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5. I never realized the root of the word "sabbatical" was from the Jewish Sabbath...and

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 04:56 PM

Jan 2017

"left to his own devices"....very clever of the reporter.

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Jared Kushner is f*cking furious about reduced role and has lost 7 lbs since Inauguration Day [View all] fleur-de-lisa Jan 2017 OP

Poor kid n/t hibbing Jan 2017 #1

no sympathy you married into that family. irisblue Jan 2017 #2

Maybe now he can have a little sympathy for his evicted tenants? LisaM Jan 2017 #3

Prolly not, elleng Jan 2017 #7

Was Kushner to one who ran clubs and didn't want AAs there? brush Jan 2017 #10

Have you read this New York Mag piece on him? Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #19

Yuck. Petty, entitled, greedy, thin-skinned LisaM Jan 2017 #25

Exactly. He's determined to avenge his father, Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #30

That would have been close to a pound a day, how could he do that? braddy Jan 2017 #4

Bad case of acid reflux? nt NCjack Jan 2017 #24

Maybe he was carrying a few extra chins torius Jan 2017 #27

I never realized the root of the word "sabbatical" was from the Jewish Sabbath...and pkdu Jan 2017 #5

Yep, the "own devices" bit was impressive. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #20

'Any sign of distress with this band of fools is a good thing, right?' elleng Jan 2017 #6

Why would he expect anything different with anti-semitic Bannon as trumps chief counsel? brush Jan 2017 #8

You drink the kool-aid..... BlueJac Jan 2017 #9

Second time I've seen this - How do they know he's lost 7 pounds? underpants Jan 2017 #11

Maybe he bought new clothes? HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #26

Lie down with dogs, rise up with fleas. nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #12

Are we forgive multi millionaire Kushner for his transgressions delisen Jan 2017 #13

good, he needs to lose 160 more MFM008 Jan 2017 #14

I've *gained* weight and my phylny Jan 2017 #15

If Kushner wants a clean conscience C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #16

It's true. trotsky Jan 2017 #23

What, he's never met Trump before? Coventina Jan 2017 #17

plynly..... dawnie51 Jan 2017 #18

When crap like this gets reported - I don't believe a word..sorry - their asiliveandbreathe Jan 2017 #21

Didn't he know what he was getting into? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #22

Seriously, I have been stating the same for months... Raster Jan 2017 #29

I predicted that the 1st battle would be between Kushner and Bannon eleny Jan 2017 #28

Boo Hoo Gothmog Jan 2017 #31

Trying To Protect Himself and His Wife erpowers Jan 2017 #32

He helped to arrange Bill Clinton's accusers to attend the debates, so no sympathy from me wishstar Jan 2017 #33

I'm sure President Bannon's scheduling of the travel ban EO tanyev Feb 2017 #34

SMH. Didn't Jared divest *some* of his properties ecstatic Feb 2017 #35

He may want to reevaluate his priorities Crunchy Frog Feb 2017 #36

Idiot Bradical79 Feb 2017 #37