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2021-07-02 // day precision

A contractor celebrates a debarment loophole

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

Smiling Bill Cosby reaction image captioned “The face a contractor makes when their debarment is expunged due to a loophole.”
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A Bill Cosby reaction image is captioned as a contractor celebrating debarment being expunged through a loophole. The replies praise the meme’s timing. This is an analogy and contemporary humor; the archive does not treat the caption as a verified debarment case or legal explanation. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments 2021-07-02 — Tim Thulin: Perfectly timed meme 2021-07-02 — Dan Cary — reply in Tim Thulin’s thread: Tim Thulin I’m really proud of myself 2021-07-02 — Timothy Wilhelm: Well played. 2021-07-02 — Tim Thulin — reply in Tim Thulin’s thread: Dan Cary [Reaction GIF not preserved as animation.] Coverage: All 4 displayed comments visible, including two replies. A Tenor reaction was visible but its animation was not preserved; the author’s accompanying text is retained. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.

Topics: Early Years, July 2021, debarment, contractor-relations, current-events-humor, early-years