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An insight on the Trump-Russia connection. - hank - 3/4/2017 12:20:56 AM

When Sessions was in Hell--Out Like Flynn II. - hank - 3/2/2017 2:21:30 PM
- I've heard of novels that "write themselves," but jeez... - mcfly - 3/2/2017 6:33:14 PM
  - All they care about is that big tax break they've been promised. - hank - 3/2/2017 8:07:15 PM

Yemen yadda-yadda - hank - 3/2/2017 12:25:35 AM
- There ARE legitimate issues with this... - RL - 3/2/2017 1:17:01 AM
  - So Trump is a jerk. - hank - 3/2/2017 3:20:42 AM

"Nobody knew health care could be so complicated." - Robert - 2/28/2017 7:27:52 PM
- Its only complicated because... - hank - 2/28/2017 8:43:32 PM

I am sure Trump will speak as loudly about this as he spoke about the fictional Swedish attacks... - RL - 2/26/2017 4:42:24 AM
- I wonder how the Macedonian Youth Press Agency is handling this. - hank - 2/27/2017 11:06:44 PM
  - Why go to Macedonia, we have our own propagandists here to tell us this is no big deal - RL - 2/28/2017 3:11:08 AM
    - There's been a rash of anti-semitic attacks in S Florida - ER - 2/28/2017 4:21:54 AM
      - The bigoted morons have been emboldened by Trump... - RL - 2/28/2017 4:40:46 AM
- The victims were Indians, not from the Middle East. - hank - 2/26/2017 12:01:18 PM

It's quiet. Too quiet. - Robert - 2/27/2017 3:23:13 AM
- Test post - hank - 2/27/2017 3:37:58 AM

The fake news factory. - hank - 2/24/2017 9:54:59 PM
- Cara dura. - ER - 2/26/2017 1:24:58 AM
  - Dude. - TB - 2/26/2017 2:03:20 AM
    - You talkin' to me? - hank - 2/26/2017 2:33:39 AM
- Second followup. - TB - 2/25/2017 10:26:29 PM
  - In teeny, tiny print on the banner of the Buzzfeed article. - hank - 2/26/2017 12:58:33 AM
    - TB just posts the links, you can't expect him to read them too! - RL - 2/26/2017 1:07:04 AM
  - It really is cute to watch you spin... - RL - 2/26/2017 12:47:01 AM
    - You're a little right... Russians probably don't need Macedonian kids with poor English to spread propaganda... - RL - 2/26/2017 1:02:00 AM
- Followup. - TB - 2/25/2017 2:09:59 AM
  - George Soros, eh? - hank - 2/25/2017 3:03:52 AM
    - It's not a "conspiracy" if it's marching down the road with a brass band. :) - TB - 2/25/2017 3:21:38 AM
      - Again, this has been reported on by numerous independent news organizations, the local Macedonian officials acknowledge it is happening and approve of it... - RL - 2/25/2017 3:44:56 AM
        
        He asked about a specific source and possible motivations. - TB - 2/25/2017 5:56:35 AM
        
        You're a spent force here, tb. - mcfly - 2/25/2017 11:15:29 PM
        
        I think its all starting to make sense. - hank - 2/25/2017 4:36:00 AM
      - I did read it. - hank - 2/25/2017 3:35:02 AM
        
        I didn't recognize myself. - TB - 2/25/2017 5:58:14 AM
        
        Years of compromising your ethics and values in order to be a partisan shill will do that to a guy... - RL - 2/25/2017 6:12:08 PM
        
        This administration has appointed more billionaires and almost billionaires than ever before... - RL - 2/25/2017 4:45:09 PM
        
        Let me remind you... - hank - 2/25/2017 2:42:02 PM
  - The Macedonian fake news business is well documented by many sources, TB - RL - 2/25/2017 2:58:26 AM
- Goebbels' Incompleteness Theorem - Robert - 2/25/2017 1:12:50 AM

False Flag Operation... - RL - 2/25/2017 5:44:05 PM

Trump flip-flopping on climate change? - hank - 2/24/2017 6:22:44 PM

Don't you just hate it when the virulent hateful neo-nazi that you have turned into your movement's darling goes and does something that you finally feel is bad? - RL - 2/22/2017 12:46:26 AM

An answer to Robert's serious question. - hank - 2/20/2017 3:07:16 PM
- I'm afraid that wasn't really my question - Robert - 2/20/2017 6:31:53 PM
  - Assumptions are just that. - RobVG - 2/21/2017 5:12:34 AM
  - I don't think Rob is a hardcore Trumpist. - hank - 2/20/2017 6:47:56 PM
    - The role reversal ourobouros - Robert - 2/20/2017 10:06:44 PM
      - "Your last paragraph isn’t entirely clear, " - hank - 2/21/2017 4:54:33 PM
      - The worm turns - hank - 2/21/2017 12:47:22 AM
    - If the roles were reversed - mcfly - 2/20/2017 8:51:59 PM
      - A hypothetical question - Robert - 2/20/2017 9:56:37 PM
        
        I think I've already answered that. - hank - 2/21/2017 12:51:51 AM
  - My questions to Rob in the thread below were as sincere as yours... - RL - 2/20/2017 6:46:17 PM
    - What's sincerity have to do with it? - Robert - 2/20/2017 10:00:21 PM
- On treating disease... - RL - 2/20/2017 6:26:54 PM
  - I keep tellin' you guys, I'm the TRUE Conservative on this forum. - hank - 2/20/2017 7:01:46 PM
    - In that case...Hank 2020!! - mcfly - 2/20/2017 8:54:45 PM

My prayers go out to our Swedish friends in the wake of another senseless act of imaginary terrorism... - RL - 2/19/2017 7:44:57 AM
- I'm surprised you haven't mention his mispronunciation of the word "Chasm". - RobVG - 2/19/2017 7:50:10 PM
  - Serious question - Robert - 2/20/2017 3:25:29 AM
  - There are far to many fuck-ups coming from this cretin and his clusterfuck administration for any human being to catalog... - RL - 2/19/2017 7:58:31 PM
- In the month since Trump was elected we have had 3 terrorist attacks like we have never seen before... - RL - 2/19/2017 7:40:50 PM
  - There's bound to be an Islamic terror attack in the US sometime during the Trump administration. - hank - 2/19/2017 10:27:45 PM
- Coming to a conclusion about why people voted for Trump - mcfly - 2/19/2017 2:43:35 PM
  - I have noticed... - hank - 2/19/2017 4:21:39 PM

Ok, here is what we do- send SEAL team 6 to Canada, kidnap Trudeau... - RL - 2/19/2017 3:02:15 AM
- Trudeau - mcfly - 2/19/2017 2:03:51 PM

The First Propositions of Dictatorship - Robert - 2/19/2017 2:58:56 AM
- The preemptive lie. - hank - 2/19/2017 4:44:29 AM

Did Trump & Flynn engage in heavy vetting? - mcfly - 2/18/2017 8:29:45 AM
- I'm enjoying watching Republicans squirm. - hank - 2/18/2017 2:32:33 PM
  - Everyone that voted for him... - RL - 2/18/2017 6:41:34 PM
    - "They" may be responsible, but "we'll" pay the price. - hank - 2/18/2017 9:45:07 PM

There are two ways to react to Trump's press conference today... - RL - 2/16/2017 10:34:52 PM
- He is off in his own twisted little world... - RL - 2/18/2017 2:33:25 AM
- Even Shep Smith at Fox news is pissed... - RL - 2/17/2017 1:19:32 AM
- And his pick to replace Flynn... Just turned him down. - RL - 2/17/2017 12:30:46 AM
  - Harward called the offer a "Shit Sandwich" - RL - 2/17/2017 2:45:18 AM
    - A "fine tuned" shit sandwich, but a shit sandwich nontheless... - RL - 2/17/2017 3:02:03 AM

Ohhh...This doesn't bode well... - RL - 2/17/2017 10:22:40 PM
- Ladies and gentlemen, the leader of the free world has tweeted again... - RL - 2/17/2017 11:23:17 PM
- Planning to mobilize 100,000 National Guard to round up brown people... - RL - 2/17/2017 10:37:53 PM

A bridge too far? - RL - 2/15/2017 10:43:20 PM
- Unfortunately, it appears the alternate facts universe is in full swing - BuckGalaxy - 2/16/2017 2:18:37 AM
- Nothing to worry about, Russia and the US will be best friends... - RL - 2/15/2017 10:56:00 PM
  - This is all Cold War-type posturing. - ER - 2/16/2017 1:00:45 AM
    - Oh I know... - RL - 2/16/2017 1:05:32 AM
      - When loyalty to their president is confused with loyalty to the country - mcfly - 2/16/2017 6:57:17 PM
        
        Another analog checked off the list. - hank - 2/16/2017 7:58:20 PM

Whaddaya know... illegal immigrants CAN cost Americans their jobs - RL - 2/15/2017 11:42:36 PM

I miss Cable. - hank - 2/15/2017 12:41:57 AM

Trump hires the best people... - RL - 2/14/2017 4:11:57 AM
- So emails on a private server need to be investigated repeatedly, Benghazi needs to be investigated repeatedly ... - RL - 2/14/2017 10:32:16 PM
- Trump's latest addition to the swamp wasn't up to code... - RL - 2/14/2017 4:18:04 AM
  - Acting Attorney General warned Trump Flynn was security risk... - RL - 2/14/2017 4:30:40 AM
    - That little tiny factoid... - hank - 2/14/2017 4:51:03 PM

Really? - podrock - 2/13/2017 4:23:25 AM
- This has been DHS policy for years. - TB - 2/14/2017 9:48:12 PM
- This crap is going to cost our country... - RL - 2/14/2017 1:36:45 AM
  - Well, if I ever need to go back to work... - hank - 2/14/2017 3:24:53 AM

A hole in one - RL - 2/14/2017 1:46:11 AM

For those having a hard time keeping up with the hourly atrocities.... - RL - 2/11/2017 5:02:24 PM
- "They've been hacked! - hank - 2/11/2017 7:54:18 PM
  - works fine for me - RL - 2/11/2017 9:51:26 PM
    - OMIGAWD! I've been hacked! - hank - 2/11/2017 11:27:35 PM

Has America become a cautionary tale? - mcfly - 2/11/2017 8:19:52 AM
- Its an unanticipated phase in the evolution of the middle class. - hank - 2/11/2017 3:23:16 PM

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