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It's the Despair Quotient! Carpal Tunnel
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This just in: Trump and Roger Ailes No Longer Speak “Ailes’s camp said Ailes learned that Trump couldn’t focus—surprise, surprise—and that advising him was a waste of time. These debate prep sessions weren’t going anywhere.” I guess the dream of starting Trump TV with Ailes at the helm may be somewhat derailed before it even starts? (From Facebook) Ken Eisner: "You know, it must have been horrible for Ailes to see himself reflected back as pure, monstrous id without a shred of his strategic intelligence."
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not sure why anyone would be surprised by Ailes, Bannon, Stone, Klayman, Bossie, etc .... these guys are about as sleazy as they get ... they are advisors to a presidential candidate .... do the math
ignorance is the enemy
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America can survive bad policy, but not destruction of our Democratic institutions
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I subscribe to a "word of the day" thing where I get an email with a word definition and etymology. This was today's: trumpery
PRONUNCIATION:
(TRUHM-puh-ree)
MEANING:
noun:
1. Something showy but worthless.
2. Nonsense or rubbish.
3. Deceit; fraud; trickery.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French tromper (to deceive). Earliest documented use: 1481. Talk about a candidate for the "Proper Name Club"!
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
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So the "word of the day" people are sabotaging the election too 
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
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So the "word of the day" people are sabotaging the election too Perhaps it is because their definitions are so rig-orous?
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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I'm surprised this hasn't been exploited in the past. It is SOOOOOO fitting.
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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OMG, I'm laughing so hard that I've got tears running down my cheeks. Has anyone posted this yet? #TrumpBookReport Tweets
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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' Trump and Roger Ailes No Longer Speak “Ailes’s camp said Ailes learned that Trump couldn’t focus—surprise, surprise—and that advising him was a waste of time. These debate prep sessions weren’t going anywhere.” I suspect that Trump is suffering from senile dementia --- on top of his sociopathy and infantile narcissism. .
Once, weapons were manufactured to fight wars; today, wars are manufactured to sell weapons
It is far easier to deceive folks than to convince them they are deceived
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"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky
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You think it is congenital? Nature or nurture?
In my mind, I am constantly comparing Trump with Henry VIII and Louis XIV, and countless other privileged rich kids who were never denied anything and had every wish catered for, and who were made to feel that they were God's Anointed on Earth.
I suspect that Trump is pretty typical of the handful of oligarchs who run the world. I think he permits us an inside look at the nature of our Class Enemies -- an insight which the better trained Class Enemies really don't want us to see. No wonder Trump's fellow oligarchs are upset with him!
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Once, weapons were manufactured to fight wars; today, wars are manufactured to sell weapons
It is far easier to deceive folks than to convince them they are deceived
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