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Summing up Patnetters thoughts on the Historic Trump/Kim Summit
by marcus on 12 Jun 2018  14 comments, latest 5 days ago
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Apparently the entire planet is now fake news 24/7 (time.com)
by marcus on 11 Jun 2018  7 comments, latest 6 days ago
'An Unprecedented Scandal': How Newspapers Around the World Reacted to Trump's Behavior at the G-7 Summithttp://time.com/5307992/ CanadaHe sulked his way through the first part of the meeting, gave his delegation...
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Trump Tries to Destroy the West. (nytimes.com)
by marcus on 10 Jun 2018  61 comments, latest 6 days ago
Even if you suffer from the Trump loving type of TDS syndrome, it makes sense to at least listen to the opinions of others and see if they make any...
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A Trade War Primer (nytimes.com)
by marcus on 5 Jun 2018  26 comments, latest 9 days ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0 The world trading system is actually a quite remarkable construction – a framework that has consistently produced a high level of global cooperation. It has been pretty robust in...
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Maybe the real issue wasn't excessive political correctness (newyorker.com)
by marcus on 23 May 2018  40 comments, latest 21 days ago
Maybe the real issue is social media and the trolls !https://www.newyorker.com/mag My belief is that excessive political correctness is something that is self correcting, because even the super majority of...
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Interesting discussion of Trumpocracy - David Frum
by marcus on 30 Apr 2018  39 comments, latest a month ago
He's a very intelligent conservative. If you're only going to listen to a few minutes, start at 14:50.
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Trump's Best People (nytimes.com)
by marcus on 25 Apr 2018  Posted 2 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0 Yes, that's right. This is from the editorial board of the NYT. Why read it right ? You probably shouldn't, you don't want to know what people really think...
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This is probably an under estimate
by marcus on 31 Mar 2018  Posted 3 months ago
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Mueller: Rick Gates spoke to person with Russian spy ties in late 2016 (politico.com)
by marcus on 28 Mar 2018  Posted 3 months ago
Not to worry Trumpbots. Nothing to see here. https://www.politico.com/story Rick Gates, a senior official on President Donald Trump’s campaign, was in contact in September and October 2016 with an associate...
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A little history for Trump, not that it isn't too late for him to learn anything (nytimes.com)
by marcus on 18 Mar 2018  16 comments, latest a month ago
Oh, What a Trumpy Trade War!https://www.nytimes.com/20
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Stable Genius Memes
by marcus on 7 Jan 2018  44 comments, latest 5 months ago
My favorite#humor#politics
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Credibility ? Who needs credibility ? Isn't this all one big reality television show after all ?
by marcus on 5 Jan 2018  12 comments, latest 5 months ago
I like the way that according to some, Wolff's book it's bringing the concept of credibility in to light. What, you say ? Credibility is a thing ? Credibility matters...
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Wow, "Fire and Fury" sold out already, online and at many stores (time.com)
by marcus on 5 Jan 2018  51 comments, latest 5 months ago
Apparently Trump's efforts to shut the book down only served to promote it. Maybe trump likes this ? During his campaign, this kind of media attention was always good for...
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Trump didn't want to be President!: This is best article for excerpts from new Trump book (nymag.com)
by marcus on 4 Jan 2018  34 comments, latest 5 months ago
Didn't we all know that he didn't even want to be President ?http://nymag.com/daily/intell #politics
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Should WP continue to track Trump's lies ? (washingtonpost.com)
by marcus on 2 Jan 2018  24 comments, latest 5 months ago
It is rather stunning. Trump will hit 2000 false or misleading statements before finishing his first year. To Trumps fans, I know this is sort of charming. Just an amusing...
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A most succinct description of what's going on - you just don't see it yet
by marcus on 23 Dec 2017  33 comments, latest 6 months ago
#politics
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Really ? No threads about Net Neutrality in the past couple weeks ? (thedailybeast.com)
by marcus on 26 Nov 2017  22 comments, latest 3 months ago
Shouldn't Twoscoops or one of the other Trump bots have posted something about how wonderful it will be when the FCC has it's way, with destroying Net Neutrality ?I will...
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Is Trump's incessant complaining about NFL players and the flag, just virtue signaling ?
by marcus on 9 Oct 2017  12 comments, latest 8 months ago
Someone on reddit suggested that's what it is, and it seems to me an extremely good use of the term. But what Trump's doing is actually worse. It's all about...
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Idiocracy: Don't Fire Guns at Hurricane (newsweek.com)
by marcus on 10 Sep 2017  15 comments, latest 9 months ago
There was a time when people wouldn't need to be told this. http://www.newsweek.com/dont-f "To clarify, DO NOT shoot weapons @ #Irma. You won’t make it turn around & it will...
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The truth about political correctness
by marcus on 7 Sep 2017  33 comments, latest 9 months ago
Political correctness depends entirely on the politics you agree or disagree with. For example, Patrick thinks he is identifying a profound truth when he states that it's not politically correct...
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