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allegorical oracle

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10. One year I could see migrants picking tomatoes in the acreage behind my house. They started

Reply to Linda ladeewolf (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:18 PM

Jul 2025

at six in the morning. From six to noon they walked with bushel baskets behind a truck. As they filled their baskets, they would toss them to a guy in the truck, he would gently empty the basket and toss it back to the man on the ground. Their day ended at six that day. Don't think many Medicaid elders would last very long.

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Trump official suggests Medicaid recipients, automation can replace immigrant workers. California farmers disagree [View all] Eugene Jul 2025 OP

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The demographic includes some over 65 on SS as well as Medicaid bucolic_frolic Jul 2025 #13

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I foresee a grade 13.... Hope22 Jul 2025 #16

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Yikes. Torrent63 Jul 2025 #4

Moron. BurnDoubt Jul 2025 #5

Another brilliant idea by these "Know Nothings" kentuck Jul 2025 #6

Usually, bullshit republican 'tax breaks for billionaire' bills louis-t Jul 2025 #7

Anybody else see people in wheelchairs Linda ladeewolf Jul 2025 #8

One year I could see migrants picking tomatoes in the acreage behind my house. They started allegorical oracle Jul 2025 #10

They'd be done in less than half an hour wolfie001 Jul 2025 #15

Republicans are dumbfucks who live in their own reality. Good luck getting a bunch of babies and old folks to slave away Karasu Jul 2025 #9

When the cult leader finds terms like "groceries" to be an odd word... EarthFirst Jul 2025 #11

Bloated imbecile hasn't thought about picking raspberries wolfie001 Jul 2025 #14