"News that's not known, or not known enough." Helen & Harry Highwater's cranky weblog of news and opinion.
We hope y'all enjoy Unknown News, whether you can afford to help or not. If you can afford it, though, every little bit helps, and every kindness is deeply appreciated.
We accept Visa or Mastercard, through PayPal, or you can send a check, money order. We used to accept occasional dollar bills mailed to our PO box, but we grew weary of the death threats and closed the box, sorry.
To use PayPal, click the top green button. You can adjust the amount by changing the 'quantity'.
A few sweet folks contribute every month, and for them we've added the monthly buttons, below. If you
click one of those buttons, whatever amount you
choose will be sent our way, once each month.
It takes money to publish Unknown News. Golly jeepers I hate begging, but sometimes we hear
from people who have the amusing misconception that we're young professionals, or that the site is funded by a grant from the Ford Foundation or the Pew Cheritable Trust or some such. It ain't that way, but the notion does make us laugh.
Unknown News is not tax-deductable, not affiliated with any political party or group, and not cuddly with the likes of MobilExxon or Archer Daniels Midland. We are painfully poor. We're not kidding, and we're not exaggerating. If you're not above giving to charity, we're not above asking for it. Every little bit helps.
We're paying about $50 a month for webhosting and $24.95 a month for an internet dial-up connection. (Yes, there are cheaper alternatives, but we want our website to actually be on-line when you click it, so for this one aspect of our lives we don't scrimp.) Last time I did the math, one dollar kept Unknown News on-line for about ten hours, and ten dollars kept us on-line for about four days.
We try to bring you a regular dose of bad news from reliable sources. If you appreciate the nucklebustin' work that goes into this website, we would greatly appreciate your help.
An important note: If you're poor like we are, if you're worried about making next month's rent or paying next month's bills like we are, then please send nothing. We absolutely don't want to add to your worries.
But if you're not particularly worried about the rent and the bills, then yes, we would appreciate your help.
All funds received go toward ISP, webhosting, and luxuries like a new keyboard without a stickyyy y. If there's ever enough to cover expenses, any hypothetical excess would go toward making this a better website.
Anyone who might think monetary gifts a tad too cold (believe me, you're wrong) is invited to look through our 'wish list,' to find other ways to put smiles on our faces ...
Unknown News has been on-line since 1999. If it suddenly goes dark, that means we're bankrupt or dead, or we've been arrested for unAmericanism, in which case we regret that refunds will probably not be possible. Unless and until one of these things happens, however, we are completely committed to keeping this site up and running, and we appreciate the heck out of everyone who helps.
