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  • silvermouse
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  • First_Warrior
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    Seems like the lunatics are in control of the asylum.

  • silvermouse
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    Screw congeads. Screw the courts, I will do what I want. Even if have to pay 12 hours a day at overtime rates.
    .........

    With the fate of his ballroom tied up in court, President Trump is racing against the clock. He has enlisted a team of 250 workers to push ahead with construction 20 hours a day, seven days a week.

    An aerial view of the construction of the White House ballroom.
    Andrew Leyden for The New York Times

    His appeal to the Supreme Court: The ballroom is simply too far along to be stopped. →

    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/trump-ballroom-construction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.61A.qxtH.FVoufrTtdzt9&smid=url-share

  • DirtyJinx(1)
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    Both that and the actions of the previous administration's head of household are exactly why I believe cognitive tests should be mandatory for any government job.

    The Man On The Middle Cross Said I Could Come
    Never Attribute To Malice What Can Be Attributed To Incompetence

  • silvermouse
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    Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America
    The order requires that the U.S. Interior Department update geographic information systems to change the name of the lake, located between New York and Canada. The president said he’s making the change because “Canada has been ripping us off for a long time on trade, very sadly.”

  • Vision
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    edited August 27

    Well, thank God that won’t cost us any money. Oh wait, paid for by taxpayers. My bad. And it’s not like we have other things going on in the country or in the world. I’m just glad he put this first on his list.

  • silvermouse
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    Cyber warfare

    Boston Scientific hit by cyberattack, global operations affected | Reuters https://share.google/V5dx7hlxwiZrtNePS

  • silvermouse
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    edited August 28

    An oligopoly is a market structure where a small number of large firms dominate an industry and control most of the market share. and they are circling the wagons to buy up some Dems. "Tech giants and other big companies are cutting checks to Democrats and hiring former Democratic aides as they brace for a wave of investigations from a Democratic-majority House. — WSJ" (edit: they obviously already succeeded in buying the Republicans)

  • silvermouse
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    AI image posted by Trump:

  • silvermouse
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    ‘The Least Transparent Midterm’: How Dark Money Is Washing Over the 2026 Election
    At least $1 billion from anonymous donors is flowing into the midterm elections. Dark money is not new, but it now permeates nearly every major contest. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/politics/the-least-transparent-midterm-how-dark-money-is-washing-over-the-2026-election.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9lA.h4_U.tnHO7HQBGVGH&smid=url-share

  • silvermouse
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    too bad Google and Apple don't have the spine to do the same: MapQuest has defied Trump and gone viral for not changing Lake Ontario to Lake America.

  • silvermouse
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    Interesting the hold of politics over our representatives unless they are not seeking reelection.

    “I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country,” the outgoing two-term North Carolina Republican wrote on X. “He is intimidated by competence and retreats to ginning up culture wars instead of soberly attending to the vital work of our national defense and the health and well-being of our fighting force."

    https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/02/congress/tillis-hegseth-trump-01062001

  • Amos_Umwhat
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    The culture wars are destroying us on every front, emphasizing diversity over unity. United we stand, divided we fall. We used to hear this often. Now we hear "Our strength is in our diversity", which is true only if one recognizes that it's the unity of diverse elements that we derive our strength from. This emphasis is changing with the focus now being solely trained on our differences. If we can't overcome our diversity, we will fall.

    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain
  • Vision
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    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    The culture wars are destroying us on every front, emphasizing diversity over unity. United we stand, divided we fall. We used to hear this often. Now we hear "Our strength is in our diversity", which is true only if one recognizes that it's the unity of diverse elements that we derive our strength from. This emphasis is changing with the focus now being solely trained on our differences. If we can't overcome our diversity, we will fall.

    And the funny thing is, you didn’t even realize that your statement is 1/2 of the culture war. When two sides cannot come to an agreement amicably you have a war. Your conservative agenda will not allow you to concede to the liberal left in any of their beliefs, whether they may be right or wrong in the inverse is true of the other side.

  • ShawnOL
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    But, the liberal left is never right. Everything they do is the opposite of reality.

    Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.

  • Vision
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    Tough on crime? Not this guy….


    https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-grants-pardons-commutations-30-004850592.html

  • silvermouse
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    “If you replace the E with a U, instead of Democrat you have Dumocrat,” the president explained on Tuesday, as he has on multiple previous occasions. “And most people don’t know that ‘dumb’ has a B at the end. You know, they think it’s D-U-M, and that’s okay. So it’s a one-letter change and you go no more E, you just put a D, and you got a Dumocrat.” —-DJT

  • Yakster
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    edited September 8
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  • silvermouse
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    They (whoever "they" are) are encouraging him to stay busy with a bunch of meaningless projects and projections before he causes them more trouble.

  • Amos_Umwhat
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    edited September 8

    Hilarious. You think I didn't realize the very point I was making.😂 You've got to work on that reading comprehension thing.

    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain
  • edz
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    If you get a chance listean to Paul Harvey (1965)If I were the devil. Some religious points, but some things that definitly play upon our politics. Not leaning to the left or right.

  • Vision
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    edited 1:51AM

    @Amos_Umwhat


    You must be a hoot at parties….. sorry you missed your nap.

  • Amos_Umwhat
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    Maga! MAGA MAGA MAGA!….grrrr….Magamagamagamagamaga!!

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    Yawn. Hmm, does anyone else hear a tiny dog barking? A little annoying, isn't it? I ate one of those once, my farts smelled like fungus for a week. Kind of cute how they think they are meaningful, but still just a tiny pest. Insignificant at best.

    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain
  • silvermouse
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  • Vision
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    I bet you you fancy yourself a good human being. You’re not. You’re a bitter old man who can’t stand people who don’t think exactly like you. You’re a problem and you don’t even know it. You are exactly what’s wrong in America. The inability to see past your own nose. The inability to smell your own turds. Just another pompous blow hard believing they are the righteous one. That somehow God has ordained you. they are the righteous one. But yes, you are MAGA. You embody everything that is wrong with that group. Take care of yourself. I hope you get some help. Maybe a hug. Maybe a friend, probably not.

  • Vision
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    Thank you for helping me out. You’ve made me realize one thing. For that I thank you

  • Amos_Umwhat
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    Tiny dog is barking again. I can only guess that its echo chamber is upitsass, perhaps if it pulled its head out it would be able to hear other voices. I'm not holding my breath.

    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain