a full recovery. Because they have no supplies to treat the wounds, etc. Liberty vaguely tiptoed around the subject in her post. Could you imagine if they took all the money used to celebrate the DDay 80th anniversary and sent supplies to the children in Gaza? But then they would have to forgo the drinking and celebrating. Bert wouldn’t be able to receive the attention and validation she missed out on from her parents as a child.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/05/13/1251016228/rafah-gaza-american-medical-volunteers-hospital

1 hour ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

I don’t think Doug ever really believed the stuff he said. I think he just said all the stuff he thought would get him attention, money, and praise. 

This! That family is full of fakes. If Liberty truly wants to be valiant and courageous, she can walk right up the recruiting office.. they even allow women in special operation positions now! Hell her or any of her siblings! Reminds me of some Jay-Z lyrics “You know the type: loud as a motorbike: but wouldn’t bust a grape in a fruit fight.” 😂

If I were more technologically savvy I would quote the FJ user in regards to how Operation Meatball got its name.. this fits too perfectly (in the most disgusting way possible) with Bert’s facade.

33 minutes ago, Columbia said:

I can't find it in the edition I have, but there's this story from a woman who writes Debi because she's concerned that her husband is watching inappropriate TV shows around the children. This is Debi's answer, so it wouldn't surprise me if suck it up and submit is her response to abandonment as well.
 

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That’s basically the shittiest answer possible. She’s going to leave her husband over a tv show? He’s going to leave her over a tv show? What the fuck? That’s the only possibility? There are SO MANY other ways to fix this problem. I know this was 20 years ago, but taping tv shows was still a things. The wife could have gone out and bought tapes for him to tape his shows. Then he can watch him after the kids go to bed. Or mom could come up with a fun activity every evening while the worst shows were on. Or she could have a fucking conversation with her husband about appropriate tv shows. But just to tell her, “be glad you have a husband.” Is not an answer. It’s that will fix nothing and will make the problems worse. Such a marriage expert that Debi!