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TlalocW

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11. This is a fairly common practice

Reply to flamingdem (Original post)

Thu Jul 11, 2013, 11:18 PM

Jul 2013

From politics to sports championships, there has to be a winner and a loser, and no matter what the polls say or the spreads are, t-shirt makers cover both bases and print up both X - Some Sport's Champion 2013 and Y - Some Sport's Champion 2013, not to mention all the t-shirts made up going into an event to cheer on your political favorite or sports team. The excess and the losers are normally donated to third world countries.

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Discarded Romney Campaign Swag Now a Huge Hit in African Villages [View all] flamingdem Jul 2013 OP

Heh Heh . . . Kenya fleur-de-lisa Jul 2013 #1

Too rich, isn't it! n/t customerserviceguy Jul 2013 #9

American discards and excess inventory has killed African clothing makers.... msongs Jul 2013 #2

aren't these being given away, not sold ? JI7 Jul 2013 #5

If someone came into your town customerserviceguy Jul 2013 #16

depends on quality of bread, taste, how much money people have etc JI7 Jul 2013 #19

dumping, & it's done with food, clothing, all basic industries, to kill the development of local HiPointDem Jul 2013 #18

Oh my! JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #3

And cut up they make great rags .... Historic NY Jul 2013 #4

Romney loses and everyone benefits. That's the Universe at work. NightWatcher Jul 2013 #6

Baloney. Bet he took a 20MM dollar tax deduction on that crap elehhhhna Jul 2013 #20

Hahahahahaha Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #7

This is cute. And funny. CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #8

The puffy shirts! Blue Owl Jul 2013 #10

But I don't want to be a pirate! Initech Jul 2013 #12

Next they'll be trying to pawn off Romney/Ryan muffin stumps Blue Owl Jul 2013 #14

This is a fairly common practice TlalocW Jul 2013 #11

collapsing the clothing manufacturing industries in those countries Liberal_in_LA Jul 2013 #13

lol ellisonz Jul 2013 #15

indeed! flamingdem Jul 2013 #21

I'm glad somebody wants them. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #17

"worthless Romney T-shirts after election day 2012" -- they were worthless before then n/t KurtNYC Jul 2013 #22