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mahatmakanejeeves

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2. "No man is an island, entire of itself ..."

Reply to BigBearJohn (Original post)

Tue Aug 17, 2021, 07:30 AM

Aug 2021

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main…. Any man's death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind. Any therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

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Ain't it just like the MSM [View all] BigBearJohn Aug 2021 OP

M%Greedia speaks on hehalf of the interests of its corporate malaise Aug 2021 #1

"People? They don' need no stinkin' people" jaxexpat Aug 2021 #12

"No man is an island, entire of itself ..." mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 #2

+1000 nt Javaman Aug 2021 #8

The bell is starting to toll for the very habitability of this planet. PatrickforB Aug 2021 #9

When I turned on MSNBC this morning they were using Biden as a pinata. Vinca Aug 2021 #3

No kidding! BlueJac Aug 2021 #4

We early Americans fought for our freedom from England. Why can't they fight the Taliban? machoneman Aug 2021 #5

I wonder if it works a little bit to consider that early fighters... praxEs Aug 2021 #10

Point is that even with warts, we still managed to fight for what is overall a jimfields33 Aug 2021 #15

Maybe ancianita Aug 2021 #13

Did it ever occur that they just plain prefer the Taliban? jaxexpat Aug 2021 #14

huh? Celerity Aug 2021 #6

I stand corrected. thank you BigBearJohn Aug 2021 #7

sorry if I came off as a bit heavy-handed Celerity Aug 2021 #16

I can answer that... when the rich and powerful start losing their own. ananda Aug 2021 #11