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18 Jul 2018, 4:25 am

The trouble with denouncing the media as fake is that when you then post a link on here to show us how fake another media source is it makes you question the one you seem to be relying on to tell the truth.

are they fake or just the ones that you want to be fake? are they all fake? who knows anymore



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18 Jul 2018, 5:57 am

The problem with claiming the news as fake is that the president's a blatant profligate liar.


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18 Jul 2018, 6:13 am

Liar in the light, feel sorry for anyone who can't see it


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21 Jul 2018, 12:40 am

I can't feel sorry for anybody who lets their petty racial/sexual/ableist conceits wreck this country.



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21 Jul 2018, 9:48 pm

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21 Jul 2018, 10:39 pm

auntblabby wrote:
I can't feel sorry for anybody who lets their petty racial/sexual/ableist conceits wreck this country.


Me too!


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21 Jul 2018, 11:11 pm

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Because there's no f*ing point to rolling back EPA regulations; inefficiency isn't conservative at all.


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23 Jul 2018, 9:28 am

I spent close to a month with little to no reading because of eye problems, but now I’m back at it! Update on my completed reading list:

-Trump: The Saga of America’s Most Successful Real Estate Baron (85-unauthorized, by Jerome Tuccille)
-Art of the Deal (87)
-Surviving at the Top
-Art of the Comeback
-The America We Deserve (2000)
-How to Get Rich
-Think Like a Billionaire (04)
-The Way to the Top: The Best Business Advice I Ever Received (I am halfway through this)(04)

The time period that I’m currently in, post 9/11 and during the Appentice years, could be thought of as relatively shallow. I highly recommend the 1985 book for anyone interested, even if you dislike the president. That book has like an outsiders view of the events in Art of the Deal. I suggest Art of the Deal and the 2000 book for anyone who likes the president and wants to hear his values from his own perspective.

For die hard researchers or fans, I suggest also reading The Art Of the Comeback, and the one I’m reading now. Way to the Top is a collection of quotes and short anecdotes from people Trump did business with or knew. It is a sneaky way to read about his true principals, since it is other people espousing them and he is endorsing them by including them in the collection. For example, there are repeated quotes/stories about letting things go and not seeking revenge. I think even a casual observer can see that a trump himself has always sought revenge. But I am now thinking that his inclusion of these items in this book suggests that he acknowledges that it is better to let things go, even if it’s something his personality doesn’t allow him to do himself.

I also plan to include Ivana’s books in my future readings. She seems like a talker, and he gets pretty angry when she talks about him. Which makes me want to see what she says.



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23 Jul 2018, 1:19 pm

Can you say”Ghost Writers”?
https://www.google.com/amp/thehill.com/ ... ooks%3famp


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23 Jul 2018, 10:44 pm

real life is stranger and scarier than any fiction.



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25 Jul 2018, 10:17 pm

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25 Jul 2018, 10:46 pm

in fascism, the next step up from corporate welfare is exemption from the laws that govern the 99%.



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26 Jul 2018, 3:42 am

auntblabby wrote:
in fascism, the next step up from corporate welfare is exemption from the laws that govern the 99%.

Congress is already exempt.
“No law passed shall effect any member of Congress” they also vote unanimously for their pay raises, but democrats care about the people :roll:



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26 Jul 2018, 3:57 am

sly279 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
in fascism, the next step up from corporate welfare is exemption from the laws that govern the 99%.

Congress is already exempt.
“No law passed shall effect any member of Congress” they also vote unanimously for their pay raises, but democrats care about the people :roll:

I am galled by the false equivalency righties apply to the democrats, when In fact it is far more a shades-of-gray thing, in terms of corruption the dems are pikers compared to the banana republicans who have raised fifth column traitorous corruption to a high dark art.



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26 Jul 2018, 10:36 am

sly279 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
in fascism, the next step up from corporate welfare is exemption from the laws that govern the 99%.

Congress is already exempt.
“No law passed shall effect any member of Congress” they also vote unanimously for their pay raises, but democrats care about the people :roll:

Doesn't the constitution mean that pay rises only take effect after the next time they win election?

I do think elected officials should be subject to nearly all laws, except any technical ones which relate directly to their job (parliamentary privilege for example).