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EdwardT
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Retired
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Sep 10, 2018 - 05:43pm PT
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wilbeer
Sep 10, 2018 - 05:03pm PT
Another Victorian scold.
“ It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.”
Mark Twain
Kinda like thinking Mark Twain authored this quote.
Ironic.
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Sep 10, 2018 - 06:04pm PT
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How nice. Your mommy's helping you post.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Sep 10, 2018 - 06:11pm PT
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Snopes is good ,aye ,sketch.
Lol
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 10, 2018 - 08:16pm PT
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but I find it curious that the modern Victorian scolds reside more in the extremes of left wing political correctness, rather than religion. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. The core of political correctness has roots derived from the best of military traditions and attitudes that trace back to pious American settlers, British Stoicism and the best ingredients of all the cultures that have landed on our shores, but with a twist- all the ugliness is removed.
I'm amazed at the transformation of a segment of the uneducated working class and the Trumpian in general. It's like all the most cruel, petty attributes have been shed from our society and has landed in one big, orange pile of steaming sh!t.
We all thought this pile of sh#t would be buried in short order but lo and behold, the sh!t worshippers clamored for the endzone dance, the vanquishing of opponents, demeaning those who may be different or challenged, treating women like objects, treating the environment worse than their women, lies being cool, handouts being cooler-if they're yours, nepotism and cronyism being all American- what the f*#k happened to you people?
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A Essex
climber
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Sep 10, 2018 - 08:32pm PT
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i agree with Bill Maher that Al Franken is the best one to go toe to toe with Trump.
He isn't rattled by Trump in a debate, Biden could also work.
The left has gone full circle with PCness, time to let it go to focus on more dire issues like the downfall of democracy as we know it.
Nancy and Chuck need to retire.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Sep 10, 2018 - 09:45pm PT
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Many Trump supporters are evangelical and pentecostal believers who say that Trump, as president, is the fulfillment of their God's will.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/27/millions-of-americans-believe-god-made-trump-president-216537
If that is true, why is their God about to punish South Carolina, which voted 55% to 41% in favor of Trump?
Why isn't their God raining down excruciation upon Trump-hating places, like New York City and Boston, instead?
Is their God like Trump? Does He discard loyal acolytes on a whim?
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Trump is incompetent as a world leader. He probably thinks WW3 is the same thing as WWE.
In the name of National Security, Trump needs to be put on a 24/7 Thorazine drip.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Sep 10, 2018 - 10:31pm PT
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Bob Woodward says he's never seen anything like the Trump administration.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/10/politics/bob-woodward-donald-trump/index.html
That is because no other U.S. President has ever obtained the office with the assistance of a hostile foreign power, which intentionally picked a subservient puppet to do their bidding.
Russia, Putin and the Kremlin have more than just an embarrassing pee tape.
Trump is financially tethered to Russian oligarchs, Russian gangsters, Putin and the Kremlin. Pretty soon, it will be irrefutably shown where Trump's money came from.
A forthcoming New York State tax fraud case against Trump will be outside his power to obstruct it. His tax and business records will be subpoenaed. The Trump Organization CFO has already agreed to testify in exchange for immunity.
Trump's imaginary "red line" keeping Federal investigators away from his personal finances was pure fantasy. It has even less significance for the New York State Attorney General.
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Lituya
Mountain climber
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Sep 10, 2018 - 10:47pm PT
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Soon.
Very soon.
Ok, these things take time.
But very very soon.
Or so.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Sep 10, 2018 - 11:19pm PT
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care to put a wager on that, lituya?
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Lituya
Mountain climber
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Sep 10, 2018 - 11:40pm PT
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Sure. What are the rules? the stakes?
You understand these sleuths have been calling game over since, like, a year-and-a-half ago, right? Querencia.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Sep 10, 2018 - 11:56pm PT
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You understand these sleuths have been calling game over since, like, a year-and-a-half ago, right?
The "sleuths" praying for "game over" have been GOP Congressmen and Senators, Trump's loyalists, and Rudy Giuliani.
Nobody else, who has been paying attention, thought Kremlingate would be over a year and a half ago.
Watergate took 2 years and 22 days, from the burglary to Nixon's resignation. It was another five months before Nixon's Attorney General, his White House Chief of Staff, and his Chief Domestic Affairs Advisor were convicted and sent to Federal prison. Watergate resulted in 69 indictments and 49 convictions.
Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel 16 months ago. It's too early to start comparing scorecards.
Watergate is the shortest investigation in the chart below.
Trump has been in his irrational querencia phase for a long time because he knows, better than anyone, that Mueller has the goods on him.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Trump boasted that his tariffs and trade wars are winning back American jobs.
Trump rejoiced on Twitter about Ford's recent decision to abandon plans to manufacture a fuel-efficient economy car in China, and import it into the United States.
Ford has abruptly killed a plan to sell a Chinese-made small vehicle in the U.S. because of the prospect of higher U.S. Tariffs. This is just the beginning. This car can now be BUILT IN THE U.S.A. and Ford will pay no tariffs!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 9, 2018
For once, Trump is right: Ford will pay no tariffs.
Ford Motor Company says there are no plans to build the small, advanced-technology car in the United States. It will be built overseas.
Ford will pay no tariffs because the car won't be imported it into the United States. It won't be offered to American drivers, because Trump's tariffs would make it too expensive.
MOGA = Make Overseas Great Again
https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/09/news/companies/ford-trump-twitter-ford-active/index.html
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dwd
Gym climber
New York
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Sep 11, 2018 - 12:42am PT
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It's fun
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Sep 11, 2018 - 01:52am PT
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Louisiana is Trump Country, through and through. Junior Mint Trump was down there over the weekend, shooting alligators at a $5000-a-pop GOP fundraiser (PETA was not amused).
The Mayor of Kenner, Louisiana, has decreed that Nike products are not to be purchased by any group, school or organization that he claims to have power over.
The controversy comes from Colin Kaepernick's not standing for the National Anthem before NFL games (Kaepernick hasn't played in the NFL since 2016).
In the city of Kenner, we all stand.
 Kenner Mayor Ben Zahn III
Trump supporters confuse conformity with patriotism.
They are racist, intolerant and xenophobic. So, naturally, anyone not conforming to their own narrow-mindedness is labeled "unpatriotic".
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A Essex
climber
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Sep 11, 2018 - 05:27am PT
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The hillbillies are taking over
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Sep 11, 2018 - 06:26am PT
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benghazi , compared to subject matter , took 3 times longer than Kremlingate...Be patient or watch some football and kneeling...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 11, 2018 - 07:53am PT
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Trump might well be doing the Palestinian people a favor. All they’ve ever done is come it the great liberators while amassing large Swiss bank accounts and living it up in Paris. Total frauds.
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Pewten
Trad climber
The Dark Side
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Sep 11, 2018 - 08:09am PT
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My Russian assets are working over time to undermine this witch hunt against Trump
Why won't they just give it up?
They should know that they are no match to the superior strength of our Military.
And thanks to my Russian trolls here.
I told them to use non-Russian names, but they figured that Americans are so stupid, it won't make any difference
Keep up the good work comrades...
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