Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlM to Bad News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 days agoUS to incinerate 500 tonnes of high-energy biscuits, valued at $793,000, which had been intended to feed 27,000 children in Afghanistan and Pakistan but expired due to USAID shutdownwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down11
arrow-up1180arrow-down1external-linkUS to incinerate 500 tonnes of high-energy biscuits, valued at $793,000, which had been intended to feed 27,000 children in Afghanistan and Pakistan but expired due to USAID shutdownwww.aljazeera.comArthur Besse@lemmy.mlM to Bad News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squarePtsf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-217 days ago500 million to convert the Saudi jet to Af1 all while we’ve got 2 planes already in the works. Approved. No arguments. Already out of the media cycle…
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoNot being a wanker but it’s million, not billion. It’s quite a difference. Like it’s still nonsense just better to be accurate about the level of nonsense. One is fucking stupid money and the other is more than the GDP of Portugal.
minus-squarePtsf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoGood call, didn’t even realize what I’d typed.
500 million to convert the Saudi jet to Af1 all while we’ve got 2 planes already in the works. Approved. No arguments. Already out of the media cycle…
Not being a wanker but it’s million, not billion. It’s quite a difference. Like it’s still nonsense just better to be accurate about the level of nonsense. One is fucking stupid money and the other is more than the GDP of Portugal.
Good call, didn’t even realize what I’d typed.