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CloudWatcher

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72. And consumers have not kept up.

Sun Feb 9, 2020, 02:51 PM

Feb 2020

Part of every high school education should be at least a couple of weeks on how to determine the trustworthiness of their news. It is not intuitive, and Trump being elected has proven that what we have now has failed.

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Trump is not the real problem. [View all] CloudWatcher Feb 2020 OP

Very well written. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #1

Thank you! CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #2

Agreed. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #3

Final defeat? CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #7

By final defeat I mean giving up. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #10

Yes ... CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #12

Trump is the tip of the iceberg... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #4

I agree Butterflylady Feb 2020 #9

Eisenhower was the last honest Republican. He warned of the "Military-Industrial Complex" OMGWTF Feb 2020 #29

For a long time I saw Тяцмр as just an asshole ... Whiskeytide Feb 2020 #78

Agreed. kag Feb 2020 #5

Behind every demagogue there are billionaires funding them. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #6

Yes, income inequality is absurd. CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #13

Hitler went to the German industrialists... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #79

All good points that in the... Snackshack Feb 2020 #8

GOP CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #17

Agreed 100%. Snackshack Feb 2020 #34

DUReced and bookmarked. Very powerful writing! Different Drummer Feb 2020 #11

Thank you :) CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #14

To simplify your inclusive statement--- pangaia Feb 2020 #15

Republicans? CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #20

Yes, republicans. And the whole concept of republicans and what they stand for.. pangaia Feb 2020 #22

Putin, Kim Jong-un, Modi, Bolsonaro, Duterte CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #40

world wide is right.. and it is the 'right' pretty much that is the greater danger, in my opinion... pangaia Feb 2020 #41

Yes, all of us must be in survival mode ... all the time! 42bambi Feb 2020 #77

media for sure, esp right wing hate radio and tv NRaleighLiberal Feb 2020 #16

I'm so old ... CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #18

Yep OldBaldy1701E Feb 2020 #71

And consumers have not kept up. CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #72

You grok well! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 2020 #75

You have to get past the symptoms bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #19

Lol, you're being a tease. CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #26

Amen colsohlibgal Feb 2020 #21

Hate radio. CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #24

hate radio. the root cause, doomed by artificial intelligence as soon as dems stop ignoring it certainot Feb 2020 #60

Excellent post malaise Feb 2020 #23

Thank you! CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #28

Rupert Murdoch The Most Evil Human In History DanieRains Feb 2020 #25

Murdoch is a problem, yes. But .... CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #31

Good list of the evils in this current system. erronis Feb 2020 #27

Yes, a multi-front war. CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #32

It is not coincidental that religion relies on a lot of these things. Mr.Bill Feb 2020 #30

Religion CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #38

No offense taken. I am also an Atheist. Mr.Bill Feb 2020 #39

Churches can do good! CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #47

Too much time has passed since the world wars. Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #33

Thank you for your well written post. Brother Mythos Feb 2020 #35

Thank you! CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #42

Wealthy people who wish to maintain the status quo Yeehah Feb 2020 #36

Wealth CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #45

Trump is the Avatar Liberalhammer Feb 2020 #37

You don't need to tell me to be angry and stay that way. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #43

Yes, I know :) CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #44

Give yourself more credit than that! BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #46

Thank you! CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #50

The real problems have names. We need to name those names. struggle4progress Feb 2020 #48

How do we start? CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #49

Don, Ivanka, Jared, Mitch, William, ... struggle4progress Feb 2020 #52

And we need to fix what has left them in power CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #54

This so reminds me of Steinbeck's words in Grapes of Wrath. ananda Feb 2020 #51

High praise indeed! CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #53

True in some sense. warmfeet Feb 2020 #55

Was discussing, last night, how widely the infection spreads, how DJT is the tip of the boil... Hekate Feb 2020 #56

President Pence? CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #57

It's huge -- the GOP is rotten to the core & the country is deeply split... Hekate Feb 2020 #58

BLAME REPUBLICANS who paved the way for Trump. nt live love laugh Feb 2020 #59

Yes, but ... CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #61

RepubLIEcons created the problems listed live love laugh Feb 2020 #66

The GOP didn't create those problems! CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #67

You are all over the place. live love laugh Feb 2020 #69

One Word: Rider3 Feb 2020 #62

McConnell CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #64

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #63

Knr voteearlyvoteoften Feb 2020 #65

The real problem is as it has always been Republicans in the House, Senate and at cstanleytech Feb 2020 #68

Stop looking for heroes Nature Man Feb 2020 #70

We had all those problems before Trump came to power... kentuck Feb 2020 #73

The thing that gets me most about koolaid drinking Duppers Feb 2020 #74

Excellent! Rorey Feb 2020 #76