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kairos12

(12,852 posts) Thu Nov 8, 2018, 02:49 PM Nov 2018

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What's not in the news today anywhere.

"The Caravan."

No surprise. File it with Ebola.

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What's not in the news today anywhere. (Original Post) kairos12 Nov 2018 OP

Unfortunately, the Caravan was decimated by imaginary smallpox. dameatball Nov 2018 #1

the reporters bdamomma Nov 2018 #2

And it won't be in the news any more. MineralMan Nov 2018 #3

I want to know where the 5,000 or was it 15,000 US military troops are. nt Hekate Nov 2018 #6

Yeah, me too. MineralMan Nov 2018 #7

Also file it with Jamal Khashoggi. Sunny Daze Nov 2018 #4

Oops, sorry! Sunny Daze Nov 2018 #5

dameatball

(7,396 posts)

1. Unfortunately, the Caravan was decimated by imaginary smallpox.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Nov 8, 2018, 02:51 PM

Nov 2018

bdamomma

(63,837 posts)

2. the reporters

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Nov 8, 2018, 02:51 PM

Nov 2018

should have asked him (tRump) about it yesterday so have the troops he had sent there gone.

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)

3. And it won't be in the news any more.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Nov 8, 2018, 02:52 PM

Nov 2018

It was purely a campaign stunt.

Hekate

(90,645 posts)

6. I want to know where the 5,000 or was it 15,000 US military troops are. nt

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 8, 2018, 02:57 PM

Nov 2018

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)

7. Yeah, me too.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #6)

Thu Nov 8, 2018, 02:59 PM

Nov 2018

I suspect they'll be returned to their home bases quietly over the next couple of weeks. The "Caravan Crisis" is over.

Actually, it never really existed, but made a good campaign slogan.

Now, we're moving on to the "Witch Hunt."

Sunny Daze

(209 posts)

4. Also file it with Jamal Khashoggi.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Nov 8, 2018, 02:54 PM

Nov 2018

Sunny Daze

(209 posts)

5. Oops, sorry!

Reply to Sunny Daze (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 8, 2018, 02:56 PM

Nov 2018

I was comparing apples and oranges.

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