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[The Republican Party is somewhere between somnambulant and dead in the national public forum; and especially so in local politics as confirmed in the pages of The Union.  If our newspaper is any indication, one can readily witness the absence of conservative op-ed voices while the local progressives cum socialists enthusiastically populate those pages with their collectivist TDS screeds and relentless attacks on any conservative who dares call them out for their ignorant critiques that celebrate all things collectivist.  I have long assumed the mantle of conservetarian commentary in The Union, and almost daily take the slings and arrows from the Left for my unabashedly outspoken views.  It’s a lonely battle in these backwoods, and I sure would like some company from the party that supposedly opposes socialism.  Not holding my breath.  gjr]

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  1. fish Avatar
    fish

    “I have long assumed the mantle of conservetarian commentary in The Union, and almost daily take the slings and arrows from the Left for my unabashedly outspoken views.  It’s a lonely battle in these backwoods, and I sure would like some company from the party that supposedly opposes socialism.  Not holding my breath.”

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    “Forget it Jake ….it’s Quainty Town”!

    (Many thanks to Mr. Tozer for coining the term!)

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  2. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    The most corrupt and self dealing administration makes its plans clear …

    destroy the evidence, self deal immunity, keep their dealings hidden …

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    https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trumps-gift-to-the-money-launderers-database-treasury?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=26vbls

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  3. fish Avatar
    fish

    Now that’s just sad…..they’ve gone to “soft focus” in new photos of “Willies Pincushion”! Apparently someone wants her to look younger!

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    Wonder why that might be?

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  4. fish Avatar
    fish

    Sounds like it’s going great Beav………

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    The Dems’ Great White Hope Just Got Humiliated in Michigan

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    https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/08/13/the-dems-great-white-hope-just-got-humiliated-in-michigan-n4956101#google_vignette

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  5. Rebane Avatar

    RH – As usual, do you have a shred of evidence to support your recent spate of naked allegations?

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  6. fish Avatar
    fish

    All they want is a better life…..

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    In just a few days, Ceuta has become worse than a third world country. EU politicians want Europe to become like that too.

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    Dust off and nuke it from orbit….the only way to be sure!

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    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/it-was-destroyed-just-days

    https://x.com/RadioGenoa/status/2087523770567176390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2087523770567176390%7Ctwgr%5Edce205670543178688c4a8d75552e578c3a83033%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fit-was-destroyed-just-days

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  7. fish Avatar
    fish

    Hey! You fuckers finally got your “Great White Shooter (Non Trans edition)” in what something like a decade?

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    Five People killed after Michigan Maniac goes on Bloody Shooting Spree

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    I thought you’d have been here progressively ranting about “gun control” but given that it’s been such an election killer that might explain your silence!

    …well MSN evidently thinks their link is far too important to allow clipping but it’s there if you’re interested (not you Paul Raymond…you should probably have the docent at the library find it for you!).

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  8. fish Avatar
    fish

    ”Did you notice?

    Summer is typically riot season. However, since USAID was defunded, SPLC indicted, and ActBIue being investigated, things have been pretty calm this summer.

    Just saying…”

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  9. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    MAGA Hero is a chicken hawk who favors North Korea

    NEWS: Trump says he has ordered Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, citing his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and calling the drills “hostile.”

    Trump says he is helping North Korea because South Korea refused to join his failed war against Iran.

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  10. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Chicken Hawk has nothing to say to Putin, doesn’t want to upset him…So much for American Greatness – we are a worldwide laughing stock because of MAGA loony tunes

    “A Spanish fighter jet shot down a suspected Russian drone over Romania on Sunday, two days after NATO downed a similar drone over Latvia. Such incursions have become a “near-weekly occurrence,” The Wall Street Journal noted, as Russia and Ukraine escalate their air campaigns: Ukraine launched one of its largest drone attacks on Sunday in its intensifying campaign against logistics targets, disabling the main warehouse of e-commerce company Wildberries, or “Russia’s Amazon,” according to the Russian defense ministry. Pressure is mounting on Russia’s economy, and experts have suggested that President Vladimir Putin could respond by expanding the war: The Kremlin has recruited hundreds of Orthodox priests as intelligence assets in Moldova in a bid to destabilize NATO’s eastern flank, The New York Times reported.”

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  11. fish Avatar
    fish

    BUT BIDEN….!

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    ARRESTED AGAIN🚨

    A drug trafficker who was pardoned by Joe Biden over fentanyl-trafficking charges has been arrested AGAIN for allegedly selling fentanyl. Walter Lee Muhammad made an appearance in federal court on possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances charges in federal court in Georgia.

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    But Biden indeed….

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    It’s probably not fair to take these shots a Shotgun Joey…..he hasn’t known where he was or what he was doing for a decade!

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    Wonder why dug/jeffski is so fond of the brainstem?

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  12. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    While Trump and Little Kim blow kisses to each other, chicken hawk Trump is fine with Russia’s expansion into Libya and says nothing…

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    Libya: Russia Develops Air Base Infrastructure Likely to Secure Military Foothold in North Africa and Sahel https://share.google/jS0hreUWx2J33mqSx

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  13. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Once again, I’m completely gobsmacked.

    “Fire Safe Council Announces Cancelation of Two Major Projects and Office Closure”

    https://yubanet.com/regional/fire-safe-council-announces-cancelation-of-two-major-projects-and-office-closure/

    I suppose that in a place that has an economy based on retirees, non-profits, metastasized government bureaucracy, concert promotion, and coffee shops, the occasional tiny oopsie is bound to happen.

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  14. fish Avatar
    fish

    Truer words never spoken…..

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    For The American Left, Nothing Succeeds As Much As Failure

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    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/american-left-nothing-succeeds-much-failure

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  15. Rebane Avatar

    Fish – That piece by Jonathan Turley nails it. What a horrible record our Left has put in place. It’s definitely worth a read. Thank you.

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  16. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Deadbeat Don gets smacked down again…

    Supreme Court rejects renewed Trump appeal in E. Jean Carroll case
    Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY
    Updated Mon, August 17, 2026 at 6:33 AM PDT
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    WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court rejected for the second time an effort by President Donald Trump to avoid paying more than $5.6 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for sexually abusing and defaming her.

    The court on Aug. 17 declined to reconsider Trump’s appeal of a 2023 jury verdict in a civil suit brought by Carroll.

    Trump had to pay Carroll the $5 million judgment plus interest after the court first rejected his appeal on June 29.

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  17. fish Avatar
    fish

    Deadbeat Don gets smacked down again…

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    He should just take the L and pay the Old Skag to go away! Nobody cares except old queens in Nevada City.

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  18. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “For The American Left, Nothing Succeeds As Much As Failure“

    Oh well, that’s why the local Fightin’ 420th has to complain about Trump so much. California government is run by Democrats as a single-party state. Pride Town is run by left-wing activists. Schools are run by Democrats. Practically all local sign totin’ political stuff is Democrat. The train to nowhere is a Democratic concept. Throwing away zoning rules for tall coastal buildings or leaky trailer rentals behind your house are Democratic notions. Cars that turn off automatically at a stop sign are by the usual suspects.

    Result? There’s nothing to complain about except for Pete Hegseth or Donald Trump or something.

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  19. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    For the MagaLoons nothing succeeds like the failure Trump

    “A memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States, reached in June and intended to provide breathing room to end the conflict between the two countries, expired today. The agreement will be little missed: A cease-fire had effectively ended within about three weeks of its signing, and the MOU had failed to produce fruitful negotiations or a real opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

    The president’s actions in the days leading up to the deadline demonstrate that his approach to the world, always contingent and improvisational, has lost its last shred of coherence. The White House cannot agree on the goals of the Iran war, much less on how to achieve them. The president is clashing with long-standing allies, in conflict with his vice president on the aims of the war, and publicly at odds with uniformed commanders over conditions for American troops stationed abroad”

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  20. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George

    Do you consider the state of our economy better or worse than the one Trump inherited from Biden?

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  21. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Also George why is it that Trump is -22 in the Fox job performance polls? When he took office in Jan 2025 he was + 6 average in all polls

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  22. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Magaloon minions are in awe…

    “To undergird his claim to God’s personal favor for his reign, he goes about looking for dragons to slay in foreign governments, like in Venezuela, Iran, Cuba, Canada and Greenland.

    Any great propagandist of monarchy must convince the people he is the personification of God Almighty, who ably spreads his wings over many lands and provinces.

    Like Jesus himself, he is constantly implementing justice and righteousness wherever he goes and constantly working in the homeland’s best interests, the interests of “America First,” or better yet, “The King’s people first.”

    A final sign of monarchy is that the king is all about the easy pathway to personal glory.

    Money makes everything easy. Trump uses money to get everything he wants. What is hard in politics is using law, education and ethics. If you want something in a monarchy, you just buy it: silence through non-disclosure agreements, jobs in the administration for previous critics, benefits showered on key constituencies before elections.”

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  23. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    “Dear Leader Trump equips the White House with large numbers of gold-gilt objects and furnishings. He oversees the piling up of luxury estates by privileged aristocratic oligarchs and encourages interest-rate gouging of the commoner class to keep them uneducated and disenfranchised.

    He puts his name on whatever public or private building or asset he can find to glorify himself, including cultural and historical landmarks, airports, bridges, arches.

    He also puts his graven image on coins and paper money and whatever internet website, sign, statue and public building he can find to enhance everlasting public worship of his majesty.

    Another sure sign of monarchy is his bestowing upon himself the legal basis of kingship, which says, “The King can do no wrong.” He has accomplished this by making himself immune from prosecution for criminal offenses.

    Another sign is claiming to be the spiritual leader of the nation. Trump’s purposeful donning of papal garb, his criticism of the Pope, his holding up of a Bible outside a church in D.C., and his affinity with the evangelical Christian political movement in America are signs of his spiritual ascendency. For a king to be Lord over all, he must be Lord over the church, as in the case of kings of England asserting “royal supremacy” over the church and appointing the Archbishop of the Church of England.”

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  24. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    “If Americans had eyes to see, they would see the signs of a historical political transformation gripping the country. Donald J. Trump is making a serious attempt to transition the United States to kingship.

    Speaking about his newly refurbished jumbo jet gift from the King of Qatar, he boasted of “a level of luxury nobody has ever seen before.”

    Democracy does not boast of personal regal wealth, but rather of widely distributed wealth.

    Our 47th President has been claiming shares in corporations for his administration and fashioning a public treasury of gold and silver the likes of which not even the monopolistic aristocrats and kings of ancient Egypt, the Orient and medieval Europe have ever seen.

    Accepting pretentious gifts from foreign monarchies itself is a sure sign that he has terminated the “emoluments clause” of the U.S. constitution prohibiting the president from getting rich while in office. He has substituted instead the king’s right to unlimited personal enriching of himself both off the backs of the U.S. citizenry and through bribes from neighborly kings seeking access to those same emoluments.

    President Trump treats the national treasury like a personal checking account, taxing and spending as he pleases.

    Remember the One Big, Beautiful Bill? He uses the Congress like kings in England long used the British Parliament, as a rubber stamp for his personal funding needs and wants. To do this, he usurps the major functions of the Congress and diminishes the power of the federal courts, constantly showing contempt for law and love of personal dictatorial rule.

    He unilaterally makes a billion-dollar upgrade to the East Wing of the White House, effectively turning it into a fortress palace for himself and his dynastic offspring.”

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  25. fish Avatar
    fish

    “If Americans had eyes to see, they would see the signs of a historical political transformation gripping the country. Donald J. Trump is making a serious attempt to transition the United States to kingship.

    Speaking about his newly refurbished jumbo jet gift from the King of Qatar, he boasted of “a level of luxury nobody has ever seen before.”

    Democracy does not boast of personal regal wealth, but rather of widely distributed wealth.

    Our 47th President has been claiming shares in corporations for his administration and fashioning a public treasury of gold and silver the likes of which not even the monopolistic aristocrats and kings of ancient Egypt, the Orient and medieval Europe have ever seen.

    Accepting pretentious gifts from foreign monarchies itself is a sure sign that he has terminated the “emoluments clause” of the U.S. constitution prohibiting the president from getting rich while in office. He has substituted instead the king’s right to unlimited personal enriching of himself both off the backs of the U.S. citizenry and through bribes from neighborly kings seeking access to those same emoluments.

    President Trump treats the national treasury like a personal checking account, taxing and spending as he pleases.

    Remember the One Big, Beautiful Bill? He uses the Congress like kings in England long used the British Parliament, as a rubber stamp for his personal funding needs and wants. To do this, he usurps the major functions of the Congress and diminishes the power of the federal courts, constantly showing contempt for law and love of personal dictatorial rule.

    He unilaterally makes a billion-dollar upgrade to the East Wing of the White House, effectively turning it into a fortress palace for himself and his dynastic offspring.”

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    Wow….way to channel your menopausal neighbor Cheryl Cook!

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  26. Rebane Avatar

    fish – who composed that lengthy piece of utter bullshit?

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  27. fish Avatar
    fish

    I don’t know with certainty George. It is reminiscent of some of the tortured outbursts seen in your local paper from Ms. Cook.

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  28. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Its not like the former dark lard of liberal lament land could ever come up with that crap. Had to be lifted from the talking points for lefties.

    TDS man loves his poles, must be a sexual issue. Did the po ol man see that the dems have hemorrhaged black support over the commies? That poll was proven true in FL, a white jew beat a black socialist in a black majority district and did so handily. Oh ya thanks for giving us a senate seat thanks el siad or whatevr his name is but him and hasan piker podcasting from his mansion are gifts that keep on giving! LOL

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  29. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Putin learns from Iran…

    Huge Russian strikes on Kyiv leave 17 dead as attacks spill over to Romanian and Moldovan territory
    Kosta Gak, Lex Harvey, Lauren Kent, CNN
    Thu, August 20, 2026 at 8:39 AM PDT
    4 min read

    At least 17 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a “massive” Russian attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight and on Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said.

    Attacks also bled into Moldova and Romania on Thursday. Romania said an explosive-laden naval drone believed to have been launched by Russia targeted one of its offshore natural gas projects.

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  30. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Room Temperature IQ MAGA States win worst driver contest!
    -_-_-
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/most-dangerous-states-drivers-study-205239444.html

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  31. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: Putin.

    What a strange medium-sized war that is.

    I think I’ve got some handle on the motives for both sides. It’s oddly well-matched and static. Fer sure we’re only getting a small amount of the information on the thing. The technology being used is changing matters rapidly (should there be another shekel spent on F-35s? Carrier battle groups?). The Ukrainians have been wildly successful at getting different US cohorts to be honorary citizens complete with flags (similar to Israel and anti-Israel folks).

    My working assumption is that a lot of what you hear is BS, and 100% of the op-eds on the matter are BS.

    To the extent that it’s all real, no doubt the comfy people in the EU are a bit worried. Places like Germany appear to have produced countries made up of foreign nationals and unpatriotic citizens and possessing ineffective militaries. I doubt that any of their governments would survive a genuine threat from whatever source.

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  32. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Those will get more gas in the system –

    Judge allows controversial oil company to continue pumping, strips California of oversight

    EPA lets refiners stop the summer blend and go to winter blend now which will put hundis of thousands of gallons on the street now since its easier to make the winter blend so more can be processed each day. WINNING!

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  33. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee
  34. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Legend Trump keeps his thumb in your burger…

    “WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would allow up ‌to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported without impacting tariff quotas as part of a 90-day deal aimed at ⁠lowering prices as U.S. consumers struggle with grocery bills.”

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  35. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    “Of course, this horrid wave of diarrhea-inflicting illness wasn’t dumped from the sky by a crown-sporting octogenarian president zooming around in a fighter jet. But the cyclospora outbreak has prompted revelations over the consequences of the second Trump Administration’s aggressive cuts to the federal workforce. Last year, the lab tasked with identifying parasitic outbreaks was slashed from 11 people to just three, and the swift destruction of the agency USAID, pushed by billionaire Elon Musk’s chaotic Department of Government Efficiency effort, prevented millions of dollars from reaching American public health agencies. That parasite lab, as CNN reported last month, is part of a CDC division that lost out on an earmarked $30 million due to the DOGE-led USAID crusade.”

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  36. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly
  37. Rebane Avatar

    The Left’s universal fall guy – It’s hard to find anything bad online or on the lamestream that isn’t ultimately Trump’s fault. How convenient.

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  38. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Sure, since Trump is responsible for the current state of affairs…

    The Wannabe Fascist never sleeps…

    “The Pentagon on Friday fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, as well as its publisher and a reporter, the editor said. He said he was dismissed for insubordination after an interview he gave that objected to any potential censorship by the U.S. military.

    Erik Slavin, editor-in-chief of the military newspaper that is partly funded by the Pentagon but has a long legacy of editorial independence, told The Associated Press that he and the others had received notices of separation.

    The moves come at a time when the Trump administration, in its second term, has been increasingly aggressive and combative toward the news media — including sharply curtailing Pentagon access for the press corps that covers the Defense Department. Trump or other parts of the executive branch have also, in policy and in the courts, grappled with The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press and The New York Times — in addition to using the FCC to target broadcast networks.

    Slavin said he was being fired “for stating in a CBS interview that hypothetical censorship of news for service members would constitute a red line.” He said he stands by the principle “that Stars and Stripes must remain editorially independent.”

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  39. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    After doing the laundry did Tunic Man cook up some dogs and cats for lunch?

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  40. sierrafoothillsretort Avatar

    The guy complaining was fired for insubordination.

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  41. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Well sierrafoothillsretort the former dark lard of liberal lament land is a one trick pony and thats why he no longer has that website. I heard one of the trump kids bought that domain name! LOL

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  42. fish Avatar
    fish

    Godspeed Dolly Parton!

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  43. fish Avatar
    fish

    Uh oh…..Doris Emerson found the keyboard again and is providing low cost gibberish to your local ….ahem….news source!

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  44. fish Avatar
    fish

    Godspeed Tim Curry!

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  45. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    How is the fat, orange, childish Napoleon doing?
    Trump is so ‘Trelane’

    “Trelane is a powerful, childlike cosmic entity from Star Trek who was first introduced in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “The Squire of Gothos”.
    Played originally by actor William Campbell in 1967, Trelane poses as an 18th-century “squire” on an artificial planet named Gothos.He captures members of the USS Enterprise, including Captain Kirk and Sulu, treating them like living toys in his styled manor.Trelane possesses immense reality-warping powers, though his control initially relied on a hidden mechanical device and his temper is that of a spoiled child.At the end of the episode, powerful, disembodied parents appear, scold him for his cruelty, and take him away.”
    One can only hope they take Trump to the funny farm golf course and country club, where life is beautiful all day long.

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  46. Rebane Avatar

    It appears that Democrats still have nothing more to offer to their “over educated’” constituents than TDS and socialism. Nevertheless, their education has taught them that is all that is required.

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  47. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    It appears that Republicans still have nothing to offer to their “under educated” constituents than lies, BS culture wars, and proto fascism. Nevertheless, the lies, conspiracy theories, and paranoia work for their thought leaders and social media podcasters and bots.

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  48. Rebane Avatar

    RH and his ilk claim that “Donald J. Trump is making a serious attempt to transition the United States to kingship.” They have no shred of evidence for that since all his policies are directed at reducing the govt’s share of GDP, eliminating/reducing the country’s regulatory burder, and in general reducing the size of govt overall. During Trump’s administration the net reduction of govt jobs is somewhere north of 300K; hardly policies on the road to “kingship”. But none of that is covered on the lamestream.

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