i only heard about this 2 months ago. its been 3 years????
Remember this started because Snyder switched Flint from a freshwater mountain lake to the polluted Flint River simply to allow his wife’s company to use the lake for bottling instead. This is a manufactured crisis of corruption and capitalism.
Also remember that the pipes corroded because they refused to pay for the chemical used to make the water less acidic.
Remember that when the first E. coli outbreak from the water popped up, the city hall was given water coolers by the state, free of charge, all while denying that the water could be unsafe to drink.
Remember that, despite having a huge budget surplus and a “rainy day fund,” set aside that could easily cover the cost of relocating the residents by buying their houses/paying their debt, or could cover a large chunk of the cost of replacing the pipes, the state has decided to continue to only put in the minimal amount of effort.
Remember that flint is majority POC, majority impoverished, and is still being faced with crippling water bills from the Detroit water supply company, where they are often charged $50 a month just to use the service, on top of the cost of their water bill.
Remember that there will now be an entire generation of children who will now be damaged by lead poisoning and damage from the multitude of neurotoxins.
Remember that this is what privatized natural resources looks like. Remember that these people are being punished for having the audacity to dare to be poor in an economy that won’t let them be anything but.
At every level, this has not been a mistake.
The State and City are most upset that people know its happening and are resisting nation-wide.
But if we lose focus they lose even the small amount of aid they’ve managed to get.
This is how they do it. It’s a siege on the public empathy. Eventually we become numb to the problem and despair. Or something bigger happens.
These absolutely stunning towers created of frozen sand were discovered on the shore of Lake Michigan, USA.
Earlier this year, in February, while exploring the shores around St. Joseph, Michigan photographer Joshua Nowicki stumbled onto a bizarre phenomenon. He noticed dozens of small sand towers rising out of the beach and some of them were over a foot tall.
The strange layered sand castles were formed when blasts of wind slowly erode layers of frozen sand, much like how a river might slowly create a canyon.
Nowicki returned later to the same spot to take some more photos, but found that sunny skies were enough to melt them away.
For their part, the Gardner police said in a Facebook post that they thought it was pretty damn funny.
“We would like to sincerely thank the persons responsible as it made our day when we pulled up what we expected to be hundreds of pictures of coyotes, foxes and raccoons. Thank you to the citizens who noticed the cameras. Your effort and sense of humor are greatly appreciated.”
I’d like to think that this is just how people in Kansas naturally behave at night.
a majority of americans do not support the views of trump. rightfully, we should never have to say President Trump. but that’s not how it works. it’s all about how the votes go, and if liberal votes are split, we will lose (source)
I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR:
538 VOTES DECIDED THE 2000 ELECTION.
NOT FIVE THOUSAND. NOT FIFTY THOUSAND.
FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT VOTES.
NO VOTE IS A THROW AWAY VOTE.
PROTEST VOTES, AND HOW MANY THERE ARE, WILL DECIDE IF TRUMP WINS OR IF CLINTON WINS.
EVERY. VOTE. COUNTS.
OHMYGOD, that’s what fivethirtyeight.com’s name significance is. Wow.
I can only put 10 screen shots in this post, but there are 167 more reasons not to vote for Donald Trump.Please do not waste your vote this November by voting for a third party, a write-in, or not at all. Hillary is the best and only option to defeat Donald Trump and to keep the public safe from his horrific attitude toward women and minorities.
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