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With the GOP riding beside him, perfectly OK with him not releasing government stocks of medical equipment and moving testing and tracing from the CDC to private companies.

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The Sturgis rally makes my blood boil.

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Oh, I wouldn’t say they don’t like us. They do. But it’s like one of your good friends; god you love the guy; but he loves a good time and feels invincible as he rides the ski-doo or power boat drunk and engages in other high risk behaviors. And you think boy, I’m not gonna do that, I want to have kids someday. I knew two such people. They both died violently and before their time.

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If only one fly that was an obese, worthless use of oxygen who’s only lived to bring misery to others would drop with an enormous thud. Flies would replace bald eagles in American iconography.

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Wait… he saud he’s a “stable genius”… right?
Uunnhhh huh
Yep
Sure thing buddy
Now, do you plan, donald, to cobble together a national plan or are ya going golfing…again?

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I’ve heard we tip better than Germans. There’s that. If they ever let us back in that is.

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What, these nations haven’t been paying attention for the past three and a half years?

The media has been so focused on Europe to the great detriment of Canada, which has had an overall competent response and are, surprise, actually located in the same hemisphere as the US.

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The American Empire has been sputtering towards the end since the end of WW2. It’s been observable from the outside. I think it’s only becoming apparent to Americans now.

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If you think of it as an evil spell cast by a necromancer, it’s sort of true…

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They’ve got a tattoo for that.

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I’m going to be honest here. While removing Trump is essential and will certainly help, there are many deep-rooted problems in US society that pre-dated him and weren’t solved under either party. I won’t bore everyone with the list, since we all know them…But one thing for sure, even had Hillary won and modeled excellent behavior, some Americans would be acting badly. Many of the cases we are seeing now come from “partying” in one variety or another and it isn’t only Republicans doing it, sad to say…

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Calling Frodo…
Frooodoo
You’re needed on line one

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Ok, folks, all the talk about the end of the republic and how we’ve lost everything and all our standing… Just. Stop.

We’re going through a rough patch, that’s all. We haven’t lost our standing, everyone is still looking to us and waiting for January so life can go back to normal.

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I am sure they do.

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Absolutely. And we’re never going back.

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I’m thinking, that, If Trump were a smart authoritarian we wouldn’t be in this mess. I mean, assuming you accept the Chinese Covid-19 statistics, and well-earned skepticism aside, there’s no reason to reject them out of hand, Xi has done a better job of managing the crisis. So, if we must have a dictator, let’s at least have a smart one. As it is, we have all the disadvantages of an authoritarian leader and none of the advantages.

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Won’t happen instantly
First we need a national lock down for 6 weeks. Then a decade to recover economically from that very essential crushing of that fucking virus.

Oooh, not me. I am waiting with baited breath for the results of this superspreader event and the denial that a mass rally of pure white trash had anything to do with it.

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All roads in and out of Sturgis should be blocked, closed down
I’m saying send in troops and tanks. Keep those folk there. Let 'em party like it’s 1999.

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In Europe, servers are paid a living wage so they don’t need tips.

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