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Hekate

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13. Kicking to read later. I don't usually quote Elves...

Reply to H2O Man (Original post)

Mon Nov 25, 2019, 03:30 PM

Nov 2019

I don't usually quote Elves, but when it comes to our current circumstances as a republic/democracy, Galadriel's words haunt me: I feel the whole enterprise "stands on the edge of a knife."

Peace to you and yours.

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And 45 million Americans worship him BECAUSE he is a malignant narcissist. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2019 #1

Agree & respectfully disagree. H2O Man Nov 2019 #5

I suppose some would turn on him, but not half...either way, this is MADNESS Eliot Rosewater Nov 2019 #23

Right. H2O Man Nov 2019 #25

What Would Fromm Say About The Republican Party, Do You Think? Me. Nov 2019 #2

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Careful.... Me. Nov 2019 #37

be careful what you wish for DENVERPOPS Nov 2019 #21

Lions and tigers and bears! H2O Man Nov 2019 #26

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Correcting the title for ya: Fixing A-Whole. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #3

I stand corrected! H2O Man Nov 2019 #10

I see what you did there ... A-Whole ... aggiesal Nov 2019 #17

K&R smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #4

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Clearly he is going to use every possible means to claim he wins in 2020 BSdetect Nov 2019 #6

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Kicking to read later. I don't usually quote Elves... Hekate Nov 2019 #13

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Awww, I read LOTR in 1965, when I was 17... Hekate Nov 2019 #22

I think that I H2O Man Nov 2019 #28

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K&R... spanone Nov 2019 #14

Thank you! H2O Man Nov 2019 #16

"We have the ability to kick the shit out of the Trump presidency." PWPippinesq Nov 2019 #18

I think she would. H2O Man Nov 2019 #29

I'm saving this! Thanks for sharing! Karadeniz Nov 2019 #19

Thanks! H2O Man Nov 2019 #30

That is all fine and good, but the real problem right now is not trump, its his enablers Perseus Nov 2019 #20

Interesting. H2O Man Nov 2019 #31

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He will be impeached. H2O Man Nov 2019 #32

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This past weekend, H2O Man Nov 2019 #39

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I really like Chairman Nadler. H2O Man Nov 2019 #49

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Just wait till he's "exonerated" by the Senate. Kablooie Nov 2019 #51