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KingCharlemagne

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36. Friendly piece of advice: this is a time to take refuge in history, hence my

Reply to workinclasszero (Reply #32)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:23 AM

Jun 2017

invocation of Little Round Top and Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address." When Lincoln told the Congress in the winter of 1861 that America represented the "last best hope of man," those words meant something, both to a Europe staggering from 1,500 years of monarchic and aristocratic rule and to an American people struggling to find and preserve a new means of self-governance.

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Tomorrow's NYDN front page: "Humiliation" [View all] kpete Jun 2017 OP

WOW! Perfect example of A PICTURE MEANDS 1000 WORDS! With that on the FP they don't need napi21 Jun 2017 #1

Very effective KT2000 Jun 2017 #2

Well Done, NYDN Cha Jun 2017 #3

Yes, very well done. LisaM Jun 2017 #12

It's not a new low oberliner Jun 2017 #4

I agree. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2017 #37

But Taken Cumulatively... BrooklynTech Jun 2017 #38

He definitely has no shame oberliner Jun 2017 #39

Oh boy BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #5

SMDH? SCVDem Jun 2017 #7

I am 55 and after reading DU for awhile BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #8

TYVM SCVDem Jun 2017 #13

NP! BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #14

Please translation n/t for me. I looked it up and doesn't sense. BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #15

Thank you very much! TYVM mfcorey1 Jun 2017 #16

No, I mean "n/t" or sometimes "nt". I don't understand how it means "no thanks". BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #17

n/t is DU shorthand for "no text".. Permanut Jun 2017 #18

"No Text." nt (But I repeat myself.) Buns_of_Fire Jun 2017 #19

Aaahhhh, that makes sense. Thanks! BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #20

LSHMSFOAIDMT! GarColga Jun 2017 #25

" Lisa0825 Jun 2017 #30

I Use That One A Lot BrooklynTech Jun 2017 #40

Haha - TTOEC klook Jun 2017 #41

when posters do that NJCher Jun 2017 #27

That scumbag sure has a lot of gall Mr. Evil Jun 2017 #6

The gall of the balls on his chiny-chin-chin flibbitygiblets Jun 2017 #24

Trump will do something to change the focus of attention left-of-center2012 Jun 2017 #9

Wag the dog? Is Grenada still available? keithbvadu2 Jun 2017 #10

That pic says it all workinclasszero Jun 2017 #11

The dead on Cemetery Ridge and Little Round-Top gave their KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #23

I know right? It's sickening. workinclasszero Jun 2017 #32

Friendly piece of advice: this is a time to take refuge in history, hence my KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #36

your words just gave me the chills. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #42

Yes, zero - my first thought as well. I was born and raised in the Marine Corps; my father Leghorn21 Jun 2017 #28

It was an honor to do so Leghorn workinclasszero Jun 2017 #33

One of the rules of Self Styled Outlaw Kings---protect women. McCamy Taylor Jun 2017 #21

I'm curious to see how pukesville will twist this and create denial so they can keep their delusions BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #43

Of course if the top of the head showed drumps hairdo, you could say erronis Jun 2017 #22

Great cover Gothmog Jun 2017 #26

Very sad & true. He makes me ashamed. Alice11111 Jun 2017 #29

Of course he does, and so does everyone that voted for that turd mdbl Jun 2017 #45

My Hometown Newspaper Lady_Chat Jun 2017 #31

This is devastating. montana_hazeleyes Jun 2017 #34

Good job NYDN flamingdem Jun 2017 #35

heartbreaking. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #44