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10004 Haiku | jllopart

Detrás del muro
se abrigan esperanzas,
y también miedos.

j.ll.folch 28/11/24

Source: 10004 Haiku | jllopart

Opinion: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau serves the public well – Los Angeles Times

Tech moguls might hold a grudge when justice is done, but the 118,101 LendUp customers who received more than $40 million of their money back thanks to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau surely feel differently. Those people are not alone.

Since its creation, the agency has recovered more than $21 billion in restitution and canceled debts for tens of millions of consumers. Recently, in just one week, the bureau returned $1.8 billion to 4 million consumers who had been scammed by a group of credit repair companies scattered across the western United States. Bureau-created protections barring unfair fees, charges and terms for financial products have saved billions more.

 

Source: Opinion: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau serves the public well – Los Angeles Times

♫ Christmas 1914 ♫ (Annual Redux) | Filosofa’s Word

The so-called Christmas Truce of 1914 came only five months after the outbreak of war in Europe and was one of the last examples of the outdated notion of chivalry between enemies in warfare. It was never repeated—future attempts at holiday ceasefires were quashed by officers’ threats of disciplinary action—but it served as heartening proof, however brief, that beneath the brutal clash of weapons, the soldiers’ essential humanity endured.

CHRISTMAS 1914
Mike Harding

Source: ♫ Christmas 1914 ♫ (Annual Redux) | Filosofa’s Word

ग़लती खोजक / Fault-finders

गलतियां जो हर चीज़ में निकालते हैं, ईश्वर में भी वे खोट कोई तलाशते हैं… पर शक की नज़र में वे देख नहीं पाते, पास के सौंदर्य जो दिल को हैं छू जाते… 😞 …

ग़लती खोजक / Fault-finders