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relayerbob

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12. Honestly

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 12:25 PM

May 2020

People are so much more spoiled than in the past. Staying home is nowhere near as stressful as having family members go off to war, while everyone else has to deal with rationing, nightly blackouts, and the like.

I agree, however, that Trump is amplifying the problems 1000-fold

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