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Jen Psaki is right. This IS preposterous. How dare former rep Gabbard get on the disformation pain train? Ceasefire to find nasty biolabs? How about a ceasefire in humanitarian corridors to let people get away from Putin’s labs of reigning hellfire, Tulsi?

And Tuckems? Quite sure he has nailed Putin’s memo with the victory statement regarding the information war’s narcissistic shill to his “I am the greatest” bulletin board. What in the Sam Hill is a Putin memo circulating amongst media outlets as a directive? Pffffft. I spit on it.

Not sure why, Professor, but your narrative tonight cuts right to my core. To think a President of the United States took us down this hateful, despicable rabbit hole. And we allowed it.

Pfffft. I feel ashamed tonight. Please, we must rise above this. Save Ukraine. Save us. Shut the damn door on treason.

United. ☮️

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Rumor has it in my family that upon meeting up with Mussolini in Italy, my grandfather spat on the ground by M's feet. Shortly after, my grandfather ushered his family off to America. I wonder whatever he would say today.

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Morning, Lynell! My father will be 99 in just a few days (hopefully). He told me a couple of years ago that he had been a Republican all his life, but had turned his back on the "party of traitors", as he put it. He said there is no honor among thieves, and that the 2 wars he fought in (WWII and Korea) were supposed to help this country stay above these types of behaviors. His last word on it was that, with someone like Trump as president, there was nothing he could see making it worth fighting for this country. I pray we aren't dragged into another war, but it could come to pass with the crazies out there in the world trying to take over their neighbors. Fortunately, my dad won't be able to join in. I echo others in saying "Pfffft". A pox on all of them.

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My dad who will be 98 in June was a lifelong republican, too, and started not voting Republican because, as he says, "I didn't leave the party; the party left me." My brothers and I we4re relieved that we could get him to vote for Hillary even though he didn't like her. He saw her as the better choice.

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Happy Birthday to your Dad, Alexander. "The party of traitors" indeed.

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Alexander, I am awed that your father and Deborah's both still have the mental acuity to recognize that the party they believed in has changed its values. My father passed on at 97, Jan. 1 2020; my mother, on Jan. 4, 2022, 6 weeks shy of 100. It wasn't until I learned the history of the GOP from reading this newsletter and Heather's books that I finally understood why Dad was such a committed Republican. He had not learned the significance of what was happening in the past 40 years. Mom was a life-long, letter-writing, peace-marching liberal advocate. No excuses for most of my 7 younger sibs who still support tfg.

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Many of those die-hard Republicans think they already know the answers and are not willing to do much reading. I do not know where I'd be without Heather's writings. And, I think the e majority of us readers do check to make sue we are not falling for lies, either. It's awesome overall, isn't it?

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Listen to your father, Alexander...he knows of what he speaks...morning!!

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Morning, Lynell. Interesting family and what a patriarch! Neither Mussolini nor Putin, from what we now see in Ukraine, are famed for their powers of organization as opposed to the power of their words. Happily your Grandfather managed to escape as are millions of Ukrainians.....and thousands of Russians who are Finland bound.

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Morning, Stuart!! Not considered a deserter, he was in his sixties when he took his family to the U.S. (circa 1925) My grandmother was 60 when my mother (the last of 12 children) was born!

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Good genes, big family, brave and strong! The sun just broke through here in NYC, Lynell. Let's prepare for the day. Good morning, friend.

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Morning Fern, suns shining here in Paris.

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Good morning, Stuart. Truly, good here on the forum today with Allen's face on it, aye!

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A thousand times yes...Morning, Fern!

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Mornin', Fern. No sun here in western MA

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It will get to you. If not today, perhaps, tomorrow. Here's some, until then 🌞❤️☀️

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Lordy, my Mom was 46 when youngest bro was born (8th). hadn’t heard of older woman giving birth, but never checked it out. Just in awe of my strong mother.

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My Mom....42 when she had #14....I am #1 and was 19yrs old when she had my bro Joe. Strong women indeed!!!! All single births.

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My girlfrirnd was born into a family of 8 kids…3 sets of twins! She was a twin, one singular gitl, 2 sets of boy twins, and then 1 singular boy. Her mom was also 42 at the time of last child and my girlfriend was 17. She felt like she was his mom.

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Here's to your MOM and all her children!❤️🌞❤️

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At 46, being in awe is very appropriate, I'd say, Jeri.

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See my comment above, and let me know how old your mother lived to be, or if she is still alive? I've known one woman in my own age bracket who had a child at that age without medical help.

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My Mom was 40 when my sister was born (36 with me) and died at 82 in spite of being a lifetime smoker.

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Brave, strong woman.

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I love that you all met via HCR…a world away, brought together on a mission ❤️

Good Morning ☀️

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That's fascinating about your grandmother's age when your mother was born. Statistically, women who have children at age 40 or beyond live longer than others. How old did your grandmother live to be?

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My mother had 8 children, with the last one at 40. She just passed on 1/4/22, 6 weeks before her 100th birthday. She also took up running and long-distance bicycling in her 50s. She rode 40,000+ miles before stopping at 84.

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How fabulous! Hope you are doing ok!

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Your mother is a major inspiration! Hearing about her long life and athletic achievements after starting in mid life makes my day!

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I was 42 when I had my one and only! I hope you are right 😌

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Wow, morning, Cynthia. I am in awe of you!

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Alas, she died at 68. But one big claim to fame for her was that she was pregnant during the voyage to the States, giving birth to my mother a mere month after landing on these shores.

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Can’t ❤️this, Lynell but had she not had your mom, we might’ve not had the pleasure of your company. So I ❤️ you again!!

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Oh Lynell, I am sorry..😢

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Among the first cohort of women born on Pitcairn Island--children of the Bounty mutineers--three of them, out of between 15 and 18 (can't remember the precise number),three had their last children beyond age 40, at least one at age 44

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I'm sorry to hear that.

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Oh my God! Bless everyone in your incredible family ❤️❤️❤️

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In my studies of leadership styles, the most highly effective was the “emergent” leader, who’s example set the tone for loyalty and engagement from the cohort. Least effective in those terms was the Authoritarian. Those types, leading only by fear of reprisal, eventually collapse of their ultimate loss of loyalty and support

In the meantime, chaos reigns

In this case, Authoritarian leads to MAD, as “leader” takes his ball, the “world” and says, if I can’t be leader, we’ll all die together

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Regarding leadership, according to the Tao Te Ching (Stephen Mitchell translation, ch. 17):

When the Master governs, the people

are hardly aware that he exists.

Next best is a leader who is loved.

Next, one who is feared.

The worst is one who is despised.

If you don't trust the people,

you make them untrustworthy.

The Master doesn't talk, he acts.

When his work is done,

the people say, "Amazing:

we did it, all by ourselves!"

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Or bound for Turkey.

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Spit again. Right at Putin’s feet. And then figure out where safety is to get his family to.

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Good morning, Lynell. Just an “interesting” aside. My mother’s cousin was married to an Italian gentleman (Bruno) who was one of Mussolini’s body guards during the war, and I had a conversation with him about a year before his death. He claimed that M was responsible for saving thousands of Italian’s lives by aligning with Hitler, and that saving these lives was his only reason for doing so. He still believed that M was a great man, a patriot. For his part, Bruno was imprisoned and sentenced to death. He managed to escape to South America, where he met my mom’s cousin who was serving as a missionary there.

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"He claimed that M was responsible for saving thousands of Italian’s lives by aligning with Hitler, and that saving these lives was his only reason for doing so. "

I can tell you for the thousands of Jews sent to their deaths when M allied w/ Hitler that they might disagree with Italians being saved. Talk to the survivors of devastated Italian cities and towns that the Nazis used in their war of attrition against the Allied forces. M was under no more pressure than Franco of Spain to actively ally with the Nazis - even after the Nazis gave military aircraft and personnel to help Franco in the "civil war".

M really is the closest historical figure I can think of as the same malignant

narcissist as Trump. Trump wouldn't have given a hunter's damn if thousands of his minions were killed on 1/6/21. For all these insane people, losing ones life for them is to be expected as a natural course of events.

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I completely agree with everything you say here. I was merely relaying what I had been told by a M loyalist.

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Morning, Cathy. I guess it all boils down to "who you gonna believe?" So who was it who sentenced Bruno to death?

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Lynell, I don’t know the specifics of his arrest and sentence, I never thought to ask. I did get the impression from things Bruno said that many of the men close to M suffered the same fate.

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Can't get my "heart" button to engage...but wanted to acknowledge your comment!

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I haven’t spit on the ground in a long time. I was drawing my line in the sand at dawn’s light today, Lynell.

Salud, my compatriot. ☮️

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Salute, amico mio!

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Good morning, Lynell. You spring from strong stock!

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You as well, Ally...morning!!

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Bless your grandfather, Lynell! If my dad had been in Germany or Italy at that time, he would’ve done the same. Alas, he, aJew from Poland, was sent to the Pacific Theater. Glad they both survived. Salud!

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Salute, Marlene!

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Too bad he didn't get to tug on his feet when Italian Partisans they strung that Fascist bastard up.

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You have the right to be outraged, Christine! What is happening is absolutely outrageous!

We must and we will rise above all the trumpian, putinian, tuckerisms that are being spewed, like poison, into our minds. Our Earth will never be a union of putinian republics. We will not and cannot have trumpism ruling these United States EVER AGAIN, and tuckerisms should be declared treasonous and banned from the airways.

United, always, Christine! Courage, mon amie! Salud❣️❣️❣️We must learn from our Ukrainian kin and stand up to war and injustice en masse!🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦

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Absolutely! Now a line has been drawn in the soil of America.

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Christine,

Putin has pulled a page from our own playbook around "bioweapons labs in Ukraine".

Right?

Remember when the on the ground weapons inspectors in Iraq were giving speeches and live interviews denying the lie that the USA was promulgating about "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq?

Yes, it is really hard to be self righteous while you have your hand on the wallet in someone else pocket.

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I remember well, the whole fiasco was soon forgotten when republicans had Obama to blame for everything. Shame, shame, shame

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Yes. In caps: SHAME ON THE REPUBLICANS FOR obstruction and anti-democracy acts and crimes against America. Supporting Putin and sedition are enought that they need to be ousted. Why are they still sitting in offices being paid by our taxes whilst they destroy our country and steal our rights? Geeze...

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I remember it well. I watched that UN debate and was horrified that we were blaming France. It became quite popular to blame them. Does anyone else remember that?

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Freedom Fries? 🤪

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Love that last paragraph! It’d seem there are many who fit that description - follow the money - isn’t Carlson’s behavior tantamount to treason? He’s such a despicable lying talking head!

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Cecile, I do believe Tucker Carlson would hide his traitorous behavior behind "Freedom of Speech". But, so far, he does not have to hide at all.

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I would like to see the proverbial hook grab F**ker’s neck and drag him offstage to a paddy wagon awaiting to take him to a plane and depositing him in a desert unbeknownst to him or to us. No toilets, no wifi, no cell towers…

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There must be demand for something like The Fairness Doctrine to be put in place to stop the lies.

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I guess you're right, Mike. It's just my opinion that Freedom of Speech is one thing but there should be rules against out right lying and spinning outlandish and infamous stories that have no semblance of truth when you're in such a position of influence. Their positions, (at Fox) as broadcasters, need to be held to higher standards.

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What is preposterous is the number of US citizens who have sucked up this garbage and are spewing it as the truth.

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I have always wondered that too, Ally. Being in thrall to an authoritarian is attractive to many people; witness the thousands who attend Evangelical churches which hammer against homosexuality and abortions. In exchange they are given "family" and a sense of belonging.

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I loathe them even as I still love all humans.

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I simply loath them. No love. No like. All humans are not loveable.

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I was thinking the same thing....blinded by their support of death star.

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Dangerous

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Who didn’t know that Tulsi was a TrojannHorse, and who didn’t know that Tucker was a traitor, just like chump. It was all very deliberate, Helsinki knew…

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Tulsi is a DINO and a former one at that. She was in a closet somewhere. Why did she feel it necessary to raise her hand?

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If it is of any help, American Pres. Biden is working with the international community to find responsible ways curb Putin.

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He is so amazing. Just quietly working with careful contemplation while others smear, chide, yell, curse, hate, ignore.

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Thank you, Professor: "But May couldn’t do much because Brexit had isolated England and then-president Trump refused to back her." Some here may disagree, but Brexit was a mad idea imo, and Britain is feeling the bite now. I will be there in a week to stay with my brother and I will experience it first hand. Too late for "if onlys" and I hope we learn from our mistakes! Meanwhile Ukraine suffers and stupidity remains here... history willl record the damage that trump has done. Fox "news" is owned by a foreigner, our country is upside down. Shame on Tulsi Gabbard!

I keep thinking of Allan, Tanya and Lucky, I haven't seen a post from him and I hope they are safe.

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Keep in mind that Brexit was driven by those who are of the same ilk as out Cult45 ers.

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I am well aware of that. :(

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When Brexit passed, it shocked many Brits because, like our 2016 election, it wasn't supposed to fall that way. It was a grandstand gesture. Let us know what you experience. There have been products from Britain no longer available to us in Spain.

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My feelings exactly... little sleep and immense anger and frustration has left my ability to articulate my thoughts well!

I want to see Manafort and Trump take the dead man walk, and Carlson as well.

If I was able I would be on my way to Ukraine right now. At 70 years of age, I wouldn't be a great soldier, but I would hold and love as many babies and children I could reach.

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Me, too, Cynthia. All's I got is $$ to donate as my fighting skills are limited these days.

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It's so wonderful to do whatever we can.... 😘

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Like Russian assets. That's how Gabbard, Carlson, TFG, and the rest are behaving. So I think the designation fits.

Perhaps unrelated, but I've wondered if back around the time of the (also) propaganda-driven war in Iraq, when Rumsfeld spoke disparagingly of "Old Europe," forces on the right signaling weak support for our traditional allies effectively gave a green light for the aggression and expansionism we see today from Russia. It's not much of a leap from that stance to the right's propaganda-induced realignment with Russia against our traditional, democratic, "Old European" allies. What colossal tragedy and darkness has unfolded since the weak Bush Jr. presidency.

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Not surprised about Gabbard who has demonstrated her wing nut tendencies for a long time. Thankfully, she is no longer in Congress.

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AMEN TO THAT!

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Yes Christine FL.. "we" did allow it. The real trouble (not dilemma, yet) is "we" must all face our selves in the mirror... we must look hard at 'the trouble' we "allowed". So, let's look hard at just How we did we allow this? Then comes the "dilemma"..ie, What To Do? Let's begin with the purveyors of mealy-mouthed crap, along with our cadre of non-voters. Notice I did not include Faux Noos. I'm speaking to ALL of us who are branded as LIBTARDS. Yeah, You & Me. We failed to be aggressive. OK, Who failed? Money'ed people failed to be real Americans. That's one! Then, there are the 'learned ones' amongst us who "failed" to engender unity. But more, you failed to apply techniques both above...and covertly (with a tinge of ethicality :) below the the tabletop. ALL of the above requiring $money$. We were after all voting for the only candidate who would surface..Joe Biden. And our support was blah blah almost disasterous.., instead of a true landslide. So, I hear ya, those of you who've read this far, saying okay Mad, do something besides create negative waves. Hahaha.. negative? Really!? Well, I lack $$$, and I lack 'clout' , but, I can darn sure see us backin up as an un-unified crowd, when we need to push forward with a strong front for our only hope.. Biden, the only shot we got!! And, I will add that unless we develop a real combined unified front to elect him,.. we will stumble in our own spit...for a long long time watching our diminishing circle of friends, along with you and I, as we wither away. If we haven't already been nuked, or biologically numbed by Pooch. Sorry.

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Do not apologize. Looking in the mirror says it all.

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First we need to keep the House and add seats in the Senate 2022.

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Yes. And add strength to the whole package starting now.

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Thank you Christine.. If you and I can incite some action, we're good!

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Don't be.....We have some far left progressives here in Salem who are always looking for someone who checks all the boxes and continue to diss Biden when they should be pointing out what he has accomplished. Thankfully, the candidate for mayor of Salem who calls herself a socialist has suspended her campaign. So, now it's a sensible progressive and the fav of the Chamber of Horrors.

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That's the way we do it. The word "socialist" rhymes with Commy-nist...It's a NON starter. We need to QUIT trying to educate people as to the dictionary of it. Sanders probably lost because of it. AOC shot herself in the foot because of the same stupidity. That's one of the reasons we are dubbed "libtards"...and rightly so.

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The Fascist Far right did a great job in the Cold War era of conflating Socialism as synonymous with the dreaded "Godless" specter

of Communism.

The real irony for someone like myself who feels that Marx had it right in his critique of Capitalism (an amazingly prescient one given it Marx wrote prior to our Civil War) is that virtually every woe we suffer as a society has it causalities in the of enabling Capitalism, in all its unfettered, free-markets and rampant glory.

There is no need for anyone to become unglued by my opinion of Capitalism or even Marx. Because Capitalism is now morphing rapidly into a genuine return to Neo-Feudal Society. Seriously.

If anyone would like to engage this further, just let me know.

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I think Marx was right on with his criticism of capitalism. I have explained this many times, but what I get is laugh emojis and sneering because I am educated. Our neighbor, a retired banker, gave one of the best critiques of what goes on now I have ever heard and this at the local level. I applaud calling what we are morphing into a new-feudal society. I have thought that too, but had not called it what it is. So, no debate from me.

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It is. The person in question has a lot to offer, but won't get anywhere if she continues to id as a socialist. These folks are Bernie types and they haven't really thought through why he lost. Like the far right, they are unreachable. One of them does go film all the right wing nonsense. This week the local Hatred churches are running a 24 hour thing on the capitol grounds. God is definitely frowning on them because we are having lots of rain nearly all week long.

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Thank you.

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And to think people actually voted for her in the Presidential primary. So glad she didn’t do well. I think she is still in the reserve, yes? If so, can’t she be charged or court marshland or something and all clearances taken away?

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Look, a top liked comment here is out of the same stable.

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Agree completely. Why is Tucker Carlson even back on TV. Fox News has come very close to committing treason

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Ya kno Bill, that whole bunch, is there because their *@#%$ messages have found a audience of Americans who are frustrated by "Every Thing"... You Name It. They are sick of it. And those networks add lies (""BS"") to fuel that anger. Anybody who tries to help them understand are dubbed LIBTARDSS. It will take a long time to wear that out.

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Your last word. Treason. Or if not that, then surely sedition.

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I could NOT agree more. Amen & amen…

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