Yeah so the fat welfare queens can buy steak & lobster and steal other shit and not feed their kids. Then we have to turn around and fund the school lunch program so the kids can actually eat breakfast, lunch and get a snack. Its a fucking racket
The claim ties USAID's shutdown directly to visible power loss across Africa, using satellite night-light imagery as evidence. The images show darkness spreading across regions where USAID funded electricity infrastructure, with the outages tracking in real time as the agency closed.
Or, the USAID was keeping a string of dependent organizations on payroll, the money was shut off, so the organizations went out of business, leases were terminated, and...the lights were turned off.
Can't get at the map. Hard to sort out what is going on. Poor electrical service is an age-old story in that part of Africa. It may well be that what is seen is the flowdown effect: where USAID was paying anyone to do anything, that is no longer happening and the related electricity usage simply went away. Similarly, if people are no longer being paid, they may find it harder to purchase food. (These are factual remarks. Don't mistake them as any apology for USAID.)
I am skeptical that USAID was directly funding electricity. That would have been so tempting for graft, it would simply have flowed into pockets instead of into actual power delivered.
The two notable regions appear to be one arc that rises across Kenya, Uganda, and the DR Congo, and another much smaller arc that seems to go through Mozambique and across the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. That would be curious, in that the region there is presumably served by a very large hydroelectric capability in the Kariba Dam. Which has lately been subject to significant repairs. (Legitimate wear and tear. The splash pond was experiencing erosion from decades of falling water.) Zambia has been low on available electricity for years longer than the USAID defunding. It appears the government in Lusaka is selling the Kariba power to other nations, instead of providing it to its own people. As a result, replacement power (insufficient) is purchased from still other nations. Very perverse. There are solar power installations, but are so puny as to be laughable.
It's not really a matter of technical ineptitude. It is a reflection of the fact that the governments are regarded as feathered nests to be enjoyed, and taking care of the nation's business is secondary, topped off with the usual kickbacks, cronyism, and outright administrative negligence and corruption. Such a happy land...
What the f%$# don't we fund?
Ourselves
Awe SNAP
Oh we fund the shit out of that.
Yeah so the fat welfare queens can buy steak & lobster and steal other shit and not feed their kids. Then we have to turn around and fund the school lunch program so the kids can actually eat breakfast, lunch and get a snack. Its a fucking racket
The claim ties USAID's shutdown directly to visible power loss across Africa, using satellite night-light imagery as evidence. The images show darkness spreading across regions where USAID funded electricity infrastructure, with the outages tracking in real time as the agency closed.
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The sun’ll come out…tomorrow…bet your bottom dollar…not ours…there’ll be sun…
im ok with that
They call themselves countries and yet cannot provide their citizens with electricity or water without us. Hmmmm.
I’m guessing a lot of stuff will get shut down due to lack of funding.
I’m hoping the Q drops about Rothchilds have an auction, selling homes, etc means they have no real $$$ anymore.
That seems more like a liquidity crunch than anything else. They still have a lot of assets on the books and off the books.
Or, the USAID was keeping a string of dependent organizations on payroll, the money was shut off, so the organizations went out of business, leases were terminated, and...the lights were turned off.
Can't get at the map. Hard to sort out what is going on. Poor electrical service is an age-old story in that part of Africa. It may well be that what is seen is the flowdown effect: where USAID was paying anyone to do anything, that is no longer happening and the related electricity usage simply went away. Similarly, if people are no longer being paid, they may find it harder to purchase food. (These are factual remarks. Don't mistake them as any apology for USAID.)
I am skeptical that USAID was directly funding electricity. That would have been so tempting for graft, it would simply have flowed into pockets instead of into actual power delivered.
The two notable regions appear to be one arc that rises across Kenya, Uganda, and the DR Congo, and another much smaller arc that seems to go through Mozambique and across the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. That would be curious, in that the region there is presumably served by a very large hydroelectric capability in the Kariba Dam. Which has lately been subject to significant repairs. (Legitimate wear and tear. The splash pond was experiencing erosion from decades of falling water.) Zambia has been low on available electricity for years longer than the USAID defunding. It appears the government in Lusaka is selling the Kariba power to other nations, instead of providing it to its own people. As a result, replacement power (insufficient) is purchased from still other nations. Very perverse. There are solar power installations, but are so puny as to be laughable.
It's not really a matter of technical ineptitude. It is a reflection of the fact that the governments are regarded as feathered nests to be enjoyed, and taking care of the nation's business is secondary, topped off with the usual kickbacks, cronyism, and outright administrative negligence and corruption. Such a happy land...