He IS a brain parasite.
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Yes, but none of those people invented the word, since it goes back to 1600 or so. And whoās to say it wasnāt Trump who made it up then? Thatās when people started talking about groceries, and RFK would have actually sounded like someone who was ahead of the curve on medicine, so it would fit.
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God damn itā¦
The media fucking sucks.
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(Yes, I purposely chose the remake of The Equalizer. He does seem to have a particular problem with Black women.)
ETA: Iād like to claim that great minds think alike. Hereās your bubbly beverage, @Melizmatic!
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Forbes is a blog farm now
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No doubt. Doesnāt make it any less frustrating, this just printing whatever those in power say and then calling that copying journalism. And far too many people justā¦ believe shit, because āhey, it must be true, I saw it on the internetsā¦ā 
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Honestly, you could say that about anything Trump does and just statistically youād most likely be right. Itās always true of his trade ādealsā because his opening moves were such complete idiocy that nothing done subsequently can recover from that, even if he were competent (which he obviously isnāt) and hadnāt put the US in an incredibly weak position for trade negotiations (which he obviously did).
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I just canāt get over this:
Once again, a highly qualified Black person/woman gets fired and replaced by a white guy who isnāt qualified at all. Once was enough to make the racism apparent, but doing it over and over againā¦
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Thatās what astounds me as to how itās the same playbook every time.
- Start āasking questionsā about doing Y
- Angrily accuse X of Z (usually something he considers āunfairā)
- Bully X by taking hasty and ill-conceived (and probably illegal) scorched earth action against X that ultimately hurts both parties
- His sycophantic army defends it as ānegotiating tacticsā and āart of the dealā without ever being able to clearly explain what heās ānegotiatingā, why, or how it really helps anybody.
- X makes an agreement with Trump (usually no better or even worse than the original status quo), OR does nothing at all and Trump relents if it gets too unpopular among his donor class
- Trump loudly claims victory and his sycophantic army lauds him as a genius
- Go back to 1
Every damn time.
His mafia style of negotiating through bullying may work fine for him in some business contexts, but it doesnāt work at all for diplomacy. Who wants to negotiate with a bully thatās very publicly saying how much you suck? Thatās not how it has ever worked.
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Even as a donation to the government, though, it would require Congressional approval. I think I said this in another thread, but even the gift of the Statue of Liberty had to be approved by Congress. Large value gifts rarely come with no strings attachedā¦
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Thanks, I am aware.
I used well known fictional iterations to make my point, since Pumpkin Spice Pol Pot seems to think tv shows and movies are realā¦
Thanks, Liz!
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Youāre absolutely right, but Iām also curious to know if thereās a single conservative or Trumpy person in the country who is qualified for the job. I donāt imagine that a Masters degree in Library Science is an attractive prospect for many Trump supporters.
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Iām setting up a lot of new hotspots for our library today. The default ātest pageā when you connect to one is MSN and the headlines I keep seeing pop up make me want to scream and throw things. The words are technically correct, but your description is spot on here.
There are so many times I have to parse through a trump quote carefully just to tease out something resembling a coherent thought. The next step of trying to understand how he thinks something works (like the pharma pricing) is even more painful.
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An expert on the Library of Congress tells Rolling Stone that Trumpās takeover attempt is ādangerous,ā given that the Libraryās sub-agencies provide confidential legal advice to members of Congress and help police misconduct by lawmakers.
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Letās compromise. We can send One (1) 34x convicted felon to el salvador and leave him there.
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You have managed to name the single solitary person I would wish that fate upon, well done!
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