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17. Funny, I was thinking of this Paul Simon lyric yesterday :

Mon Oct 23, 2017, 10:54 PM

Oct 2017

"All lies and jest
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest."

This lyric has been popping into my head a lot lately.

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Once again! We have those who have no clue!!!! [View all] imanamerican63 Oct 2017 OP

Wow! dhol82 Oct 2017 #1

A big fat K&R! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2017 #2

The vast majority of deplorables who harp about anything... PJMcK Oct 2017 #4

It's Fox News - totally devoid of facts and information FakeNoose Oct 2017 #6

Faux panders not informs not fooled Oct 2017 #23

Or they learned it from Michael Bay Saviolo Oct 2017 #24

Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at that place! KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #5

It seems that to often I am that fly! imanamerican63 Oct 2017 #7

Feels pretty damn good to have truth and the facts on our side. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #10

The sad thing is that luvtheGWN Oct 2017 #13

Funny, I was thinking of this Paul Simon lyric yesterday : nocalflea Oct 2017 #17

Great. Now it will be popping into my head a lot. LisaM Oct 2017 #27

Boom! Good on that uncle.. mountain grammy Oct 2017 #8

Wish we could have all been there to applaud. TNNurse Oct 2017 #9

Kudos to that uncle. 3catwoman3 Oct 2017 #11

You had to be there! imanamerican63 Oct 2017 #14

It's the part about him being the uncle. progressoid Oct 2017 #20

Good smackdown!!!!! bdamomma Oct 2017 #15

Fox News does not allow for any critical thinking. Initech Oct 2017 #16

Awesome! nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #18

Who's Holding dolt45 Responsible for the Deaths in Niger? Leith Oct 2017 #19

I think it was in a general term, this happen under his command? imanamerican63 Oct 2017 #21

He was right the first time, they were just idiots TeamPooka Oct 2017 #22

Hi Imanamerican63 syringis Oct 2017 #25

Awesome madokie Oct 2017 #26