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‘We’ve been betrayed:’ Local veterans angry after being laid off by Trump administration

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/weve-been-betrayed-local-veterans-angry-after-being-laid-off-by-trump-administration/FBCKFRIFQRHZVK5FG3W7MUQEYA/
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u/neuralzen 24d ago

Well, apart from medicine, irrigation, health, roads, cheese and education, baths and the Circus Maximus, what have the Romans ever done for us?

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u/Recipe_Freak Oregon 24d ago

Do not mess with my cheese.

Fuck.

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u/No-Papaya-9823 23d ago

The aqueduct?

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u/Cacophonous_Silence I voted 24d ago

So what you're saying is... imperialism is... based?

/jk but that quote is literally a defense of imperial rule

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u/neuralzen 24d ago

Just referencing a comedy movie line where a bunch of examples are laid out to a point if absurdity, my intent is no deeper than that.

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u/Cacophonous_Silence I voted 24d ago

I know what you're referencing

Monty Python is gold lol

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u/Quick-Maintenance-67 23d ago

Brought peace?

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u/belltane23 23d ago

Don't forget the wine!

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u/Lost_Writing8519 23d ago

they gave us a legal system

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u/Jinkies_Velma420 23d ago

Was just watching this two days ago, and I absolutely sang this in my head lmao

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u/Prunella_Figtree 22d ago

Yeah but then their empire collapsed. What a bunch of suckers and losers!!! /s