Tag: Egypt

Further Tales of USAID

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Crime and Punishment, Culture, Economics, elections, government, Law and Justice, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought"2 Comments

Here’s a walk around the USAID headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. Larry is American. https://twitter.com/larrytaunton/status/1888679073418707413?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ The 1/14 means 13 sub-posts under this And then, this popped up. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1888446950501974394?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Media in Russia & Ukraine! Speaking of media: https://twitter.com/roddmartin/status/1888626149699273100?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Is this where you want your tax dollars spent? https://twitter.com/twolfrecovery/status/1888631445545189596?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Many are calling for big tax refunds for American …

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Le Jour de Gloire est Arrive!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg237J9JGxo This past week, Hubby and I were fortunate enough to attend the World Men's Squash Championships in Bellevue, Washington.  He went all week, and I attended the quarter-finals Friday, semi-finals Saturday, and exciting Final match on Sunday.  There were players from all over the world.  South Africa, Egypt, USA, Canada, Finland, Pakistan, England, France, …

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Read The Fine Print! World Hello Day?

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I received an email from a colleague at work today.  It seems that Friday is one of our other employees' birthday, which happens to coincide with "World Hello Day".  I had never heard of the November 21 "special day", but I had to read all the way down to the bottom of the email chain …

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