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FalloutShelter

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9. He is 87 in a few months and there have

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 11, 2023, 09:36 AM

Apr 2023

been concerns about dementia. It is time he withdraws from the public. IMHO

For those who do not know, sticking out one's tongue is a form of greeting in Tibet.
Otherwise, the inappropriate language is something I was in my father when he suffered from dementia. The filters are entirely of and he would often blurt terrible things and be totally unaware that he wasn't expressing something else entirely.
It is very sad.

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Will "Margie" accuse the Dalai Lama of being a "groomer"? [View all] cstamm53 Apr 2023 OP

Only if he was behaving like one. Which he was. Maru Kitteh Apr 2023 #1

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only if she believe the d lama is a dem. nt Javaman Apr 2023 #3

He has espoused democratic values like peace, harmony and kindness Maru Kitteh Apr 2023 #8

while I loath MTG, and I loath the fact that she will probably label him a Dem Javaman Apr 2023 #11

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Marge never turns down an opportunity to be abjectly wrong. no_hypocrisy Apr 2023 #4

I don't trust any religious or spiritual leaders. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2023 #5

"Every single one of them"? TheProle Apr 2023 #18

Wow, that's a pretty wide blanket statement. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #19

You beat me to it. shrike3 Apr 2023 #21

Ghandi cbabe Apr 2023 #27

Feel free to provide links for ALL religious leaders. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #31

Couldn't find anything at your links. shrike3 Apr 2023 #34

Every single religious sect. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2023 #29

Well, that's something quite different, isn't it? BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #32

You can add a lot of (if not most( secular organizations/institutions to that. shrike3 Apr 2023 #35

She might since he is non white xtian. But how about Josh Duggar ? JI7 Apr 2023 #6

The DL may just be getting senile. He's like 80. nt leftyladyfrommo Apr 2023 #7

He is 87 in a few months and there have FalloutShelter Apr 2023 #9

I think he's cut way back on his schedule. leftyladyfrommo Apr 2023 #10

Neither do I. FalloutShelter Apr 2023 #12

He always came across as -- sensible. shrike3 Apr 2023 #23

And the Chinese just jump on everything and anything leftyladyfrommo Apr 2023 #13

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I wondered if there were a cultural custom involved that I hadn't heard about. shrike3 Apr 2023 #22

I wondered about that as well TexasBushwhacker Apr 2023 #30

Ye, so now he cannot control his urges or do them in private obamanut2012 Apr 2023 #26

Since he's a "muslin" - yes, probably. /s LeftinOH Apr 2023 #14

Um no. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #15

the "/s" is for sarcasm. As in - deplorables don't know LeftinOH Apr 2023 #20

Well, he's already been called that here. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #16

Yeah. Who needs Greene? Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #24

Yes, I saw it posted more than once. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #33

He's past the grooming....I think "pervert" is a more appropriate word. Sogo Apr 2023 #28