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Not to mention child labor.

While the U.S. government has acknowledged the risks of tobacco farming, it’s still legal for kids at age 12 to work on a tobacco farm of any size with parental permission, and there’s no minimum age for children to work on small tobacco farms or those owned by family.

“I [still] get headaches and … my stomach hurts,” 16-year-old Elena G., who has worked in tobacco fields since she was 12, told Human Rights Watch. “And like I feel nauseous. … I just feel like my stomach is like rumbling around. I feel like I’m gonna throw up.”

Shit, I mean, at this point what isn’t connected with male sexuality and value as a man?

Better watch out for those queers and their reusable grocery bags.

:dafoe-meme: You know, I’m something of a FAMAE myself.

That´s the second time you´ve brushed off the animal torture aspect of this story. In your scramble to keep a vegan from challenging you, you might just be proving their criticism of you correct.

I tend to be deeply suspicious of surveys, just for some reason my paranoia brain kicks into high gear with them.

Can someone please explain to me why it’s important that I take part in this survey?

Protecting abortion or gay marriage has to wait until after the midterms, but they’re always tripping over themselves to pump more money into the war machine.

It isn’t called the Forgotten War for nothing.

To replace Russian gas, Europe is buying up fuel that used to go to developing countries.

But don’t even think about buying gas from Russia to make up for it, or we’ll coup your leaders and make your economies scream.

Make it permanent!