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Given the nature and extent of America’s ideological schism, all effective public policies should be made in the anticipation that this schism will endure.  Existentially we are no longer one nation.  Rebane Doctrine, 2024.

The mentality of collectivists – progressives, liberals, wokes, socialists, communists, neo-Marxists, … – ranges within a space anchored by insanity, cynicism, and evil. The evidence continues to pour in.  Today we hear leftwing commentators on lamestream media attempting to foster doubt that there was an actual assassination attempt on Donald Trump.  Their cynical cum evil proposals to their ill-informed audiences are that the blood letting was staged and/or was caused by some mysterious shards of broken glass exploding out of somewhere.

As expected, Bumblebrain is out and an even worse choice in Kamala Harris is now undemocratically foisted by the Dem elites as their new standard bearer. (more here)  But everyone knows Kamala will just be the next empty pipe to power for those who have been acting as the administration’s Star Chamber.  She will be a compliant conduit between the leftwing power brokers and the public policies they intend to implement, much like Joe Biden has been during his term.  From my perch I see the political landscape between now and November as a minefield for Republicans, especially Donald Trump.  There will be an opportunity to make countless politically destructive gaffs when shooting from the lip as the campaign really heats up.

[22jul24 update]  POTUS is NOT the hardest job in the world as any casual perusal of history will confirm.  In fact, POTUS may be the most fault tolerant job ever.  For how else do people with no executive experience and a woefully limited knowledge base perform more or less adequately – i.e. they didn’t start WW3?  Almost anyone who reads English can assume the position and make it through with on-the-job training that is amply available to a president.  Since FDR, consider the tenures of Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Obama, and now Biden.

PJ Media is not a credible source of news and information due to its conservative outlook – so again posits one of our leftwing commenters after I cited it above in reference to the ‘undemocratic’ way that the Dems have hoisted Kamala to be their standard bearer.  What I always ask these liberal critics is for the evidence they have to support their assertion.  They can never provide any such backing for their gratuitous conclusion.  This is in opposition to conservatives dunning liberal outlets like NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, PBS as willing shills of the Democratic Party publishing years of unrecanted lies to their audiences.  As evidence just consider their years of ongoing reporting on the Russian election interference, that the border is secure, onset of inflation, Trump instigating insurrection, FBI doctoring FISA evidence, Hunter’s laptop as Russian disinformation, Hillary’s paying for generating the infamous Trump memo, and on and on.  And now we know that the whole cadre of the country’s Left has been covering up and lying about the cognitive breakdown of Joe Biden which has been obvious to Americans during his entire term as POTUS.

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160 responses to “Scattershots – 21jul24 (updated 22jul24)”

  1. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    You are reaching new lows when you rely on Pajama Media as a source for your assumptions. Really George….

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  2. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: psul Emery | 21 July 2024 at 07:15 PM
    The man from National Panhandling Radio and rawsewage.com aficionado is mad about your sources George….
    That’s adorable!

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  3. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    WTF ya po’ ol’ ponytail of ignorance where exactly do you see a citation from pjmedia? or is that just another fevered uttering of terminal TDS Among others –
    “It is a breaking news situation. It couldn’t be more high stakes. And then we’re dealing with Trump, who is such a showman,” said Emily Dreyfuss, director of the News Lab at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center. “All of those things come together to create a perfect environment for conspiracy theories, and for classic conspiracy theories to arise, like, ‘This was staged.’”
    https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/16/business/trump-shooting-assassination-attempt-conspiracy-theories/
    😉

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  4. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    I am not “mad” about George’s sources fish. I just they are kinda irrelevant as a source of legitimate information. I mean why else would they call themselves Pajama Media ?

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  5. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: psul Emery | 21 July 2024 at 08:31 PM
    Well that’s crap Punch and you know it. You’re just not happy unless you’re indignant about something!
    And again….rawsewage.com….!

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  6. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Well that be some deep thinking there po’ ol’ ponytail of ignorance @831 ROFLOL
    😉

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  7. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    I dont know how much better i would with the kakklers claw on the button ben diagrams and such.. –
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/national-review-editorial-board-calls-biden-resign-immediately-scathing-piece-next-logical-step
    😉

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  8. Wayne Hullett Avatar

    “Cackler in Chief”

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  9. Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS Avatar
    Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS

    The Prosecutor vs. the Felon.
    Looking forward to the debate.
    Kamala Derangement Syndrome is epidemic.

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  10. Scott O Avatar

    “Kamala Derangement Syndrome”
    Her incompetency and stupidity have been documented for decades. When she ran in the CA primary she couldn’t do better than a single digit percent with her own party’s vote.
    As Veep, her staff turnover was high and aides reported her “difficult” to work with.
    This has been reported repeatedly in WaPo and NYTs but don’t worry – it’s being worm-holed now and she will emerge as quite the stunning political figure of wit and grace now that she is the top contender for the Dems.
    She has the best qualifications – just ask Willie.

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  11. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Scott O | 22 July 2024 at 07:25 AM
    You can’t get mad at dugsKKKi….he’s just being a good soldier.

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  12. The Estonian Fox Avatar
    The Estonian Fox

    From Jim Kunstler this morn (Only Half Gone):
    “Veep Kamala Harris is elevated to be the putative nominee of the Party of Chaos”
    Looks like Jim mis-appropriated the word. I believe the actual Spanish spelling is PUTA-tive. Maybe he isn’t bi-lingual.

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  13. Scott O Avatar

    “he’s just being a good soldier.”
    fer sure…
    He was a loyal Biden-Butt-Licker pushing the “Joe is sharp as a tack” crap and now he’ll fall in with whatever the latest lie is from the Dems.
    Speaking of Kunstler – I liked this one the best:
    “Most of the other talked-about replacements instantly endorsed her — Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, Pete Buttigieg, et al. — as a convocation of mullahs might bless a goat about to be sacrificed.”

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  14. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Scott O | 22 July 2024 at 08:24 AM
    He was a loyal Biden-Butt-Licker pushing the “Joe is sharp as a tack” crap and now he’ll fall in with whatever the latest lie is from the Dems.

    Yes….the proud members of Nevada City’s Fightin 420th pivoted from “We’re Ridin with Biden” to “Let’s Abandon Brandon” on a dime!

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  15. Scott O Avatar

    fish 8:42 – We really should feel sorry for all the B-B-L’ers – they’re in total shock right now.
    Have you seen all the Dems blubbering on TV? This is what happens when you start to actually believe your own BS. Sad.
    Anyone that didn’t have TDS knew Biden was a senile old tool being rolled out from the basement back when he ran against Trump.

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  16. Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS Avatar
    Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS

    If you are not a Trump lickspittle, you will be booed.
    Ivanka donated to Kamala’s campaign 10 years ago.
    How times have changed.
    Joe Pesce is pounding sand by the seashore now that Magaz don’t have the Bidens to kick around anymore.

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  17. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS | 22 July 2024 at 10:06 AM
    Joe Pesce is pounding sand by the seashore now that Magaz don’t have the Bidens to kick around anymore.

    Maybe a Kickstarter to ease the transition to regular citizen for crooked democrat pols!

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  18. Scott O Avatar

    Hilarious!
    “If you are not a Trump lickspittle, you will be booed.”
    So – where’s the booing? Not hearing it.
    We don’t have to push lies about Trump to support him. Like I have said – wouldn’t vote for Trump in a primary if I were an R, never given him a dime and I find his personality to be obnoxious.

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  19. Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS Avatar
    Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS

    Now who is the old, geezer candidate?
    Most sapient beings would vote for Biden before they would vote for Trump.
    That is why it is hilarious to hear all the conspiracy theories pop up about Hillary and the Obamas controlling the DNC, and it was actually a coup against Biden by the Deep State.
    I don’t know how the Patriot channel on SiriusXM hasn’t been canceled, it is so full of rank bullshit, but like Alex Jones, Fox News, Tucker Carlson, Hannity and the GOP I get that it’s not actually factual it’s just entertainment.
    I thought I would try out News Nation in the morning to see where they’re coming from but it looks like they are trying to be the Fox News alternative. I like Dan Abrams and I thought he was relatively unbiased so I wonder if he has much control over News Nation any longer.

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  20. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Now who is the old, geezer candidate?”
    That’s a funny one. The day after the announcement, the whole TRUMP IS OLD! HE’S THE OLDEST ONE EVAH! meme hit reddit with, well, a bullet.
    Dunno if:
    1) Word came down from DNC mothership to push it.
    2) Everyone thought of this extremely genius idea at once.
    3) It spread organically. People read echo-chamber websites, see a pithy statement that explains their feelz in a nutshell, they pass it on as if it was original.
    Just to salve my curiosity Real MAGA Wives, but which of these is you? I’m genuinely interested in how things spread through the hoi polloi.

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  21. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS | 22 July 2024 at 12:19 PM
    I get that it’s not actually factual it’s just entertainment.

    If it’s just entertainment then why do you care?

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  22. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: Reddit
    Not really worth much beyond being a sort of Consumer Reports of the people plus occasional software fixin’ advice, but if you want political stuff, you got it there.
    While I’m sure that the local ‘progressives’ have lives beyond George’s blog, about all they bring is stuff like this:
    https://old.reddit.com/r/MAGANAZI/
    https://old.reddit.com/r/conservativeterrorism/
    https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/
    kinda boring, really. You can get all you want by just heading to those places. It’s a world where all right is ‘far-right’, anyone who thinks that transgenders are mentally-ill men in dresses is a Nazi, anyone who believes in controlling borders is a Nazi, anyone who is against 3rd trimester abortion is a Nazi, anyone who sounds like Bill Clinton (or Biden) back in the day is a Nazi.
    It’s all so tiresome.
    Personally, I think that someone as hollow, yet as ambitious as Kamala Harris is the perfect President for Pride Town. I’d strongly suggest buying more flags so that in June the whole area could look the Nuremberg Rally. When Stripper Pole Reading Hour is just the thing for the locals’ kids, it’s genuinely a case where The Government and The People deserve each other.

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  23. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    another hot take:
    “I don’t know how the Patriot channel on SiriusXM hasn’t been canceled,”
    So you don’t know how a channel no one here as heard of hasn’t been canceled from a service that no one here has?
    Maybe they ran an advertisement on the unknown channel on the unused service that you just can’t believe. Life is an amazing place to be.

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  24. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “That is why it is hilarious to hear all the conspiracy theories pop up about Hillary and the Obamas controlling the DNC, and it was actually a coup against Biden by the Deep State.”
    I had to re-read that.
    Of course it was a coup. The people voted for Biden, Biden wanted to stay in, the mechanics of party politics allow some elite or the other to side-step the primary elections. What the actionable threats were and by whom is the argument, not that it occurred.
    As observed here: https://graymirror.substack.com/p/more-reflections-on-the-kamala-koup
    US politics is basically The Sopranos writ large. Twas ever thus. The main difference is that government has metastasized to the point where this is all a much bigger deal. You really had to wait until the 20th C. for the machinery of control, regardless of the name of the system or the country involved, to allow a leviathan like this.

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  25. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    (sorry for the logorrhea).
    I must say that I’m blown away that you can have primary elections in a state, with a named person listed, which are then simply replaced willy nilly by some power or the other. It just shows the power of parties over individuals. Once it’s locked in, the person should be on the ballot under any circumstances, perhaps with the exception of demise.
    Perhaps there’s no point in a primary at all, it isn’t like it’s built into the Founders’ documents.

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  26. fish Avatar
    fish

    It would take a heart of stone not to laugh….

    Top Dems threatened to forcibly remove Biden from office unless he resigned, set him up to fail at Trump debate: Sources

    I hope it was a “close friend” that shivved ol Shotgun Joey!
    https://nypost.com/2024/07/22/us-news/top-dems-threatened-to-remove-biden-unless-he-resigned/

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  27. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Given that Democrats are better than Republicans at knocking aside a sitting President, I think they might just deserve the prize here.
    I admit that it’s fun to watch a cult in action. The trick is knowing when to boogie when the flagellants are coming up your driveway.
    https://old.reddit.com/r/millenials/comments/1e89rdv/i_gave_my_republican_parents_an_ultimatum_if_they/

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  28. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: scenes | 22 July 2024 at 02:04 PM
    Greatest comment thread ever….every single comment from a Wojack in a Greek Fisherman’s cap.

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  29. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Careful what you wish for –
    A Harris X/Forbes poll found Trump leading Harris 52 percent to 42 percent among 2,169 likely voters nationally. The survey, taken July 19-21, 2024, was conducted after journalist Mark Halperin’s accurate July 18 report that President Joe Biden would stand down as the presumptive nominee on Sunday amid a behind-the-scenes pressure campaign from his own party.
    https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/07/22/poll-donald-trump-begins-election-against-kamala-harris-with-double-digit-lead/
    😉

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  30. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    DB@2:40PM
    Coin toss regardless of polls.
    Democrats, and particularly Harris, are the products of machine politics. Centralized money/propaganda organizations like that hit above their weight.
    Democrats are dominant in the mechanics of voting. Good ground game, especially with the poor, illegals, dead people, granny in the nursing home. They’ve spent the time and money to take over the voting officials gigs (look at this county).
    A whole buncha people lose money with a Trump victory. He’s not offering to bring in your relatives from overseas, pay off your student loans, give grants to a jillion non-profits, pay for your dick removal surgery, keep the military machine busy overseas.
    School administrations, .gov bureaucracy, media companies are heavily pro-(D) and bring leverage to the table, a combination of censorship and propaganda.
    Personally, I think it’ll be a miracle if Trump wins. If he does, sell all your stock in fire insurance companies.

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  31. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    It will be an easy win for Harris since she’s running against the biggest political loser since the 1800’s. Since his last loss Trump has picked up 34 felony convictions and was found liable for sexual assault of which A jury awarded $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll who was the victim of Trumps sexual abuse. It will be an easy win for sure especially since Trump picked a totally unqualified shrill billy for VP, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, who has only one years experience as Senator which hardly qualifies him to be President if he is called to do so.
    What good news for the Dems,

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  32. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: psul Emery | 22 July 2024 at 03:12 PM
    Powerful political insight from Nevada City’s very own lefty Todd.
    Now here’s Bob with the weather…..

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  33. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    ” JD Vance, who has only one years experience as Senator which hardly qualifies him to be President if he is called to do so.”
    I realize that you’re just jumping in here for shitposting purposes, as the RR Official Troll, but it’s an interesting question.
    Vance: Corporal USMC. Yale Law School. Best selling author. Law clerk for judge and lawyer. Principal at big deal venture capital firms. US Senator for a year.
    Obama: Community organizer. Harvard Law School. Political non-profit guy. Lawyer. State senator. Senator for 3 years.
    Harris: UC Law School. Gubmint attorney. Senator for 4 years.
    I can’t say that I see a lot of difference. But then, I’m not a horrid little man that just shows up and repeats himself.
    Heck, if anything, Trump has the most experience for the job.
    I did like this quote:
    “What happened to the Democratic Party over my lifetime is breathtaking and terrifying. It went from the party of working Americans, to a 2nd corporate party, to a subsidiary of the deep state. It was fully corrupted in phase two, but that doesn’t come close to explaining it now.”
    – Bret Weinstein on X.

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  34. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    scenes
    Add 4 years Vice President to the Harris resume. Also “Gubmint” attorney Harris was her being California State Attorney General for 7 years.
    By the way, what was Trumps qualifications for being President when he ran and won in ’16 ?

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  35. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    I’m just throwing this in to see if she ends up being right.
    https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1815389468410466325
    There’s been a lot of this floating around X, but it might just be an echo chamber.

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  36. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: lefty Todd Emery | 22 July 2024 at 03:47 PM
    By the way, what was Trumps qualifications for being President when he ran and won in ’16 ?

    Speaking of hillbilly……there’s some first rate psul Emery sentence structure!

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  37. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    psul: “unqualified shrill billy”
    Yeah, here we go. The silly naming calling from 80 year old men. I might as well just start invent using some Kamala Harris harlot nickname every 50 posts or so and I’d sound as sophisticated as Ol’ Paul.
    It’s funny how people who sing workin’ man folk songs so rarely have ever worked for a living and have the typical California prejudice against Appalachia. An officer’s offspring making fun of a rural poor kid. It’s kind of sickening.

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  38. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “By the way, what was Trumps qualifications for being President when he ran and won in ’16 ?”
    That doesn’t matter at this point. He’s running for office in 2024 and is the only one who has had the job.
    It’s all OJT anyway. I expect the only people who bring something with them are seriously burrowed-in nomenklatura like LBJ.
    In any case, I think I’ve had it with you. Simply expect insults from now on.

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  39. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    take out invent @3:53. It’s a leftover from the first version which was much more vulgar.

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  40. fish Avatar
    fish

    In any case, I think I’ve had it with you. Simply expect insults from now on.
    Don’t fight it…..! Just enjoy!

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  41. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: scenes | 22 July 2024 at 03:53 PM
    It’s funny how people who sing workin’ man folk songs so rarely have ever worked for a living and have the typical California prejudice against Appalachia.

    Sounds like psul may have a case of Bruce Springsteen syndrome. Maybe we should throw together a telethon….

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  42. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: scenes | 22 July 2024 at 03:47 PM
    There’s been a lot of this floating around X, but it might just be an echo chamber.

    I don’t think it will matter. Having those bony fingers pried off the steering wheel of government (as much as President Brainstem was allowed to actually steer) will probably end him. Having lusted for this for so many years only to have it ripped away in this way will destroy him!
    Time for the 25th before he does anymore damage.

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  43. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    psul: “Add 4 years Vice President to the Harris resume.”
    Why? She’s not running for VP. JD Vance is running for VP. Harris hadn’t been VP before she ran for VP.
    Also notice that I didn’t put ‘President’ in Obama or Trump’s list.
    Is that simple enough for you to understand? Do you get it? Is the syllable count too high?

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  44. Scott O Avatar

    scenes 2:04 From the lil’ darlin’s own post:
    “I warned them: If you vote Trump, you’ll never speak to me again. I do not care if they are on their death bed, they will die alone without their only daughter next to them.”
    Hey – they raised her.
    I’m hoping they replied by way of something like:
    “Is that a threat or a promise?”

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  45. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    scenes
    You apparently don’t understand what a resume is. Here’s a definition
    “A résumé, sometimes spelled resume (or alternatively resumé), is a document created and used by a person to present their background, skills, and accomplishments. Résumés can be used for a variety of reasons, but most often they are used to secure new employment.”
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9
    Do you believe that JD Vance is qualified to be Vice President?

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  46. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    More qualified than 0 was to be prez oh great ponytail of ignorance @633 LOL
    😉

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  47. fish Avatar
    fish

    ”I warned them: If you vote Trump, you’ll never speak to me again. I do not care if they are on their death bed, they will die alone without their only daughter next to them.”
    Sounds like a fair trade to me…..I wouldn’t want to be reminded on my deathbed that I’d raised an idiot.

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