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llmart

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42. I thought something like that might happen after 9/11 but...

Fri Mar 1, 2019, 01:14 PM

Mar 2019

our so-called "leader" of the time told us to go shopping. It did nothing to break the strangle hold on unfettered capitalism. Many Americans believed they had done their part by going out and buying red, white and blue underpants. (Yes, I saw them in the stores a day or two after 9/11.)

I honestly don't know what it will take to wake people up, but I'm quite sure I'll be dead and gone by then.

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The Crap Doesn't Stop - My Head Is Spinning This Morning...... [View all] global1 Mar 2019 OP

K and Arrrrrgh! DontBooVote Mar 2019 #1

*snort* smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #3

Heh-heh. And that's not the category of "Arrrrrgh" you'll hear on Talk Like a Pirate Day! DontBooVote Mar 2019 #5

So not like "Arrrrrgh, gimme rum!" smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #17

Perhaps like nostalgia for the days when "arrrrugula" was a scandal. Marcuse Mar 2019 #40

Yeah, me too. Coffee through the nose! Mr. Evil Mar 2019 #19

Yep, cable news ran videos last night of both the czarina and trump... brush Mar 2019 #2

Doesn't this make Kelly culpable? A party to treason? NT ALBliberal Mar 2019 #14

trump is the actual culprit. He ordered Kelly. brush Mar 2019 #23

Yes to his credit he filed the memo. But it seems to me ALBliberal Mar 2019 #29

He has a military mind. Scruffy1 Mar 2019 #65

Good points ALBliberal Mar 2019 #66

Kushner is probably selling those secrets on his Middle East tour.. HipChick Mar 2019 #4

Probably? Mr. Evil Mar 2019 #20

Is Dr. Evil your brother? CrispyQ Mar 2019 #27

Nah... He just gets all the publicity. Mr. Evil Mar 2019 #41

Scary thought forklift Mar 2019 #25

Exactly what I thought Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #64

I agree 100% ok_cpu Mar 2019 #6

+1 ffr Mar 2019 #8

hahahaha forklift Mar 2019 #26

Looks no different markbark Mar 2019 #56

it's the GOP MOB! Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #35

And it is the GOP that is allowing it to happen. . . . pdsimdars Mar 2019 #7

You have to admit True Blue American Mar 2019 #9

Did you see that story a few weeks ago? pdsimdars Mar 2019 #18

Not surprising True Blue American Mar 2019 #30

Carl Reiner is saying so -- holding on 'til Trump is gone.. Grasswire2 Mar 2019 #43

My mother as well. She's 95. LuckyLib Mar 2019 #58

And the people (citizens) are staying in their bungalows, watching it unfold Grammy23 Mar 2019 #10

Wait till the recession hits. Or when Trump refuses to leave after a Democrat is elected DemocracyMouse Mar 2019 #15

I fully understand True Blue American Mar 2019 #31

We should be filling the email/vmail boxes of every Member of Congress so they're full every day. CrispyQ Mar 2019 #33

Many, many people did this during the Kavanaugh hearings and look where it got us. llmart Mar 2019 #39

It's exactly what Individual 1 and ilk want Dixc Mar 2019 #47

Recession starts soon after Nov 2020 elections at140 Mar 2019 #53

Fat, dumb and happy. Grammy23 Mar 2019 #54

This is the result Dump wants.... dawnie51 Mar 2019 #11

What makes it worse is that each new thing obscures Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2019 #12

you nailed it! nevergiveup Mar 2019 #13

Yep, he's got this entire nation -- every one of us -- swimming in shit. KPN Mar 2019 #16

Take a deep breath and calm down vlyons Mar 2019 #21

Thanks for your calming voice (and perspective) yonder Mar 2019 #46

Remember these two! moonseller66 Mar 2019 #22

Rev. Jeremiah True Blue American Mar 2019 #34

I hear you forklift Mar 2019 #24

At this point you should just assume that anything you can imagine is infact actually going on. Afromania Mar 2019 #28

Taking down the GOP crime family isn't going to be easy, when 2/3rds of the Federal gov & 2/3rd of yaesu Mar 2019 #32

I thought something like that might happen after 9/11 but... llmart Mar 2019 #42

It's beyond comprehension how the Republican party can go along with this... PeeJ52 Mar 2019 #36

Do we even NEED to get to the bottom ? Pluvious Mar 2019 #37

I'm with you! FiveGoodMen Mar 2019 #52

It is a defilement of things I hold sacred Taraman Mar 2019 #38

a review of the powers of the presidency is in order, too Grasswire2 Mar 2019 #44

Oh Yeah! Aussie105 Mar 2019 #69

WWMSMD moondust Mar 2019 #45

There are plenty of crises to cover Taraman Mar 2019 #48

Tell them that. moondust Mar 2019 #50

Spam deleted by MIR Team Hooterville Mar 2019 #49

What lie is he telling about the fact that he interfered? Eliot Rosewater Mar 2019 #51

I fear that the only remedy we will eventually have will be the ballot box in November 2020 jimlup Mar 2019 #55

The ONE thing we CAN do is: calimary Mar 2019 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author standingtall Mar 2019 #59

There is no bottom with him and his corruption. Marie Marie Mar 2019 #60

From Cohen testimony and docs alone, it's plain that Trump is guilty of the same financial crimes yerop Mar 2019 #61

Justice Dept indicted two more on hacked emails 100K to help (now deceased) Peter Smith Linda Ed Mar 2019 #62

it's hard to process, non stop corruption. I tune it out sometimes Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #63

I'm right there with you, Global1 n/t Niagara Mar 2019 #67

"The Crap Doesn't Stop - My Head Is Spinning This Morning" Nitram Mar 2019 #68