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CrispyQ

(40,730 posts)

2. Delusions of grandeur.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 02:18 PM

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There was a FB meme recently, something like I knew fascism would be cruel but I didn't think it would be so stupid. They're on a Venezuela high & very full of themselves right now but they are some of the most incompetent bastards I've ever seen. That said, we're living the transition to a new world order. We're not going back, as the 2024 popular campaign phrase expressed.

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Bessent said it out loud [View all] malaise Monday OP

I'm going to miss my imported luxury goods. maxsolomon Monday #1

what about your new Benz? or are you a Beemer man? ret5hd Monday #3

16 year old Mini, so parts will be hard to come by. maxsolomon Monday #10

The imported luxury goods should be the least of our worries fujiyamasan Tuesday #18

Sure, the slope is slippery. maxsolomon Tuesday #21

Totally get it! fujiyamasan Tuesday #22

Delusions of grandeur. CrispyQ Monday #2

"We're living the transition to a new world order" whathehell Monday #11

Oh no, I'm not giving up. Not at all. CrispyQ Monday #12

Well, I'm glad to hear that.. whathehell Monday #13

seen here on DU earlier...so apt: ret5hd Monday #4

Chilling! yellow dahlia Monday #5

That guy creeps me out, even before he opens his mouth. yellow dahlia Monday #6

Following Putin's game plan EarthAbides Monday #7

Yes this mess will hurt the young ones malaise Monday #9

What is it going to take for people to wake up out their trance??? We are fools to believe this guy is going to Pisces Monday #8

Then Europe needs to act fast newdeal2 Monday #14

+1. And hit the tech bros in their pocketbooks dalton99a Monday #15

Good idea malaise Tuesday #16

My high school dream of owning a Maserati will be unfulfilled. Norbert Tuesday #17

LOL malaise Tuesday #19

There's always a downside.... DFW Tuesday #20