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moondust

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14. Biggest farce ever?

Wed Feb 26, 2020, 08:34 PM

Feb 2020

How does this compare to Nero fiddling while Rome burned?

Hey everybody, let's hire the Bankruptcy King to manage the federal budget and Treasury! What could possibly go wrong?!

If he knows more than the generals I'll bet he knows more than the doctors, too! Let's ask him what we should do about a global pandemic! He's an "outsider" so he knows it all! Let's give him the nuclear codes!

Then let's grab everybody by the arm and jump out of this airplane at 30,000 feet! We'll just land on a haystack! What fun it will be to tell everyb...

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I'm convinced I must have died [View all] maxrandb Feb 2020 OP

yep. More than three years of daily, utter disbelief NRaleighLiberal Feb 2020 #1

indeed Celerity Feb 2020 #5

That's very hypnotic. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #15

Here is a bright spot, Scarsdale Feb 2020 #55

I didn't see that. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #57

The clip of Klink and Schultz is Scarsdale Feb 2020 #58

I don't have it on video. It's from a Greatest Hits package on CD. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #59

CaptYossarian, Thanks for reminding me about the song "Give a Damn" Doc_Technical Feb 2020 #64

My iPod has a channel I created called "Lefty". CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #76

Werner Klemperer's father Otto Harker Feb 2020 #74

same utopian Feb 2020 #11

We are in Hell. n/t 5X Feb 2020 #2

I couldn't believe it when W was selected Rorey Feb 2020 #3

key is "almost". only trump's horridness could have such an effect! NRaleighLiberal Feb 2020 #7

I don't feel as bad when I see him with Michelle Obama. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #18

I thought I'd never say this Squidly Feb 2020 #61

Stupid and nice TRUMPS stupid and evil anytime. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #62

Shaved golden retriever ass deserves applause 👏. Funtatlaguy Feb 2020 #4

agreed. most apt line I've heard all day. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2020 #6

It's actually from experience maxrandb Feb 2020 #8

That was a little TMI while I was eating chocolate. Lol. Funtatlaguy Feb 2020 #10

Three Mile Island? CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #22

Also known as dogbutt meltdown - highly radioactive (nt) klook Feb 2020 #43

TMI Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2020 #48

I went for the joke. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #56

You should be thankful it wasn't a jelly doughnut halfway in your mouth at the time! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2020 #46

Thank God you couldn't smell it maxrandb Feb 2020 #49

I can see that etched in a pet-owner. My sympathies for your loss and all of us now. Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #34

Best description I've yet heard. Nt Blue_playwright Feb 2020 #70

I'm just so sick of him. Democrats Ascendant Feb 2020 #9

Relax. Be thankful you are not a child in Idlib province in Syria. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2020 #12

Very good point. How true. That is a travesty the world is largely ignoring. Incredibly tragic. Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #35

I have NEVER accepted that vile piece of SHIT as my president Skittles Feb 2020 #13

Exactly, I never use the words "Trump" and "President" Totally Tunsie Feb 2020 #42

Biggest farce ever? moondust Feb 2020 #14

Donnie Short Fingers couldn't hold Nero's jockstrap maxrandb Feb 2020 #50

Oh handmade34 Feb 2020 #16

There is an author who saw this coming in 1935 Perseus Feb 2020 #17

I reread that murielm99 Feb 2020 #20

It should be titled "It CAN Happen Here" Pachamama Feb 2020 #67

I remember reading that Red Skelton was paranoid and kept a loaded gun under his pillow? Canoe52 Feb 2020 #19

Yep. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2020 #21

Same here. I can't laugh anymore and I think Colbert is having a hard time spinning it. 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #23

I didn't get a chance to ask where they'd heard this, Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2020 #26

KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Feb 2020 #24

Good one Max N/C DENVERPOPS Feb 2020 #25

Putin installed Trump to bring down America from the inside is one reason I can think of him ... Botany Feb 2020 #27

"Hamster wheel of hell." Ohiogal Feb 2020 #28

Hamster Wheel of Hell - Perfect Description Pachamama Feb 2020 #29

The media is a big part of the problem. nt hellno45 Feb 2020 #30

And so many 'Christians' in power consider him sent by God. keithbvadu2 Feb 2020 #31

That's only propaganda for sheeple. Those in power DON"T believe it. They believe in power. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2020 #36

Mel Brooks came close. Marcuse Feb 2020 #32

About that heart transplant... Tyrs WolfDaemon Feb 2020 #33

It was a progressive store... I had to bring my own bag maxrandb Feb 2020 #47

Good MFM008 Feb 2020 #37

nah, I think we're in a coma Piasladic Feb 2020 #38

when asked about the correlation between the stock market orleans Feb 2020 #39

I keep telling people . . . Richard D Feb 2020 #40

In a day of misery, your brilliant sarcasm has cheered me up. bronxiteforever Feb 2020 #41

well everybody is here together. We'll all go through it like a family does. librechik Feb 2020 #44

And the saddest thing is kacekwl Feb 2020 #45

Yes it is an insane asylum. triron Feb 2020 #51

Our nightmare was scripted by Dante Alighieri. nt hay rick Feb 2020 #52

Reminds me of when President Hector Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho and his Cabinet ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #53

We need Robin Williams back to explain it. tavernier Feb 2020 #54

Robin Williams DENVERPOPS Feb 2020 #73

Mel Brooks Soxfan58 Feb 2020 #60

Wish YouTube had the Man in the High Castle's films following HRC's victory bigbrother05 Feb 2020 #63

Your post reminded me of my favorite Mike Luckovich strip ever. Different Drummer Feb 2020 #65

You are not the only one who has thought that they died or somehow got bumped into... WyattKansas Feb 2020 #66

Referring to the last election, Bill Maher said: BobTheSubgenius Feb 2020 #68

It's like we're living in the alternate reality from Back To The Future. Initech Feb 2020 #69

He also looked like he was wearing pink eye makeup yesterday at that briefing. Kota Feb 2020 #71

That was fucking brilliant!!! PJMcK Feb 2020 #72

Well stated. Onthefly Feb 2020 #75

Well said! rainy Feb 2020 #77

I don't feel a thing... anymore BadGimp Feb 2020 #78

He's still playing President like a child plays make-believe. n/t Beartracks Mar 2020 #79

We are all trapped in a parallel dimension budkin Mar 2020 #80