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The citizen driver - ER - 1/8/2019 2:37:33 PM

American Theocracy: “a never-ending struggle ... until the rapture.” - RL - 1/4/2019 5:14:47 AM
- The Christian right doesn’t like the president only for his judges. They like his style. - RL - 1/4/2019 5:18:21 AM
  - "This isn’t the religious right we thought we knew." - ER - 1/4/2019 1:46:16 PM
    - Yup... - RL - 1/5/2019 5:12:14 PM
      - There's no reason Protestant Fundamentalism and political conservatism need be connected - ER - 1/5/2019 7:15:56 PM
      - For your reading pleasure: - podrock - 1/5/2019 6:06:56 PM
        
        You've probably noticed, - ER - 1/5/2019 8:10:48 PM
  - Falwell:"A poor person never gave anyone a job. A poor person never gave anybody charity, not of any real volume. It’s just common sense to me." - RL - 1/4/2019 5:22:32 AM
    - How will the brainwashed bumpkins react when it all comes crashing down? Here is some useful reading: "When Prophecy Fails" - RL - 1/4/2019 5:28:10 AM
      - Comic Relief for our play: The Pool Boy and the Hostel - podrock - 1/4/2019 5:33:37 AM
        
        LOL, I had forgotten all about that... - RL - 1/4/2019 5:48:31 AM
        
        Maybe it was a... - RL - 1/5/2019 4:44:22 PM

Checking in on the status of the swamp... - RL - 1/4/2019 5:35:52 AM
- It may be an oversimplification...but... - ER - 1/4/2019 2:11:54 PM

Former Trump club employee says management kept her off Secret Service screening list because she is undocumented - RL - 1/4/2019 5:05:53 AM

Trump gets his history lessons from Putin.... - RL - 1/3/2019 7:46:24 PM
- At last we know the truth! - ER - 1/3/2019 9:46:13 PM

Well, there's at least one thing we can thank Donald Trump for... - ER - 12/31/2018 9:09:07 PM
- Prediction: - podrock - 1/3/2019 1:46:41 AM
  - Maybe you're right. - ER - 1/3/2019 4:47:29 AM
    - of course - podrock - 1/3/2019 5:03:48 AM
- Hillary 2.0 - BuckGalaxy - 1/1/2019 9:17:05 AM
  - Maybe you're right. - ER - 1/1/2019 2:51:37 PM
    - Just saw Warren on TV talking tough - BuckGalaxy - 1/3/2019 4:47:06 AM
      - After 4 years of Trump... - ER - 1/3/2019 4:58:39 AM
- I don't think she should be running... - RL - 1/1/2019 2:20:15 AM
  - Maybe you're right. - ER - 1/1/2019 4:13:33 AM

"Remember this. Throughout the ages some things NEVER get better and NEVER change. You have Walls and you have Wheels. It was ALWAYS that way and it will ALWAYS be that way! " - RL - 1/1/2019 3:02:34 AM

FBI has fake green cards Trump's golf courses gave undocumented workers.... - RL - 12/31/2018 7:19:16 AM
- It makes no difference. Nothing will happen. - ER - 12/31/2018 2:08:47 PM

Videos showing shelter staffers pushing, shoving migrant children under review for possible criminal charges - RL - 12/31/2018 2:23:51 AM

Sleep well...Trump can launch nuclear weapons whenever he wants, with or without Mattis - RL - 12/28/2018 7:12:49 AM
- I've often wondered... - ER - 12/28/2018 4:27:24 PM
  - Devaluing decapitation - Robert - 12/28/2018 10:25:26 PM
    - Boomer babies. - ER - 12/29/2018 3:56:38 AM

Trump lies to our troops... reveals location of SEAL team - RL - 12/27/2018 10:48:00 PM

"Do the Dems realize that most of the people not getting paid are Democrats?" - RL - 12/27/2018 4:16:05 PM
- Do the Reps realize that most of the people not getting laid are Republicans? - ER - 12/27/2018 7:02:41 PM
  - They are painfully aware of it... - RL - 12/27/2018 7:12:57 PM
    - Its sounds unfair, but.... - ER - 12/27/2018 7:27:29 PM
      - Well, republicans always have one option left... - RL - 12/27/2018 10:37:26 PM
- That fits right in with the Randian world-view, the Objectivist Weltanschaung. - ER - 12/27/2018 5:56:28 PM

What's up, Dow? - ER - 12/27/2018 3:24:42 PM

Dow drops another 500 - RL - 12/17/2018 9:42:05 PM
- And in half a day's trading on Xmas eve, down 650 - mcfly - 12/24/2018 7:48:34 PM
  - Up 1100... - RL - 12/26/2018 11:03:57 PM
- It took Trump only two years to destroy... - ER - 12/24/2018 6:42:58 PM
- Let it collapse - BuckGalaxy - 12/20/2018 9:11:14 AM
  - Dow dropped 464... we are now back to where we were in October of 2017... - RL - 12/20/2018 11:28:43 PM
    - Now back to where we were September 1st 2017 - RL - 12/24/2018 4:46:46 PM
    - Another 400+ points down... whew all this winning is getting painful... - RL - 12/21/2018 10:01:48 PM
      - Down 3000 points since Dec. 3rd... - RL - 12/21/2018 10:03:53 PM
  - I know how you feel. - ER - 12/20/2018 5:22:58 PM
- Let it Bleed - ER - 12/17/2018 10:14:41 PM
  - "What do Trump and his ilk make, or sell?"- Not a goddamn thing - RL - 12/17/2018 10:23:39 PM

DONALD TRUMP ASKS CHILD ON CHRISTMAS EVE: 'ARE YOU STILL A BELIEVER IN SANTA? BECAUSE AT 7 IT'S MARGINAL, RIGHT?' - RL - 12/25/2018 4:54:23 AM
- There's an awful lot of people out there... - ER - 12/25/2018 2:31:11 PM
  - And there are a lot of awful people out there... - RL - 12/26/2018 3:46:33 AM

Where are all the UFOs? - ER - 12/26/2018 1:30:57 AM
- Reality has become surreal enough... - RL - 12/26/2018 2:39:11 AM

An 8-year-old migrant has died in U.S. custody on Christmas Day - RL - 12/25/2018 7:15:30 PM

Deimos and Phobos - ER - 12/25/2018 3:10:07 PM

"I am all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal..." - RL - 12/24/2018 5:36:58 PM
- I can hear the ball bearings clicking from here. - ER - 12/24/2018 6:21:22 PM

Mystery company involved in Mueller investigation appeals to Supreme Court - RL - 12/23/2018 5:49:42 AM
- A glimpse into the REAL" Deep State". The Criminal Corporate-Industrial Complex. - ER - 12/23/2018 1:29:57 PM

Mattis is out-in protest over Syria decision - RL - 12/21/2018 1:14:25 AM
- My God! If you've lost Brian Kilmeade... well you haven't lost anything of any value - RL - 12/22/2018 1:39:02 AM
- Mattis' letter of resignation - RL - 12/21/2018 1:16:59 AM
  - Man, read between the lines. What a broadside. - ER - 12/21/2018 7:12:26 PM
    - Anyone with a functioning brain will see it that way. Unfortunately. .. - mcfly - 12/21/2018 9:41:57 PM
      - The idiots that elected him not only severely crippled our nation, they put all humanity in jeopardy... - RL - 12/21/2018 10:07:00 PM
        
        He has the nuclear button - RL - 12/22/2018 3:03:59 PM
        
        This must stop. Trump is a menace to our national security and our democracy - BuckGalaxy - 12/21/2018 11:38:25 PM
        
        Not likely. - ER - 12/21/2018 11:53:16 PM
        
        Trump is more than a teatard - BuckGalaxy - 12/22/2018 12:42:52 AM
        
        I'm not sure I agree with you on this, Buck. - ER - 12/22/2018 2:06:30 AM
        
        I agree in part - BuckGalaxy - 12/22/2018 5:35:51 AM
        
        ...but sometimes it rhymes... - ER - 12/22/2018 4:02:30 PM
        
        I have ZERO faith in the GOP anymore - mcfly - 12/22/2018 1:42:26 AM
        
        You're probably right but - BuckGalaxy - 12/22/2018 5:36:39 AM

Rep. Meadows tells federal employees who won’t get paid during shutdown: "You signed up for this" - RL - 12/22/2018 5:58:51 AM
- Its a culture thing. - ER - 12/22/2018 2:10:04 PM
  - LOL, 'Republican Culture' - RL - 12/22/2018 2:57:25 PM

As bad as all this is, the REAL shitshow is still to come - RL - 12/22/2018 1:16:24 AM

Trump even has issues with corrupt toadies ... - RL - 12/22/2018 12:59:47 AM
- AWKWARD! - RL - 12/22/2018 1:05:28 AM

Conservative talk radio was a hoot today - RL - 12/19/2018 1:08:02 AM
- "Knowing him he will try to cling to his shrinking base and go for a shutdown"- and here we are.... - RL - 12/21/2018 1:26:49 AM
  - "I’m not going to blame you for it…. I will take the mantle of shutting down.” - RL - 12/22/2018 12:11:27 AM

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