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Sending you and your people much love and support from this American. I don't care about conflict between my government and yours, but I do care about people being killed and oppressed. Your fight is the same fight every person has been struggling with since we invented kings. I hope you will be victorious.

The US, where we can drop nearly a trillion dollars a year on defense contractors and shareholders, but fuck you if you want basic fucking healthcare in exchange for literally giving your body up for your country.

Never ceases to infuriate me. Of all people, you gotta give injured vets the runaround?! You gotta nickel and dime the guys who got hurt and sick working on that chopper whose individual rotor blades cost more than what you'd spend on a lifetime of healthcare for those same guys?

The VA should be a source of mortifying embarrassment for every American, regardless of your politics.

I was curious what gongo is, so I googled it - here is an explainer for anyone who is wondering the same thing

1) Gongo (rural version)

The grandaddy of illicit alcohol. Banned by the government, but sold under a veil of secrecy from the back room of certain homes, this is a clear white spirit, sometimes referred to generously as ‘gin’.

The locations of gongo joints are given away by the young men lingering outside, ready to raise the alarm should the police stop by. The sound of slurred merriment from within is clearly distinguishable on closer approach.

Gongo is made from scraps of ugali and maize, fermented over several days, and then distilled through a jerry-can of cold water into a soda bottle...

Tasting notes: Hints of ethanol, but surprisingly palatable. Drink neat or with tonic water.

2) Gongo (urban version)

Unscrupulous manufacturers in urban areas have been known to turn a quick buck by mixing ethanol, formaldehyde or other poisons from the bottom of their chemistry sets to bypass the long fermentation process involved in producing gongo.

Tasting notes: Polite refusal is the sensible option. Resulting blindness is not uncommon.

Question about konyagi - I googled that too and it appears to be a store-bought thing rather than home-brewed. Do you buy it or brew your own?

As someone who was hooked on opiates for a while - if she says "a few times", it almost certainly is more than that. There were times when I was at my lowest and feeling like a giant pile of shit, and I would feel torn between admitting my problem to my loved ones or just continuing to hide something that was causing me great pain. It was hard to choose between trying to hide my shame and asking for the help that I knew even then that I needed; this resulted in some half-hearted attempts on my part to reach out without being completely honest about how bad it really was. To me, it sounds like your friend is in the same position. I could be wrong, but in my opinion it might be smart to approach her about it.

I'd love to see traditional Maasai recipes be prepared! I think you'd probably get a lot of attention from the Internet, too.