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35 killed, dozens missing in Ethiopia garbage dump landslide
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| 8:45 am, Sunday, March 12, 2017
| Elias Meseret
Posted on 03/12/2017 8:52:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Reminds me of the 1966
coal-slag disaster in Aberfan, Wales in which a coal-waste mountain cascaded down, smothering an elementary school and a bunch of houses, killing 16 children and 28 adults.
You can't even see the school in this picture; it is completely covered:
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posted on
03/12/2017 12:46:47 PM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
To: Albion Wilde
I remember when that happened. Terrifying news item.
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posted on
03/12/2017 12:48:24 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both)
To: ransomnote
“Even sadder to read that it’s more affordable to RENT houses in the dump. Someone collects rent on them?!!!”
That’s what I thought too. I’m guessing that the “landlord” has gangs that will go and tear down people’s “homes” that they try to build themselves.
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posted on
03/12/2017 12:56:24 PM PDT
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21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
The horrible thing is that my post was in error: It was 116 children killed, not 16.
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03/12/2017 2:53:31 PM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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