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Botany

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2. No wonder Trump doesn't like Camp David because their is no fake gold there.
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 05:56 AM
Mar 2017

“’If I’ve only got one life,’ most dictators seem to think,” York said, “’let me live it surrounded by gold.’ When you have all of your country’s resources at your disposal, why not? Gold furniture, gold wall decorations, columns with gold capitals, gold taps. Bright gold, fake gold, shiny alloys for functional metalwork. Viktor Yanukovych, the recently deposed pro-Russian leader of Ukraine, lived in a positive blizzard of gold, which was revealed to a waiting world when he was ousted in the country’s 2014 revolution.”

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maybe it should be called onethatcares Mar 2017 #1
No wonder Trump doesn't like Camp David because their is no fake gold there. Botany Mar 2017 #2
Has he even been to GWC58 Mar 2017 #3
Trump doesn't do camping! JawJaw Mar 2017 #4
There are no crowds there to fawn and admire, agape at his presidenting. Maru Kitteh Mar 2017 #8
Who could ever be comfortable @ this place? Botany Mar 2017 #16
Interesting write up. I would never have thought to use the word... WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #5
Oh, the Midas-touch is definitely there. DetlefK Mar 2017 #7
I agree with your take on Trump but... WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #10
An old friend's phrase for elaborate, gilt items - "piss elegant" bigbrother05 Mar 2017 #13
Tacky. Granny M Mar 2017 #6
the extremity of his King Midas complex... alterfurz Mar 2017 #9
Gold is supposed to be used as an accent, like in a picture frame f.i. Ligyron Mar 2017 #11
Suggest replacing 'tator' with 'head' in the descriptive label. rec, nt. Mc Mike Mar 2017 #12
sounds like rococo style but in tRumps case it would be ro-cocka. nt Javaman Mar 2017 #14
Somebody needs to put together photos of Trump's places and various dictator palaces Foamfollower Mar 2017 #15
And I was going with "Faux Crazist Guild." Maybe i just don't have a good handle on design. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #17
He's also a chick tater dick Blue Owl Mar 2017 #18
It's why he does a lot of his entertaining foreign leaders at Mar-el-Lago... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #19
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