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Mike Pence warns North Korea "Don't test Trump!" (Original Post) Uncle Joe May 2018 OP
That's right. BigmanPigman May 2018 #1
Or Nunes Uncle Joe May 2018 #4
And trump is a vindictive fucker liberal N proud May 2018 #2
Should have also said Hayduke Bomgarte May 2018 #3
Or he'll sic Mother on them Roland99 May 2018 #5
Can we please have a general knowledge test? ProudLib72 May 2018 #6
Sometimes I wonder who he's most enamored of; Mommy or Trump. argyl May 2018 #7
I always got a more Dusty Springfield vibe... Buns_of_Fire May 2018 #9
"One day, when Sultan Mahmud (reigned 998-1010) was hungry, Uncle Joe May 2018 #10
Hell I wouldn't TRUST Mike Pence!! onecent May 2018 #8

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
1. That's right.
Sat May 26, 2018, 06:33 PM
May 2018

Don't test him because he doesn't read and Guiliani would have to get the test questions from Kim first. If tRump fails the test HE may end up like Gadddafi.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
6. Can we please have a general knowledge test?
Sat May 26, 2018, 08:14 PM
May 2018

I propose having it in a neutral country with the Nobel panel doing the judging.

argyl

(3,064 posts)
7. Sometimes I wonder who he's most enamored of; Mommy or Trump.
Sun May 27, 2018, 02:17 PM
May 2018

Every time he looks at Trump I expect the cuing up of Frankie Valli's "My Eyes Adored You."

Uncle Joe

(58,107 posts)
10. "One day, when Sultan Mahmud (reigned 998-1010) was hungry,
Sun May 27, 2018, 02:33 PM
May 2018


he was brought a dish of eggplant. He liked it very much and said, “Eggplant is an excellent food.” A courtier began to praise the eggplant with great eloquence. When the sultan grew tired of the dish, he said, “Eggplant is a very harmful thing,” whereupon the courtier began to speak in hyperbole of the harmful qualities of the eggplant. “Man alive,” said the sultan, “have you not just uttered the praises of the eggplant?” “Yes,” said the courtier, “but I am your courtier and not the eggplant’s courtier.”

We all recognize in this Middle Eastern tale the smarmy practices of a toady. Here are some ways to tell a flatterer from a true friend.

(snip)

Be wary of those who flatter their target routinely. It could be a boss, or someone whose circle the person aspires to join. These toadies will echo the boss’s words and hone their compliments, at times piling them on, at others praising the target more subtly. The stupider the target, the easier it is to lay it on. Problems ensue when the flatterer has so transformed the target’s world through blandishments that the target begins to lose touch with reality, depending upon exaggerated accounts of his or her actions.

(snip)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sucking/201802/how-recognize-sycophant




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