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  I still can't believe that this MMA goon tried to sneak into Afghanistan via the Tajikistan border, seemingly on some Rambo-esque solo mission to save Americans from the Taliban after the troops were withdrawn from the area.
context: If you are old enough to remember, that’s the guy who brought a snowball on the senate floor as evidence there’s no such thing as global warming >
  
  There is a video of it for those interested in the article.  What an absolute idiot, asshole and a circus performer for industries. >
  
  Former Republican Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe's Snowball >
  
  It’s frightening but also fascinating how a walking, talking, dirty, yellow snowball like him will retire, proud of his actions and accomplishments to the end of his days, never once feeling an ounce of guilt or shame. >
  
  Also have the best healthcare plan for life taxpayers funded 🤑 >
  
  TBF, he's 87, so we won't be paying more than 10 years, tops.
  *sigh* >
  
  How in the fresh hell are politicians allowed to still be in office at that age? That in itself is a fucking travesty. >
  
  Right? My grandpa is like 80. He's a very smart man. Hard working. Has his flaws like everyone. But there is no way he has the mental capacity left for what it takes to make decisions on that level. >
  
  I'm 81, physically fit, and the mental capacity to do that job. However I have never been comfortable telling lies and making other peoples decisions for them. >
  
  Hey! Glad to know it's possible to stay sharp at that age and also be moral! >
  
  The most surprising thing about this list IMO is how little money it takes to buy off politicians in the most powerful country on earth.
  Seriously fuck the billions of people present and future that will harmed by climate change, here's 500k >
  
  Most of them will do it for $5k. >
  
  Ted cruz pays them probably >
  
  He doesn’t know he’s in an MLM. >
  
  Ted Cruz is a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist? >
  
  Don’t worry he still has some of that Washington snowball saved in his fridge to protect him from reality. >
  
  You mean the discarded ice shaving he picked outside an ice rink?