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Anonymous Coward User ID: 47013645 United States 10/12/2013 03:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mine is working perfectly fine right now and has been. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 48085629 Then again, I support the government and Obama very strongly unlike most of you terrorists! Maybe you want to retract this statement? For a guy who "supports the government very strongly" you certainly just placed the blame for this squarely on their shoulders without an ounce of proof. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 47409575 United States 10/12/2013 03:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | before you keep going on listing states, Quoting: webbyBird ITS ALREADY BEEN SAID NATIONWIDE IN THIS ARTICLE THAT ALSO ADDRESSES THE REASON WHY [link to boston.cbslocal.com] :this1: oh how sweet. CBS has addressed a nationwide concern. How long before the Dems cave with this tactic against their voters? Strong offense play by the Republicans. Dems your move. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 47949035 United States 10/12/2013 03:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | AL Quoting: whiteangel CO FL GA IL IN KY LA MA MD MI MS NJ NY OH OK PA VA WV WA This is just what I have gathered so far, anymore?? Don't know if the card will work in a store, but when youy call the EBT hotline in Maine, you will be told that the system is down, and to call back later. Funny, a few days ago, a little local grocery store that I go to had a sign on the door that they were unable to process debit/credit cards and EBT cards. They were also unable to accept WIC vouchers. Related? or not.... wa is NOT down |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 47925537 United States 10/12/2013 03:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Twitter links. Try all three!! Twitter search 'EBT' - [link to twitter.com (secure)] Twitter search 'Food Stamps' - [link to twitter.com (secure)] Twitter Search 'EBT riots' - [link to twitter.com (secure)] yes, the word 'riot' is already being used. |
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marlborolightsplease User ID: 10598031 United States 10/12/2013 03:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | AL Quoting: whiteangel CA CO FL GA IA IL IN KY LA MA MD MI MS NJ NY OH OK PA VA WV WA This is just what I havBe gathered so far, anymore?? 22 States. Almost half. Sorry, 25 states...my list is not updated. Texas is working just some shithead didn't know her pin number Do we have confirmation of states that are up and running? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30666766 United States 10/12/2013 03:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've been having this feeling lately that I have to store water. My family thinks I'm nuts because now I have been filling and storing milk jugs with water. Maybe I've just been on GLP for too long . This turning off of the EBT card to me is a test. What if they turn off the supply of water to your home next ? How long would you all last ? |
SeriouslyFolks User ID: 14142539 United States 10/12/2013 03:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I just made several calls around the Midwest states: 1. Confirmed down in Cincinnati, Ohio as well. Finneytown Kroger said "satellite is down & EBT is down all over the state". Also "has been down since about 11am". 2. Confirmed UP at Marsh on the west side of Indianapolis, Indiana (this is about 2 hours northwest of Cincinnati), and the manager acted like it was a completely off-the-wall question, and confirmed that it was up & running with no problems. 3. Called the Kroger in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Down for Ohio cards, UP for Indiana cards. The woman there said that they were "having problems with out of state EBT cards, but the in-state cards were working fine." I asked which out-of-state cards, and she said Ohio. I asked about Michigan and she wasn't sure. I asked if she knew what was going on and she said "I called the EBT contact number, and it's all automated... and it basically said 'we can't help you at this time' and hung up on me, haha. So I don't know WHAT is going on... I think some satellites are down or something". 4. Newport, Kentucky (basically part of Cincinnati, but just across the Ohio River). EBT System Down for Ohio and Kentucky. He said people were ok when I asked if any customers were getting upset. 5. Redford, Michigan (Detroit suburb)- DOWN. Said it's been down since around 10AM, and that it was working fine, then just down. She said some people were getting upset, but they still had plenty of customers. Add Alabama [link to blog.al.com] ...same as it ever was |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 48204898 United States 10/12/2013 03:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Also confirming Louisiana. Just got out of the store. The cashier said they called this morning and were told that the whole system is down everywhere. Tech support said they didn't know why but it wasn't on their end. Walmart is honoring $100 sales (can only enter $100 at a time) to a max of $400. Don't know if that is everywhere, but it is in New Orleans on Tchoupotolus. Pay back is a bitch. They shot this video at THAT wally world. I could not step foot in that store for months after their management allowed this glorification of their getting rich off the system. Off the housing projects right off the parking lot of that location. Walmart on the edge of the PJS make it as easy as possible. You live in New Orleans? You ready for what might be about to happen? I can't believe what I just saw...... |
+ DL + User ID: 46315158 United States 10/12/2013 03:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | EBT cards that allow state welfare departments to issue benefits via a magnetically encoded payment strip appear to not be working across the country. Reports from various news agencies and viewers who have contacted News 4 say the cards are being rejected at stores. Many wonder if this has anything to do with the government shutdown and furloughs. However, those same reports say the problem is with the vendor system used to process the transactions and not related to the shutdown. It is not known how long the system will be down. According to a spokesperson for the Mississippi Department of Human Resources, a Xerox facility that handles the card transactions experienced a power outage Saturday morning. The outage caused the cards to be rejected. News 4 has calls into District, Virginia, and Maryland agencies for more information. [link to www.nbcwashington.com] |
cosmicgypsy User ID: 36357210 United States 10/12/2013 03:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I know 2 people working for cash under the table, collecting food stamps, and then buying $200 worth of steaks and selling them for $100 cash to buy their pot. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7032422 I doughy they are the only ones. No, they're not the only ones, but perhaps they could be less of the problem, if you'd do something about it. Why don't you? Seriously, it's not a question asked out of spite, but why? Do you think it would make you a "snitch"? Are you scared they'd find out and harm you? I understand not wanting to be a snitch, it's terribly stigmatic and personal-integrity-challenging. I also understand being frightened of consequences. Nobody wants the shit beat out of them for doing the right thing. I'd also NEVER be down for turning someone in for smoking weed, but welfare fraud isn't just blowin' a little smoke...it's a HUGE problem. Meh, never mind answering. Just be thoughtful about it, knowing that while you're standing by watching it happen, you're as much of the problem as they are. If you're readied to accept that, then there's nothing I can do or say beyond just speaking my mind. And, I'm sorry for getting on you, but the madness of this system has got to be remedied. I don't know how else it's going to get done, if we don't do it ourselves when the opportunity arises. History dictates that nothing will be done otherwise. Last Edited by cosmicgypsy on 10/12/2013 03:41 PM You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. -Buckminster Fuller ...I adapt to the unknown, under wandering stars I've grown, by myself, but not alone... [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] |
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****D4RK*ST4R**** User ID: 37802115 United States 10/12/2013 03:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I just called our local walmart, in Michigan, and they stated no EBT food/cash can be used right now. I asked if it was technical difficulties or due to the government shutdown, they replied, "No comment."! "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." John F. Kennedy |
Nine's User ID: 48054740 United States 10/12/2013 03:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In a catastrophe there will be humans that will do all they can to help those that struggle but you also have those who are filled with fear and hate. Quoting: Quasar Love/kindness vs fear/hate will be here as long as your planet survives... True. The post I was referring to was removed and I deleted mine. Would you please edit yours so that it's not there anymore? Would sure appreciate it. Thanks in advance. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 34906795 United States 10/12/2013 03:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | before you keep going on listing states, Quoting: webbyBird ITS ALREADY BEEN SAID NATIONWIDE IN THIS ARTICLE THAT ALSO ADDRESSES THE REASON WHY [link to boston.cbslocal.com] :this1: oh how sweet. CBS has addressed a nationwide concern. How long before the Dems cave with this tactic against their voters? Strong offense play by the Republicans. Dems your move. Bull crap a glitch or an upgrade, they can't get their story straight and upgrades are never done Saturday mornings. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23755430 United States 10/12/2013 03:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Obama just Absolutely Proved he is the Antichrist! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 48158508 In the book of Daniel in the bible it says the next thing the Antichrist will do to his people is to take away the daily sacrifice, then set up the Abomination of Desolation, MARTIAL LAW! Then he goes to war with his own country! If you actually think that the AoF = martial law, you really need to go back and start from scratch. If not, you need grammar help. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 14091586 United States 10/12/2013 03:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | AL Quoting: whiteangel AZ CA CO FL GA IA IL IN KY LA MA MD ME MI MS NJ NY OH OK PA TN VA WV WA This is just what I have gathered so far, anymore?? I think this is all I have seen mentioned. Like another stated, nationwide. OR. The hippies are already talking about stealing full shopping carts. And you can't go hungry here. But they are pissed. I feel sorry for hood rat grocers right now. |
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deanoZXT User ID: 1287631 United States 10/12/2013 03:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Pretty soon it won't matter who's got what, who's scum for having ebt according to some on here, who's prepped or anything, food is the game changer, and it will affect everyone... I can only imagine what the hungry mobs will be like. Quoting: BULLDOZER -Everything's more awesome when you lean into it. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 7032422 United States 10/12/2013 03:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I pay more in taxes than these people earn so I'm trying to understand all of this. The poor can: Get section 8 housing vouchers Food stamps Free school lunches Free cell phone Free child care Utility discounts Unemployment Am I missing anything ? I must admit it would be hard to go from that to working for a living. My family and i made sacrifices (no vacations, worked hard in school, grew a garden at my inlaws house, etc) knowing that by giving up a little would pay off in the long run. We made good choices and did well and now to be paying for the people we know that partied all the time and dropped out of school is just frustating as hell. I stared to figure out how much i have paid into Unemployment Social Security Federal Tax State Tax Local Tax Property Tax Sales Tax Worker Comp (for my employees) Health care But I had to stop because my blood pressure was getting to high. But I stopped because my blood pressure was getting to high. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1289627 United States 10/12/2013 03:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | before you keep going on listing states, Quoting: webbyBird ITS ALREADY BEEN SAID NATIONWIDE IN THIS ARTICLE THAT ALSO ADDRESSES THE REASON WHY [link to boston.cbslocal.com] :this1: oh how sweet. CBS has addressed a nationwide concern. How long before the Dems cave with this tactic against their voters? Strong offense play by the Republicans. Dems your move. Bull crap a glitch or an upgrade, they can't get their story straight and upgrades are never done Saturday mornings. YES!!! THIS...... |
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Éireann User ID: 48263238 United States 10/12/2013 03:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It couldn't possibly have anything to do with this.... When this stuff happens everyone is focused on the cause and the effect......They never ask WHY!!!.....and, if they do, they never look deep enough... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 9204853 Eric Trist (September 11th, 1909-1993) Trist, a British Scientist, was a disciple of Kurt Lewin, a follower of the teachings of Hegel and Marx, and one of the founders of the T______ck Institute for Human Relations. Trist is credited with expanding upon Lewin's work on "sensitivity training," which many call "political correctness," and is a technique employed to help people better understand the effect they have on others. But his truly devastating work was his work on what he termed "Social Turbulence". THE THEORY OF SOCIAL TURBULENCE Trist's "Theory of Social Turbulence" proposed that the introduction of a series of shocks, or trauma's, to a society, in increasing intensity and frequency, would destabilize the target society and lower the overall reasoning capacity of that society. Trist believed that by around 1963, the world had entered into a period of what he termed "Permanent Social Turbulence" that could be used to manipulate the entire world and remake it to a predetermined condition - a new paradigm. Notice Trist's birthday is September 11th, 1909, and then look at what his theory proposes - introducing a series of shocks or trauma's, to a society, in increasing intensity and frequency, to destabilize the target society and lower the overall reasoning capacity of that society .......COINCIDENCE??? Maybe?? Do you want to know what bugs me the most? That there are actually companies and people like this in the world sitting around figuring this kind of shit out instead of doing something to better humanity! That's just SICK! Eireann~ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. - Galatians 2:20 |
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