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Boudicca's avatar

Ignore the naysayers who want to control what you say. Play whatever clips you want. This is YOUR Substack.

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Jon Swenson's avatar

That clip was informative. I have a new appreciation for pelicans.

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Oliver Closov's avatar

A wonderful bird, is the pelican.

His mouth will hold more than his belican.

He eats enough fish to cover a large dish,

but I'm damned if I know how the helican.

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RunningLogic's avatar

šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚ That was awesome! 😁

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Paula's avatar

The original Ogden Nash version:

A wonderful bird is the pelican

His beak can hold more than his belican

He can hold in his beak enough food for week

But I’m dam’ed if I know how the helican

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Big E's avatar

Ogden Nash? Maybe not, but always great! https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/06/20/pelican/

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Oliver Closov's avatar

Don't know. I remember it from a high school limerick book a long time ago.

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Andrea Leshok's avatar

Was researching limericks with my daughter for school recently and came across this one too!

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CAM's avatar

Chickens are another bird that will "educate" folks who think they are sweet and just peck at grain and bugs. They will tear apart mice, voles, snakes, and any other small critter (including baby birds) that can't outrun them.

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Jon Swenson's avatar

Birds are descendants of dinosaurs.

A flight of pelicans also looks like a flight of pterodactyls.

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ā€œĀ”Essential!ā€??? Cargo Pilot's avatar

Pretty sure they're descendants of...birds.

But, it's just a Thoery.

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WP William's avatar

climate change changed the flying dinos into partly feathered occasionally flying...o i dunno a transdino transbird

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All That Jazz's avatar

I just saw a regular bird kill a newly hatched chick and fly off with it. It's just a vicious cycle! "For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together..." Rom. 8:22

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RJ Rambler's avatar

Cannibals!

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Canny Granny's avatar

I just thought they ate fish. Shows how much I don’t know about pelicans and that I don’t live near the ocean.

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EMME's avatar

I thought they delivered BABIESā€¼ļø 😬

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Mark Alexander's avatar

You're thinking of storks. Get your ornithology straight!

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SheThinksLiberty's avatar

"Get your ornithology straight!" š‘Æš’Šš’š’‚š’“š’Šš’š’–š’”! šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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RunningLogic's avatar

Pelicans have a natural pouch to carry the baby in though, would’ve been a better choice šŸ˜† Or then again considering that video, maybe the baby wouldn’t end up at its intended destination šŸ˜³šŸ¤”šŸ˜›

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RJ Rambler's avatar

šŸ˜†šŸ¤ØšŸ‘†

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WP William's avatar

a more natural way for Colorado Women's "Health Care" providers to dispose of the unwanted next generation; truly a Libertarian bird; that should be their mascot in this forsaken state

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WP William's avatar

i have to say that's my expression of late in CO; maybe Greenland is better; the Danish nazi doctors there have been surreptitiously sterilizing Inuit women for years though but at least they nip it in the "bud" so to speak. Double Frown!!

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Nikki (Gayle) Nicholson's avatar

I went right there with her, anyone a great laugh.

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Nikki (Gayle) Nicholson's avatar

lol good one :-)

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RJ Rambler's avatar

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Came four times to my house... Or was that ...šŸ¤”

šŸ˜†

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Canny Granny's avatar

I said that incorrectly. I thought they just ate fish; even better, they only eat fish.

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Copernicus's avatar

Actually, they eat only fish.

šŸ˜†

To say they only eat fish suggests that they only eat them, but don’t play with them, or wear them for clothing, and whatnot.

Grammar can be such fun! 🤩

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OnTheJump's avatar

I suppose they COULD do all the above - but the order is important, gotta eat 'em last. Adds new meaning to " don't play with your food " , I suppose.

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Canny Granny's avatar

So easy to put word in the wrong places in sentences.

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Canny Granny's avatar

Which this and the above are not! Lol

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Canny Granny's avatar

They eat not only fish!

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JW's avatar

We lived on the coast and I thought they only ate fish too!

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WP William's avatar

we have has pelicans in mountains of Colorado for couple decades at least now; the climate must be changing, and/or the coastal peoples invading (migrating) and bringing their birds with them??

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Florida Grown's avatar

It was informative. We only get to see these white pelicans in Florida during winter months. They're huge compared to our year round brown pelicans. Also , I’ve never seen the white pelicans feed. Just seen them floating in the ICW and rivers, or hanging out on docks in marinas. I have a whole new respect for them, or maybe a new fear!

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Susan Harman's avatar

I have to agree with Boudicca. This is your space. I always appreciate your perspective!! And I thought pelicans only ate fish. So I learned something!! I won’t raise pelicans and parakeets together!!! I hate watching whales eat baby seals because they torment the little things. So I change the channel!! 🫣 But really…it is reality. We 21st century Americans are too far removed from plucking the chicken before we eat the meat.

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Donna in MO's avatar

Yes, my kids grew up around the time of the Lion King movie coming out, and they were obsessed, watched it so many times they could recite most of the lines on cue. We had a cat named Simba. They were lions for Halloween. They played 'Lion King' with their friends. So turned on a National Geographic (or something) show about the life of lions. Turns out when the old 'lion king' of a pride crawls off to die, a new alpha male comes into the pride, and his first order of business is to kill the cubs of the former king. It was shocking and sad to watch these cute little cubs get killed while the moms just sat and watched. Kind of traumatizing for the kids, heck, it was for ME, but we just told them, well that is the 'circle of life' and that is how God made humans different from the animals, in that we have a conscience. Although sometimes I wonder about that these days given the behavior of some of the people out there.

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ā€œĀ”Essential!ā€??? Cargo Pilot's avatar

I'd propose that conscience has little to do with civilized behavior (ref. every criminal who didn't care).

Civilized behavior only comes from God's Law... the Bible.

Being held accountable for "Criminal" actions is what matters.

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WP William's avatar

learn early and young that crime does NOT pay and one may become wise. If this lesson is skipped ones' son becomes Hunter Biden

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

I am sure the prey is not happy. But most of us eat meat on an almost daily basis, and all these animals get killed too. Not a lover of plucking birds, but someone has to do it

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Karkar's avatar

My parents have a picture of me as a child being chased by a headless chicken on processing day. To this day - I can’t stand the smell of warm dead chicken and plucking. But I do still eat chicken...

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Canny Granny's avatar

I was across the street waiting for the bus one morning 50 something years ago when the neighbor decided she was having fried chicken for lunch. I reckon that’s why she chopped off the chicken’s head. I actually got to see a chicken running around with its head chopped off.

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Susan Harman's avatar

My aunt lived out in the country and the neighbor needed a chicken for dinner. I lived in the city so this was all new to me. I also watched the chicken running around with its head chopped off!! I wonder when the loonies will ban THAT expression like they did with ā€œkilled two birds with one stone?ā€ šŸ˜‚

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Canny Granny's avatar

I didn’t know that was banned. Lol

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Susan Harman's avatar

I live in Biden land (although not for long!!) so that’s what I heard!!

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

never saw it myself, but dad did when his younger bro lost hold of the headless chicken

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Canny Granny's avatar

I certainly never forget it. šŸ˜‚

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Gabriella's avatar

Okay…I have to ask? What the heck do these lines mean???

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SHARON MAHOE's avatar

Yes agree, I can’t watch that natural food lineup either….lions and jackals and all that, but baby seals no

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Jacquie's avatar

Agreed! šŸ‘ I thought it was hilarious! Such is the animal kingdom.

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Gigi Gummerson's avatar

When did survival of the fittest become a faux pas? Isn’t that what happens in the world?

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

I thought it was the rule of the world. That is how nature works! The weak die and or get eaten. The strong live on. I think part of what is going on in the world, is due to the fact that humans try to let everyone survive, so the weak grow up to be weak adults etc. Not voting for abortion or euthanasia, but for raising children to stand their own in an ever more violent world

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Copernicus's avatar

Humans have written in their souls God’s compassion for the weak, particularly weak humans. You are absolutely correct that in the animal world, the weaker animals end up as prey for others. But humans do not behave this way, except when following our baser natures. This difference marks but one of the many distinctions between humankind and animal kind. We are not simply higher evolved animals, but beings created with the imprint of the Divine Creator. ā¤ļø

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Maggie Think of Me's avatar

God breathed life into man... not so with animals. He gave them life, but His breath is in us. Genesis 2:7

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Anja's avatar

Wonderfully said, Copernicus. Thank you😊🌺

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Lisa Ca's avatar

I beg to disagree here. God explicitly states in his word that we are to have dominion (rule over) animals and tend to the earth.

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Copernicus's avatar

I'm not sure that I or anyone else here has said anything that disagrees with that.

Humans don't prey on weaker humans.

But yes, humans do domesticate certain animals, and we eat animals. If that's what you mean. I think most of us would agree about that.

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Leo's avatar

Yes. Through time, religion has served to civilize, to help people move beyond the law of the Jungle.

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Copernicus's avatar

God's laws, written on the hearts of people, moves us beyond our basest instincts and desires. Indeed. God's laws, as written in the Bible.

Other religions often oppress the weak, and most ultimately so by requiring a person to work very hard to achieve certain things in order to become right with God. How can a weak person possibly fulfill all the pillars of Islam, for instance? Or how can a weak person achieve perfect oneness with the universe, in Hinduism or Buddhism (forgive me if I am oversimplifying their beliefs)? Eastern religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism believe that someone who is, for example, born lame, is born that way as a consequence of ill behavior in a prior life, or, perhaps parental ill behavior. How then is it right to compassionately attempt to alleviate such suffering, if the suffering must be endured to make amends for wrongs done in a prior life?

Many Muslims believe that Allah is capricious and does what he wills as and when he wills. So, if someone is suffering, it must be the will of God, so why interfere. Now, giving to the poor is one of the pillars, but there is this contradiction.

Only Christianity has a God who is so full of compassion for us weak humans that HE came to US rather than making US come to HIM. He is the only God who promises that HE will help us to keep his laws, so we are not left to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps.

So, it is not simply religion, but a certain kind of religion that civilizes mankind.

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Leo's avatar

I have no interest in ranking religions. My point is the Law of the Jungle is only a starting point, not a desirable goal.

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RJ Rambler's avatar

But... There is judgement that be made regarding what is really true. You can imagine that you are disregarding or not judging but in so doing you do make choices in judgement which rule your own life.

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Leo's avatar

Yes, of course. But that wasn't the point...

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WP William's avatar

Defend the weak and resist Evil; the Thieves, destroyers, inducers of chaos: seems like a call for strength and action to me; too much apathy, passivity and meekness facilitates injustice and rewards bullies. Be STRONG and LIVE ON!

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ā€œĀ”Essential!ā€??? Cargo Pilot's avatar

It's not survival of the fittest... that would imply that all the seals died long ago.

Proves that evolution is imagination run wild.

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WP William's avatar

i prefer the phrase; Survival of the Fattest that way no one is fat-shamed by fitness freaks

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Celayne Jones's avatar

Pelicans gotta eat, too.

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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

The circle of life. Doubt you could convince a pelican to become a vegan.

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Celayne Jones's avatar

If you did, it would die of starvation

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RJ Rambler's avatar

šŸ™‹ā€ā™€ļø

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Jacquie's avatar

Yep! Those birds are huge. Gotta fill that tummy.

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Celayne Jones's avatar

And not with highly processed fake meat, either!

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Jacquie's avatar

šŸ˜‚ šŸ˜‚ šŸ˜‚ All natural!

Thanks for the laugh!

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Free range, cage free!

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WP William's avatar

Eating, digesting, defecating, mating: nature is actually quite disgusting; can't we just have videos of blossoms and flowers instead?

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Melanie Eccles's avatar

Agreed. It was hard to watch for me but it is nature and that's how it works. I don't like watching wolves chasing and killing little bunnies either but that is the way of nature. It's all about surviving long enough to propagate the species. It's all part of the creation plan, is it not?

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Susan Seas's avatar

I love animals, but I also know animals eat animals. It’s the circle of life! I was not offended and after a moment of Oh No! I laughed šŸ˜‚

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Micah James's avatar

I can't believe anybody actually complained about it!?!

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daiva's avatar

Some thin-skinned touchy soul will decide to be offended anyhow, irrespective of how hard you try to accommodate their sensibilities 🤷 Bcuz as the Good Doctor Theodore Dalrymple helpfully instructs us,

šŸ—Ø the composition of human beings is 60 percent water and 40 percent eggshell.

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Patrice's avatar

That clip inspired me to consider getting a pelican, solely for the purpose of pigeon pest control.

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Stephanie's avatar

Damn right! Isn’t the 1st Amendment beautiful? This is YOUR stack and you have one of the best IMO! Great job!

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Name Redacted's avatar

I agree. I hope the snack was a pidgeon. I think it was. I saw other pidgeons walking around in the grass and they were the smallest bird. No other bird seemed alarmed, so....nature.

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CMCM's avatar

I was once in Kenya and on a safari. I watched and took photos of a lion stalking a huge crowd of wildebeest and it was fascinating to watch. He picked his target and took it down while all the other wildebeest just stood there as if they didn't notice what was going on.

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Nicola's avatar

Pelicans gotta eat too.

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WP William's avatar

can pelicans get bird flu by eating an infected bird? Or can they get bat flu from a Chinese wet market?

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S.P.H.'s avatar

Liked by SPH :-)

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Garden Lover's avatar

I agree. When I saw still of the clip, I sensed this was not something I was going to want to watch, so I didn’t. Animals have to eat, too, but I don’t necessarily need to watch it. 🤪

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Alison Smith's avatar

All who created the Russian/ Trump narrative need to be tried for treason.

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Annie's avatar

The republican'ts aka rinos will make noise and not do anything. They are one half of the uniparty.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

You haven't seen a sternly written letter until you've seen an angry RINO.

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D&R’s Gma's avatar

Oh stop based Florida man🤣🤣🤣 you’re killing it today…just made me laugh my coffee out. Sternly written letter šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ‘ bravo

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Carol Brizzolara's avatar

I didn’t spit mine out, because I hadn’t taken a sip yet!!! I did laugh out loud, though!

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Sunnydaze's avatar

šŸ˜‚ šŸ˜‚ šŸ˜‚

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Susan's avatar

They might get a little snippy

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SHARON MAHOE's avatar

When actually did it become more clear that RINOS are in existence? Have they hidden out for years and years and now recently being exposed? How have we been so deceived? And been so trusting?

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CaplT's avatar

Trump is a lightning rod. Flushed out RINOs. Not sure who gave them that tag.

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WP William's avatar

White Rhinos are colorful flying unicorns inside

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WP William's avatar

Lord knows the world need Rhinos; they can write big checks, speak softly and politely, and stay out of our dammed way--we're the rampaging stampeding herd of Elephants in the room!

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Considering it was so treasonous that it swung the election, the Death Penalty is appropriate.

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SHARON MAHOE's avatar

Phoenix city paper continues the Big Lie story almost daily. Hard to choke on it but I make myself read it I wonder what they the journos will do for a job when all the truth comes out As it will

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RJ Rambler's avatar

Swung šŸ˜† goes both ways!

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Susan Catherine's avatar

Yes, and I'd really like to know WHO started it. Who got together, what was their conversation. Though, those people are probably dead by now...

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reality speaks's avatar

It’s was the evil bitch Hilary folks. It shows you how vile a person she is.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Clear and to the point. Thanks. LOL

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Matt's avatar

This is the word of Yahweh, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ā€˜In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel; and the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, ā€œThis is Jezebel.ā€ā€™ā€ From 2Kings 9

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Politico Phil's avatar

They were warned.

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John Bugni's avatar

Matt, read that today in my II Kings study.

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Fre'd Bennett, MAHA's avatar

Stopping beating around the bush - tell us what you REALLY think, reality. LOL

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WP William's avatar

How dare you slander evil B-tches that way; never has one woman done so much to so many for so long.... even the Devil disowns that mistress of utter darkness

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CaplT's avatar

Never forget JPodesta. He has been the Clinton Obam make-it-happen guy in many ways. Now he has a $360B gift from OBiden for climate police, surveillance and ā€œaccidentalā€ deaths.

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Alison Smith's avatar

Everyone keeps saying Obama Obama Obama but it is much bigger than him.

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CMCM's avatar

All this predates Obama, but he was extremely useful to push things along. He was also the first to give some pretty clear hints as to what he was about, but not enough people paid attention. His line of "we are about to fundamentally change America" is chilling in retrospect.

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WP William's avatar

Yes We Can, Yes We Did, Yes We Will Again! WTFlip is that white trash idiotic sloganizing?!; at least Jesse Jackson could preach even if he dus hava speech impedimen.

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WP William's avatar

he was just one of the triggermen in the Trump ambush; Oswaldbama if you will

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Julie Ann B's avatar

It was the evil, corrupt HilLIARy And that’s news??

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RJ Rambler's avatar

Yes let's before she's, they're dead of natural.... šŸ¤”

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Seeking Grace's avatar

Or will be soon ā˜ ļø

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Tea Tephi's avatar

Or eaten by pelicans.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Put them in a room with a bunch of geese 😬

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RU's avatar

They stole the 2020 election and we now have (more) the hard proof.

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YYR's avatar

The 2018 midterms were swung because Trump didn't have many allies, people believed the lie still. It was a coup, undermining and attempted removal of our president.

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WP William's avatar

Engineering and ensuring a win by various modes and means is not stealing (and stealing is not really a crime anymore you know); more like repossessing the office of president from the 2016 Trump hijacking! I can still out-Democrat most of my old party--good dam riddance to those lying sick freaks. In Demoholic 12 Step recovery since 1995!

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Bitesandpieces's avatar

About a year ago, Catherine Herridge did a piece on Gitmo. She reported that millions were being spent on construction and refurbishment. She described facilities being enlarged, courtrooms being built. She was puzzled. One has to ask why the investment when Obama vowed to close down Gitmo. Are we incarcerating more Jihadists there than in the past? I’m not on top of that news, but I can’t remember when we did just that. Of course, the PLANDEMIC intervened. I will speculate. One potential use for Gitmo can be for traitors. I can name just a few of the better known traitors in our midst. Start with the Biden Crime Famiily, Hillary, Billy, Obama, Bush, Brennan, Clapper, Comey, McConnell, Garland. They are just on top of the list. I believe the numbers will soar into the low 5-figures. Individually, they rate higher or lower on the scale of treason. Nevertheless, it is there. As I think about it, there may not be enough room for all of them.

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Alison Smith's avatar

I do believe Gitmo is readying for a bunch of new inmates.

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All That Jazz's avatar

Isn't that part of the QAnon claim?

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Bitesandpieces's avatar

There is no Qanon. There is Q and there are those that are called the anons who follow Q. What claim are you speaking to?

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RJ Rambler's avatar

I admit I have never thought of enjoy a hanging but I'm much more mature now.

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Joseph Kaplan's avatar

Our fed to the pelicans

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chuck kutchera's avatar

And sent to Gitmo!

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Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

You misspelled ā€œhanged.ā€

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chuck kutchera's avatar

My bad, and it should be a public hanging.

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KenM's avatar

Trump had the perfect time to mention 2016 when she asked him about giving up on fraud talk and the 2020 election... Left TO THIS DAY still claims Trump cheated or colluded with Putin to win the 2016 election.. should of said ā€œwhen YOU (the left/media admit I WON in 2016ā€

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WP William's avatar

Yes and Biden barely won in 2020 against the Trump-Russia cheat attempt they maintain; get a load of Thom Hartman's 2024 Conspiracy Theory of the coming Republican/Supreme Court Cheat that's nearly sure to come--the Leftist Conspiracy Theories and Big lies just keep getting bigger

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Shoulda, woulda, coulda….too bad DJT isn’t as smart as you.

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ClarabelleVonH's avatar

At the very least, conspiracy.

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Michael Framson's avatar

Just find a tree and forget the son part.

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WP William's avatar

But he was so Hitler-like and Dangerous to Democracy and minorities that He had to be stopped by any means! So some professional movie writers got involved to spice up a possible narrative that was metaphorically TRUE. Maybe not factual nor real but True nevertheless

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Butterfly2510's avatar

Nothing will happen though. NOT A THING. Lies, lies and more lies.

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RebeccaGrrrl's avatar

HILARIOUS CLINTON!

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C Rabbit's avatar

With regard to the theft of cars that apparently weren't properly burglar proofed, I am reminded of a tragic incident that happened decades ago where I lived. A woman lost track of her toddler who wandered next door and drowned in a neighbor's pool. The parents of the deceased sued the neighbor for not adequately protecting their child against the possibility of drowning. The swimming pool was found to be an "attractive nuisance". This resulted in a statewide requirement that all swimming pools have fencing of certain specifications all around them. Wayward children have since vaulted the fences and drowned anyway, but that's a story for another day.

While I have not meditated much about, or attributed these sorts of things to liberal politicians, one thing is for certain: There is and has been a concerted effort made by loons of some variety to remove personal responsibility from everyone and place it on society as a whole with the expectation that government will protect the foolish and stupid from everything they bring upon themselves. The effect of this campaign cannot be understated.

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Jeff C's avatar

The "attractive nuisance" concept has been around for a long time and frankly it makes sense in many cases. If a construction company digs a deep trench and then leaves it unattended, it's asking for trouble. Kids will see it and want to check it out and potentially fall in.

However in that case the company created a dangerous situation and then didn't supervise it. That's completely different from what's going on here.

Here the companies are being sued for supposedly making their cars too easy to steal. Nobody altered anything to an unsafe condition, or left it unattended, they simply didn't anticipate roving bands of juvenile delinquents hell-bent on causing mayhem. Not too surprising considering South Korea's low crime rates, respect for law and order, homogenous society, and low rate of illegitimate births.

And unsurprisingly this isn't happening in well-off US suburbs with kids raised in good homes. It's happening in inner city minority neighborhoods with high rates of fatherlessness, drug use, and general rampant crime.

Appreciate Jeff's focus on "defund the police" as that certainly plays a part in all of this. However, there are plenty of places in the US that don't require heavy police presence to avoid Mad Max type scenarios. The problem isn't just lack of cops.

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SHARON MAHOE's avatar

A neighborhood conscience would save so much city money

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SHARON MAHOE's avatar

Thinking of last night’s great talk on our constitution …Really uplifting and informative ….But I couldn’t ignore the fact that a woman in the row behind me had her feet, with the shoes, up on the next chair, mind you, upholstered…through most of the event. Not a care in the world about the cleaning of, the germs or the rudeness~~~this new generation, no words, now I ask would you have said something?!

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Jeff C's avatar

I probably would have said something, but then I was brought up in a home that stressed I needed to be considerate of how my actions affected others. I do the same with my kids. If nothing else I would have moved seats with a loud comment about not having to sit next to someone's stinky feet.

Bottom line though is that people that act like this by and large aren't successful in life. No one wants to work with, associate with, or marry for that matter, insensitive oblivious buffoons who don't care about the concerns of others. It's similar to going out in public looking like a slob, you are saying to the world I care so little about how you perceive me, or my own self respect, that I can't be bothered to make myself look presentable. It screams loser and people pick up on that instantly.

So yes I do find it annoying, but also recognize that the consequences of their boorish behavior are pretty large. They are punishing themselves so to speak, so they usually have my pity more than anger. I should pray for them but am too often in the flesh to do it regularly.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yes well said. I completely agree.

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Momcat's avatar

1950's moms would have prevented it. Remember the mom that saw her son protesting on TV, went down there & drug him off by his ear? We need more moms like that.

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Donna in MO's avatar

A neighboring suburban city that is actually demographically more affluent than average (Overland Park KS) did pass an ordinance that made it against the law to leave your car running in your driveway (people do this in cold winter months to warm it up) as they were tired of chasing after too many vehicle thefts from thieves who would patrol neighborhoods looking for an easy mark. And not sure if it is a state or local law but pay at the pump is also a law for the same reason. Trying to cut down on chasing crimes of opportunity.

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Jeff C's avatar

Yes, and that's frankly just smart policy even if it isn't happening all that often. I always lock my front door and my car doors even though I live in one of the safest suburban communities in the US. I never leave my car running unattended or my garage open, it's just foolish behavior that invites trouble. It costs me nothing and is cheap insurance.

Plus I'm sure Overland Park didn't like the occasional nuisance and bad press these things generate, but I can guarantee you it is absolutely nothing compared to inner city Baltimore crime. My community has all kinds of ordinances against nuisance behavior but it's not generally because they are a problem, but to keep them from becoming a problem in the first place.

That's not what we are talking about here. These are organized groups that steal these cars for doing donuts and street racing in front of mobs in the middle of the city. It's a planned breakdown of civilized behavior intent on causing mayhem, not the rare occasion where some guy jumps in a running car on impulse.

Edit: Just a note also that if your community gets a reputation as an easy mark (as you mentioned Overland Park did) it attracts thieves from outside the community. We had an issue here with follow-home robberies of people driving high-end cars. The perpetrators were *never* from our community. Installing cameras at the community entrance and teaching people to be more aware of their surroundings reduced it significantly.

So you bring up a really good point in that a lax attitude attracts crime, and will even cause it to be imported from surrounding communities.

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Donna in MO's avatar

Well, yes, the chaos is all part of the plan. Make things so bad that people beg for authoritarian answers. But the answer is what you mentioned. Supporting your local PD for things like traffic stops, expired tags, broken tail lights, is not 'harassment' - it sends a message that the police are paying attention. Our suburban community is proactive, as much of the crime ('can you identify this person' posts) often comes from KC. We are dealing with more and more of those KC problems and people coming to our community due to a mayor and council who are all in on increasing the amount of 'affordable' and multi family housing units. And I attended a citizens police academy last year where the chief said that they told retailers that if they won't press charges, the police will slow walk their shoplifting calls, as its wasting their time if they are not sending a message that the behavior is not going to be tolerated here. They get more pressing charges now, although our prosecutor sucks so it's still frustrating to them. (although they did not call her out, I could tell they wanted to when I asked about conviction rates) So far, our violent crime rate is still very low, but the petty crimes are on the rise, and it is concerning.

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LuAnne's avatar

We previously lived in a home with a large diving pool and according to our insurance company, no matter how much we secured our pool via fencing, alarms, etc, we would most likely still found to be liable if someone drowned or was injured in our pool. Even if the person jumped our fence or trespassed in any way. We built a tall fence around it with secured gates, posted no trespassing signs, and placed security cameras around the pool area. We also purchased a personal liability umbrella insurance policy to accompany our homeowners policy. We've since moved and I don't miss the headache.

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On an island's avatar

Good lord, talk about having to build a prison around your paradise to protect idiot trespassers from themselves šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø

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SusanMc's avatar

Insanity......

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SHARON MAHOE's avatar

Now that’s sad. Even if someone hadn’t been invited, was drunk or stupid ~~ yes I can see why you moved, so sorry ~~ Did you see a recent post re warnings against young children wearing blue swim suits because they will not be so easily located in the water?

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LuAnne's avatar

Yes, I saw that. People also incorrectly rely on arm floaties for little ones too. šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļø

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SHARON MAHOE's avatar

And I will never understand how a person can be responsible for the care of a child at a gathering and not have them in sight at all times. ~~~Years ago in a hot Phx summer a sister had a baby in the car!! Stopped off at her work, and remembered at noon! That she had her sister’s baby, went down to the car and found her passed away. How does anyone get through that!!?

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Donna in MO's avatar

Those stories sadden and amaze me. I don't know how anyone forgets a child. That being said, my oldest was a wanderer, and after my second was born, literally put her in a leash with a harness when I was out and about with an infant and a toddler to keep her close. Got a random stink eye from people as it did look a little weird, but ordered it from a catalog of 'mother's helper' items so suspect I was not the only one with a wanderer. Heck even at home, I was doing something with my son who was an infant at the time and came into the living room to see her perched at the top of the bookshelves by our fireplace, 10 feet high. She was laughing hysterically when I told her DO NOT MOVE and ran to get a step ladder. Many other antics. Point is I am a little hesitant to blame parents for some of these incidents, as a lot of toddlers are clueless and fearless, and that is a dangerous combination. She did live to adulthood, by the way. LOL.

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MayBella82's avatar

My daughter was fearless too. I would to take deep breathes to calm down from the panic! I used a leash type thing too ... it was a life saver! The other thing I used was a hiker’s carrier.... she loved being up high and seeing everything. I heart goes out to parents that are exhausted.

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CitizenA's avatar

I used a child harness & leash on all mine too. I didn’t care if anyone gave me the ā€œstink eyeā€ because I always knew my toddler was safe and near me when I was shopping. You would think a mother would be praised for being cautious with their precious child instead of being vilified as reducing the child to a pet. If we use swim vests on a child, how is using other safety devices inhumane?

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SHARON MAHOE's avatar

Good point of course, clueless and fearless

LOL

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yes mine were always pretty good about staying near me and not being overly daring but I’ve heard enough stories from friends who did have wanderers and dare devils that I was just grateful for my situation and reserved judgment when I heard the stories about kids wandering off or getting into crazy situations.

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Donna in MO's avatar

It amazes me that my daughter never had a serious emergency. She climbed trees, was the first to try ziplining when I had a Girl Scout troop, daredevil on the ski slopes, etc. Got lost at the zoo, at the Houston Science museum, and the grocery store more than once. Funny thing is, socially, she is really shy, she is not 'brave' around people. I am the opposite, I have no fear of public speaking, talk to strangers in the check out line, (which mortified her when she was a teenager - MOM! you are so embarrassing!) and no issue with going to an event where I don't know anyone. But a total coward when it comes to things like heights, passing on a 2-lane road or amusement park rides.

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SHARON MAHOE's avatar

Good grief! Maybe that’s the real reason for open rooms decor these days, or maybe mothers arent growing that third eye in the back of their head LOL

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Donna in MO's avatar

well, yes, when they were being very quiet, that is when you KNEW mischief was afoot.

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LuAnne's avatar

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SHARON MAHOE's avatar

I remember it seemed a couple of summers that we heard so much about swimming pool tragedies. One radio host was so exasperated and angry at the needless loss that after one bad week, that he burst out ā€œ Well maybe they should start leaving their phones in the back seat, with the baby, so it can help them remember something really important ā€œ

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Donna in MO's avatar

I actually heard that in a PSA one one time. SMDH.

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CarO Lyn's avatar

A recent rental car had an audible warning when shutting off car to check back seat for babies/children.

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Ellen Komorowski's avatar

This reminds me so much of the movie, "Liar, Liar." In the movie, Jim Carrey's secretary has a criminal invade her home and was injured while doing so. She was charged instead of the criminal. So apropos!

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LuAnne's avatar

Yes! I remember that part! Lol.

She's not wrong. I've read several reports of people, who were clearly in the wrong, sue other people for injuries sustained when breaking into homes, cars, businesses, etc.

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K2's avatar

The Village is rapidly devolving to a medieval condition governed by morons stuck in perpetual adolescence. Eventually their dogs will feast on their bones.

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Jaci's avatar

A Jezebel moment in time...gruesome, but a teachable lesson none the less!

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Donna in MO's avatar

AMEN! This idea that we look to the government for answers for all that ails society is at the root of our loss of freedoms in today's America. If you look at the number of pages in the Federal Register - 79,856 (https://uploads.federalregister.gov/uploads/2023/02/23171110/2022_All_Category_Pages.pdf) I am willing to bet somewhere in those pages we are all breaking one law or another as we go about our day. And the selective enforcement of those laws is what gives all these federal bureaucrats their power. Time to defund the 3 letter bureaucrats instead of the police!

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D&R’s Gma's avatar

Warning tags…don’t remove from your pillows…don’t eat the silica bag in your pepperoni and my fav don’t submerge your hair dryer into water! Oh and the coffee at Mickey-D’s is super hot dumb-dumbs! šŸ™„šŸ™„šŸ™„

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WP William's avatar

Don't swallow toothpaste!

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Sharon's avatar

My husband and I both own Kia’s that fit the description and received letters last week letting us know we could take our cars in for a free security update - we aren’t too concerned as we are in a pretty red area where the sheriff wouldn’t put up with that nonsense.

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WP William's avatar

Buy American; car thieves hate America! (possible Ford ad if they dare). Show a joyride in a Kia and cuffed would-be thieves being put in police car as Ford owner smugly looks on

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RunningLogic's avatar

Well said.

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Sunnydaze's avatar

Unfortunately, I’m a naysayer who thinks nothing will happen with Durhams report. I hope I’m wrong!! If I got this right, (EDIT: I got it wrong…it was the crooked FBI - not Durham- who released a statement and used the word ā€œmisstepā€ instead of lied, committed treason, criminal actions, intentional……)

The report seems like a 6 year after thought. IMHO, Americans have moved on. There are a few thousand (ish) still paying attention, but it appears the majority aren’t concerning themselves with anything except putting food on the table, paying bills, and retaining their jobs. American attention spans are short.

This shouldn’t have taken this long, and there should be criminal charges. The R’s will do nothing but talk, blabber on about how horrible this is, make their back door deals, and do absolutely nothing of substance.

I’m also aware of the three previous charges that a DC jury let walk away free and clear. So there is that.

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Peter Schott's avatar

While I largely agree, there's a very vocal minority of people who hate Trump and everything he represented so much that they have clung to this "Russia" story like crazy. That's one of the reasons for the special investigation - to avoid getting shut down by the changing powers in congress. Now that the report has been delivered and the findings are insanely clear that there was absolutely nothing, a large part of what these people suffering from heavy TDS is gone. They can't claim "Russia" without pointing at Clinton. Add in the whole "laptop is disinformation" campaign that's also been debunked, and they don't have a lot really left. Even the recent court hearings didn't find Trump guilty (despite a crazy fine?).

Do I agree that the GOP will probably do very little? Yes. But it does cut down a lot of rabid anti-Trumpers.

For what it's worth, I'm not really convinced he's now the right person for the office, but I'd still pick him over Biden. :)

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SHARON MAHOE's avatar

We can wait for the big show because it is coming. Maybe sooner than we think. Indeed

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Jaci's avatar

Well said, Sharon! Many will go bat sh... crazy.

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Joseph Kaplan's avatar

All those people still wearing masks, for instance.

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Sunnydaze's avatar

I agree their regurgitated taking points are gone. So many people have turned off mainstream media and that’s where they spewed their lies. I just don’t think the American people are paying attention to the whole russia thing anyway. That was so 6 years ago šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø. It’s just more gobbledygook they have tuned out. The fact that Trump is exonerated at this point, I really don’t think people care. But I do agree with what you have said.

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Jaci's avatar

I think it might wake a few normies up.

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Bitesandpieces's avatar

The treason and treachery that has been going on for decades will NOT disappear in a short period of time. Actually, what has been exposed so far is amazing and owes to the patriots behind the scenes - like all of us - speaking to our friends and neighbors. A word here, a word there. Armchair news as it has been is dangerous to thinking Americans. We were TOLD what to think rather than to think for ourselves. We were like the frog in tepid water. We like our freedoms. We ā€œthinkā€ freedom - we are born into it - and we don’t like it when someone tries to take it away from us. I have several friends born in different countries and they simply don’t think the way I do. They are a little puzzled when I speak about freedoms. We need to take a deep breath and know there is providence at work here. He is giving us good sense and leading us where we need to be.

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Mary H.'s avatar

Yes!!! It takes all of us speaking truth and planting seeds everywhere!

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Jaci's avatar

We knew it was a set up, but dems are so clueless as to the evil their beloved party has perpetuated. How many of them have studied the history of that party? Surprise...surprise...and Biden...always racist and cruel. Listening to the way he treated Clarence Thomas at his hearings is very telling...a pub hair on a coke can...really?

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John Bugni's avatar

Sunnydaze, for me the take home is the average Joe in America is seeing the injustice for themselves so that when there are arrests and prison and executions, not enough people will be willing to riot and burn down the country.

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Donna in MO's avatar

But the TDS is not really based on anything rational. YES the information out on so many of these so called scandals has shown to be a nothingburger yet the lies live on in the emotion-driven (as opposed to FACTS) brains of the incurious left. These are the same people who virtue signaled all through covid despite none of their beliefs about the shots and masks and such being based on any real science. They live in their own fantasy world.

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Marsha McGrath's avatar

Trump is they right person for the office - he has learned much and will substantially bring America back to GREAT.

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CarO Lyn's avatar

There are still plenty that hold on to the hate only because of Trump’s pu$$y comment.

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WP William's avatar

he was a moron being recorded by a sick freak moron at the time of the idiotic comment; Man Up America- shit can your pornocratic woman-using fantasies and be a real man defending widows and orphans instead of hiding your shameful hellish sinfulness like a weak worthless user. BE DONE with it!

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CHop's avatar

I agree and I hope I am wrong too.. Several months ago, it was reported we are trafficking children through the southern border. Then, NBC reported child labor at a slaughterhouse. A few weeks ago, a Congressional hearing confirmed we are inadvertently or intentionally trafficking children at the border. Nothing has been halted, nothing has been changed and no one in Washington is talking about it. If we don't jump on children being hurt, what makes us think we'll jump on the DC corruption?

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SusanMc's avatar

Not only those egregious ways children are being harmed, but our woke educrat system is harming children starting at public Kindergarten with all the alphabet programs such as CRT, SEL, revisionist history, ā€œcomprehensive sex educationā€ (would make Hugh Hefner blush), etc.

Imho a nation which doesn’t protect their young & their childhoods is a nation at the bottom of the food chain & one step from its demise.

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WP William's avatar

our Pervert Gov. Immediately went after the children of ColoRAPE-O; now with universal pre-K and targeting of infant care with funding he's grooming them for all sorts of neo-progressive impulses in their future. Don't dare NOT decorate a queer cake to the mis-gendered specifications either or his "civil rights" commission will break you!

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On an island's avatar

Isn’t it funny how the ā€œauthoritiesā€ can cook up a plandemic and coordinate a global response at the speed of science but they can’t seem to efficiently pinpoint and punish a hoax that could very well lead to our undoing as a nation if things continue to spiral out of control under Brandon.

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MayBella82's avatar

Unfortunately, the FBI has been as bad with the whole Hunter laptop which should have been investigated years ago. I have no faith in the FBI, CIA or our government.

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Julie Ann B's avatar

People better wake up and pay attention to the Durham report because the more the left, the DemonRATS, the FBI, the Clintons, Biden and Obama get away with their crimes and seditious acts against our country and our citizens, the more they will continue down the same path. The problem is that the federal government and the bureaucracies have exploded to a ridiculous level, much of which occurred under Obama, and they need to be completely abolished, which is almost impossible under the current regime in office. That’s why stealing elections is their primary objective at every level, local, state and federal. I would love to see justice now but it will take an intervention by Almighty God for that to happen in this corrupt government we’re living under so I will wait for the eternal justice that will most definitely come and that punishment will be eternity in hell.

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WP William's avatar

they are Brazen in displaying their middle finger at the "patriarchy" and daring anyone to attempt resisting their Commie takeover via control of nearly all courts, states, localities, institutions, and utilizing the democracy they've crafted and tamed for their use. J-6thing all the Biden Resisters would be fine with them

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Willing Spirit's avatar

ā€œā€¦it will take an intervention by Almighty God for that to happen in this corrupt government we’re living underā€¦ā€. I agree. No man will fix this. But DJT is our weapon and we must fight.

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Julie Ann B's avatar

We must always fight for truth and justice….stay involved and never accept the trampling of our rights! Above all else, trust God!

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SHARON MAHOE's avatar

I do believe this is a gathering storm and, though the delays are maddening to watch, I think the trash man is driving around the block, and they will all be gathered up one of these days Trash Man being God Himself ~~~ as in ā€œanyone who harms these children should have a millstone hung about their neck and drownedā€. Millstones being pretty heavy and all

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chuck kutchera's avatar

And , if by chance, treason charges are brought up, they will be a jury trial. Not much hope in this either.

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Mary H.'s avatar

I hope you are wrong too! As Jeff said , if the Republicans don’t run with this , (which is highly likely) then WE must !!

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Jon Swenson's avatar

Every lawyer working for Hillary to smear Trump and his associates should be disbarred.

Otherwise, like every doctor who said the Covid gene therapy is safe and effective, they can't be trusted unless they stand up to the corruption.

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OnTheJump's avatar

I hope this makes Hillary go away - and that she drags her daughter, "a shot in every child's arm" Chelsea, away with her.

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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

Straight to hell.

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OnTheJump's avatar

Werx 4 me.

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WP William's avatar

A child's arm in every shot more like it

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WP William's avatar

our side is out-lawyered 1000 to 1 and the legalsleeze of the Left all work with unlimited funds while our side has to beg for $100k and a second string legal team to make a peep against the horseshi- in court; Gulliani and Powell are our "best"??? dam

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rolandttg's avatar

Suing car companies because carjacking some types are more easily started illegally than others is no different than suing gun companies for murders. Frankly, I'm shocked that so far none of my guns have up and gone walk about and shot anyone. If I had known this was possible, when I was a student I would have sued pen and pencil companies for the tests I did poorly in.

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Dr Linda's avatar

Gosh, I wish I had thought of that. What about erasers? The erasers prevented me from changing my answer to the correct one.

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Jaci's avatar

Good one! Personal responsibility has to be rekindled! Victimhood is a slippery slope. I was thinking how the gays out of the closet have lead to many more consequences for all of us. It is not right to inflict their "values" on the children and adults. Just think of how our society has accepted the perverted under the guise of social justice. Some things should not be tolerated as it is and has been a slippery slope...like the camel with its nose in the tent and now...

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Cinghale's avatar

Gato’s piece excellent piece today on shame, walks hand in hand with the personal responsibility theme… https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-goldilocks-zone-of-shame

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All That Jazz's avatar

So good!

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Shari Ray's avatar

Oh… this is good!!

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Janice P - Words Beyond Me's avatar

For thus says the high and exalted One

Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,

ā€œI dwell on a high and holy place,

And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit

In order to revive the spirit of the lowly

And to revive the heart of the contrite.

For I will not contend forever,

Nor will I always be angry;

For the spirit would grow faint before Me,

And the breath of those whom I have made.ā€

— Isaiah 57:15-16 NASB1995

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Jason A Clark's avatar

DURHAM REPORT: After a 3 year investigation we've determined that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians to interfere with the 2016 election.

DEMOCRATS: Yeah, but Trump totally stole the election with help from the Russians.

DURHAM REPORT: No, we didn't find any evidence.

DEMOCRATS: But he totally did it.

DURHAM REPORT: There wasn't ever any evidence.

DEMOCRATS: You mean, besides his guilt? Cause he definitely did it.

DURHAM REPORT: There wasn't even enough evidence to start an investigation.

DEMOCRATS: There had to be because we started an investigation... Uh, I mean, the FBI. The FBI started an investigation.

DURHAM REPORT: But they shouldn't have because there was no evidence that anyone did anything.

DEMOCRATS: Except for Trump who colluded with the Russians to interfere in the election.

DURHAM REPORT: There's absolutely no evidence that happened.

DEMOCRATS: What about his guilt? Are you trying to say his guilt doesn't prove his guiltiness?

DURHAM REPORT: Well, he's not guilty of anything.

DEMOCRATS: What about when Trump colluded with the Russians?

DURHAM REPORT: There's literally no evidence that ever happened.

DEMOCRATS: How can you say that when everyone knows he's guilty?

DURHAM REPORT: He can't be guilty because nothing actually happened.

DEMOCRATS: You spent three years not finding all the evidence that definitely exists?

DURHAM REPORT: There's no evidence.

DEMOCRATS: The FBI could have found that evidence in five minutes.

DURHAM REPORT: Well, they never found any evidence.

DEMOCRATS: What about all the evidence they had? The Steele dossier. How do you explain that evidence!?

DURHAM REPORT: It wasn't evidence. It was all made up. They knew it was made up.

DEMOCRATS: I can't believe you support Trump in overthrowing our Democracy.

DURHAM REPORT: We found no evidence that Trump did anything. And we live in a Republic.

DEMOCRATS: So Trump's just going to get off scott free for participating in the worst threat ever against our Democracy...until 2020 when he committed the worst threat against liberty ever in the history of the entire world?

DURHAM REPORT: Well, he didn't actually do anything.

DEMOCRATS: This is why America will never be great. Our institutions are racist and they support Donald Trump and the Russians.

DURHAM REPORT: That never happened.

DEMOCRATS: Only because you refused to prove it.

DURHAM REPORT: No. There was no evidence.

DEMOCRATS: It's like you didn't even try.

DURHAM REPORT: There was no evidence.

DEMOCRATS: Pretty sure he did it.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Oh my gosh this is so spot on, it’s hilarious, scary and infuriating all at the same time!

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Copernicus's avatar

It is absolutely spot on. And all that you said besides.

It is exactly the kind of conversation that would have happened between a friend and me after the J6 kangaroo hearings started, had I participated. She actually asked me if I was watching the video and did it change my mind. šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļøšŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļøšŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļø A mashup video….

I told her no and no. And then just laid it wide open that as as aghast as she was that Christians voted for Trump, I cannot understand why Christians like her would vote for someone who has an agenda for killing babies. She really didn’t have an answer that meant anything. And I told her I wasn’t talking more about the J6 stuff.

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Steph D's avatar

Exactly!

How does any professing Christian vote for killing unborn children, ā€œtransitioning gendersā€, unprotected borders, soft on crime policy, defunding police, race wars, identity politics, endless spending, on and on.

Every bit of the ā€œvaluesā€ they stand for are unbiblical, and hedonistic.

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RunningLogic's avatar

It’s like the conversations from Alice in Wonderland šŸ˜•

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Willing Spirit's avatar

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CaplT's avatar

Precisely! Sounds like my conversations. Only there is no way to write in eye rolling by the DEM.

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Bgagnon's avatar

You nailed it! 200% šŸ‘šŸ‘

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Neil Kellen's avatar

re: Kia/Hyndai complaint: Can a judge dismiss a case with prejudice because it is stupid? And then require the lawyers who brought it to permanently add to the Linkedin profile "filed the most stupid case in the history of the US"?

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AM's avatar

Love how they didn't even get the case filed correctly the first go-round (missed attachment of the summons).

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Celayne Jones's avatar

We can hold out hope for a sane judge somewhere

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Celayne Jones's avatar

Although being government lawyers, can they finagle their way to having a sympathetic judge appointed to the case?

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Lisa Ca's avatar

LOL - this is hilarious. Filed the most stupid case in history in the US!!!šŸ‘šŸ»šŸ‘šŸ»šŸ‘šŸ»

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RunningLogic's avatar

The lawyer equivalent of wearing a dunce cap and sitting in the corner lol šŸ˜†

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Fortified City's avatar

ā€œBut I promise you this: if the Republicans don’t take up the flag and run with it, then we will do it ourselves. You can take that to the bank.ā€

Okay then let’s make our way to the bank. And I’ll go ahead and say it, the Republicans will not run, they have shown repeatedly they will slow walk, slow talk and accomplish nothing... and the question reminds why? Why are the Republicans weak and useless. Because the R’s and the D’s belong to the same political corrupt machine.

Jeff, do you not see this or are you playing the same game? By speaking as though we have two separate political parties you provide cover for this charade.

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Janet's avatar

The same sausage is being made. R’s and D’s pushed into the grinder by tptb and coming out in the same intestinal casing. Full of cancerous additives and hardly any nutritional value. I’ve been both—the sausage does not look appetizing to me anymore. šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø

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LMWC's avatar

I believe Jeff does know. But if we are to change this country and save it, it will be in the remaking of the Republican Party, not trying to raise up a new 3rd, 4th, 5th, and on and on, new parties. The Democrat party was not always the Marxist Group it is now. The idea is to start grassroots and remake the GOP. It can be done.

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Fortified City's avatar

Oh yeah I know I’ve heard all that!

Well then, that plan should have been implemented maybe 30 years ago... but when the house is on fire it’s no time to be nailing a stray shingle on the roof.

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Copernicus's avatar

Check out the Precinct Committeman Plan in your state. A relatively easy way for We The People to retake the GOP from the grassroots up.

PCCs are elected positions, but appointed if no candidate files to run for the position. PCCs elect the county chairs. County Chairs elect regional reps who choose the state GOP, if I have it right. It’s the county and state GOP people who select unelected appointments such as Election Board members and so on. My count is full of blue RINO GOP officials. But via the PCC plan, that could be changed.

Check it out and be part of the solution. šŸ‘šŸ»

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Willing Spirit's avatar

I’ve been hearing about this fixing the Republican Party for 50+ years now. I voted for George W. Bush with great enthusiasm, expecting big change. Ha, ha, it was all lying lies and the joke was on me.

I’m not a trusting patriot anymore.

DeSantis is cut from the Bush cloth and being run by the same people in his non campaign/campaign. He lied that contributions to his Governor reelection campaign were about the governorship. He got bought and paid for and has been working the plan with his globalist masters for a long while now.

I’m sure his two favorite bills were: the one allowing him to run for President, while getting the Governor salary and exposure and the one that hides retroactively all his travel and meetings. So much for the Sunshine Law.

I’m sure he’ll promise ā€œthe most transparent administration’ ever.🤮

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Emumundo's avatar

Our only hope is the MAGA republicans who got concessions from McCarthy by holding up his nomination. We’d be in better shape, but McConnell aided the democrats by not funding races of people he ā€œcouldn’t work withā€. You know - real republicans. And the fact that Rona McDaniel is once again the head of the RNC is just depressing. Our fight should be with the Republican Party- clean it out!!!

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Jaci's avatar

McConnell is and always has been a fence rider. Graham is too...true rhinos serving themselves!

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Copernicus's avatar

Check out the Precinct Committeman Plan in your state. A relatively easy way for We The People to retake the GOP from the grassroots up.

PCCs are elected positions, but appointed if no candidate files to run for the position. PCCs elect the county chairs. County Chairs elect regional reps who choose the state GOP, if I have it right. It’s the county and state GOP people who select unelected appointments such as Election Board members and so on. My count is full of blue RINO GOP officials. But via the PCC plan, that could be changed.

Check it out and be part of the solution. šŸ‘šŸ»

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chuck kutchera's avatar

The conservative/ libertarian talk show host in Cincinnati would routinely mention that fact.

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Politico Phil's avatar

Amen to that. This is why the Demoncrats want to keep us divided. If the American populist movement (of which MAGA is a part) can close ranks against the Dem Bolsheviks, they won't stand a chance.

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Emumundo's avatar

And the Republican bolsheviks!

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chuck kutchera's avatar

I feel Jeff is saying if the R’s don’t take the ball and run with it, the people should. Just like the scam/plannedemic it was the conman people who took the ball and exposed the lies and deceit of it. Plus many lost jobs, pensions, and their good standing and reputation in doing so.

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RunningLogic's avatar

I hope you meant common and not conman? 🤪 Autocorrect at work again I suspect!

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Peace's avatar

So, exactly how do the people "outdo" the legislators going the other direction? Awfully hard to steer a ship in a different direction from where the captain is heading.

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Peace's avatar

That's a great question - why? Is it as simple as each individual Republican legislator is only motivated by money interests (that are not in the best interests of their constiuency)? And/or motivated by the lure of more power?

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Jeff Childers goes to Washington. Joined to a campaign. What are the chances?

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Julie's avatar

Last day in California folks.. we drive away tomorrow...pods are full and heading to Florida.. Looking forward to seeing those big white pelicans😁

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Bgagnon's avatar

Good for you! Happy life in FL! I'm always happy when someone escapes the Cali rathole!

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yay!! Best wishes to you in your new freer life!!

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Janet's avatar

Bon voyage ! God speed and such😁

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Valerie's avatar

They figured out the truth of the Russian collusion hoax in perfect time... years after it would have made a difference. Well done. Im glad the truth is out there, but it’s definitely too little too late.

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Valerie's avatar

Maybe. I think it’s more that Durham was swimming upstream when all of the heads of the US security agencies bought into the collusion theory. I can’t imagine how difficult that investigation was, how little cooperation Durham got.

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SpankinRedAss's avatar

Animal lover here. Not offended at all by yesterday's clip. It was hilarious. If there are any who were offended? Tough crap. Coddling such tender sensibilities never made anyone better. Real life is hard and dangerous. Live with it.

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Emumundo's avatar

I agree. Apologizing to squeamish people about the food chain is akin to suing car manufacturers for a product that’s easy to steal.

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Patrice's avatar

When my kids were little, my son won a goldfish at a carnival. He brought it home for one of his sisters and we released it in our 40 gallon fish tank. He was showing his little sister the fish as it was swimming about and a larger goldfish swam up behind and gobbled up the new addition. It was a little traumatic for both of the kids but a great lesson in nature and very funny in retrospect.

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Carol Brizzolara's avatar

I have a friend who found a large lovely caterpillar one day. She and her family cared for said caterpillar and watched it make a cocoon and then hatch. They were eager to see what creature appeared. It was a gorgeous Luna Moth. They then held a lovely releasing ceremony to release said moth back into the wild behind their country home. The Luna Moth took flight and was gracefully fluttering away, when from the side their family cat came zooming in and ate it. They felt horrible and they caught it all on video, too!

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J.M.'s avatar

ā€œIt’s the circle, the circle of liiiiifeā€¦ā€

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Willing Spirit's avatar

The most meaningful example would probably be when ā€œso calledā€ Pope Francis released a dove from high up on a balcony, before the whole world, and immediately a hawk swooped down and nailed it.

That, and the lightning strike on the Vatican, when he was ā€˜selected’ ought to have made something crystal clear.

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CMCM's avatar

Verrrryy interesting!

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Patrice's avatar

šŸ˜†

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Dr Linda's avatar

ā€œSuch is lifeā€ : )

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AM's avatar

The left definitely counts on fatigue when it comes to the Durham report. Having heard rumblings about it yesterday I didn’t even bother to read any stories. That issue seems like a lifetime ago in some ways. But it is critically important that it comes to light and that people are held accountable.

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Gigi Gummerson's avatar

It’s holding people accountable...who will be held accountable? This was a treasonous act IMHO, and my bet is no one will end up being responsible. People like Schiff should be ousted from his seat (at least) considering he repeatedly claimed he had solid evidence...and on and on...but again NOTHING will happen, which upsets me to my core!!

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AM's avatar

Me too Gigi. Talk about subverting the will of the people . . . the 2016 election was effectively "undone" in certain ways.

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Dana's avatar

I’m so fed up with our three letter agencies. They are pure evil.

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chuck kutchera's avatar

If the left wants to defund the police, shouldn’t the fbi be first on their list?

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Jaci's avatar

And elite and gov security should be removed.

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Stuck In The Upside-Down's avatar

How about just holding people accountable for committing crimes? That lawsuit should be absolutely embarrassing for the cities that filed. What next? When a house is broken into, it’s the construction company that can be sued because there weren’t metal bars built into all the windows? Sue the purse manufacturer because it couldn’t stop the thief from grabbing it on the subway? Sue the pen manufacturer for not stopping people from writing bad checks? šŸ™„

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Stuck In The Upside-Down's avatar

Thought of an even more relevant example ... Sue the medical company that made the syringe that was used to administer the Clot Shot, instead of the pharmaceutical companies and government officials for intentionally killing people ... 🧐

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Lisa Ca's avatar

LOL. That might actually make a small animal fight the bigger animal- med company sue pharma!!!

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Peace's avatar

Too bad all the players in the entire chain are protected and can't be sued. Thank you, EUA:(

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