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They're more likely to claim the agency knowingly gave $100 million worth of paperclips to the Taliban as part of a Marxist plot.* If you're going to make stuf
by ZeroGravitas 2y ago
They're more likely to claim the agency knowingly gave $100 million worth of paperclips to the Taliban as part of a Marxist plot.*
If you're going to make stuff up, why not go big and viral.
* And yes, if you're not keeping up with the news cycle this is a thing that really happened, just with condoms not paperclips.
- tim333 2y agoYou have to wonder given the Gaza mix up - they saw money going to "gaza" and assumed it was the usual one rather than Gaza, Mozambique - whether they are going to do anything competently. I mean a techy seeing one word on a spreadsheet that looks iffy and putting hundreds of skilled people out of their jobs as a result is not a great way to run things.
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoOne theory is it's a mixup about the Gaza in Mozambique: > According to the HHS grants database, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Mozambique received more than $83m in funding since 2021 for reproductive health projects in two provinces: Inhambane and Gaza.