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McFatty7 53 points ago +53 / -0

I think the better question is why Apple has 9 million N95 masks stockpiled.

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g0rdy 15 points ago +16 / -1

Ding ding

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Whoopies_tds 2 points ago +2 / -0

Apple announced a donation a few days ago

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nowrongwrong 15 points ago +16 / -1

I can answer this. N95 masks aren't just a medical thing. They are also used by painters and prototypers because it blocks the fine particulates produced by spraying and powder coating.

Apple does a massive amount of in-house prototyping. Virtually everything they have manufactured overseas is first made dozens or even hundreds of times in their design labs (the ones Johnny Ive formerly ran).

Apple is also very "woke" and very much on the side of OHSA and other regulations, and they are headquartered in California which has probably some of the most onerous and strict workplace safety requirements anywhere. I would imagine Apple makes employees put a mask on if they even look in the direction of an unfinished prototype device. Apple's design labs probably go through masks like most regular businesses go through paper towels.

So it makes sense they would have a stockpile, and if they decide to put a pause on product development in order to free up a large amount for a more serious need that also fits in with their corporate image.

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jimmajamma 1 point ago +1 / -0

9 Million.

How's your math work out?

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nowrongwrong 2 points ago +2 / -0

I'd imagine they got a great deal on them and decided to stock up. Apple is a massive company. Don't forget it's not just their direct employees, they hire a shit ton of contractors that need to be outfitted too. Theoretically you need a fresh mask every day, so that ads up if you need this for something ongoing.

Other people have pointed that apparently all the big California corporations bought massive quantities of masks after the last wildfire season because the smoke was so widespread it was causing people to experience symptoms even in areas far away from the fires.

EDIT: Apparently Apple helped source 9 million masks, they didn't actually have them on hand. Likely they put out the word to their manufacturing suppliers.

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jimmajamma 1 point ago +1 / -0

That makes more sense. The math didn't add up.

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EvanOnTheFly 12 points ago +12 / -0

That's Foxconn in China.

Not Apple. Why does Corporate Apple have 9 million masks in the US.

They have 36k employees in California. That 250 masks per CA employee. Yeah...

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OGAmerica 3 points ago +3 / -0

Well, what is going on now is a great example of why you would need it, but they probably have it for something less unusual, like maybe to keep workers safe or an environment sterile.

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bahhumbugger 1 point ago +1 / -0

They are so evil, they probably value the need of a pandemic in good PR and price that in vs a regular charity doanation.

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EvanOnTheFly 3 points ago +3 / -0

Even if all 12 k people in Texas needed masks because of their manufacturing job, that's 750 masks per person.

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Mr_Clit_Beastwood 0 points ago +2 / -2

Oh shit.

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SoCalDaisy 6 points ago +7 / -1

Didn't the President in a previous press conference refer to hoarding of masks...

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HeavyVetting 24 points ago +24 / -0

And they called him xenophobic when he tried to stop people from coming in from China.

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SD_Pede 13 points ago +13 / -0

Well then we're going to need to finish the wall and shut down the entire country until we test a vaccine for 3 years in clinical trial. Ok. I'm down with that.

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thuggishruggishtrump 44 points ago +44 / -0

Damn, he held a two hour town hall earlier AND he's doing a presser? The most transparent president ever.

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try4gain 12 points ago +12 / -0

he got that big dick energy

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NotProgCensored 12 points ago +12 / -0

And he looks great. Better than Monday when everybody looked worn out.

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Spezdrinksassjuice 9 points ago +10 / -1

BuT BiDen iS WinNinG tHe MesSaGe WaR

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commies0ride0free 4 points ago +4 / -0

You’re kidding... is someone really saying that?

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Salt-N-Pepe 3 points ago +3 / -0

But dRumPhf said to use chloroquine NOT hydroxychloroquine! Reeeeeee

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commies0ride0free 3 points ago +3 / -0

I, too, hear someone say something on the news, do NO research and run out and read through the ingredients on every product in my home until I find it, and then take that thing in whatever amount I feel like even if it is aquarium cleaner. I also take it as a preventative even though it’s clearly being used as a Treatment and not a preventative.

And it’s absolutely drumpfs fault when I kill myself doing that.

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uzi5v2 2 points ago +2 / -0

He could livestream his day 24/7/365 and they still wouldn’t give him credit for being transparent.

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Flcentipede 39 points ago +40 / -1

"Is it wise to pack churches on Easter?"

Seriously fuck these satan worshiping pedos.

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HeavyVetting 18 points ago +18 / -0

They hate him for sharing hope.

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BeanieRed 3 points ago +3 / -0

Exactly! He through and end date out there (plus for fun made it Easter just for salt on the wound) and they hate it. They want this thing to go to November.

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rooftoptendie 8 points ago +8 / -0

ikr... thank you Sherlock Holmes now we can all rest easier that you've cracked the case.

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Bt443407 34 points ago +34 / -0

President's approval rating is 49%. Approval handling this crisis is 60%, and is about the same rating (60%) with Independents, per recent Gallup pole. WHEWWWWWW LADS.

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stjdalen 18 points ago +18 / -0

And this is Gallup who infamously had Carter beating Reagan by 8 points prior to the 1980 election. So these are GREAT numbers for Trump

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RonPaulWasRight 11 points ago +11 / -0

Nice.

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Salt-N-Pepe 1 point ago +1 / -0

“Surely orange man is not as good as you purport him to be”

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stjdalen 34 points ago +34 / -0

Isolating N.Y seems like a good idea. Liberals are in favor of draconian methods so they will be happy

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SD_Pede 18 points ago +18 / -0

It was a good idea before Covid19.

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uzi5v2 6 points ago +6 / -0

What’s this Covid19 you speak of? Do you mean CHINESE VIRUS?!

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clueless_expert 3 points ago +3 / -0

They abhor us deplorables out here in fly-over country so they should be good with that.

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debi_birx_scarf 9 points ago +9 / -0

Apparently they never heard of Communion.

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ProdigalPlaneswalker 4 points ago +4 / -0

Someone should tell them it involves getting in line for a share of bread!

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pastaroni 7 points ago +8 / -1

Capitalism, baby!

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pastaroni 6 points ago +7 / -1

Very true.

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HeavyVetting 3 points ago +3 / -0

But the media wants to bad for him to make people do stuff!

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iRubGuacOnMyArmpits 2 points ago +3 / -1

banging on the door

doors are reeecyst!!!! walls are closing in!!!!

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RockyMin 29 points ago +29 / -0

"It takes one person to contaminate a whole county"

Yes, like one New Yorker fleeing to Florida.

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Trumpchoochoo 28 points ago +28 / -0

It's almost like there are 50 different states.

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HeavyVetting 12 points ago +12 / -0

Obummer told me there are 57.

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Mr_Clit_Beastwood 9 points ago +10 / -1

He added the seven Islamic states.

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HeavyVetting 3 points ago +3 / -0

Can't wait for the dems to start getting confused and adding the Mexican ones.

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uzi5v2 2 points ago +2 / -0

They already campaign in them.

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Salt-N-Pepe 1 point ago +1 / -0

Alta California

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thuggishruggishtrump 27 points ago +27 / -0

"Without borders you don't have a nation"

Fucking bingo.

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residue69 4 points ago +4 / -0

Because California sets itself on fire multiple times a year for the federal emergency money.

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EvanOnTheFly 2 points ago +2 / -0

That math means 250 masks per CA employee. That doesn't strike you as odd?

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residue69 1 point ago +1 / -0

A little, but Apple employees have a history of being particular. They used to demand fresh squeezed orange juice.

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BunnyUnderTheBed 2 points ago +2 / -0

I wanna know too.

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Wheredidiputit 23 points ago +23 / -0

Disgusting prestitutes at the end shouting every negative question they could. ENEMY OF THE PEOP.E

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Pomilui 12 points ago +12 / -0

HE REFUSED TO ANSWER MY QUESTION GARBLED WITH THE INAUDIBLE SCREECHING OF 20 OTHERS!!!

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webthing 22 points ago +22 / -0

You need to set goals. Easter is just goal he said that. That gives people hope that's his job.

If that was Obama he would say I don't know when this crisis is going to end.

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kono_hito_wa 13 points ago +13 / -0

If if if if if if if if if this mess I inherited chew soap!

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Salt-N-Pepe 1 point ago +1 / -0

Uh uh uh ah you didn’t cure that

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Pomilui 7 points ago +7 / -0

Bawacko would say "I'm waiting to hear about it in the "News". Whatevs, man. Why do you have a frown."

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paskeezy3000 22 points ago +22 / -0

“It takes one person to contaminate a whole county!” STFU, ya dumb cunt.

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PresidentDonaldTrump 3 points ago +3 / -0

It takes one shit reporter to put an entire nation into hysterics and crash the greatest economy of all time. Oh wait.

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here2red 21 points ago +21 / -0

These guys are hung up on that Easter statement

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HeavyVetting 16 points ago +16 / -0

Trump knows how to get 'em going.

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SkitShowPhrenia 21 points ago +22 / -1

IS IT WISE TO PACK CHURCHES ON EASTER???

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Pomilui 17 points ago +17 / -0

"Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?" Corinthians 1:20

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clueless_expert 7 points ago +7 / -0

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by. Isaiah 26:20

His wrath passed by on Easter!!!

GEOTUS was placed here, in this timeline by God. AMEN!

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samwise 21 points ago +21 / -0

Fuck the media

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OneOfMany_MAGA 20 points ago +20 / -0

Many seem to underestimate the effect that economic devastation will have on health, well being, social stability, and lives of Americans.

They tend to be the people who still have jobs and are not watching their business and everything they have worked for destroyed.

We need a solution that keeps hospitals from being overwhelmed but also allows our nation to have an economy. There has to be a way.

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Isolated_Patriot 7 points ago +7 / -0

15 days to get the medical infrastructure ready to handle it, then end it. Quarantine the elderly and let the young go to work and get sick. We'll all get over it, with a few rough cases here and there. With any luck, we'll keep it out of the nursing homes until immunity has spread.

Our economy will rebound faster than Europe, likely faster than China, which will strengthen it in very short order as all the money in the world is looking to invest in the first place that looks stable.

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lateralus 20 points ago +20 / -0

LOL, that comment at the end... Is it wise to pack churches on Easter? What a moron

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Staatssicherheit 20 points ago +20 / -0

Haha. After the 3 hour marathon question session yesterday, he just walked out. So many questions yesterday were literally retarded.

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45forever 19 points ago +19 / -0

It just seems so damn futile. Do these reporters and azz wipes want a depression? What next starvation? I hate that we are here. I know Pres Trump wins- but damn, we are fighting a whole lot of people who really do want to burn this country down.

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Dsnazzy 7 points ago +7 / -0

They absolutely DO want that....they hate this country and everything it stands for.

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mynamewastaken 19 points ago +19 / -0

Fauci is there?!? But but but but I thought he and Trump HATED each other and weren't working together anymore! It must be Trump's fault!

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Spezdrinksassjuice 7 points ago +9 / -2

EvIL ZdUmpH hAs TaKen HiS FaMilY HoStAgE aNd FoRcInG HiM tO Be tHeRe StUpiD ZdUmPhtard

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HeavyVetting 18 points ago +18 / -0

"Is it wise to pack churches on Easter?" How could anyone know, you idiot? We'll have to see! Damn these people are dumb.

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debi_birx_scarf 18 points ago +19 / -1

Is it right to pack churches during Easter? WTF

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drsowells1fan 18 points ago +18 / -0

I'd love to see him close the briefing with a prayer. Some of the presstitutes might spontaneously combust.

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mightyclaw 5 points ago +5 / -0

Like vampires in sunlight.

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coyote_777 17 points ago +18 / -1

good god I hate the media.

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Spezdrinksassjuice 5 points ago +5 / -0

"HE KEEPS LYYYYYING! ALL HE DOES IS LIE IN THOSE CONFREEENCES"

Never gives any examples of the lies*

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laneybelle 17 points ago +17 / -0

Our soothing VP 😍

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AmazingAlphonseA 3 points ago +3 / -0

Ever pet a fox once? Silky smooth.

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Salt-N-Pepe 3 points ago +3 / -0

What did the fox say?

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Zeizan 3 points ago +3 / -0

Thank you Mr. President

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spezisthedevil 17 points ago +17 / -0

The reeeeeeeeaster bunny should cross this whiny reporter off xis list.

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BunnyUnderTheBed 7 points ago +7 / -0

Outstanding comment.

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thuggishruggishtrump 16 points ago +16 / -0

Fauci: Bitch there are 50 states, what are you? A faggot?

Translated it for yall.

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stjdalen 16 points ago +16 / -0

What I like about Dr. Birx is that she has common sense and practical solutions. Bet it's her army experience. She's not a mad scientist who would have no problem crashing the economy just to get rid of the virus

I trust her

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highenergywinning 1 point ago +2 / -1

she talks like ballsy fraud

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KRosen333 1 point ago +3 / -2

what does that even mean?

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highenergywinning 2 points ago +2 / -0

anti Kavanaugh liar scum bitch christine ford

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Kanxo 3 points ago +4 / -1

I'm cautiously optimistic about Dr. Birx. Time will be the true indicator. I'm betting Dr. Fauci and Trump will be at odds before this is all over though. Corrupt media has him thinking he's now an economist.

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Centipedeboy 16 points ago +16 / -0

TRUMP HAS REMARKABLE ENERGY. TWO HOUR TOWNHALL AND NOW THIS. BIDEN CAN'T MAKE IT 20 MINUTES!

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NotProgCensored 3 points ago +3 / -0

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NADSAQ 7 points ago +7 / -0

Muslims hate Easter Worshippers

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whocaresguy420 6 points ago +6 / -0

Here's Why:

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RonPaulWasRight 15 points ago +17 / -2

MR PRESIDENT WHY DO YOU WANT TO KILL PEOPLE TO BOOST THE STOCK MARKET

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uzi5v2 2 points ago +2 / -0

What’s being said doesn’t fit their narrative.

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Mrsattorney 15 points ago +15 / -0

I'm glad she clarified that the numbers are surging because we are dealing with backlog. Cuomo threw out some misleading data today because of the surge in NY

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Dsnazzy 1 point ago +1 / -0

...as planned

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dakin116 14 points ago +14 / -0

I feel like NYC should be isolated at this point, half of our total cases are coming from there. New Yorkers love to travel.

The Division style?

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dakin116 4 points ago +4 / -0

There's a reason most pandemic media (fiction) is set there

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ChokingOnARedpill 3 points ago +3 / -0

Pshh...Implying most media ISN'T fiction.

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debi_birx_scarf 2 points ago +3 / -1

I flew JFK to Germany on Jan 31st. Lots of Asians at JFK were wearing masks already.

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stjimmy92 2 points ago +2 / -0

They do that anyways.

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YorktownCV5 6 points ago +6 / -0

More like Escape From New York style.

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NotProgCensored 5 points ago +5 / -0

Locked down so tight that Snake Plissken couldn't get out.

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mynamewastaken 5 points ago +5 / -0

Similar to Rush, a talent "on loan from God".

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Spezdrinksassjuice 13 points ago +13 / -0

For leftists it'll be "REEEEASTER"

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Spezdrinksassjuice 12 points ago +13 / -1

ItS oNlY tHe bEsT dAy SinCe 1933! NoT a ReCoRd! ZDUMpH LiEs aGaiN

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lateralus 12 points ago +12 / -0

Here we go again, asking doctors questions about public policy. They are not fucking economists you nitwit reporters.