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The Magistrate

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36. God Save Anyone Who Agrees Aloud, Sir

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2020, 06:14 PM

Oct 2020

Like Mao's 'Let ten thousand flowers bloom, let one hundred schools of thought contend,' this translates into the vernacular as 'Who among you is truly stupid? Let him step forward....'

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Kim Jong-un sheds tears as he delivers rare apology to North Korea over failings [View all] mysteryowl Oct 2020 OP

Trump can't/won't even do that. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #1

Yes, the Supreme Leader of NK shows more empathy and humility than the President of the U.S. n/t thesquanderer Oct 2020 #12

It could be that he or his advisors recomended he do this to make himself look better than the POTUS LiberalLovinLug Oct 2020 #20

I know, right?? ailsagirl Oct 2020 #32

Well, that was unexpected... hlthe2b Oct 2020 #2

That's what I thought as well pandr32 Oct 2020 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Wawannabe Oct 2020 #3

Uh, he's a murderer. BlueStater Oct 2020 #8

And tRump has killed some 200,000 Wawannabe Oct 2020 #11

I didn't say anything about Trump. BlueStater Oct 2020 #15

And the Kim family has killed far more than that, dware Oct 2020 #16

Kim Jong Un: Now even more oleaginous. dchill Oct 2020 #4

ill be the first to admit TalenaGor Oct 2020 #7

I have seen the word used before. I hadn't seen it recently... dchill Oct 2020 #10

I have always seen that word applied to Mike Pence!!! eom japple Oct 2020 #14

I had to look it up too because at least the first part BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #18

Gergen applied it to tRump on CNN not long ago. lastlib Oct 2020 #30

He's an olive tree? marie999 Oct 2020 #22

In a manner of speaking. dchill Oct 2020 #24

Holy shit. Covid must have hit harder there than the rest of the world knows. BusyBeingBest Oct 2020 #5

WTF? Aristus Oct 2020 #6

I thought he is claiming zero covid cases in NK Bengus81 Oct 2020 #9

Coming up next lonely bird Oct 2020 #17

And his sister is even more batshit-crazy than he is. NT. dware Oct 2020 #19

Agreed. The key would be how the military reacts. lonely bird Oct 2020 #21

Unlikely, given the culture of rigid patriarchy. LudwigPastorius Oct 2020 #26

While you are correct re: rigid patriarchy lonely bird Oct 2020 #28

Hmm....OK LudwigPastorius Oct 2020 #23

Trump 'I don't take responsibility at all' Historic NY Oct 2020 #25

Pathetic. This scumbag is responsible for the deaths of millions of Koreans, him and his kin... SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #27

All part of a carefully orchestrated spectacle soryang Oct 2020 #29

I can see I'm not the only one here who has noticed our own 'beloved leader's' failure PatrickforO Oct 2020 #31

They buried the lede. LudwigPastorius Oct 2020 #33

Human garbage. Codeine Oct 2020 #34

He executed five officials EndlessWire Oct 2020 #35

God Save Anyone Who Agrees Aloud, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #36