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5:30 pm, August 19th, 2021 - 11 comments
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Oh noes!
What a telling juxtaposition. Amid the throes of its Afghanistan retreat, the Biden Administration on Monday announced a giant food-stamp expansion. Democrats are shrinking the U.S. military footprint around the world so they can expand the welfare state at home.
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is increasing benefits by an average of 27% over pre-pandemic levels under the guise of updating its Thrifty Food Plan. This is the basket of foods that the government uses to determine benefit size, which averaged $130 per person monthly before the pandemic. Benefits are adjusted annually for food inflation.
https://archive.li/uq0e9 (wsj)
finally, can't wait for them to leave Germany. They can add the expense of Ramstein Air Force base, and their spy stations to the food parcels for their needy.
As for Afghanistan, there is not a Yankee that gives a flying fuck for the people that they have helped fuck up for the last 40 odd years since the invasion of Russia and the American involvement in creating Osama Bin Laden, the muhadjedin, the warlords and in the end the Taliban.
But yei. The poor get some more processed cheese.
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/four-arrests-at-anti-lockdown-protest-in-auckland
Funny.
Look at the faces. Thick as two shorty planks.
Might be a reference to a protest sign in a 'Father Ted' episode – LOL comedy, imho.
Damn… does this mean the protestors may retain a sense of humour?…
…and may even share my taste in music?…
https://youtu.be/jzYzVMcgWhg
"My Lovely Horse" – classic! Thanks Molly.
Corruption…Navalny nails it.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/19/action-against-corruption-russian-sanctions-oligarchs-alexei-navalny
No problems for Navalny having his voice heard from a Russian prison
Pity Assange doesn't have the same privileges
Navalny was even granted a 3 day conjugal visit in a more comfortable unit in his prison
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/wife-kremlin-critic-navalny-delivers-borsch-cherries-3-day-prison-visit-2021-08-05/
Compare and contrast
one silver lining from the extension of level 4
if you hastily left Auckland on Tuesday heading north to a batch with your boat in tow
hoping you might be able to use it saturday
you will be able to enjoy a further 4 days locked up in your batch
I think the term to apply here might be, LOL