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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I would have had this post finished up half an hour sooner, but the town was repaving the cul de sac that my house is on, and the ten-year-old boy in me kept wanting to watch it happen

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Teresa G's avatar

Jeff

Whenever there is something similar in my neighborhood, my retired husband and a group of similar men, all have to go “supervise”. For hours.

Great neighborhood bonding. 😂

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

one of my neighbors is a retired municipal worker and you cannot keep him from 'supervising' every time something is going on in the vicinity

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Claudia Montague Wheatley's avatar

I bet the workers just LOVE the sidewalk supervisors ...

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Cyndi's avatar

They should. Those sidewalk supervisors are the ones who can vote to protect those workers jobs.

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

Used to like stuff like that. Burly Spanish guys playing fun music on their radios...now it's white dudes huffing and puffing and bitching about the heat and waiting on break.

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Zija Pulp's avatar

Bet the workers just love the old-timer critiquing their work.

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A.J. Madison's avatar

Note, Jeff did not say he was going over and interfering, he just said he loves to watch big machinery do their thing. It's long been know that there are still 5 year old boys in every grown up man. We love to watch big equipment move around, moving dirt, or knocking down dead trees. Its why NASCAR is popular despite their races looking like rush hour on an LA freeway.

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Hollie Rood's avatar

😂😂😂Every neighborhood seems to have one

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George in Atlanta's avatar

The great myth that every generation of women tell themselves is that men continue to grow and evolve in any fundamental way after age 8.

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Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

I put it this way - women stop finding body function jokes funny at about the age of 12; men never stop finding them funny. (Well, ok, I was older than 12 and I laughed my ass off at the campfire scene in "Blazing Saddles".)

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Hannah olufs's avatar

No, no we don't.

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George in Atlanta's avatar

Your response is disturbing. Are you saying that women *don't*, in fact, buy into this myth (until they get smart around middle age)?

I have lived experience of this. My two daughters, when they were 9 and 6, sat me down and demanded to know 'when boys will stop being such butts?'. I let them down as easily as I could but it was rough. With Trumpian tears in my eyes, I explained that, 'I'm sorry, sweethearts, what you see is what you get'.

They walked away saying 'so I gotta marry *that*?!?! Ewwww!'

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Kathy's avatar

🤣

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

Careful where you post this sort of thing or you’ll be labeled a ‘misandrist’.

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George in Atlanta's avatar

Not sure how things are there in East Jesus, but we have a lot of world-class genetics authorities here. I have been assured by such acquaintances that men are, in fact, failed women. One of the chromosome legs broke off of our double-X during some evolutionary mishap, and here you go...

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Pam Humphrey's avatar

Finally, a scientific explanation. I’m a believer.

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Kathy's avatar

OMG…I needed your remarks today! 😂

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Cheri Collins's avatar

I would have said age 4, myself. . .

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AuntTeeFa's avatar

🫶💯

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Mary's avatar

This is an essentially Archetypical human behavior consistent with survival. A reflexive action coming from the deep dark recesses of our brains. Curiosity, problem solving, fascination to learn - it’s delightful on so many levels….

And apropos for our times - like an community barn raising - it’s not just for the Amish.

We should REVEL in these Real Life moments now more than ever.

Maybe replace city block parties with repaving events? LOL

I might look into that. ; D

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Mary's avatar

That counts as self care and is critical.

Warm fuzzy memories assigned to that too.

I remember when my oldest (barely able to pull himself up to see over the radiator) spent a week or more watching a massive repaving truck & support crews in front of our house while grunting constantly like Tim Allen in Home Improvement.

Thanks for the reminder ; )

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J.R.'s avatar

My son did the same thing. In fact, when they were constructing a new building across the street, he begged me to take him there every day. At the end of construction the truck driver put him up in the seat to see everywhere. I haven’t thought of that in 35 years. Thanks. 🤭😉

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Mary Hall's avatar

When my son was preschool age, we would pack a lunch and find a local construction site where he would watch them working for hours at a time. The highlight of his childhood may have been when a local utility worker gave him an orange vest and hardhat that he wore everywhere.

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Runfastandwin's avatar

I was working in Hollywood when the Westin hotel was being built, we'd take lawn chairs out at lunch just to watch...

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Zija Pulp's avatar

At our old building, a municipal parking garage was being built directly behind us. The banging and noise were distracting, but I couldn’t tear my eyes off watching the various workers and trucks construct that thing. Like when do you ever get that sort of treat? If you’re even 1/4 interested in the world around you, you’d want to see it.

What other things would you like to see? I might want to see how doctors do a knee replacement. It’s fascinating that can even be done!

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T L Mills's avatar

I'm not sure I would want to see my own--I've had both knees replaced--but I'll agree that it must be interesting to see (on somebody else!) and, I have to say, I have had an awesome outcome with both knees!!! No more hobbling about, inability to get up out of low chairs, and I can walk, hike and bike all without pain!

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Zija Pulp's avatar

Fantastic! Kudos to you!

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Sharon C Storm's avatar

I’d like to see a knee replacement too. I’ve got two titanium knees that are just teenagers (18), and I would love to see how it’s done. Mine are still in excellent condition.

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Zija Pulp's avatar

Congrats! Those are supposed to be really painful through recovery. The fact they are going strong is terrific. Combination of a great surgeon and a health-conscious patient who can follow directions, I’d imagine.

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Sharon C Storm's avatar

Yes, my surgeon is the best in my area, and no matter how much it hurt I did the therapy. I have not had one single issue with either knee. They were done on the same day.

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Hollie Rood's avatar

❤️‼️

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Don't forget the garbage trucks every week! My son used to stand on the couch to watch. If I took him outside, he and the garbage man would wave at each other. And when I worked at a school and the street was being repaved, one of the kindergarten teachers took the class outside and lined them up against the fence to watch, spellbound. She was a teacher who understood her students.

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

My son was equally enthralled at 2! He also patted and kissed the tires on cars.

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Pam Humphrey's avatar

My oldest son hugged and kissed tires, too. He liked to slide underneath cars, too, to look at the undercarriage. It ‘d occupy him for hours. Me, I just liked to smell new tires. That still distracts me.

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Zija Pulp's avatar

What a sweetie!

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Leigh Hamilton's avatar

That IS self care. We repaved our entire driveway and the whole neighborhood came out to watch. Our 15 minutes.

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Bob Bowden's avatar

McCormick: “polling is not very accurate because the pollsters generally get out of it what they want. I don’t trust those polls.”

The American people don’t trust the fucking liars they elected. They elected those fucking liars because they believe all politicians are fucking liars, and every couple of years it’s their job to punish the most recent group of fucking liars they elected and go back to the previous group of fucking liars because both sets of fucking lies are equally bad for them and it makes no real difference.

As George Carlin said, the average American is fucking stupid - and half of them are stupider than that!

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Douglas's avatar

Yes I WANT to see these polls translated to Dem VICTORIES. The media & the right wing claim that those who get blamed for shutdown DO NOT face the wrath of voters. We shall see.

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Bette S Baysinger's avatar

It's the little things that keep us going.

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Chris Ortolano's avatar

I was the same way when plumbers replaced my septic system last week! Bonus! They found two bowling balls when they were digging the new trench for the new piping.

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Salspho's avatar

If there’s sewer work happening on our street when my husband’s at work, he asks me to go take a pic of the hole.

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Mps's avatar

😂😂

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Lairbo's avatar

I love the smell of fresh asphalt early in the morning...

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The Anchored Peacock's avatar

Good call

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Susan K.'s avatar

Glad you got to have some fun!

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Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

Tell them to keep going, and pave over the entire country.

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Leu2500's avatar

Getting high off the smell of hot asphalt?

We’re in the 3rd month of the road in front of our house being replaced. Will be glad when it’s done. At its peak, all 3 of the ways out to go shopping, etc were under construction & usually one lane.

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

So Jeff, looks like “you” are “subscribing” to my account again, but this time “you” at least spelled your name correctly. After I blocked the new you, I couldn’t access your actual site because it said I needed to sign in. So now I’m going back to bed.

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Sher''s avatar

Fun is allowed!

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Jane's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

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Joyce's avatar

At my previous house, after I had just moved in, I discovered the two ways to meet my new neighbors:

The men--Have a pool installed. Especially because the pool shell had to be lifted over the house and into the backyard. I suspect that some men were texted by their friends to leave work and get there as fast as possible to watch.

The women--Have a cop car in front of your house twice in a week and a half. You just need an indoor improperly-angled home security detector and a young cat to get the cops to arrive, and then, after the second incident, the women will arrive to see what the hell just moved into the neighborhood.

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Nancy's avatar

I got all excited about the crane coming to lift the new AC onto the roof a few weeks ago. MOSTLY because I wanted to show a pic to my grandkids, who were in school. Sadly, I somehow missed it and only caught the crane folding back down onto the truck.

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

"WE’RE not as gullible as your cultists"

yes, I really did put a typo in the subhead of today's post. UGH. way to be a fucking idiot, Jeffrey

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Kaja Sommer's avatar

That’s OK, WERE still friends.

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Dr J's Sanity Space's avatar

😂😂😂

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Susan Niemann's avatar

LOL!!

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Linda Weide's avatar

So Donny could be dead and they might just show us AI Donny and keep running things in his name. Do you think they would make AI Donny blather as much blarney?

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rlritt's avatar

Most of us would never know the difference.

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Jan Moon's avatar

Do you have any idea how many typos I catch when reading online? Unfortunately, it's the dozens I make that I DON'T catch so I get to be embarrassed half the time.

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Patris's avatar

Illiterate so didn’t notice

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Lucinda Abra's avatar

You are NOT a fucking idiot.

What you are is a beloved wordsmith who can somehow point to the facts and still instill a sense of sanity prevailing.

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KMD's avatar

Don't feel bad. The Economist Paul Krugman had a doozy of a typo in his newsletter this week. He typed Scalia instead of Alito, when referring to Supreme Court justices who are alive and doing damage to our country. ( Not that Scalia didn't fit that profile while he was living.)

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Kristina Jurecic's avatar

I refer to them as "Scalito", a past and present entity pretending great intellectual dignity.

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Jerrold Marsh's avatar

Hang your head in shame.

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Frank Nuts's avatar

Jeff, you comunícate brilliantly. I didn’t notice your typo and I can guarantee you that that everyone else either didn’t notice or didn’t care. We understood you and are just happy you’re speaking the gospel (truth). I get to attend your church every morning and leave feeling heard and vindicated. You wash away all the gaslighting that we all endure throughout day. I leave your sermons feeling at peace being relieved that the crazy that builds throughout the day is not mine. I’m not crazy—I’m just surrounded by it.

Just keep on truckin Jeff. You’re really good at this. You make us all feel a little saner (a LOT saner). Thank you.

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Hollie Rood's avatar

You’re excused because you were pre-occupied watching the repaving. It’s been confirmed however, you’re not as good at multi tasking as you used to be🥴

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Susan Niemann's avatar

I never caught that...I was in too much of a hurry to read your words!!

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Norma's avatar

No worries it’s been a long week 😉

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J.R.'s avatar

First thing I saw and thought “oh, crap, someone will say something”!

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Demerits....

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J.R.'s avatar

😂

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Rick in CO's avatar

You do that, you go to the box, you know..2 min. by yourself.. and you feel shame, you know ...and then you get free.

-slapshot

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Mombeka's avatar

I’ve started using the proofreading feature on my iPhone because it’s so easy to make typos even when we’re not being inundated by the firehose of fuckery.

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

“Condescending cum-sock” is the phrase of the day.

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The Anchored Peacock's avatar

Exactly!!!! I’m gonna use that for my cat’s new nickname.

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

That’s just mean. For use with our idiot POTUS only. Be nice to your kitty.

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The Anchored Peacock's avatar

You’re right. New punk band name then! (My cat is called Dashiell, and he is marvelous and appreciates your concern).

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AuntTeeFa's avatar

Should only apply to feral republicats

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Hollie Rood's avatar

🎯

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Absolutely works for certain felines with attitude.

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Leu2500's avatar

If you want poop or a hairball in your shoe.

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

And who doesn’t?

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Irascible Ink's avatar

🤣

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J.R.'s avatar

😂

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Eileen's avatar

Jeff had me laughing at "douche canoe."

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The Anchored Peacock's avatar

Dude, you are the fucking Shakespeare of Swears. Rock on 🤘🏻

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Permian Extinction's avatar

In case you missed it, Ted Cruz wants us to stop picking on pedophiles.

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I know, I saw it. I know he hasn't earned it, but I'm giving the Esteemed Senator Fidel Cancun a pass on that one. it was an obvious misstatement

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Patris's avatar

Dammit I was just sipping coffee when I hit ‘Fidel Cancun’

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Melanie S's avatar

Misstatement or Freudian slip?

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Mary Hall's avatar

Was it though?

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

True to his Republicon Party above all.

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Brad Yazell's avatar

Let's be honest here. IT'S TIME TO LEAVE JOE BIDEN THE FUCK ALONE.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

... AND RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

All these fat politicians egging Kegsbreath on about military fitness. Really? They wanna go there? Ted Cruz looks like the Michelin Man in bad clothing.

Did you see Kegsbreath trying to do a pull up and kicking his feet like a rampaging toddler?

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Claudia Montague Wheatley's avatar

It reminded me of MTG's videoed attempt at pull-ups. They involved a lot of violent swinging back and forth. I was amazed she didn't break her own back.

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zuzu's avatar

That's called a kipping pull-up, and it's very big in CrossFit, which she's into.

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KMD's avatar

Jonathan Last had a brilliant critique of Kegsbreath's pep talk to the generals in The Bulwark. He pointed out that future wars will be fought with drones & AI and most likely weaponry that hasn't ever been invented yet! And the military is going to need every single computer geek and science nerd it can rustle up, and maybe not so many manly men - beards or no beards. Sending brigades of manly men to fight in future wars will be like sending in the horse brigades in WWI.

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AuntTeeFa's avatar

May I add to that: unkempt werewolf

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PEACE, LOVE, RESIST's avatar

😂😂😂

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Ted Cruz shouldn't wear plaid. 😂😂

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Mingo's avatar

Plaid and Beardo don't mix.

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The Anchored Peacock's avatar

Also — “douche canoe” makes me want to have a band just so I can call it that.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

"fuck off, you condescending cum-sock." My new go to phrase. 😂😂

It amazes me how easily these people lie and the brain dead cultists eat it up.

Make America Smart Again. Maybe theres a vaccine for stupid? 🤷🏼‍♀️

#TGIF

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Kim Steeves's avatar

Can't fix stupid! Can only muffle it with duct tape!!!

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

LOVE IT, Kim!!

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Susan Niemann's avatar

😂😂😂

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Norma's avatar

They do indeed and that’s one of the reasons we’re in such a mess right now 🤬

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Its infuriating.

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Leu2500's avatar

“Are staff posting since the stroke” is a very good question. The few Tweets since Tuesday with words don’t look like they were authored by him. Complete sentences. Coherent. Proper punctuation. Anyone can throw is some all caps & catch phrases. Newsom’s people do a better job than Trump’s of copying his style.

& that tweet about Vought? I need a LOT of convincing that that was Trump & not Vought & Miller high fiving each other. Remember: Trump ran away from Project 2025 when he found out how unpopular it was.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

TACO

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

There’s a good reason Shitler’s cabinet is so stoopid. It’s pretty basic. You have to be a moron to want to work for the guy in the first place. Greedy, lying morons are the only ones evil enough to ascribe to his insanity. A willingness to lie is in the job description.

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Kay G's avatar

You forgot - also willing to suck up basically lick Trump’s bronze face on international tv so they can wreck havoc on the United States Constitution and the American people.

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Mary Lou Williams's avatar

I would love to be assured that after '"serving" the Trump administration that all these people will be unemployable and even uninsured.

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Bob Penigar's avatar

After hearing Trump's meandering comments about "steps" while addressing our military leaders at Quantico, one has to believe he is aware he is in a health crisis. He seemed more like a scared old man facing his mortality than the tanned winner he wants us to believe he is.

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Fred's avatar

I've been really trying to be objective on who is at fault for this shutdown. And while I'm on the left I really do feel it's totally the Republicans fault for this. All the Democrats are asking for is one thing- restore the tax credits so ALL people who have health insurance under the ACA don't see an increase in their insurance premiums. ONE FREAKING THING and these cold, cruel and heartless Republicans won't give in on ONE FREAKING THING ! ! ! Politics is all about giving a little, getting a little and eventually having somewhat of a win-win for both sides. But those on the right never give in on anything. Just keep taking and taking and never giving back a thing.

Elton John sang in The Lion King "you should never take more than you give". These folks obviously have no concept of this and right now they're taking A LOT and not giving anything at all

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Kay G's avatar

The wrapping is off. Don’t listen to main media. This is about throwing out our Constitution and making Project 2025 the law of the land. What little Trump has said has confirmed that he knew about this all along. JDVance - Breado - was a contributor to the “Mandate….” book.

It’s still available on line. 900 plus pages that the Democrats told everyone the Republicans were going to impose on the American people.

But, who wants to read a 900+ page document that REPLACES our Constitution when Don the Con (realizing that Americans HATE what little they have heard about it) says “Oh, No, America - I know Nothing about Project 2025. Never heard of it!” British reporters talked to Kevin Roberts, or one of the other collaborators, undercover and found out Trump and his campaign was lying just to elected - but the Republican campaign machine rolled on and got the treasonous felon elected.

FELON - the man lies like a rug!!! These coup leaders knew he was perfect because he always lies and has never been held to account.

The organizers of Project 2025 had captured the Supreme Court before the election.

Trump was legally barred from

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Kay G's avatar

Had to change locations and comment got cut off.

The 6 Supreme Court justices are hooked in with Opus Dei - remember the crazy religious extremists from the Dan Brown books.

These are the Catholic Church’s rich man and some women - international political manipulators. This group has been investigated for—-

“human trafficking “

Seems to be a common theme among the very rich.

Like that hideous raid in Chicago.

Where did those people go?

Where did the children and babies (some naked) ripped from their beds and taken from their parents - where did they go?

One of the ICE thugs told an American who was complaining about the treatment of the children “F..k the kids”

Maybe that’s the new rules of engagement, Hegsbreath was talking about.

Andra Watkins Substack “For Such A Time As This” has been writing and warning about Project 2025 for years.

Andra left the country so she could keep getting the word out.

Russ Vought, Kevin Roberts, JD Vance, Stephen Miller are

Then look to Peter Thiel and the Tech Bros.

The idea to make Americans “suffer” using our own Tax dollars is their sick fantasy.

It’s why we fought a Revolutionary War. It’s why the Declaration of Independence was written, that preceded that war.

This isn’t a nation of weaklings who will put up with the kind of cruelty theocracies impose on their people.

Our ancestors left Europe and subsequently other lands to get away from this evil crap.

The Spanish Inquisition was a lovely example,

Those senior military leaders knew what they were hearing when the “Sec of War” pranced around on stage.

They were hearing Treason.

Buckle up and get ready - it’s time to take the treasonous trash out.

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

I dunno....I must have been more sheltered as a child than I even thought. We never broke our toys on Christmas morning, and nobody ever came over and broke them. Guess I've got something to be grateful for that I didn't even know about! 😉

And props to Joe Kernen for calling Bessent on his BS.

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Irascible Ink's avatar

We never broke our toys either, but it was a sure bet that by New Years one of the visiting hoards of cousins would make up for that oversight.

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AuntTeeFa's avatar

Thankfully, my 2 dolls raggedy Anne and raggedy Andi were pretty unbreakable. But those 5 pencils..

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

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Kim Steeves's avatar

Sounds like we were all raised to show more respect for our gifts.

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Brenda Doherty's avatar

Bessent is a liar, but he might be upset when he discovers Clarence Thomas is working on his fellow Supreme Court losers to outlaw gay marriage. Does that mean Scott will be single again? That will take the smirk off his face!

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Kay G's avatar

Bessent is one of the most arrogant homosexuals (using the word deliberately) along with Peter Thiel, in this theocratic, false christian, treasonous shit show.

They are HOMOSEXUALS - Bessent is MARRIED!!!

Do they actually believe that the religious crazies will not kill them too???

Yes - they will! These arrogant men and their partners/spouses.

The scenes you pulled are from dark fantasy like the movie “Priest”

The freaking fools have engineered their own demise if this was allowed to continue.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

I don’t know much about Bessent except every time I see his face I want to slap it with malice, don’t give a shit about his sexuality but who would do any of it with that smirking puppet, oh dear leader just do me I’ll be true to you only and maybe blow hard (pun) Miller.

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

OK...so, does this mean Bessent is such a devoted and skilled ass-kisser (or other anatomical part), that his open gay-ness was given a pass? Hard to believe. I would have expected an outcry from the base.

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Joyce's avatar

Bessent will discover he's actually gay and Clarence Thomas will discover he's actually Black, once the Project 2025 sadists finally hold complete sway. If the two doubt it, they can ask similar people who served the Nazi rise to power.....oh....wait. No, they can't: the Nazis killed those people back in the '40s, once they'd outlived their usefulness.

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Kathy's avatar

Isn’t Peter Thiel gay too?

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Brenda Doherty's avatar

Yes!

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

It isn't all Joe Biden's fault- -

Do you know why DJT has a such a tiny, grotesque mushroom shaped dick? That witch Jill Biden hexed him before she was born...

She also turned him into a newt, but he's better now.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TgCXfd4Fswk

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