Wanderthread Redux (Part 1)

Wanderfound · August 30, 2019, 4:18am

Wanderfound · August 30, 2019, 5:59am

Commenting here rather than there in order to avoid annoying people by bringing politics into a lighthearted thread:

This style of competitive gluttony contest is a very distinctively American thing. Although you may occasionally find such events in other countries, they are not common.
The hyperabundance of cheap calories in the USA is fundamentally based in (a) the exploitation of undocumented agricultural labour, and (b) state-funded efforts to keep the working class pacified and apolitical.

Wanderfound · August 30, 2019, 8:20am

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Scott Desnoyers (scottdesno)

@KamalaHarris Kamala I am still waiting to hear why you used my sons story to sell your BULLSHIT plan under the same name of #MedicareForAll I know I asked you, but you also know I asked because I was fighting the FOR PROFIT Insurance industry that yours rewards! twitter.com/SenKamalaHarri…

Kamala Harris @SenKamalaHarris

“My son is gone. That’s my fire. I don’t have anything left of him but this fight for him.” No one should get cut from insurance because they're $20 short. The cost of health care is drowning far too many Americans - it's time we passed Medicare for All. https://t.co/PuOmTsxx0A

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Wanderfound · August 30, 2019, 10:43am

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Wanderfound · August 30, 2019, 12:59pm

Defeating the GOP is only half of the battle.

Wanderfound · August 30, 2019, 1:10pm

Joe Biden painted a vivid scene for the 400 people packed into a college meeting hall. A four-star general had asked the then-vice president to travel to Kunar province in Afghanistan, a dangerous foray into ‘‘godforsaken country’’ to recognize the remarkable heroism of a Navy captain.

Some told him it was too risky, but Biden said he brushed off their concerns. ‘‘We can lose a vice president,’’ he said. ‘‘We can’t lose many more of these kids. Not a joke.’’

The Navy captain, Biden recalled Friday night, had rappelled down a 60-foot ravine under fire and retrieved the body of an American comrade, carrying him on his back. Now the general wanted Biden to pin a Silver Star on the American hero who, despite his bravery, felt like a failure.

‘‘He said, ‘Sir, I don’t want the damn thing!’ ” Biden said, his jaw clenched and his voice rising to a shout. ‘‘’Do not pin it on me, sir! Please, sir. Do not do that! He died. He died!’ ”

The room was silent.

‘‘This is the God’s truth,’’ Biden had said as he told the story. ‘‘My word as a Biden.’’

Except almost every detail in the story appears to be incorrect.

Wanderfound · August 30, 2019, 1:28pm

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Wanderfound · August 30, 2019, 1:47pm

Still not abolition, but a shitload better than the status quo.

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