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2021-10-08 Government Corruption

Wisconsin military base turns into a small city as Afghans await resettlement

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Posted by Besoeker 2021-10-08 10:28|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Ah, The official NPR smiley face stamp.

Posted by ed in texas 2021-10-08 12:24|| 2021-10-08 12:24|| Front Page Top

#2 :-) "a goalie in hijab & jeans!" :-)

How vibrant!
A Gorgeous Mosaic!

Posted by Jinter Panda1230 2021-10-08 13:04|| 2021-10-08 13:04|| Front Page Top

#3 How about they "hope for a better future" in an Muslim country?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-10-08 14:10|| 2021-10-08 14:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Fuck Chris Norrie clap,clap,clap-clap-clap

Posted by Ebbuling Thase3480 2021-10-08 17:29|| 2021-10-08 17:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Nearby, Afghan women hang laundry on chain link fences. Kids play frisbee or scoot by on bikes. Girls walk past hand in hand. Many grown women look out their window in their barracks.

Teach 'em to moonshine and put their cars up on cinder blocks, we can turn them into hillbillies in a generation. I mean, they already got the tribal hill people thing down, they just need to learn the local idiom.

Snark aside, it will be interesting to see how this experiment in cultural transplantation works out. Since humans are involved, the results will be mixed. Probably the usual 80/20 with the weight on the bad side.
My money is still on Boulder for the measles outbreak.

Posted by SteveS 2021-10-08 17:57|| 2021-10-08 17:57|| Front Page Top

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