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Yes, Joe Biden Is Old: 9 Amazing Achievements by People Older Than 77

Because age is just a number... that tells us how incredibly old you are.

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a DNC post election event at the Howard Theater in Washington, DC, USA,

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Updated by Popdust Staff: 7/15/2024

Originally Published: 9/21/2020

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was born on November 20th, 1942.

And Joe Biden is old. He's so old that "Robinette" probably seemed like a reasonable thing to put in the middle of your kid's name back when he was born.

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Everything You Need to Know About DarkSide, Colonial, and the Viral Gas Panic

The Colonial Pipeline is up and running again, but the madness isn't over...

From May 7th through the evening of May 12th, America's largest supply network for gasoline, diesel, heating oil, and jet fuel was shut down.

As of Thursday morning it is back online, though it will take a while for the typical rate of delivery to resume.

Under normal circumstances, the Colonial gas pipeline network is responsible for moving more than 100 million gallons of fuel every day, transporting it from refineries in Texas all the way up to New York, with offshoots all along the eastern seaboard. That's around 45% of the fuel supply for the east coast.

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If Wikipedia Were Honest: American "Democracy"

The shining light of American democracy—a beacon for the world—is actually a smoldering dumpster fire

The roots of America's democracy problem

American "Democracy."

Americans do not live in a democracy.

Right-wing pricks will tell you that's a good thing. They will say that America's founding father's—in their immense wisdom—established the United States as a Republic, not a democracy, specifically to avoid the danger of the unruly masses inflicting their tyrannical will on out-groups and minority populations.

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