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No, America paid unimaginable costs in Afghanistan because of defense contractors gouging the federal government in the name of patriotism or capitalism or some other bullshit.

 

buddy on facebook complaining that his 6 year old kid has to wear a mask in school. "this isn't right, this isn't normal"
like it's just a mask bro, i promise your kid doesn't give nearly as much of a shit as you do

 

My almost 13 year old brother does not care at all he’s just happy to be going in person

 

Almost all of the Taliban leaders were part of the Mujahideen as well and did receive a bunch of US funding. And al-Qaeda officially formed while we were still backing them. (There's a hilariously tragic part of Guantanamo Diary where the author basically says "yes I was part of al-Qaeda during the early-90s, but I was fighting the Soviets alongside the Americans and I was literally trained by al-Qaeda on a US military base"). All a very disturbing and rarely talked about part of American history that really led to the wars of the last 20 years. And just another reason to hate Reagan

 

2 year anniversary of this gem:

 

Yep, Nabisco closed its plant in my hometown this year already Nabisco plant in Fair Lawn NJ closing: Oreos, friendships, good pay

 

My sister-in-law was showing symptoms and she took two of these and they were both negative. Then she went to a testing center a few days later and got a positive result.

 

So it sounds like the people who got vaccinated earlier on are first to get a boost. I was done Jan 26. Who knows how long post transplant it’ll be before I get it.

 

I’ll be there Sept. 20th with bells on. My 2nd dose was Jan 6th.

 

my 2nd dose was like july 24

 

Admittedly, it is unbelievably poor messaging when environmentalists talk about "Saving The Planet" because the planet is going exist no matter what. Additionally, people don't care about nature.

The fight against Climate Change is a mission to preserve our species survival and way of life. I think when we phrase it like that, it becomes a lot easier for people to care.

 

Tbh I think one of the most underrated aspects to Americans not caring a lot is the use of Celsius in all the projections. No American knows or cares when they hear 3 degrees Celsius. They couldn’t tell you a damn thing about how much hotter that Earth is. Give it to them in Fahrenheit so they get it.

 

My second dose was April 1st. My third was May 3rd and my 4th was June 10th.

 

Ngl, that's a pretty good line. Damn.

 

Honestly why is the NY gerrymander so important? Places like Georgia, Arizona, NC, and Pennsylvania need it far more. Like we're not instituting Jim crow legislation like in those states.