The Justice Department ended a deal that had helped fund a solution to the sewage crisis in rural Alabama. “Almost like we are starting all over again,” one activist said.

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    a plastic pipe carries waste from her toilet through her backyard, discarding it outdoors. Three or four times a year, a spell of heavy rain forces the excrement back up into the house.

    what. the. fuck.

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      Aaaaahhhh America, the totally not third world country. Best third world country in the world, though!

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      Well that’s what happens when you vote Republican. You get to smell their bullshit ongoing!

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        The affected people largely did not; it’s their white neighbors who do that so that they can force this kind of living situation onto people who have a darker skin than they do.

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      This sounds bad but it’s not an uncommon problem with septic systems in flood prone areas.

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        Yes, but at least a septic system is underground and functioning most of the time. They’re living with it literally just pumped outdoors. It’s basically an automated chamber pot that’s getting dumped outside.

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    Well, you cant’ get good infrastructure because your black in the bad old days. In modern times, you can’t get repairs, because your black. What amazing progress, says John Roberts.