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    Hi John, As I have been saying, Trump is the typical school yard bully. When push comes to shove, they usually chicken out. So far, Trump is following the script. IMO Trump is scared shitless of Putin; and Xi also. What is it that they say in Texas: All hat and no horse. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi folks, Does this really surprise anyone: President Trump pardoned Paul Walczak, . . . one month after his mother attended a major fundraiser for the president Trump's pardon of Paul Walczak follows to mother's fundraising: report Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi John. From your link: the play depicts a world of the future where a small elite controls the mass media, keeping the lower classes docile by serving them an endless diet of lowest common denominator programmes and pornography I think we are very close to there. As soon as Trump/Miller can control the media, it is all over. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Joe, Oh, crap, more unemployment. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Joe, Re: ‘This wasn’t supposed to happen.’ I'm thinking this might just be the legacy of Trump 2.0. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi folks, Re: Original Sin (Tapper and Thompson book) - Wikipedia As I have posted a number of times, WASHINGTON WEEK on PBS, is one of my favorite tv programs. The show this week had Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson, the two authors, as the only guests. Biden's decline was the subject of the entire show. I highly recommend that you try to watch it. Jerry Baumchen PS) I am on the Request list for this book at my local library. I look forward to reading it.
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    Hi Bill, Re: she was promoted because she was a woman! Oh, come on, Bill; we all know she was promoted because she screwed her way to the top. I mean, they all do it. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi John, And I thought I was the only person here who always considers the glass 1/2 full. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Tanya, There are a LOT of narrow-minded people in this country. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Bill, Re: the US has lost its AAA credit rating from all three rating organizations It is because every CongressCritter knows that he/she has to bring home the pork to get re-elected. Until this changes, and I doubt that it ever will, this problem will just grow & grow. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Nigel, You could not be more correct. A bully is a bully and always will be a bully. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Wendy, +1. Larry Bird once said that he would never come off of the bench. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi folks, In case you have not seen it: Skydiving Over Sixty | PBS Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi folks, Looks like some part of the future is folks going to where they are wanted: Blue Land of Enchantment lures unhappy Texans : NPR Mac Davis -Texas In My Rear View Mirror Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Ken, Back then, Biden was what I did not want on the ticket. But, he got the nomination; then, it was a no-brainer on who I would be voting for. In 2024, I supported Biden, until he opened his mouth at the debate. I immediately knew that he could not win. As many people have said: Politics is not for the faint of heart. Strom Thurmond, RBG, Biden, Feinstein; an infinite list. It is ruining this country. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Mark & Joe, I think most of us realized Biden was old, but I also think we were somewhat dishonestly misled about how bad he was getting. Old and demented as Biden might be I still believe he'd be better than Trump. Unfortunately it is that shallow belief that blinded me to the reality that he is old and demented and no one I should have supported in 2024. I too think Biden would be better than what we have now; hell, just about anyone would be better. IMO the real crime is the cover-up of Biden's condition. I think the up-coming Jake Tapper book is going to be very interesting reading. And, when we talk about those who hang on way too long; let us not forget RGB, she got us Trump's three picks on the Supremes. Jerry Baumchen New book alleges Biden aides hid his decline : Consider This from NPR : NPR
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    Hi folks, The list of those who have been or will be shafted by Trump gets longer & longer: Across the rural Midwest and West, plenty of farmers still fly Trump 2024 flags over their barns, but quietly worry his latest trade war will bankrupt them. Low prices and Trump's trade war are pushing these Northwest farmers to the brink : NPR Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Bill, Just to show people how stupid the MAGA-World is, Jill Biden has doctorate in education, not medicine. Jill Biden - Wikipedia Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Joe, Just saw this: Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which has metastasized to the bone Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer : NPR A very, very good friend, who I knew for 70 yrs, died earlier this year with the same diagnosis. His doctor gave him 6 months; he lived 5. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Ken, In the world that you & I live in? Yes. In Trump's world; who in the hell knows. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Joe, Last year, I posted that I did not think that Biden would make to 85. Looks like I might have been onto something: Joe Biden diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office says Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Folks, Re: federal law enforcement also announced charges against an Iraqi man accused of casting a ballot in the 2020 election Trump's DOJ focuses in on voter fraud, with help from DOGE : NPR I am of the opinion that this is the first steps to having Trump's gov't overturn the 2020 election. He still tries to argue that he won in 2020. Now, only a fool would believe him. But, Trump is too thin-skinned to ever admit a defeat. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Ken, THAT I 100% agree with. Re: the failure of anyone in the party to stand up Very similar to the failure of the GOP-types to stand up against Trump when they know what he is doing is ruining this country. As to what is/was worse: That answer is very subjective. It was about 40 yrs ago that I read an excellent article on why the Belt-Way Types refuse to give up the prestige & power that their offices give them. Or so they think. I wish that I could remember where I read it; probably TIME magazine. As Wendy says, we need an age-out req'ment. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Ken, Do you actually think what Biden did is in the same time zone as what Trump is doing? Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Joe, This far more serious than some incoherent speech. The speech is entertaining & does show his thinking [ or lack thereof ] process. Go back 10-15 yrs, who would have thought someone so stupid, so thin-skinned, etc, would be our President. Maybe Comey is on to something -> 86 47 Jerry Baumchen