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Paladin

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9. Terrific article, worth your time.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Aug 29, 2020, 10:16 AM

Aug 2020

The penultimate paragraph ("...a squirrel in a hair-sprayed blonde wig...&quot is a jewel.

(And no, I don't know why a fucking smiley face pops up in place of a close-quote in the midst of one of my sentences.)

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A dictator on downers: Slow-motion mass hysteria at the Republican convention [View all] marmar Aug 2020 OP

As Close To The Truth As Anything colsohlibgal Aug 2020 #1

LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV & EarlG had practically the same thought on this.. Cha Aug 2020 #2

Big Dump, flopping and flailing there, bore an uncanny resemblance to Futurama's Hedonismbot Ponietz Aug 2020 #7

Mainly they hate the fact ronatchig Aug 2020 #3

Not sure it's all about jealousy flibbitygiblets Aug 2020 #4

I'm with you on your thoughts, makes more sense. KS Toronado Aug 2020 #10

Beautifully-written essay. Reasonable hypothesis. Why not? n/t Laelth Aug 2020 #5

Great article Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #6

They are all Trust Fund and Repressed Sexuality Offspring bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #8

That's right. They'll take it all & throw those who resist into work camps or worse yet.. Illumination Aug 2020 #11

Terrific article, worth your time. Paladin Aug 2020 #9

Why? littlemissmartypants Aug 2020 #16

Thanks for the possible help. (nt) Paladin Aug 2020 #18

Truly a great piece marmar! You should frame this. You hit it out of the park! If you haven't Illumination Aug 2020 #12

Can't take credit. It's a piece from Salon..... marmar Aug 2020 #13

Well then, thanks for sharing! It was very insightful! More needs to be said about his drug use Illumination Aug 2020 #14

Great article. gademocrat7 Aug 2020 #15

Kicked and recommended. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2020 #17