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  4. And, remember the Normans were Viking descendants. Norman means Norseman. Hrolf (Rollo) the Ganger led the Vikings who established it. They conquered Anglo Saxon England and much of Ireland as well. They also captured Sicily, where the population was mixed between Arabs, Italians, Africans, and various races from east of there. They also conquered Apulia. Before them, Viking fleets had invaded Spain, and Luni, in NW Italy, which they mistook for Rome. So they were wandering around the Mediterranean. The Russ founded Ukraine and traveled the Russian rivers. They attempted to invade Constantinople, but failed. The Byzantine emperors hired many Norse, including Russ (where Russia got its name), Norwegians, Danes, and also the Housecarles of Harold Godwinson, who left England after the defeat at the Battle of Hastings, by William of Normandy..Norse warriors composed the Varangian guard, the Byzantine Emperor’s personal guard, and even the Norwegian king, Harald Hardrada, who invaded England days before William of Normandy, and who and most if his army were defeated and killed by Harold Godwinson’s army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Out of 200 ships full of men, possibly 80 men to a ship, more likely varied, as many Viking Jarls had their own ships, only 20 ships sufficed to return the survivors home. And, they settled parts of Greenland (the climate went through a warming period between the 800’s, and it fell off in the 1300’s), as well as settling in Les Anse Aux Meadows in Newfoundland, and must have gotten as far south as the St Lawrence or Hudson rivers, as they found grape seeds from North America, when archeologists excavated Gudrid the Far Traveler’s home in Iceland. Gudrid very well have been the first Caucasian woman to give birth in the New World. The Vikings got around, and visited many parts of our world
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  96. Just like Russia. What a bunch of idiots, crowing about Reagan killing communism, by turning them into capitalists. Nope, we just made gangsters look legit. Then we eventually elected one presidebt (spelling deliberate). Then SOCTUS, er, SCROTUM declared that campaign donations are free speech, which basically is a statement declaring that we are owned by the wealthy, and that they support that. And then we venerate people like Warren Buffet, although his Berkshire Hathaway is doing exactly shat she says. Part of the process: build shitty apartments, turn them over to mansgement companies, thus adding to another tier profiting off tenants. When the elites buy up all the land, prices go up and up. Then they add more profit taking entities, further driving up prices. In NW Oregon, and other rainy climates, houses and multiple occupancy dwellings are built in the rain, the pressboard or plywood gets wet, then is wrapped before it dries, guaranteeing dry rot, and a worthless or extremely expensive dwelling, with a heavily shortened lifespan. The buyer has little to no recourse. Why does the price of housing rise, when the population is and has been decreasing for some time now? The greed of these people and corporations! CHOOSE NOW WHETHER YOU WANT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY TO BE OWNED. If you allow this to continue, that is what will happen. Pay no attention to all the noise about socialism emanating from those wealthy people and their politicians, we live in economic feudalism, they see themselves as aristocracy, and tge socialism going on is all us paying for what they want, but won’t pay for themselves. And yes, it really is that bad. Hasn’t touched you yet? It is aiming for your children
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  242. Comer, go get a real job, shoveling shit out of the corrals they keep bulls in, after all, it is about the only thing you are good at, shoveling tons of BS. Apparently, you do that so you don’t have to do anything that actually constitutes constructive work. And you and Jism Jordan, who pervertedly refused to report sex abuse of some of the wrestling team he was responsible, should take your mutual love of worthless laziness and get out of Congress, as all you do, is waste the taxpayers’ money. By the way, the guy who backside you both constantly kiss, is the guy whose ties with China you should be investigating, except for the fact that what you both do is a total sham. Yup, trump has 123 trademarks in China, paid 200,000.00 in income tax there last year (only safe way to cheat on income tax there, would be to pay someone off, so who knows what he did, come tax time). On 8/8/24, at Mar a logo, trump said, President Xi of China and I are very good friends, we met right here, right here.” It is much more worrisome to our democracy, that a man who said he was going to be dictator, and have anyone objecting to be shot and killed, is meeting with a real dictator, and avowing friendship. As to any government official consorting and plotting with the Chinese Communist Party, the most likely suspect is your idol, trump the golden calf. So get off your butts, please, and in investigate trump’s ties to the leaders of China, as well as bringing him and Project 2025 completely out in the open.no more from you or the perve, do some real work, the work legislators are supposed to do, and stop wanking
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  321. Wonder what sort of shot he is doing? When a Greedy Old Pigs party member starts accusing others, they are usually doing exactly what they are accusing others of doing. Same with Forbes, who really doesn’t give a shit about anything but helping the rich get richer, while telling us that the poor are the real enemy of the middle class. Classic scare tactic, as everyone is afraid it will happen to them, which makes it really easy to look down upon those less fortunate. And, now that Big Business cemented the control or our GNP (from the time we were the Colonies, until the last few decades, it has been small business in control of the GNP. Small businesses have to live and respond to their customers, as they are neighbors. Big Business only cares about stuffing the pockets of those who already have more than they can use, and keeping the shareholders happy, so they keep someone else’s money. As a matter of fact, the numbers of all these homeless people increased dramatically since Big Business seized control of our economy.) and the GOP? Since lying is the doctrine that Dick Tater, the Supreme Sociopath, made politically mainstream, they constantly lie, and their backers believe it all, while getting to remain poor, abd as easily distracted as a dog seeing a squirrel. Drama junkies, too much (ir)reality TV and soap operas. If you get your views from social media (pop culture), then you become a tool. Looks like the Greedy Old Pigs edumacacion programs are succeeding, our populace grows dumber and more gullible by the moment. “Oh look, a squirrel!”
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  375. This clown lies again and again, was tying CNN to the supposed? Extermination attempted shooting of trump. And my goodness, that ear healed so incredibly fast, with no trace! And his doctor? Not a real doctor but the guy who got arrested for getting in the middle of a traffic stop and interfering with the officer while serving? In Congress, and was bought off with becoming head of tge VA, after being so complimentary about trump’s physical, (although it is more than obvious to the eye, that he is quite bloated and overweight), and ended up losing his job after many complaints about his behavior towards employees, and reports of pill/popping and alcohol abuse at the same time. I submit that ack(hack)man is merely working to pad his nest with the present government of criminals. As for trump, after watching his behavior, listening to his random, confused babbling, is it possible that he sent the thugs to steal his medical records from his pre-abusive first presidency, because of dementia? They sure wanted to hide something! He was entitled to 2 copies of his medical records, by law, one must stay with the doctor, but, under trump’s orders, they took them all. Wouldn’t be the first gop presidebt to be in office with dementia if that is indeed what he is hiding raygun was sundowning while still governor of California. They both talked less government, and both have run up the national debt by paying off rich chimps like this guy. Actually, the best times in our economy have been when the wealthy are MORE HEAVILY TAXED, NOT LESS. So stenchy (trump) and stinky (musk)’ s present grift and swindles will make all but those already wealthy much more in need. Not only are the majority of the republican party a bunch of hypocritical butt kissers, but THEY ARE AND THE PRESENT CRIMINAL ADMINISTRATION ARE POOR IN SPIRIT
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  422. The whole thing stinks worse than rotten flesh! A man on suicide watch, cameras fail, guards are asleep, or what? Not believable, not even close!!!! Then Ghislane Maxwell is convicted, with no discussion of what other people (rich and very powerful, by the way) were ar may have been involved. As for Epstein, they’d already let him off easy once before (to keep him quiet?) Think of all the names, Gates, Prince Andrew, Clinton, Dershowitz, Trump (he’s already told us what he thinks of women), and others. What a script! And it is possible one or more of these names were involved. The US government’s hurry to move on and get away from the true story of what happened is despicable and very, very disquieting. Sure makes it look like a very convenient death snd a coverup. As for Maxwell, better to keep mouth shut snd live? This whole thing is just plain stanky, and it is a pretty good bet that there is and was more than just a little highly questionable behavior involved. Maybe Q was involved? Don’t hear anything coming from that necromancer. (Wasn’t able to raise the dead, so not to good at that). Just odd that someone (or some gamer, or foreign intelligence agency, or whatever or whoever), goes on about a secret cabal of pedophiles, is so silent when just such a situation is exposed. Friends? See, the situation just lends itself to endless speculation, dead men tell no tales. We haven’t seen anything about anything happening to the people in charge of the prison where Epstein was, either. In any other situation, they’d be out of a job. It will all come out someday, when someone high journalistic integrity investigates. We will know if they are getting close if some of the names involved die of something other than old age, though they were all old men. Some people just can’t handle losing their youth, and it can get pretty extreme. Look up Elizabeth Bathory, and her husband,if you want to see how extreme. I don’t mean that was what was going on here, just that people respond to the fear of aging in odd ways, and it takes someone of great character to not be corrupted by power. This is a saga of power, power to destroy innocence, power that thrives on money, yet can overshadow it. Accuse no one, investigate every one.
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  475. The richest people are stealing it all, and they use big business capitalism to do it, which is one of the worst ever economic systems, and, like Communism, has the goal of crushing the middle class through taxation, and sales, and giving that wealth to those at the top, who already have more than they will ever use. Which os exactly what happened in the recessive crash of 2007-2008. Small businesses and small investors were crushed, and those who engineered that were bailed out with middle class tax money. Where the hell do think all these homeless people came from? Big business bribes politicians, judges, and some supreme court injustices, but it is legal, because those same injustices have severely crippled our system of checks and balances, by legislating through lawmaking decisions, then attempted to cover up the bribes by the “Citizens United” decision, which says that corporate treasuries do not have to reveal what they spend their money on, even political “donations”. It is worth noting that thomas actually solicited wealth and favors from Harlan Crow, and happily took them for three decades, that roberts and his wife have benefited since 2004, and alito since 2007, in spite of the “Citizens United” decision of 2010, which helped them all keep that quiet, until great investigative work revealed their machinations! Lastly, phony christian pastors, priests, officials, evangelists and televangelists will call anyone opposing this massive ripoff socialist, because they want to feed the hungry, house the homeless, clothe the naked, and heal the sick and injured. Those people worship Mammon, god of greed, and no other god, as the 4 charitable things i just mentioned, were part of the teachings of Jesus! He also railed against the rich, and those with phony religiosity. You do not need fancy cars, huge churches, private jets to spread the teachings of religion, that is the work of phonies and hypocrites, some of whom actually preach hatred! And the most efficient capitalists of all are gangsters, and they are presently in power. Beware of their investment in cryptocurrency, .they are heavily invested in it, and any damage the dollar increases its value, and they are all about helping themselves, but NOT ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES. Wake up or you very easily could see another Great Depression. The Gilded Age, with it’s similar concentration of most of the wealth and power at the top, culminated in The Great Depression, and we are in the very same set of circumstances that led to it! It is not your obligation to spend your hard earned money to enrich those who already have more than they will ever use. There is a limited supply of money, and when most of it is owned by those who don’t need it, there is less for the rest of us. In order to be rich and powerful, you have to hang onto wealth, which means a whole lot less for everyone else
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  481. And now Roberts is bitching about people and elected officials having no respect for the court. He is wrong, it is contempt for the court, as their decisions HAVE NOT BEEN POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT! When the chief justice and his wife, alito, and clarence snd his seditionist mate (who somehow, incredibly, has escaped prosecution), all took payola and invoked “citizens united” to cover their butts, they have done possibly irreparable damage to the court. Not only that, but they either lied or refused to answer a number of questions, and later showed us exactly why, by doing exactly what they pretended they wouldn’t do. Lastly, anyone who is a member of the federalist society, trying to exert political control over the democratic process, should never be allowed on the court, nor should any member of any organization, that wishes to control and change our process of democracy and our Constitution. In short, especially Roberts, Alito, and thomas can thank themselves for people’s disrespect of the court, especially giving preaidents lese majeste, which is the privilege of KINGS! In addition, when members of congress with an agenda to cover up kavanaugh’s sexual peccadillos, refuse to allow someone victimized in that manner, to testify about it in confirmation hearings, and some clown with dictatorial ambitions orders the FBI not to thoroughly investigate questions regarding in this case, sexual harassment allegations, or any allegations of improper behavior, that also creates contempt of court. Lastly, when SCOTUS usurps the role of Congress by using their power to legislate, such as in the tearing down of Roe vs Wade, they cease to be SCOTUS any longer. They should now be known as SCROTUM, at least this version of the court. In short, Injustice Roberts, you and some of your colleagues are directly responsible for the citizenry losing respect for and building contempt for this version of the court.
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  556. Trump is certifiably crazy, has dementia, wants to be dictator, and he and musk are trying to ruin the dollar’s value to make their bitcoin more valuable. Musk is a total jackass, a white supremacist nazi sympathizer, trump is a convicted criminal. They are backed by completely cowardly GOP party members in the legislature, some thoroughly corrupt members of the US supreme court, plus other corrupt judges, like cannon and kasmaryck, chosen for political reasons and not any knowledge of jurisprudence, and the democrats may be paid off as well, they have done nothing to help the citizens!! A large portion of the citizens of the US, want to thank you for standing up to the traitorous present government of the US. Please tax the hell out of the demonic criminals and the states that back them, by making their products too expensive to purchase in Canada, and have conversations with the leaders of Mexico and China on how to really hurt all those involved in this tariff travesty. As for the citizens, those traitors plan for us a new Great Depression, so please help save us from this government of gangsters and criminals. By the way, it is more than possible that the presidential election of 2024 in the US, was rigged even more than was evident, the evident part is voter suppression, gerrymandering, making it unhealthy in some states to wait in line to vote, and moving polling places farther from poor areas to make it difficult for the people most badly affected by the rule of gangsters who want to crush middle class, by impoverishing them, and make the US an dictatorship, bent upon visiting the same misery upon other countries. Their greed and lack of humanity knows no bounds, do not back down, or they will visit the same misery upon you. Buy Canadian and tell the US to f’ off, until democracy returns to the US, if it ever does. These people want to enslave the world. According to history, the morons will not be making the US great, just the opposite. If these vicious criminals are not stopped, the misery they cause will drag the US into poverty, slavery, disease, starvation, and death, and as many other countries as well. Thank you for having a spine, Canada, and the courage to stand up to these horrid criminals!!!
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  584. The HATEMONGER preaches! For someone who has suggested shooting nurses, and many other horrid and hateful things, i am quite sure that we would see the worst repression in the name of “Christianity” (quotation marks because her behavior shows absolutely no recognition of the teachings of Jesus, or familiarity with the New Testament), ever see in the history of this country. There is nothing to respect here, not her or her phony message. Jesus did not teach hatred, he didn’t like the wealthy, and expected everyone (including the wealthy) to pay their taxes, he detested moneylenders, he believed in feeding, housing, and clothing the poor, he didn’t advocate violence, and this is a statement upon this shameless person who shows no recognition of the poison of her supposed “Christian Principles”, he had no time, respect, or patience with pseudo-religious hypocrites. If you buy what this con artist is selling, then you obviously are easily taken in by grifters, con artists, liars, and sociopaths, and are in need of a thorough examination of your idea of Christian principles and a deep rereading of the teachings of Jesus Christ. False prophets = false profits. We will pray that you may be washed clean and delivered of such a delusion as believing that the gospel of anger, hatred, selfishness and persecution of any legitimacy. And such hypocrisy defiles and belittles this celebration of the birth of Christ. Very, very sad, and a great sorrow for any believing such a clamor, it perverts the entire message of the Savior’s love.
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  602. The SOB’s in power are moving to crush the middle class by taxation and law, and give it to a bunch knee pad clad butt kissers vying to be the first to put their lips to that steatopygous monument to piggery, and total disregard for law unless it affects everyone else and helps creeps who have more than they can ever use, get more stuff they can’t use. That whole process is actually a step in Communism, but unfortunately for US citizens, it is the step that communism never gets past, and if you voted for the antichrist, you will soon find out that the wealthy, no matter whether you call it big business or communism, want all you own. They got wealthy that way, not by being nice. In 2016 I receive tons of horrible lying emails, saying “I’m a godfearing pastor, bishop, former cop, wounded veteran, blah, blah, running against a godless socialist.” What bullshit! They wanted all you owned. They claimed to be Christian, but railed against feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, housing the homeless, and curing the sick, which are teachings of Jesus Christ, put into action through social programs, which the wealthy spend millions to stop (but pay a much smaller % of their income than you do, on any thing the government does, while making sure that the make everyone but them pay for, but which they are often responsible for the poverty, and putting the burden largely on the middle class ensures that they will make more poor people. Lastly: Jesus railed a great deal against two groups: rich people and religious hypocrites. Ladies and gentlemen, i present to you precisely those people, the maggat GOP selfish, lying cowards
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  605. Time to face it, many in the GOP are traitors, planning to seize our government. Beginning with Ron Raygun, in the throes of dementia, the Fairness Doctrine in media, then W’s FCC allowing media companies to own more than one media outlet per ares (Ruprecht Murdock , for instance, Fux news propaganda machine, Wall Street Journal), then stuffing the courts, including SCOTUS, then fomenting insurrection, seditious attack on Capitol, now trying to get people hired at polls to challenge everyone not voting GOP., plus interfering with free speech they don’t like, by legislating it, while the injustices in SCOTUS claim that money is free speech (don’t have as much money as big companies, or the wealthy, sorry, you will not reach many people with your words). That is fascism, pure and simple, they want no competition. They get away with this, and you will see many more people getting shot, Strictly because of their political views. Ronna McDaniel and the RNC back this coup attempt. And don’t forget that they are playing this game locally, to try and take over state legislatures from the ground up, so they can declare a constitutional change! It will be a theocracy, backed by wealthy big businesses and elite, who will legislate minor behavior, based on their unethical, immoral versions of sin. I know many thoughtful, ethical, and moral Republicans, it is time for them to get rid pf the elitist scum. It is very obvious that big business and the wealthy want every citizen to pay business’ share of the taxes, while they buy where they want the tax money to go. THAT IS NOT DEMOCRACY!
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  647. The things you say, to people, the horrid things you say, you are no Christian! You can call yourself whatever you want, but so much of it is an outright lie. I don’t know what to call you, but you are no lady either. There is no reason for others to excuse you, and you will get mi respect for being such a hatemonger and a liar. People respect the legislative position, but not you, and it is all of your own doing. As fir being a Christian, you act like you never got beyond the genocidal, hateful parts of the old testament. Sone things you would do well to remember: 1) don’t start yapping about entitlement, when social security, medicare, medicaid, food stamps, unemployment, aid to dependent children, housing aid and school lunch programs are up discussion or a vote. Jesus fed the hungry, healed the sick, believed in clothing the naked, and housing the homeless, which by the way, increased exponentially after your donors in big business took over the GNP. As for all of those 4 things that Jesus did and advocated, you and many other GOP love to call that socialism, but it is true Christianity, though none of you believe in it. Why should you? There are no impoverished people in Congress. And their a lot of very wealthy people who pay many of you to put the tax burden on the citizens, and off the wealthy. Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than the rest of us, and you all make sure the 1% gets plenty of tax loopholes. As for other things Jesus said or referred to: the parable of The Eye of the Needle expresses his opinion of the wealthy, his defense of Mary Magdalene shows his opinion of misogynists and people like you and others in the GOP who want to tell us how women should be submissive baby factories and homebodies, his parable of the Good Samaritan calls our attention to discrimination against those different than us, and the fact that we should all actually help each other, and his contempt of the Pharisees for being holier than thou, pseudo religious, prideful hypocrites segues right into the money grubbing hypocrisy of many evangelicals, and televangelists, as well as their hypocrisy in supporting a serial liar, misogynistic sociopath, who is making death threats, if he doesn’t get his way, who shits in a gold plated toilet, and who made a career of cheating people, who couldn’t afford to get just compensation and retribution in civil court. Then there are the rapacious moneylenders and bankers, whom Jesus lost his temper with. And, as for the complete hypocrisy of christian nationalism, Jesus was urged more than once to become a temporal power, a king, and his response? “My Kingdom is not of this earth.” So, stop taking the name of God and Jesus in vanity, to proclaim how righteous you and your colleagues are, you are all blasphemers when you claim to be Christian, your mouth and acts show us your real god, Mammon, the cult of selfishness, ego, greed, and total selfishness. As for the present speaker of the house, he is in the same boat. Be warned, it has a hole in it, and the sea is deep, wide, and turbulent, and in the grand scheme of things, you have no more significance than the lowest of the low.
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  672. Since the pandemic began, there is a whole class of a**holes on the roads. They bully other drivers, and if you don’t allow them to do that, they go ballistic, in fits of rage. Poor little babies, your piece pf crap got windshield washer liquid on it. Lower than the bottom of a cesspool, semihuman. I was in the left lane of I-5 south by the Brooks exit last October. Traffic was crowded. I had a creepy feeling, looked to my right, and a guy in a Ford Raptor turned on his signal, and deliberately ran me off the freeway. I called 911, and said “OSP now! “ (if you call 911on a state Highway, you will not get the State Police, but a local operator. You will have to tell them why you are calling, then they will transfer you to OSP dispatch with a small explanation to the answering officer, then you will have to explain. In the meantime, the perpetrator will probably be long gone. OREGON NEEDS A NUMBER SIMILAR TO 911 FOR CONTACTING OSP WHEN YOU ARE ON A STATE HIGHWAY! Fortunately, the 911 operator immediately transferred me to OSP dispatch, with no explanation. (I had to accelerate, and cut the jerk off to get back onto I-5! He cut off drivers in the two other lines, accelerated, got 8 cars ahead, then cut off drivers in all lanes to get back into the left lane. While i was on the phone with OSP, he passed an OSP officer sitting in between the north and south bound lanes of I-5, just south of the Salem Volcanoes baseball stadium. The officer did nothing. I went by blowing my horn, NO RESPONSE! Dispatch told me she was busy, but she was only sitting there and did not move the whole time she was in my sight. As a former PPB employee, i can tell you that the man in the Raptor had committed several felonies. I culd make a case for reckless driving, menacing, reckless endangerment, and possibly attempted manslaughter. NEVER PULL OVER LIKE THIS MAN DID. Call 911 and immediately demand OSP. 18 IS A STATE HIGHWAY.
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  727. Rand Paul, you are a hypocrite of the worst sort. You backed a presidebt (deliberate spelling) who defied the Constitution, who incited sedition, and, worse, continues to do so, and who, along with you, and the RNC, and most of the GOP, had Putin’s amassador write the GOP platform on Ukraine, many of you took money from Putin’s buddies for that election, that jackass who was then in the White House, deliberately held up military aid to Ukraine, and kissed Putin’s ass constantly, until recently he was still praising that SOB, and yet, most of you, including your sorry a**, said not a thing. What a bunch of cowards, seditionists, and, in doing so, you gave aid and comfort to an enemy of this country, and you damn well know what that is the definition of. The GOP actions definitely contributed to a war criminal killing women and children! As for you, Spirit (hah!) music meetups, your idols the GOP appointed the supreme dorks who ok’d dark money, which is how the Russians gave massive amounts to the traitors you apparently idolize! Cuts both ways, don’t it? it is legal for everyone, so either confront this twerp and his buddies as well, or just leave this country, cause your idea of love belongs in the hands of a sociopath. If you don’t trust either party, then i understand, but if you ignore the s**t that set up this whole war and who did a lot of it, and who sucked up to the Russians, then you are just as guilty as they are. Trampling on the Constitution by betraying it through sedition is not patriotism, encouraging enemies of this country to invade another country by refusing to provide the aid Congress gave them, and having their ambassador write a party’s platform on Ukraine is treason.
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  728. Religious? Certainly not true Christians. These people deny the teachings of Jesus the Christos, by making deals with a person who has no moral values, in essence, their devil, to advance their doctrine of taking away the free will (A VERY IMPORTANT FUNDAMENTAL OF TRUE CHRISTIANITY), by attempting to control the will of everyone but themselves, TO SEIZE POWER AND ADVANCE THEIR OWN UNCHRISTIAN VALUES OF HATRED, TYRANNY, and most important to them, THE WORSHIP OF MAMMON: THE COLLECTION OF FINANCIAL WEALTH OVER CHRISTIAN VALUES. Jesus had kittle respect for the wealthy, or such pseudo -religious, self-righteous hypocrites. Eye of the Needle, The Good Samaritan, Gain the World and Lose Your Soul, MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS EARTH! Look at their so called evangelists, who draw large crowds, while living expensive lifestyles, get caught in compromising sexual peckerdillos, or should we say peckerdildos, stuffing their pockets, while living tax free lives (RENDER UNTO CAESAR). These people ignore their own massive hypocrisies, while following the Evangenital hypocrites, in search of power and wealth, focusing their time on the behavior of others, believing that they can sin all they want, and simply wipe it away, with a show of hypocritical piety snd churchgoing, rather than living a quiet, truly religious life, helping others, and setting an example for all. The people with true religious faith, look to their own lives and behavior, AND DO NOT MAKE POLITICAL DEALS WITH THEIR DEVILS AND DEMONS, IN SEARCH OF POLITICAL POWER!
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  768. This from a person who has consistently made political statements, whose wife is loudly political, who not only made the statement to Anita Hill about pubic hair in his coke, but also to a number of other women. First of all, what were you using for floss, secondly, you snd Scalia constantly made political statements, third of all, it is blatantly obvious through your own political comments that you have made decisions upon ideological (or is that idiotological?) grounds. Not to mention you and other judges on the court using shadow decisions, which jeopardize the whole concept of a fair and reasonable court. You risk turning the court into the Supreme Dorks and the title of Justice to Injustice. For you to complain about the court being politicized is laughable, given your public comments over the years, and the fact that you just did it again by giving another political speech, in which you complained about being accused of being political. You made your bed, now you have to sleep in it. The position deserves the respect, not necessarily the person occupying it, snd you snd some of your colleagues would do well to heed that, before your decisions based upon your personal belief systems cause the citizens of this country to disregard the Court’s decisions and authority. You need to give the position the respect it deserves or face the prospect of further diminishing respect for the court. As for complaining about people being obsessed with attention to race, it is very obvious that legislatures and elected officials in this country are enacting laws upon racist grounds in order to keep non whites from voting. Furthermore, everyone on the court is financially quite well off, and it is also obvious there are decisions made on classist grounds. Giving corporations more rights than human beings is slavery, and so is denying the right to vote through legislative means. If the court wants respect, it had better stop playing politics and move towards justice by not making decisions based upon keeping the upper classes snd corporations in control. If you think that any reasonably intelligent person cannot see what the court has been doing and how a Fascist party has been stuffing the court, you are sadly mistaken. Whether or not the members of the court do their job correctly has become overshadowed by the recent efforts of the party and politics you and your wife and some of your colleagues openly ascribe to. For instance, it is very obvious that some decisions are made upon religious grounds, classist grounds (obviously Alito feels that corporations have primacy over human beings) and maintaining the particular power structure in the political realm of this country. Then there are certain justice’s affiliation with the Federalist Society, which has an agenda of maintaining a certain narrow and privileged power structure. I am asking all of you, as a citizen of this country, who has seen 50 years of progress towards equality on racial and classist grounds being erased by the actions of corporations and members of the privileged class (which includes members of the court, not one of you is not wealthy), to stand up snd make your decisions based upon legal and Constitutional grounds and to stop the travesties of shadow court meetings, as well as decisions based upon ideological grounds. Please do your jobs with respect to all citizens of this country, and the law. It is not your job to make laws, yet you do it. We need a Court respected by the citizens. There will always be times when we disagree with your decisions, but too many decisions in recent years are obviously based upon political beliefs masquerading as impartial decisions based upon legal grounds. Those decisions and frankly questionable political motives in who has been appointed have severely curtailed respect for the court. We need a strongly impartial court, in order to restore respect and preserve the political structure laid out by the Founders.
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  774. If you are going to criticize the media, you did it at a private event, and YOU ARE POLITICIZING THE COURT! You, Clarence Thomas, Alito, and others regularly make political remarks, which definitely raise questions about your impartiality, by following right up after remarks made by tRump and the GOP as to you and other justices being placed upon the court for your political and religious beliefs. Furthermore, when there is political maneuvering by lying mitch mcconnell to make sure the court is stuffed with justices of a particular political persuasion, any and all pretenses of impartiality are destroyed. Shadow dockets, which are being used to make Star Chamber decisions, only reinforce the perception that the court is become not the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Dorks. A court of the privileged, dedicated to preserving those privileges, at the expense of an entire nation. This, combined with decisions allowing voter suppression by states, indeed, laws specifically targeting non whites and non privileged citizens, is quickly advancing the perception that you and others on the court should be called injustices, not justices. The court is clearly actively involved in attempts by fascists to create only one ruling party, and destroy democracy, in the eyes of a large percentage of the citizenry. The responsibility for this lies squarely upon the shoulders of a court which constantly and consistently makes decisions that advance this cause. It is extremely misleading snd disingenuous for members of the court to blame these perceptions upon the press, when their own decisions or lack of them, use of shadow documents, political speeches at private events attended by people of a political persuasion which seeks to control and maintain control over this country , only serve to reinforce and expose the very real possibility that the court is not interested in true democracy, but a rule by elites, in short, fascism. When members of the court involve themselves with the Federalist Society, and other organizations that seek exclusive power and rule, or are appointed because of particular political, classist, or religious beliefs (by either side of the aisle), it becomes increasingly apparent that there most probably is a movement within the court to make decisions upon ideological grounds, justified by a judicial smokescreen. Furthermore, shadow dockets are being misused to make decisions, which effectively limits the ability of dissenting parties to weigh in, thereby creating the impression of a court that wants to make the laws, not examine them. And, by advancing corporate interests over human rights, the court reaffirms the concept of class privilege, which essentially leads to slavery, and, in some cases where the interests of corporations advanced over the basic human rights of employees, hints at the underlying cynical classism that seems to lie at the heart of recent majority decisions. If the court continues upon this path, it risks being completely ignored and looked upon with derision by the citizenry.
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  823. In fux’s case, freedom of the press does not spread to deliberate defamation or libel, or fomenting sedition and insurrection, in a deliberate attempt to destroy the very democracy that they are claiming gives them the rights to do what they did or the sanctuary to escape the consequences of their actions. I suggest that Ruprecht Murdoch, his son, and those libelous, lying personalities that work for them closely study the meaning of irony, as it is highly ironic that they are claiming to be protected from their callous and deliberate efforts to give us a king and destroy our way of government. This is what happens when you allow elite, wealthy, scandalous immigration, rather than that of hard working peoples. Who gave these fascist scum the right to apply for citizenship? This is also what happened whsn a president, allowed to serve in spite of his progressing dementia (only progressiveness he ever showed), vetoed Congress attempting to save the fairness in broadcasting doctrine, and the FCC opened up the floodgates of lying, worthless purveyors of total misinformation, who continue to encourage the overthrow of our democracy. You can add the GOP and W Bush to the total as well, they made sure that the FCC abolished the rule limiting how many media outlets that a particular individual or corporation could have in a localized market. This is how the elites, big business, the wealthy, and the politicians they hold by their wallets steal our rights, and, eventually, our wealth, by taking as much as they can get away with. And, if they are caught, there are rarely jail sentences, and any fines might seem huge to the average citizen, but they are only a drop in a very large bucket. There needs to be time in a blue collar prison, and fines and consequences that severely hurt these traitorous individuals and corporations, fines that cripple their ability to exist. These punishments would be unusual, but certainly not cruel enough.
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  866. They caused a lot of our problems. Trickle down economics is merely a justification for all consuming greed. They deregulated important oversight of the financial industry, including hedge funds, which make a profit from business failures. Reagan and his cronies paid US companies to move to tax shelter countries, or countries where the pay was incredibly low. Not workers in the US, and no more taxes from these cheaters. Eventually, it all culminated years later, with Black Rock, and the Big Businesses drug our economy down, to crush small investors and small business, which, a few decades before that, had, since before this was even a country, been the majority of our Gross National Product. Then, Big Business, which created the problem, was rewarded by being bailed out as “too big to fail”. The most obvious sign of what this did, was to create massive homelessness. If you check the numbers, every time that taxes are lowered on the wealthy and big business, the country falls further into debt, leading to recessions a few years after that, which makes it easy to blame the other party, which was elected when people have had enough of the previous administration. Reagan had dementia when Governor of California, and he was elected because people are lazy, and want a daddy figure. His dementia increased while Presidebt, (deliberate misdpelling), and he would pretend not to hear questions, and his wife would give him the answers. He died not knowing who he was, but first, he made it nearly impossible to get people info treatment for mental illness, which is why so many of mentally ill people are out on the streets. The moral of the story, if you want government to work, you have to get involved in it in some way.
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  1014. So, then a violent attack on members of the RNC would also be “legitimate political discourse” and a patriotic endeavor? According to Ronna, the RNC, and numerous GOP congresspeople, apparently so. Of course, they would say that if is not the same. But, then, the 2016 presidential election involved dark money donations from Putin’s friends, Russian GPU misinformation campaigns and the hacking of voting software systems in some states, also, THE RNC ALLOWING THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO WRITE THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM ON UKRAINE! Seems like that election had the potential, or perhaps, even was illegitimate., when another country, a traditional enemy of the USA worked with the RNC, Jeff Sessions, and gave money to some big name GOP congresspeople, while Paul Ryan and other GOP congressmen joked about GOP congressman Dana Rorabacher taking money from Russia and bring in league Russia? No laughing matter, and a serious breach of national security, if not treason, definitely not in the interests of this country. And now, the RNC and many GOP leaders want us to believe that violence, in this case, violence against the Congress, also attempting to overturn a legitimate election (that’s called a coup) is merely an exercise in free speech, because apparently they believe there should only be one party in this country? That is called fascism, by the way, and before you dismiss it, look up the definition, get educated! No matter what political party engages in such actions, it is defined as sedition and insurrection, and it is a very, very serious crime, the attempt to overthrow our democracy. And, you can throw in some members of SCOTUS, and William Barr, members or supporters of the Federalist Society, who think that there should only be one party and one religion, who will dismantle voting rights, who feel that corporations have more rights than people, including immunity for some illegal behavior, who are attacking some civil rights, and several who may have engaged in sexual harassment. And there is one whose wife is involved with some questionable fringe movements, and who has a history of highly unusual dental floss. C’mon, spare us your hypocritical mantle of righteousness! If the RNC was attacked as the Congress was, they sure as hell wouldn’t consider it to be merely an exercise of legitimate political discourse! What has become of this country? The wealthiest citizens and corporations continually avoid or attempt to avoid paying a fair share of taxes, while encouraging what is left of the middle class to go into debt they can’t afford, dumping the tax liability upon them, telling them that taking care of the less fortunate is an entitlement, stoking the middle class fear of poverty, by playing them against the poor (oh look, a squirrel), while holding a vast majority of the wealth. If we received just the money these people and corporations spent on the attorneys, accountants, and lobbyists to avoid or decrease their taxes, this country would be so much better off! If you think this is BS, then just ask yourself one simple question, “Why are their so many homeless in the richest country in the world?” They aren’t all lazy, on drugs, mentally ill or anti-social. And, shame on the so called Christians who encourage “prosperity” while looking down on the less fortunate, while helping such destruction of democracy, you are no true follower of Jesus. Nuff said
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  1036.  @bigdes2k  i am not mocking God, i want God to save me from God’s idiot followers, who deserve scorn for being total hypocrites. I suggest you learn more about religion and spend less time simply parroting pseudo religious propaganda from those who do not spell prophet thusly, but in reality, spell it P R O F I T! And you need to learn a whole lot more about history as well. I am renouncing hypocrites, not God, not religion. So, gst down off your sanctimonious high horse, and learn tolerance and respect for others. Jesus did not like pseudo religious holier than thou hypocrites or the wealthy, and he said His Kingdom was not of this earth, and render unto Caesar, he actually advocated the separation of church and state, be saying His Kingdom is not temporal or earthly. Instead of only hearing what you want to hear, open your soul to listening to it all. Think upon this: anyone who advocates feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, healing the sick, and clothing the naked would be considered a horrible Socialist by the wealthy, and the majority of the GOP. Well, that advocate actually did those things and it was Jesus. He didn’t advocate killing, and the GOP goes on about the 2nd amendment, ignoring “ A WELL REGULATED militia.” There is plenty more, but i do not know that you would actually listen or think about it. Those who are insecure in their religion, as i said, spend their time lecturing others, those who truly believe set an example. I am fed up with the ridiculous claims and things people do in the name of God, which actually are contrary to the teachings. Holy wars are a lie, a farce. Supporting politicians with no morals to get a moral victory is not moral! Being religious is not an excuse to seek to control others. LOOK TO YOUR OWN SOUL! I will look to mine, I neither need nor want your admonishments, nor your version of beliefs. My faith and life are between my maker and i, and i am fed up with people who obviously have their own problems with morality and ethics lecturing others on morality. Jesus regarded the Pharisees as hypocrites for the same reasons, and praised the Good Samaritan, who did not go about proclaiming his piety, but lived his belief with love, care, and regard for others
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  1109. Everyone should study the way sociopaths operate. After time spent in social work, mental health, law enforcement, and actually participating in bring a sociopathic rapist to justice, i can tell you: they lie to themselves, knowing it is a complete lie, so they will sound so convincing that people will believe the most obvious falsehoods. They use their lies to set people against each other, as they know that those who are separated by their lies will not communicate with each other, and the conflict that their lies generate guarantees that they will not communicate with each other, and that people on guard are closed off enough and paying so much attention to those that they feel threatened by, that they completely are oblivious to the horrid things the sociopath is doing. Sociopaths are so utterly charming, that even when apprehended, and charged with multiple crimes, those who are bamboozled by them, are often unable to admit that they have been deceived and used. Of course, if you stand up to them, or oppose them, that charm becomes hatred, vitriol, and a chain of lies designed to turn their followers against you, even to the point of violence. They continually use those lies to get other people to do their dirty work, including threats and violence against anyone who has the courage to not swallow their lies. This man is a typical victim/follower of the practiced sociopath trump, but lacks the simple courage, like so many of his GOP colleagues, to take the obvious moral stance in opposition to a very mentally ill, and completely immoral person, who has openly and publicly stated he wants to destroy our democracy (freedom is slavery), become dictator (war is peace), kill those who oppose his illegal acts and seizure of power, and form a Nazi nation (unified reich), swindle people to poor to tackle him in civil court, where the most expensive lawyers often win, frag any rightful lawsuit against him out, so he bleeds his victims dry of any money to pay the attorneys powerful enough to get a judgement against him, encouraged insurrection and treason, indulged in sedition by manipulating elections, and so much more. And he and so many morally bankrupt republican politicians follow his lead, that our legal system is compromised st the highest level, where some of the supreme court justices openly take payola (thomas actively solicited his), for the manipulation of legal interpretation of our laws to benefit those who make no secret of their contempt for the citizenry. And now, so many of them follow the supreme sociopath’s lead, that they have turned accusing someone they oppose, of illegal behavior that they are actually the ones who are committing such behavior (truth is lies). As an example, trying to insist that the last election is rigged, while their attempts to commit election fraud fell through. And the quotes in parentheses are from 1984, by George Orwell.
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  1157.  @timchapman6702  tim, that’s how the GOP lies. They are trying to defund the IRS, because the IRS is now catching big business tax cheats, who back the GOP, and making them pay up. These backers of the GOP, who spend millions on accountants, lawyers, and lobbyists to avoid paying taxes each year, then use the lobbyists to pass laws benefitting only their clients snd economic class, but you and i, snd what is left of the middle class have to pay taxes that support those laws that screw us to benefit them. Big business cheats us taxpayers out of about 1 Trillion dollars a year! The IRS knows it can get about 561 Billion of that back, while having to fight in court for the rest, while the cheaters drag it out in court. I am not interested in paying taxes to protect those criminal cheaters. By the way, many industries claim subsidies of your and my tax dollars as part of those bills that benefit them, that we have to pay for. Gas and oil companies get our tax dollars, then turn around snd manipulate prices every year to cost us more and give them massively record profits, which, they cheat on the taxes, they owe for those record profits. Hedge funds, which can and do help crash the economy by betting it will crash, get record profits that way. Then, when the economy crashes, they sometimes goof and guess wrong, snd they start going down. Then, your tax dollars are spent to bail them out. Sound familiar? That was 2007 and 2008, that was our tax money that kept them and the whole reckless, selfish financial industry alive, when they purposely crashed the economy to make sure small business could never he strong again. But, small business has been the backbone of our economy,even before we were a country. Now that big business controls the economy, where the hell do you think all the homeless people suddenly came from?
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  1190. Kevin, are you having that dream again, where YOU ARE NAKED , and can’t seem to hide? This man is a big one contributing to your problems, J.E. Last year, 55 of the wealthiest corporations and 50 of the wealthiest Americans paid no taxes, but the sure as hell paid millions or more to accountants, lawyers, and lobbyists to not pay taxes like you and the rest of the rabble, all the while ranting about socialism, and “O look, there’s a squirrel” for those to, shall we say, “misinformed” to notice who is really picking your pocket. And then some of them got subsidies from our government, and they all used those lobbyists of theirs to pass laws that you and I and the citizenry pay for, while they don’t. Those are the crooks! The American Dream is really an American Scheme! God help you if you need an epi pen (price raised 461% through big pharma machinations), diabetes drugs, how many GOP voted against making their price reasonable? And plenty more. Isn’t it amazing how the supply of gas, oil, and diesel goes up every summer, must catch the oil industry by surprise? Not hardly, they bank on it, and through subsidies, with your tax dollars. Snd they will stick with it and stick it to us for as long as possible. And mccarthy, just another gutless, loudmouthed liar, wants you to believe that you will be picked on. Who benefits? The supreme court injustices installed by this man and other greedy sob’s claim that campaign donations are not to be regulated, because they are “free” speech. I never knew money was free! What they really mean is, “we own you, we make the laws, (remember they are part of the elite-Alito thinks corporations have more rights than humans, which is a great excuse for slavery), and you have to follow those laws. Time to wake up, and, remember, swallowing BS can’t be healthy. Too much to handle? Sit back on the couch, bang some beers, eat fatty foods and don’t exercise, or think too much. Same poison as listening to con artists helping rivh folks steal your cash
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  1194. Before you all start, or continue bitching about government, maybe you’d better learn critical thinking. Why would these guys want to run the government? Really, it is to allow them to take everything they want, and they can make laws to do it. Does anyone in this country know how to think or use common sense? We are seeing very little right now. NEWS FLASH: THEY WANT TO RAISE YOUR TAXES, WHILE DROPPING THEIRS, AND THE TARIFFS WILL MAKE IT TOO EXPENSIVE TO BUY THOSE RIDICULOUSLY HUGE TV’S YOU ALL LOVE. YOU WON’t BE ABLE TO GET ANYTHING INTERESTING AT THE LIBRARY, EXCEPT PROPAGANDA AND RELIGIOUS TEXTS. WHICH WILL BE PAID FOR WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS, AND YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO AFFORD CABLE OR SATELLITE. Yup, you won’t be having much fun, because these people see you as property, for the taking. If you are hurt, or retire, they don’t want you to get the benefits you paid for. Remember 2007 and 2008? These are the people who dragged the economy down to kill off small businesses and take the money of small investors. They got what they wanted, and were just fine, because your tax dollars bailed them out. They want to do it again, but even worse, and first, they want to make government programs invest in the stock market, so they get everything that should be coming to you. I worked all my life, and paid into social security and medicare, so i do not intend to let some rich bum who has more than they can ever use, take my money, because they are a mentally diseased kleptomaniac.
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  1198. The Grand Jury presents indictments, not convictions. There must be credible and reliable evidence presented to them. The accused’s attorneys have the opportunity to challenge the evidence in front of judge and jury, who will make the decision to convict or acquit. There was more than enough evidence in this case. Since tRump can’t keep his mouth shut, because he believes he is so powerful that he is above the law, his only way out is to plead insanity, which would thankfully be an admission that would keep him from being president. However, since his behavior, if not sociopathic clinically (it may well be, i am not a psychiatrist, only helped apprehend a sociopath), mimics a sociopath at the least, i believe he has lied to himself so many times (to make others believe him) that the only way he will comprehend that the law does not apply to him, is to suffer the consequences of his many and diverse criminal actions. His personal myth of invulnerability has been bolstered over time in his mind by the many lawsuits he has had against him in civil court, where he has often been far more affluent than those he cheated or swindled, so that the proceedings dragged on, or, one of his favorite tactics, to find all sorts of legal maneuverings to delay the proceedings, and cause the plaintiffs to lose so much money paying their attorneys, that they withdrew their case or settled, or he won because he had much more extensive attorneys. He is pissed because he is being reminded he is also human, and not above the law. One sick and very nasty person, and a definite symptom of the inequality rot in this country. NO ONE, INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATION, IS ABOVE THE LAW! IT IS TIME TO MAKE THAT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO THE ELITIST OLIGARCHS, Greedy Old Pigs, AND THE CRIMINALS OF ALL ECONOMIC STRATA!
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  1223. It is time that everyone recognizes that netanyahu and his nasty pals are creating a mirror image of the Holocaust that the Jews and others faced from the Nazis, by creating a New Holocaust, so what is the difference in their behavior from the Nazis? What do we call them? And let’s throw Hamas in as well, they tried the same thing on Israel, but lacked the arms, numbers, and thankfully, the support the israeli creeps are getting from so many other nations, who chose to get involved in this mess. Hezbollah is not a nation, by the way, so it’s only Iran and the Houthis of Yemen helping Hamas. Both sides are wrong, used their own civilian people to start or get killed to further inflame the conflict, thereby acting just like the US’ wannabe nazi government. Both start and maintain crises to claim their foul leaders are the only ones to save their country, and it is all about these two dregs of humanity, (i am probably being too nice here), provoking all kinds of conflict to get any lowlife backing them to demand they stay in office, as they supposedly cannot be prosecuted while in office. May the members of our supreme court who misused their position to take payola, while enabling any sociopathic, psychotic, mentally diseased maniac to abuse his position, from this day forward, have a miserable life, until they fix this bullshit, and make amends, experience nothing but misfortune and hardship, agony, and the same travails they dropped on everyone by selling out. How much did they and these two demons get for their souls?
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  1252. Just remember, reducing government size just gives the wealthy and the big companies the ability to get away with paying no taxes, poisoning people with dangerous products, and turning up the heat on the world for money, even though they have known what they are doing is hazardous to all life on this planet, since the 70’s. If you want to pay their share of taxes, go right ahead, i don’t want to. I do agree with the basis of your comment, what we need the most is heavy regulation of those horrible people and companies, and taxation where they pay their fair share, as well as airtight legislation they cannot get around. Every time someone becomes prez that complains sbout big guvmint, we get ripped off, and the deficit goes up higher, while they whine about the deficit. They already have more than they can ever use, they don’t need it, but they don’t want any of we the people to have it, unless we spend it on their stuff. Imagine the dent it would put in the deficit, or the programs to help people and small businesses we could fund, it all we got was the money the SOB’s spend on attorneys, and accountants and lobbyists, in order to not pay their share. Last year, 50 of the wealthiest people in this country and 55 of the wealthiest companies paid no taxes. And, since certain members of the supreme dorks consider money (campaign donations) to be free speech (completely absurd, as under that definition, the more you can afford to spend, the more you get to control what people see snd hear. That allowed the very Russians who are Putin’s buddies to pay a shit ton of cash to a party’s national committee, and get sanctions on them lifted, and don’t forget how McConnell, Graham, tRump and others filled their coffers. Now, there are members of Congress and the Supreme Sociopath praising that killer Putin. Never forget the blood on his hands, former head of USSR Committee for Public Safety, the KGB. Pogo had it right, “We have met the enemy, and they is us.”, or as you would say, and I agree, the people who are supposed to represent us, not themselves, their buddies, moneychangers and killers
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  1280. At one point, old man walton worked on setting it up, so his kids didn’t pay 5billion a year in taxes, and it cost the rest of us 6 billion to make sure those employees got food stamps and medical care and aid to dependent children. I believe that if we all help each other, the bastards pulling this shit will be SOL. Big business and communism both work to crush the middle class and take all that wealth for the already rich and powerful. Don’t be a fool, the less fortunate are not getting “entitlements”, it’s those who have more than they can ever use who receive entitlements, plus they don’t like to pay taxes, because it puts them even with you or I, so they spend millions upon millions on lawyers, accounts, and lobbyists to not pay taxes, and pay the lobbyists to pay off politicians to pass laws that only benefit them, but YOU get to pay the taxes to benefit only them. Screw the hedge fund people, big money people, they only care about your money, so they create a myth to make you think you will be one of them, but they would never accept you, and you will likely never be fabulously wealthy. By the way, the big money boys deliberately drag down the economy from time to time, in order to get rid of small businesses and day traders. In 2007-08, they dragged it down so low, that Your tax dollars were used to bail them out. Where the hell do you think all the homeless people suddenly came from? Wake up, lean compassion, and learn how gangsters make the best capitalists, they even pay off supreme court injustices! And by the way, except for roads, bridges, rest stops and their maintenance, and local law enforcement, social security, unemployment, workman’s comp, and medicare, aren’t you tired of bailing out the rich, and financing their greed? What happens if we all refuse to pay taxes, until the criminals now in charge of our democracy are shut out of power and jailed? As for the “christian nationalists”, they are no Christians, free will is part of Christianity, they want to force you to worship as they, not you choose, and they will want money, mainly for themselves, but will label it as “supporting christianity”, the most hypocritical lie, they actually worship Mammon, god of greed. And Jesus said to pay your taxes, which they work hard to cheat on, he made it clear that he did not like rich people, and that he didn’t like pseudo religious, holier than thou, religious hypocrites either, and he directed us to feed the hungry, house the homeless, clothe the naked, and heal the sick, all things ridiculed by big business, trump, musk, and the rest of most of the rich, as “socialism”. Bullshit, nothing worse than phony, hypocritical religiosity, perpetrated by a bunch of selfish criminals!
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  1338. Sydney now trying to wriggle out of sedition, insurrection, fraud, and disbarment, by claiming that if so many people believed in stop the steal, that it could be real! Demented, lying, dishonest, fraudulent, incompetent, and a truly gifted grifter and con artist, just like her hero, the Supreme Sociopath! If she can talk her way out of jail, i predict a promising future for her in phishing scams, bilking the elderly, and as a recorded voice for robocall scams. If you believe her, Rudy, the Supreme Sociopath, or much of the gutless GOP leadership, who don’t challenge any of this BS, for fear of alienating the alienated, gullible, naive, and mentally unhealthy electorate, then you will be prime fodder for every scammer and con artist who comes along. Please note: since the wealthy have cornered the market on resveratol, your health will steadily and surely decline, if you think riding around in golf carts, sitting on the couch, watching tv, drinking alcohol, and eating processed foods, is the best way to take care of yourself. Diabetes, heart problems, stroke, and very possibly dementia will follow, which may be why there are so many people that swallow any con, however, let’s not exclude greed, which also includes resenting anyone nit as successful as you, and a propensity to bite on scams. While you are at it, do not wear a mask, show everyone that you are an independent thinker, and entitled to go to yhe head of the ICU line, to the detriment of others, who heeded doctor’s advice, but require necessary care. Be a selfish jerk, just don’t expect any one to like you, not that you care. P.T. Barnum summed it up nicely, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Of course, the birth rate is way up since his time.
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  1359. Portland is a shithole! The city government is a f’n joke and has been for years, and Metro (tri-county agency) is controlled by developers, who just keep driving the price of housing up. Infill will not work, the price of land keeps rising, and then the city has to supply infrastructure. For years, the city has constantly advertised itself as the place to live. Guess it worked, while not working. They have an incredible amount of homeless and a whole lot of spoiled jackasses who took over the Black Lives Matter protests (they are mostly white, so pretty ironic) and started trashing the city. I am not talking about Antifa. And not all homeless are mentally ill. This is the fruit pf 2007 and 08, when big corporations decided to cement their control on our economy by crashing it, and then getting bailed out. So, now, middle class people are being frozen out of the housing market by the greedy bastard big landlord corporations, like Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, which is just one of many. Warren deserves no credit for living modestly, when his company freezes people out of the housing market. If what is left pf the middle class can’t afford housing, then no wonder there are so many homeless. BIG BUSINESS IS TURNING TGIS COUNTRY INTO A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, IT US BIG BUSINESS CAPITALISM THAT IS THE PROBLEM, THEY SPEND AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT PF MONEY ON ACCOUNTANTS, LAWYERS, AND LOBBYISTS, TO AVOID OR PAY LESS TAXES, AND THEY LOBBYISTS PAY POLITICIANS TO PASS LAWS THEY FORCE US TO PAY FOR! It isn’t socialism you should fear, big business has seized control of the GNP, which until a few decades ago, was mainly small business. Now that big business is in control and owns SCROTUM (originally SCOTUS), you see the results in the number of homeless. Do not be fooled by people screaming about socialism, big business is subsidized by your tax dollars!
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  1379. So is he. He has his, and you are more than welcome to pay all the taxes the wealthiest people and 55 wealthiest corporations didn’t pay, i am not interested in bring such a patsy. Those people and corporations feel it is their right not to do so, and spend billions on attorneys, accountants, and lobbyists that pay, er, donate to people like ol’ Chip here to help them not pay. Most disingenuous! Every time someone starts bitching about big government, it is basically that they don’t want to be regulated about safety or pollution, don’t want to pay or treat their employees righteously, or pay taxes. (Of course, there are sometimes more legitimate reasons, but usually it is tge other reasons). Then, after pushing the tax burden on you, they bitch about the less fortunate that they have helped shut out, made homeless, hungry, and broke. (Remember 2007, 2008?) Those irresponsible cheaters responsible for screwing up the economy and creating a mass of homelessness were bailed out by both parties. Not the people who lost most or all. These people like Chip, Rand Paul, and those wealthy people and corporations tell you that helping the less fortunate (one of Jesus’ greatest causes) is Socialism, which will seize your wealth and make you poor also. Nice scare tactic, who wants to live in poverty. The reality is that they do not care about you or anything else, but not having to do what the majority of us do, partially because they are then not above anyone, and partially because their CEO is making amounts way out of proportion to their rank and file, they are under pressure by stockholders, or they inherited their wealth, yet want to lecture you about how hard they work, and how government regulation and taxation will take away all their hard inherited money. As for Jesus and the New Testament, and so called (by GREEDY ASS political candidates) “Godless Socialism” , Jesus had little regard for the wealthy, called upon all to pay their taxes (“Render unto Caesar”), lost his temper about moneylenders, and advocated caring for the less fortunate. So, God, the Son of God, how could those ideals be godless? And now, Trump, Jr, has finally exposed the great lie: “we are not getting anywhere with Jesus”, meaning they have been using Christianity as a big lie to grab power. I hope you all wake up, and see who is really using you, and how little regard or care they have for anyone but themselves and their lust for riches at your expense.
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  1426.  @michaelarroyo2399  the people of Russia are like people here. Look at what is going on in this country, with Fux news and a bunch of jerks in power in this country praising Putin. Your anger and sadness are justified, but direct them towards those responsible. Imagine what it would be like to be born and live in a country that has always been an autocracy for centuries. First Tsars, then Commissars, then gangsters, and the head of the government has the goods on so many, he was head of KGB. The Republican National Committee brought in the Russian ambassador to write their platform on Ukraine, frump and giuliani have been obsessed with it, and people here elected that guy. No wonder Putin thought he was gonna get away with it, we had an autocrat in power here, too, and he tried sedition to retain power. Are all citizens of this country bad? Do we deserve to be a country anymore? If we create a sense of solidarity with the people of Russia, they may just finally stop despairing and rise up in a legitimate quest for liberation, which trying to overthrow a legitimate election and seize the government was not. We are not lily white either. I have friends who left Russia in despair, to live here in freedom. That mess in DC was a nightmare for them, they and a whole lot of the Russian people feel a kinship with the Ukrainians, who were the first Rus. Ukraine was a country long before Russia ever was, and Russia is named after the Ukrainians! Of course the people are distraught.
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  1481. Another liar making money at your expense, while playing holier than thou. It isn’t true that there’s a sucker born every minute, the population is much larger now, so it happens more often, just read the comments. People pridefully going on about their faith, and apparently a lot of them never got past the warlike and genocidal parts of the old Testament. Let’s be clear about people like this guy — Jesus was no fan of the rich (eye of the needle, for instance), and no fan of moneylenders, and he really didn’t like self righteous, holier than thou, pseudo christian hypocrites. So prosperity theology is bogus, so many of you who are followers of this guy, and those of you who are triumphantly announcing your faith and righteousness better take a good long look at the hypocrisy of it all. I will just say this in ending my observation: the people i know who truly believe, go about their daily business, without going on about how pure and wonderful they are, they do not proselytize, they are not prideful, they tell the truth, and they live their lives quietly, and let their behavior be a quiet example of how to live. And they do not use religion to make money, and then attack others while doing it. So, tread carefully. The billionaire tax only taxes people who actually Jesus was no fan of, not you or yours. Ever think that having more than you can ever use, is greed, miserliness? And the IRS is going after the high end of the economic spectrum, who cheat on their taxes, or just plain don’t pay, and therefore drop the burden on the rest of us. And here is a word for you: charity. Live it, for there but for the Grace of God, go you.
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  1563. Presidebt, too much government they say, because the rich want Communism, the step in Communism, no country has ever gotten past, which taxing the people to pay for things that only benefit those who can never possibly use all they have, the rich, many of which have no class, see themselves as superior and believe that we are all here to serve and service them. While you are paying for their idiotic tariffs, trade wars, wars, and outright theft, they are making sure they don’t pay taxes or pay at a lower rate than you. Meanwhile, they try to own everything necessary for your survival. They own water, food, heat, shelter, clothing, cooling, and for many, the companies you work and the transportation you use to get there. They own more than you ever will, and, for them, it isn’t enough. So they manipulate elections to put people like trump, whose butt they kiss, as they fear his madness, but feel entitled enough to commit espionage through theft of public and private records. This is all about destroying us and creating a slave class to serve them, your overlords. They are engaged open theft of benefits you have paid for, with sweat and hard labor, and not paying you what you are worth. So, if we allow this to go on, count on a short, mostly miserable life, with no support if you are sick, or injured, plus lousy pay, if any. In communism, it’s called the Dictatorship of of the Proletariat, and it is where Communism never gets past, as the weasels at the top can never get enough wealth or power. And you had better be far more worried about musk’s theft of your private information, than any scammer! It is espionage, look up the penalty. So is some of what trump is doing. They are also trying to provoke violence, so they have an excuse to kill and subjugate all not part of their little club. As for any of their supporters, they will use you, until they don’t need you, and then you get the same treatment as everyone else. Why should they be grateful for your support, you will never be as rich, they look down on you,!you won’t be at the parties, you will slave like everyone else.. so, start thinking of ways to derail them, be creative, but avoid violence, for that is their signal to butcher a whole lot of people. We can put an end to this, and better figure out how, because the last time the distribution of wealth was like this, it led to the Great Depression, and if we don’t stop it from happening, it will be ethnic, religious, class, and wealth cleansing!! So, grow a pair, grow your brain, search history for effective means of resistance, that aren’t violent, and are cleverly effective.
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  1582.  @joelcornelius7918  Apparently, those Christians did not appreciate it, so you are making a false statement. The nuns running the school expressed their displeasure, the man who invited him to give the address as well, and a great many of the students graduating or or simply attending have come out expressing their dismay, and a feeling of being attacked. Better pull your head out, clean your eyes and look at the whole truth, rather than just that part that you approve of. I have read numerous statements from those i referred to, who were quite unhappy and felt violated and attacked by his opinion, which while supposedly Christian, was all about being judgmental. You know what Jesus said about that. I just find the hypocrisy of someone passing judgement upon others, while professing to be Christian, to be one of the things that Jesus Himself felt offensive. “Judge not, lest ye be judged”, a comment made about people condemning an unmarried woman, that they considered immoral, his distaste flr the holier than thou religious hypocrisy of the Pharisees, his parable of the Good Samaritan caring for another person, while the self righteous ignored someone in need of help, and as for militant christianity as a temporal political power, “My Kingdom is not of this earth.” There are many more examples. Somehow, those who make a big show of their own righteousness, and tell others how they should behave in their lives for religious reasons, always ignore those very important statements of Jesus. It happens in other religious also, and it frequently is really about the personal discomfort of those telling everyone else how to act. Religious intolerance of others and telling them how to behave is not a true Christian value. As the blues song aptly expresses it, “Fore you accuse me, take a look at yourself”.
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  1628. She is one of the ones who should be thrown out of Congress for sedition. Forbes is and has been stretching freedom of the press by making sure their coverage subtly backs these traitors by confining their coverage to attacking anyone who wants to keep themselves and the greedy bastards they cater to from paying their fair share of taxes, and from stealing as much as possible. In short, Forbes advocates economic feudalism, a system of fascist oligarchy highly reminiscent of the conditions in Russia today, and even under what was called Communism, but was actually fascist oligarchy, alias the dictatorship of the proletariat. It is a psychological, moral, ethical mental illness to amass wealth to the point that big business capitalism does, and has created an abusive system that has created a massive condition of homelessness in the USA today. It isn’t immigration, it is the fact, that since the late 20th century (and also the early 20th century, culminating on the Great Depression), big business capitalism has now seized control of the USA GNP. Small business capitalism spreads wealth about, as the businesses gave to be more responsive to those in their communities, as long as it is not an abusive monopoly. Strong regulation of capitalism is required to avoid abuses. The system we have is badly broken, due to the supreme court being stuffed with injustices who believe that abusive wealth should be promoted, and themselves above the regulation of abusive and unethical collection of benefits, essentially being bribed, as if they are incapable of being moved by such gratuities, while benefitting heavily from the gifts showered upon them. As part of a ranching family, i can certainly recognize their utter bullshit for what it is. Money buys things, and it buys influence, in this case influential people, who are being revealed as as a bunch of lying grifters. You can lie by omission, and they are giving us a textbook course in it! I predict that the recent discoveries of Alito’s abuses are just the tip of the iceberg, as he would be more careful about hiding such abuses, since he has made no secret of his belief that corporations have more rights than individuals (slavery), and of his contempt for the citizenry. As for Forbes, try giving a damn about humanity for an f’ing change, and stop promoting abusive capitalism in a grand scale, and start advocating responsible capitalism, rather than less than subtly advancing the bullshit coming out of the mouths of seditious jerks, who the Constitution says should be expelled from office!
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  1675. What difference does that make? You are a seditionist traitor, like your husband, claiming that turning over your phone records would break your patient/doctor privacy rights. Listen, you cretinous witch, you already violated and still claim your right to violate the privacy and safety of the citizens of Arizona, as well as the citizens of this country, with your constant whining, and your Fascist-seditionist, traitorous attempts to overthrow our democracy, because you and yours think you have the right to tell us all how to live. As for your allegiance to the Supreme Sociopath, when an entire nation is constantly subjected to his ridiculous lies, yet you continue to back him and his seditionist ways, you are an accomplice as you full well know. Is it the heat of Arizona baking your brains, or are you just a desperately unhappy, self righteous, nastily horrid, venomous, vituperative pair of psychic vampires, attempting to suck the life out of our right to be free of your illegal maneuvers? You know you lost your rights to hide your discussions, when you committed these crimes, now, with an utter lack of respect for your unfortunate patients, you try to hide behind their same rights you so cheerfully have trampled on for so long. There are words to describe you and your rotund hubby, including strident, lying, selfish, criminal, poser, and more, but the community guidelines do not allow me to use the most descriptive, including the ones that insult female dogs, wild donkeys, a whole class of slithering reptiles, and many more. Suffice to say, you are a couple of base criminals masquerading as those who care about people. Scum!
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  1693. Judge is inexperienced, incompetent, obviously biased, has no business on the bench. Old style shady southern party politics ride again. The judge was supposedly drawn from a pool of judges, by an amazing coincidence, although not really competent or experienced for the position, trump chose her for the position, and how do you think she was confirmed? Part of the trump/GOP/RNC strategy to destroy our democracy by perverting our laws, and allowing the judiciary to usurp the legislative portion of checks and balances, placed in jeopardy by a mentally unbalanced presidebt, backed by GOP legislators either part of the, shall we say, plot, or too cowardly to stand up to Dick Tater, the supreme sociopath. If you believe that the judge just happened to drawn for this case, then you probably believe Jeffrey Epstein managed to commit suicide, when due to an amazing set of coincidences, his guards deserted their posts and, in the end, suffered few consequences, and, the cameras just happened to fail, with Epstein on suicide watch! We have seen some amazing twists of fate, or fatality, emanating from this select group, who are supposedly working to preserve a way of life that means the wealthy elite do not face the penalties of the laws they break, while the rabble, er, citizenry, is held to strict account, unless, of course, they are just following orders. From the McCarthy era to the present McCarthy era, little has changed. The names change, but the process of vilifying others for the very practices these enemies of ethics, morality, and democracy, continues on. By the way, anyone who has read the New Testament, and supports such hatred, anger, and cruelty, is no Christian, and their whole way of life takes God’s name in vain, eh redoubt of Bonner’s Ferry and elsewhere. Bet that bunch of sanctimonious hypocrites has Fahrenheit 451 on their book burning list.
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  1716.  @CPTAwesome9000  desanitized is alleged to have been involved in prisoner torture at Guantanamo Bay. Also, GOP has been aided by Putin and Russia with bots and doctored or produced phony film for some time, on social media and in the press. They have also played this on both sides of the aisle, does the phrase, “Confusion to thine enemy” mean anything to you? Also, fox news has admitted they make their shit up, it’s propaganda, the network and their announcers admitted under oath that they lie to their viewers, because they are afraid to lose their advertising revenues. Yet, people are so stupid as to believe them. Besides fux, murdoch’s own the Wall street journal, and their editorial staff basically does the same, they just label it as opinion. As for Dick Tater, and little ronnie, they both lie like a rug, and ronnie seems to be very uncomfortable in his masculinity, because he is so afraid of gay people. If you aren’t attracted to the same sex at all, why would you care, you wouldn’t feel threatened. As for religion, on that subject, Jesus taught tolerance, he was pretty much “woke” or a socialist, he had little faith in the wealthy, attacked moneylenders, couldn’t stand pseudo-religious hypocrites, fed the hungry, healed the sick, believed in clothing the naked, and housing the homeless. As for Qanon, it is also a way to sow doubt. And the supreme sociopath, sociopaths lie to themselves, so that their lies will sound convincing. They are charming or charismatic, and lie to divide people, so that they spend their time being pissed off at each other, rather than noticing what the sociopath is doing, that has become the standard in the extreme poles of politics. Dick Tater and little ronnie both practice that crap, and are horribly jealous of each other. And, Dick Tater is paranoid, has irrational fits of rage when he doesn’t get his way, and can’t remember shit, all signs of dementia. Film is no longer worth much as an object of truth, it is constantly doctored, you have porn where celebrities heads are super imposed on porn actors bodies, it is now a genre. Of course, there is also real celebrity porn out there, but that’s part of the point, if you can’t tell BS from reality, there is money in it, you can divide the citizenry, make them trust no one, and trash democracy. Best to get your news from opposing sources, and make comparisons, to find the thread of truth. If you just follow what you want to hear, then you are a perfect mark.
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  1752.  @rwm4738  you don’t know, but seems like you are triggered by the idea. Could have been, because slaves were traded from all over. Not that there would likely have been a lot of black vikings. History has more twists and turns than many can recognize. What Viking history have yoi read? Heimskringla, Landnamabok, sagas: Laxdaela, Saga of Burnt Njal, Grim’s Saga, Helgi’s Saga, Orkneyinga Saga, Faereyinga Saga, Saga of Grettir the Strong, Hrolf Kraki’s Saga, Vinland Sagas, Harald Hardrada’s Saga, Egil Skallagrimson Saga, Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness (the story of an Arab merchant who traveled with the Vikings (Russ) up rivers in Russia and Ukraine in search of trade. This book was combined with Beowulf’s story in Michael Crichton’s book Eaters of the Dead, and the 13th Warrior film was based on that book). Have you read any of those, they are fascinating looks at the Viking age, many written down by Snorri Sturluson, the Icelander, around 1200. He also authored the Elder Edda and the Prose Edda, which give us Norse Mythology, and the poetic conventions in use at the time. Lastly, Ragnar Lodbrok’s Saga., which the History channel based the Vikings series on. It shows them as constantly dirty, but Anglo-Saxon graffiti was found in the old harbor in Jorvik (York) complaining “I hate those Viking guys, they get all the girls because they bathe and wash their clothes (paraphrased). They grew up with hot springs. Anyway, if you haven’t read any, they are fascinating. Just watch out for the footnotes, they often refer to the family trees of characters, can be quite a rabbit hole. Great names, too. Olaf the Peacock, Grettir the Strong, Harald Bluetooth (the symbol for our bluetooth connections is a combination of the runes for his name), Eirik Bloodaxe, Ivar the Boneless, Sigurd Snake in the Eye, and so many more.
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  1753.  @giftsvampen  then you are making assumptions that are unproven, it was a possibility, i do not know for certain that there were, either. But it was possible, mercenaries were hired from far and by kings and jarls, in addition to the warriors who followed them as their duty, hersir. So no proof either way. Their was a man, who was a man, who owned many slaves, named Geirmund Heljarskinn, the son of a Norwegian man, and a Samoyed woman, said to be very dark skinned with more Asian features, just like as the person replied about the Suomi descendants, that there are records of. Heljarskinn means “Hell Skinned” and he is often referred to as very dark skinned. However, Hel was the goddess of where people went that did not go to Valhalla, and she was half black and half white, and it could be a reference to that as well. As for the sagas being unreliable, they are more reliable than you think. The Icelanders can still point out the locations of the farms and steads that belonged to those in the sagas. There is a book about Gudrid the Far Traveller, who lived in Iceland, Greenland, and very possibly had the first white baby in the new world at l’Anse Aux Meadows in Newfoundland. The archeologists prided themselves on locating her farmstead, but had to wait to excavate until the farmer who owned the land harvested his hay. They knew it was her house, because the floor plan was not Icelandic, but the same as the Newfoundland dwellings. I was telling someone i know about this, and it turned out that she was an Icelander, which i had not known. She scoffed and said, “Oh, we all knew where Gudrid’s farm was.” The Icelanders know their history and will proudly point it out. The Landnamabok is The Book of Settlements and lists much about the early Norse settlers of Iceland. Anyway, until we find some proof one way or the other, either contention is possible, there may not have been any black vikings or there may have been, but it is safe to say, that if there were, there would not have been many at all.
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  1763. @CymruCelt01 if you believe in historical accuracy, then you would know the Phoenicians were there before the celts, as were some other races. The first Celts to arrive were the Milesians, known as the sons of Mil, and they came form Celtic settlements in Spain, , and there still are heavily Celtic areas there, Asturias and Galicia. Calm down, and do some research! Take the time to support your arguments with research. Since you want to accuse me of what you are doing, it is pretty easy to diagnose what you are doing, that is the classic tactic the right wing plays in the US. Or maybe you just have a strong belief, if so, get supporting evidence, otherwise you are speaking from somewhere with no support. I researched it once again to see if I was wrong about the Celts (there is no way ever know about black folks and the Vikings, we would have to run DNA tests on ever skeleton ever left by them, to know. You sure get hostile over me saying it is possible, but that it would be only a few, if any). So i don’t have to accuse you, you have not brought any evidence to prove either of your assertions. As for the possibility of a black warrior in a Viking crew or household, the likelihood of proving it either way would not be very possible. As for the Celts being there before the Phoenicians, i looked it up once again, as i am willing to admit if i was wrong, but the evidence says they were not. If you have not read The Story of the Irish Race by Seumas MacManus, it names the progression of migrations, and the Phoenicians were there before the Celts, but were not the first settlers, people had settled there prior to the Phoenicians, and they weren’t Celts.
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  1769.  @gretheeriksen-mller8643  if there was a saga about that time and place. As for standing out they certainly would have, and would have been mentioned. It is easy to observe that most people really do not realize the width and breadth of where the Vikings travelled. Or many other peoples in the ancient world. We are used to thinking ourselves as superior in many ways, we have cars, planes, ships powered by engine, and communication devices that cross vast distances in a matter of moments, even so, all of these are not always reliable. Most people cannot conceive of Vikings outside of the northern realms, yet they were far travelers. They lived in the Azores before the Portuguese arrived there, according to recent evidence. They were the personal guard, the Varangians, of Byzantine emperors (the only discussion of that i have seen in the sagas, is in Harald Hardrada’s Saga, but there could be more), and there would surely be black traders, as well as slaves within the Byzantine Empire. They were all over the Mediterranean, even sacking a northern Italian city they thought was Rome. The Rus even attacked Constantinople. Not all Vikings were raiders, many were traders. There were extensive slave markets, as well as many other markets, the breadth and length of the ancient world. So, it is entirely possible that there could be black Vikings, but surely not many, if any. A good man with weapon skill would be a desirable addition to a crew, especially in the larger raids, with many crews involved. And, it is entirely possible that one of them could have fathered children with a black woman or slave, in their travels or their owning of slaves. The sagas touch upon the lives of only a relative few of the Vikings, even the peripheral characters, compared to the vast numbers of Vikings throughout a number of centuries where they were ascendant. It is possible, but i know if no record of any, we can never know fir certain, among the multitudes and the vast distances these remarkable people traveled.
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  1814. Musk is unhinged, uptight, and unable to think clearly, much of the time. Stop admiring a total washout, just because he is wealthy, when it comes to simple things like compassion, and common sense. He apparently has little of either. You wacko, elon, Boeing blew it, not any federal policy on diversity! Look for more problems with Tesla (batteries dying, falsifying self driving cars safety studies, and plenty more!) in all his ventures, he has the emotional maturity of a toddler. As for the public admiring all that money, intelligence is not common sense, and he is out to prove it. So far right that he is wrong. Maybe one problem with being too wealthy is that his expensive weed is too much for his mind. Remember that he posted him smoking a blunt, and his business comments during that incident, cost him a lot of money and a lot of control, just like his attempts to manipulate free speech on X, rated as stifling opinions who doesn’t like. Whatever, it belongs to him, so don’t use it, or faceplant , er facebook either. Stop helping avaricious business people, with little or no ethics, and completely shitty customer service and treatment, more wealthy. They can’t even use what they have, yet, somehow, it’s never enough. BIG BUSINESS IS KILLING OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CITIZENS. They use far more than their share of our resources, some of them get taxpayer subsidies, like the petrochemical industry, price gouge us, while hiding climate change for over 50 years, others willfully inject poisonous chemicals into our atmosphere, our food, and our water, while paying off congresspeople, pesidebts, and whole bunch of supreme court injustices, to keep themselves from being held responsible. Let’s do this, if your product is so safe, you have to consume a certain amount of it, in a publicly broadcasted event. Eat plastic, drink anti-flammable chemicals, have to spend 24/7 doing social media, while staring at screens, and consuming any heavy metals used in your products. Just for a start, let’s make those who place profit over people pay!
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  2131. Clarence is a first class nutter, now it is Covid he is ranting about. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. It says a whole hell of a lot about the jackasses who appointed him, and those who back him. This is a man without honor, he apparently feels he is a chosen one, who does not bother to hide his elitist contempt for the citizens of this country. He is dedicated to turning our democracy into a fascist theocracy. His morals and ethics are abysmal, look at his wife’s open activities vs his clandestine ones, his “there’s a pubic hair in my coke” activities with various women, not just Anita Hill. If we do not resist this bunch of religious fanatics on the court, who are openly usurping the role of the legislative branch by actively making law, then you will be no longer living in a democracy, but a country that will make the Salem witch trials and the Inquisition look tame. Wake up America, the GOP scream about rights, but the are only the rights of the privileged, not you. You will be expected to work for people and companies who pay no taxes, and for low wages, you will be directed by law to pay the taxes necessary to support the corruption and will of the elites. And, you will be expected to spend most of your paycheck buying things to support these elites and their corporations. Oh, look out, we are already there. Welcome Sheep, it is time to be sheared. Never forget that that coward, Lt Gov Patrick of Texass, a stanch example of this sort of GOP, felt that older citizens should offer up their lives and go to work in Covid laden environments to save the US economy, while he sat on his worthless backside, with his head all the way up it, not bothering to lead the way. He and they expect you to die to make them wealthier. The Deep State is the modern GOP, the deep state of shit
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  2187. Honey, the whole GOP (you are part of it) has been working to rig elections for some time, not just this election. They want to turn this country into a slave pit, a pseudo christian nation (true Christians wouldn’t back a looney who was talking about being a dictator and having anyone disagreeing killed upon his orders, but the ones who actually worship Mammon, god of riches, sure would, which tells you that they are huge phonies, jostling to kiss the devil’s backside). Either that, or anti/democratic, fascist, white supremacists, or seriously mentally ill in their own right. Soon, we will also know whether some members of scotus have sold us out, and are acquiescing to an anti-democracy coup, to turn this country into a fascist state. It is telling, that every time some Maggat starts running off their mouth in self righteous indignation, that they seem to feel they have the exclusive license for whatever reprehensible behavior they are accusing others of. Frump, completely! Mom for liberty husband and wife, she’s bi-sexual and he allegedly raped her Lesbian lover, Jerry Falwell, Jr, likes to watch his wife screw young men just over 18 years of age, the Bakkers ended up in prison, Joel Osteen’s church locked out flood victims seeking shelter from a hurricane, the truly amazing amount of “family values” candidates who are caught with their genitalia where, according to their own words, they don’t belong, and so much more. Including Christie Noem, a GOP governor. 🎉Sure doesn’t feel good until it happens to you, does it, Nikki? You were part of setting this kind of election manipulation up, through your participation in the party of cheaters, they feel it is their right to deny voting rights, set up election tampering, calling threatening types to polling places to scare people of from voting, and so much more. CLASSIC NAZI BROWN SHIRT PRACTICES, and violence when the other practices aren’t succeeding. Take heed, all who back this type of politics, the snake swallows it’s own tail. It turned on Nikki Haley, it WILL turn on you, but who knows if you will have the mental acuity to see that, or even know when it happens to you. Pray for our democracy, these criminals are working to end it, and if you are naive enough to believe what they accuse others of, and not checking that they are doing exactly what they accuse others of, then you are fodder for whatever use they will eventually put you to. Never fear, riches will flow, upwards, and away from you, if you persist in backing these lying, cheating, and completely insincere power seekers. The rich don’t care about you, they don’t want to know you, they just want your money, and look around you, at the homeless on the streets, that’s what happens to those whose money=means of support from. Put these people in power, and a lot more people will be homeless and/or quite short lived.
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  2196. What Christlike values do hatemongering Evangelicals show? Redoubt Church shows up in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, fully armed to demand local library throw out books they do not have, evangelical pastors support and bankroll Dick Tater, the supreme sociopath, to get the fascist control they want in this country (telling us how to live, and hoping to enforce it with laws subverting democracy), stacking the supreme court with extremist religious bigotry (Alito, and bunney wabbit (look up coney), scream about right to life, while endorsing war, and persecution of followers of other religions (crusades, anyone?), back complete federalist idiots, who espouse freedom of speech only when it agrees with them, (Hillside Fascist College rewrites Florida textbooks for their idiot governor),scream that Covid masking and quarantines ruin their congregation’s right to worship in their preferred manner (passing the collection plate being the most important aspect of “preferred manner” (how’s a guy supposed to get private jets, huge mansions, find someone to screw his wife while he watches?), and run for public office as “godfearing” (obviously not, or they would know they are hellbound under the very beliefs they promulgate) veterans, former police officers, pastors and bishops, against their opponents, described as “a godless socialist”. What god? Mammon or mammaries? So, a person who believes we should all help one another, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, house the homeless, and heal the sick is godless? Sounds like Jesus to me, but apparently not to the arbiters of the proper religious behavior. Tell you what, the most truly religious, the most truly Christian people, they don’t need to go trumpeting a lust for money (in order to carry on our holy mission), the proper way for others to behave, their hatred, anger, and despising of those who do not agree with them, they simply and quietly live their lives in the manner of their beliefs, and don’t waste their time judging others or conspiring to control their behavior. It seems that those who do all the really horrid stuff and call themselves Christians, never actually got the spirit of the New Testament, they seem to have gotten lost in the religious wars of the Old Testament. Onward, Heathen soldiers! Onward, ye lusty pseudo-religious hypocrites snd Pharisees! To Hell with everyone but you!
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  2239. Oh, yeah, sure. Remember that the GOP had the Russian ambassador, Kislyak (sp?) write their platform on Ukraine. So who is the traitor here? When i was young, Soviet Union was the big enemy. Now, the gangsters run the country, and Putin, once head of the KGB, Russian spy service, wants to bring back the Soviet Union. He has seized part of Georgia, and part of Ukraine, as part of his plan to do so. Now, the GOP, and Cruz, kiss his butt. But not as much as tRump did. Why? Study the Roman Triumvirate. The gangsters and oligarchs in charge each believe themselves ruthless, cunning, and powerful enough to be the sole ruler or rulers of all. So, they cosy up to each other by agreeing to cooperate to rule. Then, the minute the other’s back is turned, the stabbing begins. Ted thinks he is a genius, but Putin ran the nastiest spy agency snd secret police in the world. Ted is way out of his league, as are those in the GOP who think they are so clever. And these are the people claiming to be in the moral high ground, which they maintain that only they own. Yet, they violate democratic principles by denigrating voting rights, gerrymandering, and arranging to keep thousands who don’t agree with them or they fear, from either voting, or putting them into districts where their votes are diluted to the point where they have no representation. That is the very definition of fascism. Fascism reaches its pinnacle in people like Hitler, Mussolini, and many others. If someone has to go to such lengths to control a country, they are involved in destroying our democratic systems. That is sedition. When SCOTUS allowed dark money (legally untraceable in elections) in elections, they opened the way for the Russian imperialistic gangster oligarchs to heavily influence the 2016 election, and worked with the GOP to do so, the only impedance to describing that as treason is whether or not Russia is defined as an enemy. Either way, it is a direct attempt to seize power that erodes and overthrows the principles of Democracy. This also raises severe questions about whether SCOTUS is working to destroy our Democracy. They, too, like the political class are wealthy and privileged, and have a stake in keeping the people down, in order to stay in control, especially economic control. So, they see the duties of the citizenry are consumption, which requires spending money. Meanwhile, they spend their money with those on their economic level or above. Also, when the 50 wealthiest people and 55 wealthiest corporations pay no taxes, that drops the burden of taxes upon the citizenry. So, the money sits at the top, and does not circulate, which basically makes it worthless to the citizenry, except for the small amount that they have. And, they play the taxpayers against the poor, by calling any programs to help the poor entitlements. This is effective, as the citizenry is well aware of how close they are to being poor (“Nobody loves you when you are down and out”). Never make the mistake of thinking the poor and homeless are all lazy, mentally ill, or alcoholics, druggies, thieves, or welfare cheats. If you feel that you are so close to being so far in debt that you can’t survive, then don’t you think that is exactly how so many of them got there? A total disgrace, the wealthiest country in the world with a massive homeless population is disgusting. As for the classic political line, “ I am a God fearing Christian (fill in the blank - ex cop, decorated veteran, etc), running against a Godless Socialist, that is what we on the ranch call a crock of BS, from someone sho apparently has no respect for the New Testament and the teachings of Christ. He regularly railed against the rich (“eye of the needle” and more) called upon all to pay their taxes (yes, the wealthy, too “render unto Caesar”), attacked the moneylenders, and disdained the self-righteous religious hypocrites who held themselves to be holier than thou, while committing so many of the practices he found vile, such as not helping others (“the good Samaritan”). And yet, we have those politicians, SCOTUS (in)justices, and preachers (the Evangelical hierarchy is a great example of those getting filthy rich: private planes, huge homes, locking people in need out of their massive monuments, not to God, but of their own egos, and the Evangenitals, like the folks at “ Taking” Libert(ies) University. Jesus was not wealthy, and his principles involved helping others. He performed miracles of feeding the poor, helping the unfortunate, and more. You want to talk about taking God’s name in vain? It is taking more than you can ever use, so that others must struggle to survive (there is not an infinite supply of money or possessions), it is not paying your share, it is pushing addictive drugs that kill people on a massive corporate level, and paying civil fines, rather than being held criminally responsible, and so much more. Finally, it is no surprise that publications that glorify wealth, such as Forbes and the Wall Street Journal, seek to elevate the haves even higher, and willfully propagandize people like Ted, tRump, and the privileged who could care less about you, in their never ending quest for more. If you are stupid enough to believe that a society where such an overwhelming amount of wealth is held by so few, and that they should not pay their fair share, so you have to pay yours and theirs, and you think that having those people pony up their share is Socialism, then you deserve to pay everyone’s share. What is going on is a direct attack by the privileged on Democracy, and on Christianity. If that’s what you want, then move to Russia! Love it or lose it!
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  2277.  @armymanssg508  No, you have no respect. Jesus taught tolerance, examine his relationship with Mary the Magdalene, who the Old Testament types were going to stone to death. You have betrayed him by your hypocritical and judgmental ways. He really had little tolerance for high and mighty, holier than thou people, thus his comments on the Pharisees, and the parable of the Good Samaritan. Religious intolerance is not the gospel of the Christos. And, you’d better learn your Bible history. In 300, the bishop of Lyon, France, deleted from the Bible all the books he had problems with. The original scripture was written in Hebrew and Aramaic. It was than translated into Greek, the language of scholars. Then into Latin, as Latin was the language of the Roman Empire. The Germans decided to go back and translate from the original, but they did not understand Hebrew, which had no vowels, and the letters had symbolic content. For instance, there was no such word in the Bible as Jehovah, which is their translation of YHWH, which means I am who am, when Moses asked the burning bush who it was, it replied I am who am, YHWH, pronounced yaw vey. That’s just one of the mistakes, and the King James built upon that. But, Jesus taught tolerance, unlike those who taught you, apparently. Besides his disdain for hypocritically religiously intolerant people, he also was no fan of the wealthy, The Eye of the Needle parable. Religious fanatical intolerance was not the teaching of Jesus the Christ, but of those whose fear led them into contempt and intolerance. Don’t know who taught you, but they certainly need to reread the New Testament, they are stuck in the Old, vengeful, hateful, intolerant, and in some cases, it was murderous and genocidal. That’s part of what Jesus rebelled against, and why the Jewish religious leaders hated him, he wasn’t as intolerant as them. They hated him so badly, and found him to be against their concept of Judaism.
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  2292.  @HưngChếQuang-p8c  you are not my friend, we have never met, and that is not the truth. Trump was quoting it in documents of the Georgia Indictment, before anyone had heard of it, and, not so coincidentally, he said i that long agp and repeated it several times after, that he would be dictator and have anyone objecting killed. 140 trump people worked with the heritage foundation traitors on it, and that is no part of our heritage. As a matter of fact, there is little difference between a step in Marxist Communism and in big business capitalism, who are people bankrolling trump, and that is the dictatorship of the proletariat, where the oligarchs and elites work to crush the middle class, and take their money to fund their cause, and create the same kind of society; where the are but two levels in society, the haves and have nots. In the USA, the elites thought they had it when trump was elected, and enjoyed a huge tax cut, stuffed the system by buying some of the supreme court, who enacted the “Citizens United” system, that decreed corporate treasuries were not required to report what they did with their money, which covered up the payola, for a time, that thomas, roberts, and alito had been taking, and those same judges made and continued making laws and usurping the legislative role, thus harming our system of checks and balances. Trump ran for office to protect his illegal behavior and to use the office for personal profit, and the GOP stuffed the judiciary with corrupt, and incompetent judges like ailene cannon and kasmaryck, along with the 5th circuit, and refused to approve competent judges that had no political motives. As for you, if you want a dictator, and that step of communism, you should consider returning to Vietnam, rather than advocating the same system for this country. If that is not what you wish, please take a good long look at where you are getting your information, as you are backing people who want a white people first country, and will happily lie to get support. And you’d better realize that they will view you as immigrant, no matter that their families were, also. If you are not a bot, start educating yourself in all these matters, or face becoming lower on the caste level these people are promoting.
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  2340. Bullshit! When you have more than you can ever use, and you keep accumulating more, other people suffer, that is pathological greed. This country is in crisis, because of the logjam of wealth at the top. It is common sense, that there is only so much wealth, when people and corporations have and take far more than they can use, that is greed. I could care less about Hunger’s justifications for his and other’s abuse, it is killing this country. And a lot of his and other’s wealth os spent on not having to pay taxes like the citizenry, then on passing laws that benefit only the ultra rich, which the citizenry is taxed to enable. This man and others of his ilk are no saints, but mentally ill, and in charge of our economy, thanks to Raygun and others. Now that bog business is in control of our GNP (and rewarded, by being bailed out for crashing our economy, and crippling small business), we have more homeless than i have ever seen in my lifetime. Meanwhile, companies like Berkshire Hathaway and others drive up housing costs, and make it worse. Don’t be fooled by the self serving propaganda of this man and others, your children and grandchildren’s future is getting bleaker, and bleaker. These people and companies are not particularly intelligent, because they have money snd power, they are killing us all in search of more for them, more than they can ever use. If it was used to benefit mankind, it would be a different matter. Ask yourself why the incidence of Parkinson’s has risen so sharply in the last 25 years, for instance, and diabetes (poor nutrition caused by making ad processed foods chemically engineered to taste so good), and why the cost of insulin is so high, compared to a decade ago. And how Perdue and other companies are not criminally charged with crimes against humanity, while poor people who deal opioids end up in prison for life. We have allowed people who are mentally ill, who lack compassion, to be in power, and it will kill us in a particularly ugly fashion. Meanwhile. They build massive underground palaces in remote areas to hide and survive in, when the mess they promote and fuel collapses. You are not invited
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  2398. That’s the state of phony christianity today! Apparently, for some people, their Bible studies never got past the more genocidal portions of the Old Testament! There definitely are also parts of the Old Testament that speak out against murder, the 10 commandments “Thou shalt not kill”, for instance. Let’s not forget, “Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord in vain”, and calling for murder on pseudo religious, holier than thou, hypocritical grounds, certainly is blasphemous, and violates major principles of true Christian faith. As for the politics of this blasphemer, trump, and others advocating so called christian nationalism, they need to be reminded of Jesus’ very words, when some of his followers urged him to become an earthly king, and impose his will upon people, to wit, “My Kingdom is not of this Earth”, a definitive statement that exposes the utter hypocrisy of this man and many others false christianity! True Christianity does not seek to lie and kill in the name of Jesus! Furthermore, it violates the doctrine of free will, and is a cruel mockery of Jesus! Jesus did not like rich people, nor pseudo religious, holier than thou hypocrites (Pharisees) and spoke openly against both. Nothing could be clearer, people calling to impose their hypocritical beliefs upon others ARE NOT CHRISTIANS, AND THEIR LUST FOR WEALTH AND EARTHLY POWER IS A SICKNESS AND A LIE! As for calling upon others to kill, IF YOU SUPPORT KILLING IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND YOUR POLITICS, YOU ARE MENTALLY ILL AND THE SPAWN OF SATAN, THE PRINCE OF LIES!
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  2410. You and the majority of the injustices are liars, all lied to get the position. You are out of touch with the fundamentals of Democracy, you personally have a wife who is a seditionist, Sydney Powell alleges that Alito was lined up to certify the overthrowing of the 2020 election, plus he believes that corporations have more rights than human beings, every one of you who voted for the Citizens United exposed yourself as elitists appointed to cement the hold of the wealthy and large corporations on the rights of individuals in the USA, you made it possible for the Russians to move large amounts of money into the 2016 and 2020 national elections, you lead lives sheltered from the citizenry, and quite often express your contempt for the citizens. Your job is to make decisions regarding the legal aspects of cases, not to manipulate the law around your personal beliefs. As for all the women you told that you found a public hair in your can of pop, you had better find a better option for dental floss. The actions of this court are branding many of the injustices as the supreme dorks! What you are guilty of is adding to the downfall of our democracy, by making decisions to cement the GOP power stranglehold, in order to advance through law, an agenda that is grounded in personal religious beliefs, that you advance by seeking to find legal arguments to support. I say GOP, i would hold Democrats responsible if they were doing the same things. At any rate, your hypocritical, elitist, behavior is causing a large part of the citizenry to disregard your legitimacy, at the very least to question it, and with good cause. Congratulations, make all the laws you want (and you claim to overthrow Roe vs Wade on the grounds the court was making law, exactly what many of you are consciously doing. You lack the moral and ethical spine to challenge deeper issues, such as measures within states to deny voting rights. A sad version of the court. You are becoming a non sequitur, which is very bad for our Democracy! Shame on all of who lied and the Federalist Society is counter democracy
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  2485. BS! Puta claims he is liberating the people of Ukraine. How? Seems that he thinks killing civilians is liberating them, and calling Ukraine’s Jewish president a Nazi? Sounds like that idiot tRump, who is Puta’s ass kisser. Puta has been planning this for a while, he gave the US GOP leaders, tRump, maybe the RNC, millions of dollars, unleashed Russia’s GRU in hacking voting software, smeared the Democratic candidates, praised the GOP, who had Puta’s ambassador write their platform on Ukraine. He misjudged, thought he had installed tRump for several terms. Both Puta and the GOP use the same tactic, accusing the opposition of an action that they are undertaking, or planning on undertaking, and they lie constantly, especially Puta and tRump, the Supreme Sociopaths. By the way, with all that Russian money, hacking and collaboration, that is why so many GOP members, tRump, and his trumpies, couldn’t believe tRump lost the election, they figured the Russian aid to them was too well done to lose. When the people fed up with tRump and the GOP lies and thuggery showed up and voted tRump out, tRump and the GOP truly believed that they would win by cheating. Now, Puta attacks Ukraine, because he despairs that his tool tRump will not return to the White House, so he just moved up the time table. Butt tina the spy, you are a parrot to repeat Puta’s lies! Russian people, Puta is killing many women, children, and sick people, bombing hospitals, and maternity wards along with civilian dwellings. And he is completely lying to you about it, this is war, not a limited military outcome. The little man wants to bring back CCCP, and will kill anyone to do it! Do not believe him, he is returning you to ling lines for all you use and eat. He lies to you constantly, like tRump, Puta’s creature, does to people in USA. Most of the world is against the war against Ukraine. Your children are dying in Ukraine, they do not belong there! And the separatists in Eastern Ukraine? They shot down an airliner full of civilians from various countries, with weapons they received from Puta, former head of KGB. He should just take a polonium pill and drink Novachok to swallow it.
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  2539.  @mischevious  you are correct about tue murders of innocent people, but it has happened by both Hamas and Israel. None of that is right, and trying to even the body count is wrong as well. All are losing, no one is winning, Hamas did what Netanyahu and the hard liners wanted, they were given the money by. Netanyahu, Israelis ignored their preparations, it was all a trap, and if backfired on both sides’ innocent populations, proof that the leaders of both sides are using their people as game pieces to increase their own power. The people lose, Hamas gains support, because of the wholesale murder of Palestinians, Israel gains support by Hamas attacking first, many of both populations of course blame the other side, rather than the vicious leadership of both sides, and the situation continues. Thousands die to make leadership look justified, the world looks on, condemns the murders, temporarily backs one side or another, instead of anyone working towards a solution that helps everyone, thousands die. If and when it settles down again, the selfish will forget their indignation about the loss of lives, be thankful they no longer hear of such terrible things, ignore finding a solution, and ignore the whole situation, and go back to their usual routines, until the next time. The winners are losers, in the eyes of the world, but the real losers are the people of Israel and Palestine, the leaders will continue to avoid responsibility and use any apprehension in the world to advance their own power. The mighty dispose, the people suffer, because they, like any callous and corrupt politician, use the politics pf division to keep their populations from holding the leaders responsible for the murder of thousands.,
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  2552.  @BetelgeuseRomaneeConti  and how’d he get it? And let’s see: trying to steal an election that they thought they would win by stacking the deck, vowing to become dictator, call out the military to actually kill anyone who objected, that was the plan, as you freaking well know, this country’s founders expressed openly, and in writing, it was never to have a king of absolute ruler (dictator) and then promises, if in power, to side with dictator Putin in disputes with certain members of NATO. In order: sedition, insurrection, and giving aid snd comfort to our enemies, which is ………….. treason. And all this has been proclaimed openly by this poor persecuted man who supposedly unselfishly running for office out of sheer citizenship. Those 3 crimes, self-admitted, constitute high crimes snd treason. And dictators take everything they wish from whoever they feel. At best, criminally insane, which disqualifies From being president:; st worst, a criminal, guilty by own admission guilty of high crimes and treason, and backing the person who did this? All that isn’t including financial crime, it is also illegal to deliberately overvalue property to appear wealthier, which gives you access to even more financial opportunities, or undervaluing,, in order to pay less taxes, they are both financial crimes, with clear penalties. Plenty of people involved admitted it, and there was plenty of evidence, including lying about the size of real estate, for both purposes, in the same period of time, and that’s honest? By the way, the high crimes and treason are expressly unConstitutional. Nuff said. You either use your head or you don’t. And if you decide to think about all that, please look up how sociopaths operate. Encouraging anger and division to pit people st odds, so they don’t notice the nasty behavior or crime that they are doing, because no one trusts anyone. The sociopath is utterly charming and persuasive, so much so, that they can be arrested upon multiple charges,even in different jurisdictions, and people they have conned will still believe them innocent. And then examine the details of psychopathy, and compare that to the behavior of actually making plans for the killing, very possibly mass killings of people. Lastly, what malady has symptoms of irrational fits of rage, paranoia, a heavily marked inability to remember some things.
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  2570. What a stupid statement! If someone breaks the law on purpose, no matter whom, then their reason doesn’t matter, as the supposed “law and order party” has made clear on many occasions. A really, really good argument could be made using the supreme sociopath’s argument against him, to wit, that removing him and any lawbreakers he and the party of ultimate hypocrisy has installed would be saving the country from a mentally impaired criminal and his minions, who are intent upon establishing the closest thing to communism there is, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, which is also the goal of big business. In essence, to impoverish the people in order to make the rich more rich and powerful. They want to take your money for themselves, and it is very obvious from the musk rat and trump’s actions, that is what they intend to do. The last time that we had a wealth distribution like we do now, was just before the Great Depression! These perverts want to destroy our democracy, and the dollar, to make their bitcoin more valuable. So, using the Antichrist’s own twisted logic, it is obvious that removing this whole bunch of gangsters from office, would not be prosecutable. Just like vance’s contention that the judiciary has no right to control the executive branch, well, duh, then saying the president is immune from prosecution for official acts is null and void under vance’s contention. And destroying our democracy and creating a dictatorship is not an official act, by the way, therefore not immune from prosecution. How stupid can these ******s be? Pretty damn stupid!
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  2579. Apparently, none of you jackasses understand what happens when someone is sexually attacked, or assaulted, and the aftermath. As former law enforcement and mental health worker, i can tell you that it is very confusing for the survivor. In addition, they are often treated like the guilty party by those they report to, and in court testimony, the defendant’s attorneys attack them mercilessly.so imagine you are sexually assaulted by someone you detest, or in a most humiliating and detestable manner. Then, in order to report, you are handed from person to person, to detail and describe what happened, and if you are determined to do something about it (it may take years to get up the courage), it finally goes to trial. Well, it was extremely humiliating when it happened, but your nightmare is just beginning. You have to face a roomful of people you don’t know, also the person or persons who assaulted you. And, you have to recount the whole thing. Mind you, if you break down and cry, the defense attorney may move for a mistrial. At the very least, it will be there job to make you out as a liar. And, there will be people like some of the commenters right here, calling you and your testimony, in essence your being and truthfulness, into question on social media, maybe because they feel you are attacking someone they idolize, or because they completely just don’t want to hear something so uncomfortable, or they can’t comprehend that. Let’s just say you are scheduled to speak in front of a large group of people, and while you are doing it, someone sneaks up behind you, pulls down your pants and underwear and makes sure everyone sees your genitals, while mocking you and your physical being. You would be humiliated, and have a very difficult time dealing with that for years. Well, that’s nothing compared to what people experience from sexual assault, it is murdering or badly hurting the psyche. So, learn some compassion, it could happen to you, no matter how physically strong you are. It is an act of physical and mental assault, and theft of respect, and forcing powerlessness and shame upon someone else.just below murder, except you leave them their life, so they have to deal with the memory and feeling of complete helplessness for life.
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