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eppur_se_muova

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4. "as the government tries transferring ownership to private markets" AS FORCED BY GOP CONGRESS

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Sat Oct 22, 2022, 07:00 PM

Oct 2022

US has maintained a Strategic Reserve of helium for decades. Idiot Uglicans, recognizing the cost of everything but the value of nothing, as usual, decided to save a few pennies by closing it down, epitomizing the phrase "penny wise, pound foolish".

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The world is running out of helium. Here's why doctors are worried. [View all] Eugene Oct 2022 OP

This has been known for years. Why would anyone depend on pootin? SheltieLover Oct 2022 #1

People thought Pootler was rational Warpy Oct 2022 #2

Russia has never been anything but a terrorist state! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #3

"as the government tries transferring ownership to private markets" AS FORCED BY GOP CONGRESS eppur_se_muova Oct 2022 #4

Helium balloons should never have been allowed. Phoenix61 Oct 2022 #5