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FBI Search of Trump Property Prompted by Concerns Over Sensitive Documents The search was conducted about two months after Trump lawyers met with DOJ officials Federal agents searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on Monday in part because they believed additional classified infor...

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Why can't a candidate be prosecuted? Is there some legal ruling? Not even for treason? Technically, a presidential candidate can be prosecuted. But what if he were later to be elected president? Then he would be shielded according to longstanding DOJ rule, a policy which Robt. Mueller recently chos...

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He will announce his candidacy for the presidency before long, if only to erect a shield against prosecution. He really cannot wait too much longer after today. Once that happens, good luck finding a jury to convict him were he to be indicted. Knowing that, he might be willing to take the risk of go...

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NYT F.B.I. Searches Trump’s Home in Florida The former president said in a statement that Mar-a-Lago had been “raided, and occupied by a large group of F.B.I. agents.” The search appeared to be focused on material that former President Donald J. Trump had brought with him to Mar-a-Lago, his private...

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This disingenuous verbiage is being strongly resisted by people with cool heads who understand that any new 'power' will not result in the slightest improvement in the lives of those living in remote communities who daily endure violence, rape, alcohol and drug abuse and dysfunction; whose children...

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Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra - Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 1969 Blossom Music Festival WCLV broadcast. Though he did record him, Szell was not a conductor I ever associated with Tchaikovsky, let alone with the Pathetique, which I'm pretty sure he never recorded commercially; but this is a very sen...

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Ormandy-Philadelphia Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6 (13.12.1936 & 9.1.1937), Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, arr. Cailliet (17.10.1937). Biddulph 1997. Transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn. Two firsts here: the PIT 6th was Ormandy's first recording with the Philadelphians. The Pictures was the...

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Ormandy-Philadelphia Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6 (13.12.1936 & 9.1.1937), Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, arr. Cailliet (17.10.1937). Biddulph 1997. Transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn. Two firsts here: the PIT 6th was Ormandy's first recording with the Philadelphians. The Pictures was the ...

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Stokowski-Philadelphia Orchestra - Mahler Symphony No. 2 (Nov. 9, 1967). Stoki, true to form, makes cuts in the last mvmt.

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I don't know why Deplorables even bother learning to read. They were far happier barefoot and illiterate. ________________________ Q: What does Justice Samuel Alito have in common with Don Vito Corleone? A: He makes us an offer we can't refuse. [/size]Are you sure they all can? Of course they can. ...

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Hear Ye Hear Ye!

Better a Tweet in hand than a hard Righty in the tush.
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‘They that polluteth the race and maketh the parti-colored beast with two backs, let them be anathema to you’. (Viktor Orban addressing CPAC)

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I don't know why Deplorables even bother learning to read. They were far happier barefoot and illiterate.
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Q: What does Justice Samuel Alito have in common with Don Vito Corleone? A: He makes us an offer we can't refuse.

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A long read, containing some inconvenient truths. Ergo, I don't expect anybody here to read it Imagine, if you can, where we would be now if Thomas Paine had hewn to that line in “Common Sense”. ________________________ Bite your thumb at the truth all you please, Nature doesn’t care. https://live....

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Whataboutism being about the only tool in the alt-Right’s ditzy intellectual arsenal, I relish hoisting one of its most fervent fangirls with her own petard. Chaos at Sidney and Melbourne airports with 41 flights cancelled August 2, 2022 https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/chaos-at-melbour...

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Truth doesn't give a flying flamingo about your alternate facts.

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What do you think happens when somebody tries to intervene while two savage dogs are fighting? I know what happens. The feckless Damsel Down Under screams, falls to her knees and begs Speaker Pelosi to order the more gallant of the two savage beasts to rescue her. https://live.staticflickr.com/6553...

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Meanwhile, as U.S. protectorate Oz nuclearizes her subs con China, she continues to ship it her dirty coal. If she ain’t careful she’s gonna get her tits caught in a wringer. China is no match militarily for us and Jinny knows it. Just look at the antiquated boats and planes they are now circling Ta...

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maestrob wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:16 am
It's worth noting though that . . . There's just too many of them.

We could help with that if ole Jinpinny insists.

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Belle wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:11 pm
I got the word from Christopher Hitchens

Here all along I thought you had mixed up progressives’ resplendent refulgences with reactionaries’ acidic refluxes.
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Truth doesn't give a damn about your alternate facts.

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Kansas City Star ELECTIONS ‘No’ prevails: Kansas votes to protect abortion rights in state constitution August 02, 2022 11:09 PM The right to an abortion will remain in the Kansas Constitution. In the first ballot test of abortion rights in a post-Roe America, Kansas voters turned out in historic n...

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Glenn Gould —> ‘How Mozart Became a Bad Composer’. The problem is, GG proposes, “Too many of his works sound like interoffice memos.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pR74rorRxs Yep, this nut *was* a genius. I laughed all the way thru his stunning commentary exploding my presuppositions EXCEPT when ...

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In my view, Xi won’t do anything to really threaten the goose that laid China’s golden egg, namely the American market. He’s not about to sacrifice his best customer for a “gas station masquerading as a country.” He doesn’t appear eager either to grant Pariah Putin another face-to-face meeting. But ...

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CNBC The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block Idaho’s new restrictive abortion law on the grounds that it violates federal law requiring most hospitals to give medically necessary treatment to patients before discharging them. Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled...

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I disagree with TF. She is laying down a marker for freedom of movement NOW. She aint gonna abide China's Hong Kongism. Realpolitik be damned! And I hope Pelosi tears up any bluster emanating from Paper Tiger Xi. How I wish she were 20 years younger and able to run for the office she completely ran ...

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Please keep in mind: Deplorables (males for the most part but also their groupies) are a sensitive lot. A Titanesque Amazon, such as Hillary was in 2016, deeply bruised their masculine egos. She should have done much more to assuage their insecurities regarding their virility. ______________________...

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Banging on about privileged women being denied their rights had almost everybody fed up to the back teeth. Our family included. One group not fed up. Women, in particular, Independents and women of colour. They voted decisively for Hillary in 2016 and then even white women, after getting a four-yea...

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The downside. Al-Z. is now enjoying the company of 72 doe-eyed virgins while Biden is left behind to do battle with COVID.

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Biden did what Donald didn’t. So, by all means, let’s have more presidential ‘dementia’. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52132545650_33757affd8_o.jpg Breaking News U.S. Drone Strike Said to Have Killed Ayman al-Zawahri, Top Qaeda Leader The strike, carried out over the weekend, was the first at...

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Watching William F. Buckley Jnr the other night; recorded in the early 70s. Abortions in the USA 3 million !! What was the population of the USA 50 years ago and wasn't this the era of the contraceptive Pill? I had it before then in a lonely little outpost called Australia. In the real world I came...

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By opposing public schools and teachers' unions, and encouraging home schooling, Republicans have already set the stage for a massive youth movement that has brought us Josh Hawley and MTG. At this point, Republicans are simply ill-equipped to govern and thus must rule to impose their will or fade ...

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Ron DeSantis is the only Deplorable with anything on the ball. He knows, winning elections is only half the battle; you must exercise political control over the classroom to really solidify your power moving forward.

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Trump found the WH obsolescent and confining: so he plans to take up residence here in his second term.

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Belle wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:31 pm
Reality check. No more Pollyanna.
Global coal consumption returns to record amid energy crisis

“Listen up, all ye Deniers! Climate change is real. One day I’m PM, the next day I’m history!”

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 28, 2022 11:13 am
From WAPO : "Before the state Senate began its hearing for the bill Thursday, state Sen. Mike Azinger (R) said in an opening prayer that he was thankful that he and his colleagues were not aborted.
“We’re just grateful for that, Lord,” he said."

Anyone reply, ‘Not I, O Lord’?

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Belle wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:13 pm
My pronouns are 'her', 'she' and I'm wearing pyjamas

Her Preferred Pronouns

Clad only in her pj's,
She bats her fake eyelashes
At he-men Jordan & Glenn.

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Biden says he fought “cabin fever” recovering from MILD Covid by playing with his dog and reading books about Ireland ??!! He could not find anything else to do ??!! Talk about terrible optics. It is time for him to go. As long as Donald remains the odds on favorite to be the GOP nominee, Joe ain’t...

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The silly, shallow and narcissistic Trudeau is at it again; this time threatening Canadian agriculture. This eco-zombie hasn't got the first idea; he needs to look towards Europe and see what's coming from climate zealotry in a game of literal Russian roulette … Off to the hairdresser for Justin, t...

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But you're beyond this stage in the new quasi-religious climate ideology. Clue: hysteria has never solved any problem. It's just the sound of the terrified herd moving. It's actually the sound of the World and Mother Nature passing you by. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52243407388_7f3a05d53d_...

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WAPO Biden poised for big wins in Congress After a long stretch when his legislative program stalled, Biden and the Democrats appear ready to notch a string of victories. The first major prescription drug legislation in nearly 20 years. More than $50 billion to subsidize computer chip manufacturing ...

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In the absence of effective vaccination measures, learning to live with Covid really means learning to die from it. The thing is, the number of Covid cases is spiking, but the situation is far different now than in 2020. We now have highly effective vaccines against even the new variants.The key is ...

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J.D. Vance Slammed for Suggesting Women Stay in Violent Marriages https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-slamm ... es-1727795

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How about YOU giving up some of your privileges to make their lives better ? If not, it's just shallow virtue signalling, vanity and cheap talk. Whoa there, pardner! Let’s take a gander at the real cheap talker here. In aggregate terms, American taxpayers contribute far and away the most aid of any...

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You are all in DENIAL about Biden's significant cognitive decline. Didn't he just tell us all he had Cancer? Of course, you could confuse Cancer with Covid… Hey Belle, you yourself are on record lavishing praise on two youtubers for advocating Ivermectin as a cure for COVID. Mimicking Tucker, you r...

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