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guano_guapo t1_jaopai2 wrote
Reply to Ghana wheelchair tennis players decry lack of support after gunmen attack in Nigeria. by PrincessBananas85
Came here for a synopsis of the article, but since everyone here before me wanted to be assholes, here’s my best go:
The Ghanaian national wheelchair tennis team was confronted by a group of gunmen while traveling at night by bus from Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, to the team’s lodgings in Lagos. The team was unable to afford a hotel in Abuja and was forced to hire a local Nigerian driver as they were not provided enough funding to cover travel expenses. Thankfully, it was this quick thinking driver who saved the team from a possible worse outcome by driving them away from the danger.
Three players were injured in the ordeal, none of them with life-threatening injuries. The team is upset with their own government, who has failed to even provide them with counseling after such a traumatic experience.
"They would never treat our national football team -- the Black Stars -- like this," said assistant head coach Phillip Plange.
guano_guapo t1_j9srbmn wrote
Reply to comment by RagingHeretic in [OC] National Divorce by the Numbers (Politics, Demographics, GDP) by tabthough
This is just an ignorant statement. Texas is the 9th largest economy in the world, and Ohio is 21st, just ahead of Argentina. You’re looking at the other red states that are parasites. But Republicans are busy running Ohio and Texas into the ground.
guano_guapo t1_j9sq1yi wrote
Reply to comment by Competitive-Bit5659 in [OC] National Divorce by the Numbers (Politics, Demographics, GDP) by tabthough
It’s almost like you could even break voting down to the individual level, but neighborhoods is close.
guano_guapo t1_j1oqxnz wrote
How am I supposed to play DDR on something so small?
guano_guapo t1_jegydh7 wrote
Reply to As all Redditors know the acronym TGIF stands for Thank God It's Friday, what would be your own personal acronym for TGIF? by CuriosityOverkill
Tell Germans I’m Fly