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Revenge is a dish best served cold. Iran doesn't actually have to conduct an attack on a Trump property. They just have to make it clear that they could be a target when the time comes in order to get people to avoid staying in them. A direct hit to the pocketbook.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7

Thought for the day:

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs,
it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.

Did Jean Kerr know what troubling times we would see in 2020?

Am I being paranoid? Isn't DJT declaring Jewish folk as nationality something akin to putting a Star on their chests for easier ID? How can this be helpful? Anyone? I am open to reason here....

Had to run from bird site today! The RW bubble is expanding and taking over promising all Dems will be arrested for treason when DJT takes office in 2021. ARGGGHHHH
Hello, Coso! So much more sane over here.

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We venerate veterans and active duty military. We give them special treatment on planes trains and automobiles. Elected representatives genuflect to them every chance they get, and excoriate anybody who does not 100% venerate them.
Admiration is good. Veneration is dysfunctional.
Veneration, by definition, is unconditional and uncritical. It allows for no acknowledgement that we might need to improve or change. It locks in current attitudes. And we know that current attitudes are confused.

Can't seem to stop watching Ken Burns Country Music! It is the history of my family in song. Makes me laugh, makes me cry, makes me happy to be an American Country Girl. pbs.org/kenburns/country-music
A delightful trip through America no matter your music preferences!

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Beto dropped his bid, bless his heart, he’s a good guy, but I am glad.

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@th3j35t3r I have kept my registration as GOP, mainly to sway primary votes a bit farther from the jack boot. But yea, I've been life-long GOP, and volunteered, put up signs, collected signatures, gone door to door with candidates.

I will vote the Dem even if it's the repugnant Bernie.

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US Attorney General Barr just announced that the US Government will reinstate capital punishment at the federal level -- after 16 years without an execution.

I've been waiting for this. I knew it they'd do it sooner or later because, man, there just ain't nothing Christian Conservatives love more than some death penalty.

Besides, how else will we empty the prisons and the camps?

Save the fetuses, kill everybody else. It's the Republican way.

MAGA!

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Robert Mueller's testimony begins now. But Mueller isn't going to say anything that's not in the report. If you're expecting him to do anything other than toss the ball right back at congress to take action, you're going to be disappointed.

No matter WHAT Mueller says, the responsibility for actually DOING anything about it rests with the House.

And the House isn't going to do a fucking thing. They've made that clear.

This is all theater. Nothing more.

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I HATE doing this, but if you didn't GO PRO yet, it'd be awesome if you did. Cuz we, all of us Cosonauts, need to keep this place alive >> counter.social/accmgt/getpro.p

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I’m automatically attracted to beautiful. I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything!
-- Jesus, Book of Trump, Chapter 1: Missionary Style

Everybody say Amen!

Faith and Freedom Conference, and you wonder why I mock religion.

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^^^ Fox prime time averages about 3.1 million viewers. 327 million people in the US. That's about 1% of America watching Fox, and only 58% (even if you add up Fox's top three loaded answers) of that 1% of Americans think the FBI broke the law.

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Dear @th3j35t3r

With no intent to insult or overstep-
By my estimate, between your career, spending time with family, monitoring news/sites, & caring for CoSo (and by extension, us), you get approximately 4 hrs sleep in any given 24 hour cycle. You carry a lot on your shoulders & I thank you.

But, research shows the healthiest adults get 7+ hrs sleep. While most adults I know rarely achieve it, I'd like you to schedule more relax time to try for at least 6 hrs. Please.

~ a worried Chippy

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I've been thinking ... since it's clear the the Constitution doesn't mean anything anymore, and politicians who don't feel like following the law can just ignore it: Obama 2020.

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Can we now all agree that there is actual merit with a person having at the bare minimum, SOME political experience before sitting in the seat of the Presidency?

No more of this business man bull shit, please.

Running this government in regards to domestic and international affairs takes acumen, nuance, diplomacy, strategy, integrit, and a relative understanding of political and military history and of our Constitution.

All the things our current President sorely lacks.

Benjamin Wittes' article in the Atlantic (bit.ly/2JabmzL) referencing AG Barr's job performance. The concluding paragraph:

"In some ways, the only thing scarier than an attorney general who would knowingly and cynically deliver the layers of misinformation Barr has been dishing is one who would do so because he’s all in on a collective delusion."

I subscribe to the [email protected] newsletter because I am masochistic. Today's epistle has 6 paragraphs and each one is a demonstrable lie extracted from rightist articles. I have not see anyone address the stream of lies directly. I would love for someone to do a counter to this publication. Guessing that everyone is so busy fact checking the verbal lies, there is no energy left to bring this to light.

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