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jmowreader

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21. I suspect that's "cubic yards" which is how mulch is measured

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 05:41 PM

Aug 2025

380 yards of mulch is a shitload.

What I want to know: Some of the DC Army National Guard troops that were called up to do area beautification in the nation's capital (because Trump deported all the people who were doing it, don'tcha know?) are business owners. Every National Guard and Reserve unit has some business owners among its ranks. How is Trump planning to compensate the people who lose their businesses because they got called up to garden, or is he just going to tell them that's too fuckin' bad?

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National Guard spreads 380 cubic tons of mulch in DC [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 OP

What is a cubic ton? Seriously. taxi Aug 2025 #1

Laughing. Yeah, that does kind of stick out. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 #8

1 cubic ton - (40 cubic feet) LeftInTX Aug 2025 #14

Thanks! taxi Aug 2025 #19

I got it from Wikipedia. I used timber. LeftInTX Aug 2025 #22

My First Question Too ProfessorGAC Aug 2025 #24

Thank God! We are all so much safer now!!! n/t Ars Longa Aug 2025 #27

Any chance I can get the National Guard to come to my house? I need some bushes trimmed, invasive vines cut and, Vinca Aug 2025 #2

If the National Guard went to work pulling up English ivy in Rock Creek Park, mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 #9

Is there kudzu there? LeftInTX Aug 2025 #15

That's a lot of crime right there! Jilly_in_VA Aug 2025 #29

I thought this was a euphemism JoseBalow Aug 2025 #3

National Gardensmen: "Always Ready, Always There--With A Rake!" RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Aug 2025 #4

Boy and Girl Scouts could do that GusBob Aug 2025 #5

ABC has already taken the page down bob4460 Aug 2025 #6

It's still on their feed. Those links get lost in their feed. I noticed that yesterdAy. LeftInTX Aug 2025 #17

National Guard Troops Are On Garbage, Gardening and Toilet Cleaning Detail Huh? MrWowWow Aug 2025 #7

Crims are repelled by well manicured gardens and flvegan Aug 2025 #11

Is this the "be all you can be" part of the program? flvegan Aug 2025 #10

Hope they are carrying guns! People steal mulch. yellowcanine Aug 2025 #12

HOW MUCH THIS IS COSTING US!!!!! The TAXPAYERS!!! US!!! niyad Aug 2025 #13

That's not the Guard's job Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #16

Hee-hee..Or make Hegseth do it for free. He seems to like slavery anyway. LeftInTX Aug 2025 #18

When one ForgedCrank Aug 2025 #23

Meanwhile, trump is busy spreading tons of manure. 2MuchNoise Aug 2025 #20

I suspect that's "cubic yards" which is how mulch is measured jmowreader Aug 2025 #21

Fighting crime in DC one weed at a time LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #25

Dems should have made DC a state when they had the chance.....NOW Bread and Circuses Aug 2025 #26

National Guard troopers ordered to deploy in DC have been tasked with spreading mulch in local parks LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #28

What's the going rate for a hotel room in DC? Emile Aug 2025 #30

TRUMP'S SLAVES! Xoan Aug 2025 #31

One thing about trump's regard for the military: it's consistent. (nt) Paladin Aug 2025 #32

trump is stiffing and cheating our national guard personnel LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2025 #33

The Battle of DC LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2025 #34