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Glorfindel

(9,706 posts)
18. With apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelley
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 08:58 AM
Aug 2020

The United States of America in 2020

An old, mad, stupid, despised, and lying President;
His children, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring;
Republicans who neither care nor feel nor know,
But leechlike to their fainting country cling
Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow.
A people shot and beaten in th' urban battlefield
By a military, which liberticide and prey
Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield;
Golden and sanguine laws which tempt and slay;
Religion Christless, Godless—a book sealed;
A senate, Time’s worst statute, unrepealed—
Are graves from which a glorious Phantom may
Burst, to illumine our tempestuous day.


Is there anything North Shore Chicago Aug 2020 #1
Swan deserves to be recognized, from the little I saw he pressed Trump. dem4decades Aug 2020 #2
+1,000,000 Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2020 #22
Is there a link to the full interview? smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #3
Full interview is shown on "Axios on HBO" on Aug 3rd muriel_volestrangler Aug 2020 #7
Dumb question..HBO Max....is that a different Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2020 #24
I've no idea - I'm in Britain (nt) muriel_volestrangler Aug 2020 #32
Sorry :). Here it is... Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2020 #33
Yes, HBO Max has the same shows as regular HBO PatSeg Aug 2020 #36
HBO Max is their new streaming app. Silver Gaia Aug 2020 #40
So bottom line we won't be able to turn on HBO on TV Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2020 #46
Yes We Can ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #56
I found it hard getting past all the make-up he had plastered on his face. pink Aug 2020 #59
Can't wait to see it. He looks like he's being shredded in the preview. smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #53
People who are heavy through the gut sit like that... maddiemom Aug 2020 #15
A better followup question would have been: Wouldn't providing the NCjack Aug 2020 #4
Exactly...no one ever says, "What do you think the difference between Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2020 #29
And he claimed he passed the dementia test he took,lol, duforsure Aug 2020 #5
Notice Trump didn't answer the questions, he just doubled-down on his bullshittery. sop Aug 2020 #6
He doesn't read the PDB, as if he reads testing manuals. underpants Aug 2020 #14
Of course, that's his SOP FakeNoose Aug 2020 #30
Checking sources only applicable modrepub Aug 2020 #8
MSNBC or CNN or both showed that clip DeminPennswoods Aug 2020 #9
Replace Trump's voice with a 3 year old; djacq Aug 2020 #10
I'm pretty sure this kid is more intelligent than Trump. AZ8theist Aug 2020 #28
"Alot of people are saying.." jcgoldie Aug 2020 #11
Exactly paleotn Aug 2020 #16
Right. He needs to be called out on this tactic. chriscan64 Aug 2020 #19
And name the top three doctors who endorse hydroxy chloroquine Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2020 #44
+1, uponit7771 Aug 2020 #25
first words out of his mouth....LIES....'we had 12 thousand not 6' lyin' MF45 spanone Aug 2020 #12
I know PatSeg Aug 2020 #38
I asked Manuel, he doesn't know anything about testing too much underpants Aug 2020 #13
And how do you "read" Manuel? PatSeg Aug 2020 #39
You got it. underpants Aug 2020 #43
I'm a sucker for play on words humor! PatSeg Aug 2020 #45
We went to a Lego store re-opening underpants Aug 2020 #47
Yeah, like that!!! PatSeg Aug 2020 #51
Keep lying, Donnie... paleotn Aug 2020 #17
With apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelley Glorfindel Aug 2020 #18
I like it. n/t. NNadir Aug 2020 #27
+1. yonder Aug 2020 #49
No mature cognizant discussion here! Rump is a failed embarassment! Illumination Aug 2020 #20
Hillary Clinton never accepted the 2016 results??!!?!?! jayschool2013 Aug 2020 #21
Think she has always acted amazingly about the election. Very hard to Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2020 #34
They need to do more of this. YEah, He wont answer because it's all BS. But at least show him JI7 Aug 2020 #23
But the typical venue is him shutting your mic off or having Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2020 #35
Whenever he lapses into such stupid drivel, reporters should do exactly that. Every reporter. NNadir Aug 2020 #26
Now that would be funny. Mirror him. When he says Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2020 #41
Do they beat the Bible that you haven't read either? czarjak Aug 2020 #31
Notice how frequently he says... Trueblue Texan Aug 2020 #37
Yes and it can be very effective PatSeg Aug 2020 #42
"I know it and you know it" Marcuse Aug 2020 #48
Oh yeah PatSeg Aug 2020 #52
he knows it works on his pathetic braindead supporters Skittles Aug 2020 #55
This is great and It's about time. We need to see more yonder Aug 2020 #50
Here's Kaitlan Collins asking Trump "Who told you that?" That question is sunshine on Count Trumpula gulliver Aug 2020 #54
KR! Cha Aug 2020 #57
Swan is very good at making them squirm nuxvomica Aug 2020 #58
Questions are like kryptonite to Republicans. nt live love laugh Aug 2020 #60
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