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Back in 2020, a Trump rally came to a town near me. I had never attended such a large political event and it wasnā€™t the most convenient time, as I had young kids, but somehow I knew I had to experience one of these historic events first hand. I went with a friend and her teen daughter. The first thing that struck us all was NO MASKS. In a crowd of thousands, during the height of feverish mask pushing, here was a crowd of people who realized already we were being lied to. I have perhaps never felt so at home in a crowd as in that moment. And also it was so much fun, even for an introvert like me.

Like him or not, these Trump rallies ARE historic. The fact that they happen fairly regularly does not change that. They have given voice AND a listening ear to so many ā€œforgottenā€ Americans and honestly, as I watched the Bronx rally, it made me less inclined to follow the sometimes-sentiment of abandoning the blue states to their doom. Nope. I saw a crowd of my people, all of them. I loved it. If they are willing to fight for positive change, we can support that. Go Bronx patriots!!

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The South Bronx rally: Just WOW!! šŸ©·ā¤ļøšŸ©·

I am white, raised in Brooklyn, and very different from most in the crowd, but one thing about being raised in NYC, you feel a 'sympatico' for all the different groups that make up the mosaic.

Trump feels that too as a Queens raised person. I know that he is genuine. He IS NY, he started the Renaissance of NY in the 80s, and these people see what the corrupt system of democrats in NY are doing to him now-- in NY.

They are not stupid.

This was absolutely šŸ’Æ amazing! šŸ‘šŸ‘

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Exactly. Something the Team Biden degenerates will NEVER understand.

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100%

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Been to four Trump rallies, got into three. The one I couldn't get into I got right to the door and it hit capacity. There was a line further than I could see behind me that also didn't get in. The contrast to the biden 'rallies' was to me another stark reminder of the stolen 2020 election. No campaigning, rallies attended by a few dozen, hiding in his basement, yet he wins? And here we are four years later, the country sinking to oblivion. Stolen elections have consequences.

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81 million votes my ass!

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Exactly! šŸ¤¬

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100% STOLEN!!!! šŸ‘暟‘暟‘æ

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^^^^^

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unfortunately the consequences are when criminals steal elections, they'll do worse things to hold on to power. There will not be a 2nd Trump presidency no matter what.

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Iā€™m so afraid you are right

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ā€”ā€œThey have given voice AND a listening ear to so many ā€œforgottenā€ Americansā€

This!! ā¬†ļø

I think that is a big part of Trump's appeal, he makes Americans who feel theyā€™ve been left to the side and forgotten by everyone else in power feel seen and heard.

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Buyden's only message is - Orange Man Bad - Trump's message is optimism for the country and stop the insanity - anyone with a brain or concern for the country couldn't possibly vote for Buyden

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"Buyden" šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ Another trademark? šŸ˜‰

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just telling it like it is

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It's pretty much the whole appeal, IMO. Trump saw a "market" there and seized it. His supporters (at least the dozens that I know) don't worship him the way the media suggests. This isn't like Obama, with starry-eyed college freshmen crying over his speeches and setting up altars to him. He represents their pent-up anger toward the Regime and acts as their middle finger for those who feel they've been wronged by the Regime with no recourse.

This is just my conjecture, but I honestly don't think he cared much at all about the people who support him when he first started this. I think he saw an opportunity, wanted to run for President, didn't expect to win, thought maybe he'd ghostwrite a book about it, maybe do the talk show circuit.

Then, he started to hear people talk about how their towns and neighborhoods and families had been destroyed by the Regime that took away their employers and flooded them with drugs.

Then...he won. And, the regime started coming after him and it got personal.

I now see a different look to him. He seems to actually care about people he has nothing in common with except that they are all oppressed by the ruling Regime. And vice-versa. Like all Presidents, he's a figurehead and a symbol of the narrative we want to define our country. Contrary to the MSM narrative and attacks, it's not about him as a person; it's about what he stands for on behalf of those who support him.

That's what all the horserace talking heads get wrong: it's not at all about policies, which literally no one outside of college educated elites actually care about, except in broad brush terms. It's about listening to the people and what they want and providing a vision that gives them hope for the future. That's exactly what we haven't seen in our politics for decades. Instead, it's been "we're the experts and the smart ones and we'll tell you what you should think." Trump says out loud what my aunt said to me years ago: all these people running things are idiots. That's the whole battle.

These rallies are really something. It's special. And I hope it's a sign of things to come over the next few decades. I hope the people have finally had enough of globalism, forever wars, growing gov't, growing debt, ever-rising inflation, handouts and bailouts, druggies on the streets, trannies in the schools, and all the rest. And I hope this will keep going after Trump leaves politics, whenever that may be.

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"Contrary to the MSM narrative and attacks, it's not about him as a person; it's about what he stands for on behalf of those who support him..."

You are On-Point! That is exactly what it is about.

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Agree with everything except the first two paragraphs. I think he got into politics solely because he could see the downward trajectory of our country (and maybe even because he had seen first hand how easy it was to manipulate the system; IDK). For way too long, I didnā€™t truly understand the ā€œtheyā€™re not after meā€¦Iā€™m just in the wayā€ comment. Itā€™s true, and IMHO, the only reason that he got into politics at this stage in life. If it was solely for his ego, I think heā€™d have done it long before. Remember when HRC said heā€™d make a great President? šŸ¤£ She was right, and I can ignore his stance on the jabs (for now) to give him another chance. RFK fans - I get it! But he canā€™t win so think long and hard before you split the vote and hand the decision the House.

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I have no idea about his motivations, but do think he has a gift for channeling the zeitgeist/reading the room. This old clip from when he was 34 is prescient - saying politics is a 'very mean life' and that 'people with no great brain and a big smile' get elected. Presume he was talking about Jimmy Carter, since this would have been around 1979 or 80. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/its-a-shame%E2%80%A6-when-34-year-old-donald-trump-was-asked-if-hed-ever-run-for-president-of-united-states-598181

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thank you for posting Donna, great interview

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It's pretty hilarious seeing him that young, but the personality is the same!

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Oh he caredā€¦ did you ever see the interview with Rona Barrett? He had been considering running for president because of the craziness that he saw in the White House for a long time before he threw his hat in the ring. But once he got involved, he realized it wasnā€™t just crazy but intentional destruction of our country. That is when his level of care escalated. Man had nothing to gain other than a future for his family and all Americans! That is why I respect him.

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Great points, excellent post!! šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘

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You said it all!

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RU, you really nailed it for me!

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So. Beautifully. Spoken.

Heartfelt thanks.

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Best of the best comments.

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Honey he had this plan from the Generals of the United States!!! Not on his own! And thatā€™s crazy you donā€™t think that he cares about us on his 2016 win! He came for the children! He came to wake us up! This past 4 years has all been done to get us out of the Matrix. And we are close, but we still havenā€™t learned to be kind to one another. Our Consciousness is raising. We are all learning all the lies we were told our whole life. So donā€™t ever think he at one time didnā€™t care.

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YES!!! That's exactly right. Giving a voice to everyone who feels unheard and forgotten. We are all being screwed in this country with inflation and the rampant crime and the border wide open and congress stealing every last dollar we make. We're getting screwed and we know it. Trump gives us hope that we can fix these problems and feel like we can live our lives freely again.

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You could see it clearly in the 2016 election with the high blue collar support. Their union bosses had been supporting candidates and policies they felt didnā€™t represent their interests well and they rebelled by voting for someone they thought would actually go to bat for them.

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And he DID go to bat for them, if I recall correctly.

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Indeed!

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I was thinking the same thing when folks started talking about leaving blue states for red. Really best to stand your ground and fight for your home state.

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I see both sides - my husband and I knew when we married we wanted to raise our family in the south for many reasons so we did leave a northern state for a southern state ten years ago but I know many dear people still fighting up there and we have found we canā€™t be complacent even in our once supposedly deep red but also uniparty-corrupted state. So I think the battle is everywhere; we need to stick together and encourage each other no matter where we are šŸ’•

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We must be forever vigilant. I live in a very traditional reddest of red states state; too many of our ā€œleadersā€ (local to state) are straying from the Republican Party principles & core beliefs more & more. In some instances some Democrat state legislators vote more conservatively than our GOP ones.

Our super majority GOP doesnā€™t vote like those who elected them expected. Hopefully many will be primaried out next go round.

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So many of these who ran on the ā€˜Rā€™ ticket were always ā€˜Dā€™. They are quite willing to act like an ā€˜Rā€™ during voting season, but vote as a RAT the rest of their tenure.

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Republican super-majorities are the worst, because they don't have to compete against the Democrats to show they're conservative, so they often aren't conservative, just 'R.'

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You must be here in SC with meā€¦.

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Me too..! Yeahā€¦

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I agree with the sentiment, but we don't have enough years left to try to turn the tide in our mail-in-ballot blue state overrun with criminals and tent encampments.

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Cat, sounds like Cali ... where I live!

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Indeed. Your retreat is Their win.

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The rallies are great, but somehow in 2020 he could have a million show up and Joe stayed in basement and ā€˜gotā€™ 81 million votes?

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Pennsylvania cheated 2020.

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Pennsylvania still Red.

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Sort of...once you get outside of the Dem lib crap cities...it is.

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Thatā€™s always been the case.

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Thank goodness for the normal people around the state.

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as if.

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President LOL81million.

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Iā€™ve been to 2 Trump rallies during his first run for the presidency and they were so fun, so encouraging and something Iā€™ll never forget!

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Iā€™ve never felt so at home at a Trump rally, either. Just epic.

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I really hope Whitney Webb is wrong about her prediction: that Trump will be in the WH and usher in the digital wall. She lays out a compelling case:

https://rumble.com/v4q1cdb-whitney-webb-interview-manufacture-bipartisan-consent-for-biometric-surveil.html

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I haven't watched that video but I watched another video yesterday in which a post from Elon Musk was mentioned where he says something along the lines of AI will usher in universal income from all. My first thought upon reading that was Musk is a socialist. I have not been on board the AI train at all and only see it as being a way to control us more. However, after scanning the comments, someone said that Musk does not mean socialism in the context that we have seen in the past. The idea is that AI would usher in a time when humans would benefit from the work done by AI and the income generated would be shared among everyone. Believe me when I say I do not believe in socialism at all but it certainly made me think about AI in a different way. I hope that is the case because nothing would surprise me after everything that has happened the last 8 years.

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I do not think Musk has benevolent intentions, personally. He's deep state DARPA goon. That is how it will be presented to those who are wary - it's truly to help us. No, sorry, it's for total control.

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I keep an open mind but Tesla was successful because Musk received federal funding when Obama was president.

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Elon and his family are occultists.

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He got loans that were paid back. Many of his Tesla models didn't qualify for rebates either. He has said there shouldn't be any incentives or rebates. Let the companies compete for the consumer dollar and let them decide what they want.

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my info is that he and Trump are in league and white hats.

from kerry cassidy

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"Deep state DARPA goon?" First heard on that phrase.

Not entirely sure about Elon yet.

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To generate income, producers need buyers. Income-earning humans have income. AI bots do not. So in this brave new AI world, who are the purchasers of all the stuff AI bot factories will produce?

Seems like Musk's ideas are built on the MMT pyramid, where money's real value is whatever its users say it is, where there is no physical asset behind money, where the economy becomes even more Ponzi-eqsue than it already is.

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yes I think this is related to NESARA/GESARA which all my tuned in friends say is close now.

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Well, do any of the multi-billionaires we see "share" anything??? The more $$$ they get, the more they hoard it for themselves. The idea of an all controlling government sharing much of anything is beyond laughable.

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I listen to Whitney quite a lot. She is probably one of the most intelligent investigative reporters I follow. Sadly, in one of her podcasts she stated that the Rapture was pure fiction and supported the comment with the fact that the word Rapture isn't in the Bible. I wish I could have sent her the link that I sent a C&C commenter the other day that explained it, when they said the same thing.

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Would I be incorrect to posit that the rapture is based on faith in general, and therefore unprovable? I would guess that is her angle overall, but I don't know. At any rate, she is a brilliant mind...a walking encyclopedia of deep state knowledge.

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It IS inevitable.....and it's not Trump, nor is it only the USA.

.....and while it may be advertised as "good for us" - it will be no such thing.

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So many questions for you... How can we know more about your efforts - especially when they come to fruition, how would we know it's your solution? And why can't it be stopped, why is it inevitable? Because it's already well on track, or because no one person can stop the plan?

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The person above links Whitney Webb and talks about biometric...you're talking about digital ID. Does digital ID automatically mean it will be biometric? Is yours?

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So for instance, would you have no problem with using biometric screening at the airport? Another thought, iris scans cause infrared radiation to the eyes, I don't want my eyes to be regularly exposed to that risk.

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So, youā€™re part of the problem. Got it.

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LOL You donā€™t realize that you just proved my point. Thank you.

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Same! And ours was a bit more sober a crowd as it was in Kenosha. WI after the riots. (I live across the line in deep blue IL). I saw bikers and teens, moms and truck drivers, and even a number of blacks in war torn ā€œdefund the policeā€ territory. There was notable worry that maybe Trump couldnā€™t pull it off ā€” and Wisconsin knew they needed him. My sense is they know it even more now but they fear civil warā€”After all the two-tiered justice system might come home to roost before itā€™s over. Someone needs to do a poll in Kenosha/Racineā€¦.

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First of all I live in Commiforniaā€¦Back in the fall of 2020 I attended a fundraiser in NoCA put on by The California Chapter of Childrens Health Defense. The guest speaker was RFK Jr. No one wore masks either. This was an entirely different type of ā€˜crowdā€™ than the MAGA rallies, but they were equally concerned about their medical freedoms and personal sovereignty, and the government telling them what they ā€˜could and could notā€™ do.

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I hear you. I will never forget that RFKj listened to moms whose children had been injured when it seemed like no one with a national platform would listen. I have a lot of respect for him due to this.

But I donā€™t think he could win the presidency nor do I want his other views and policies anywhere near the White House. I hope he is willing to advise Trump on some shared issues if Trump is re-elected.

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Iā€™m also in ā€˜your campā€™ about RFK Jr. I totally support the work Childrenā€™s Health Defense has done to shine a light on all vaccines & the injuries they have caused, the tyranny that goes on with the medical industrial healthcare delivery system, and their regular postings of a lot of good information, yet his views and policies on ā€˜other issuesā€™ donā€™t always sit well with me. But then again Iā€™m not a Trump fan either, and donā€™t feel he is the ā€˜saviorā€™ for our country, either. Until there is a total and complete dismantling of our entire ā€˜systemā€™ (political, government, medical industrial healthcare delivery system, education (lower

/middle & high school as well as colleges and universities), science/tech/corporate America) then we will continue to be screwed and under the tyranny and propaganda messaging that was really ramped up over the past four years.

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He's not a "savior" only WE THE PEOPLE can do that BUT he is a leader and can encourage us to force change and to help him dismayed all that he can in 4 years. We will come closer with him and the people I think he will put in various positions than anyone else, right now.

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So beautifully said! šŸ‘šŸ»šŸ‘šŸ»

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Love it! If we have another one near us I will be taking my also homeschooled 11 year old son - I know he would never forget it! Hope your time in the US is fantastic!

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Brilliant!

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Spam

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I also reported this. Tired of the spammers!

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Maybe vote a few times while there, too.

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Early and often!

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we'd love to have you!

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For Pete's sake! Don't vote! It sounds like you might vote Trump, and that's the only kind of voter fraud that gets aggressively prosecuted. So, just don't.

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Love this!!!

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Bring your flak jacket - just in case...

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Three dinosaurs stumble across a magic lamp.

They rub it, and a genie appears.

"I have three wishes, so I'll give one to each of you," the genie announces.

The first dinosaur thinks hard.

"Alright," he says, "I'll have a big, juicy, piece of meat."

Instantly, the biggest, juiciest piece of meat he'd ever seen appears in front of him.

Not to be outdone, the second dinosaur thinks even harder.

"I know! I'll have a shower of meat!"

Immediately, huge pieces of meat rain down around him.

The third dinosaur, certainly not to be outdone, thinks harder than the previous dinosaurs.

"I've got it!" he cries, "I want a MEATIER shower!"

-Author Unknown

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Einstein Had To Speak At An Important Science Conference

On the way there, he tells his driver that looks a bit like him:

"I'm sick of all these conferences. I always say the same things over and over!"

The driver agrees: "You're right. As your driver, I attended all of them, and even though I don't know anything about science, I could give the conference in your place."

"That's a great idea!" says Einstein. "Let's switch places then!"

So they switch clothes and as soon as they arrive, the driver dressed as Einstein goes on stage and starts giving the usual speech, while the real Einstein, dressed as the car driver, attends it.

But in the crowd, there is one scientist who wants to impress everyone and thinks of a very difficult question to ask Einstein, hoping he won't be able to respond. So this guy stands up and interrupts the conference by posing his very difficult question. The whole room goes silent, holding their breath, waiting for the response.

The driver looks at him, dead in the eye, and says :

"Sir, your question is so easy to answer that I'm going to let my driver reply to it for me."

-Author Unknown

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ID ten T error

I was having trouble with my computer. So I called David, the 11 year old next door whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked him to come over.

David clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.

As he was walking away, I called after him, "So, what was wrong?"

He replied, "It was an ID ten T error."

I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired, "An ID Ten T error?

What's that? In case I need to fix it again."

David grinned, "Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?"

"No", I replied.

"Write it down," he said, "and I think you'll figure it out."

So I wrote down: I D 1 0 T

I used to like that little boy.

-Author Unknown

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One Way Trip to Heaven

A young man stood before St. Peter who tells him "Son, to let you into Heaven you must tell me one good thing you've done on Earth"

The guy thinks for a moment and replies "Well, I saw some some bikers out the front of a bar harassing a girl. So I walked over to the biggest biker, kicked his bike over, pushed him to the ground, and told him to leave the poor girl alone!"

St. Peter is quite impressed with this and says, "Well done my son, and when exactly did this happen?"

"About 5 minutes ago"

-Author Unknown

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TriTorch, You must have a million of them so after Janiceā€™s scripture, plant one on us. Iā€™m sure God laughs too. Maybe thats what thunder is. šŸ¤”

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God gave us a sense of humor for a reason!! šŸ˜

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Some years ago I wrote for a now-retired conservative blog, known for producing "Funny Friday" collections like these ^^^

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You're on a roll today, Buddy!!

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^^^^

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I used to do Tech Support for a massive security tech company and this was one of the running jokes! The more commonly used one was the PEBKAC error - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.. LOL!

To be fair, our software was not the most intuitive but we would get the client company's "brightest" ITs on the line and some were actually great and could follow direction and get it working, but some were absolute ID ten T errors!

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Great!

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That was SO GOOD!!! Thank you!!

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I use that one often!

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