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madville

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9. I just find it all too negative and depressing

Reply to romanic (Original post)

Sun May 29, 2016, 09:02 AM

May 2016

These days. Trying to lead a more positive life lately, wallowing in negativity accomplishes nothing for me. Trump is a ticking mess, Bernie's policy positions are failures, Hillary is in serious legal trouble, Trump and Hillary will both take us into more war, etc, etc.

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Politico: The fall of Salon.com [View all] romanic May 2016 OP

Salon was one of my favorites back in the day malaise May 2016 #1

I'll co-sign that. Bohunk68 May 2016 #2

The pot calling the kettle black mrr303am May 2016 #3

The difference is that Politico BEGAN as a mouthpiece for the establishment Bucky May 2016 #12

Nobody's perfect. Octafish May 2016 #4

Thanks for this article Octafish trudyco May 2016 #15

If Salon has gone down the tube sulphurdunn May 2016 #5

Why? Because they haven't completely sold out to the Clinton Machine? n2doc May 2016 #6

I wish they'd limit themselves to ONE article about Trump per day XemaSab May 2016 #7

Both Salon and HuffPo depend on unpaid commentators sufrommich May 2016 #8

I just find it all too negative and depressing madville May 2016 #9

reality has... sendero May 2016 #18

Salon = monkeys flinging poo. arely staircase May 2016 #10

Salon's so crammed with pop-up ads that it's virtually unusable. Paladin May 2016 #11

oh shit yeah. I stopped trying to look at them on a phone even before the writing started stinking. arely staircase May 2016 #13

Scroll all the way down to this part (a.k.a. Follow the Money) JHB May 2016 #14

IF they aren't paying their writers then trudyco May 2016 #16

I used to read PasadenaTrudy May 2016 #17

Its hard to argue with this piece Johonny May 2016 #19