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>Seven engineers in India have lost their jobs for building a highway bridge with a 90-degree turn

but the 1001 politicians and bureaucrats who looked at the plans and approved them, instead of stopping construction BEFORE it was built, are all still on the job. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

Anonymous ID: c517aa July 8, 2025, 8:34 p.m. No.23298613 🗄️.is 🔗kun >>8617

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gross distortions are no different than bald-faced lies

Vance was born James Donald Bowman on August 2, 1984, in Middletown, Ohio,[2][3] where he was also raised.[4] He grew up in an Appalachian American culture, spending summers with relatives in Jackson, Kentucky.[5][6][7] His parents are Beverly Carol Aikins (née Vance) and Donald Ray Bowman; they divorced when he was a toddler.[3] Vance wrote in his 2016 book about being of Scots-Irish descent,[7][8] but a 2025 report commissioned by Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party found no genealogical link between him and Ireland.[9]

After Bowman was adopted by his mother's third husband, Bob Hamel, his mother changed his name to James David Hamel to remove his father's first name and surname and to preserve an uncle's first name, David. Vance therefore kept his nickname, JD. His surname changed to hers after her parents became his caretakers.[10][11][12]

Vance has written that his childhood was marked by poverty and abuse, and that his mother struggled with drug addiction.[13] He and his elder sister, Lindsey, were raised primarily by their maternal grandparents, James and Bonnie Vance (née Blanton), whom they called "Papaw" and "Mamaw".[14][10]

After graduating from Middletown High School in 2003, Vance enlisted in the United States Marine Corps,[15] serving as a military journalist with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.[16] During his four years of service, he was deployed to the Iraq War in 2005 for six months in a non-combat role, writing articles and taking photographs.[15] He attained the rank of corporal, and his decorations included the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.[17]

In 2007, Vance left the military and used the G.I. Bill[18][19] to study at Ohio State University.[20] He graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree summa cum laude in political science and philosophy.[21] In 2010, Vance entered Yale Law School,[22] where he won a prestigious position on The Yale Law Journal.[23] During his first year, Professor Amy Chua persuaded Vance to begin writing his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy.[8][24]