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Since election day I've noticed a shift in the media in its attempts to manipulate Trump's appointments to various cabinet and administration posts by "leaking" picks he has already made that turn out to be erroneous. Pompeo being the first.
It's as though they were trying to shape the battleground by giving Trump subliminal suggestions and hoping the public would clamor in approval, driving Trump to follow.
Really. These people are that stupid.
Now they are trying to shape his actions when he takes office by escalating the killings in Russia and Palestine and inching the world closer to WW3.
Granted, it will not be the world battling it out, but the US vs Russia will suck all into a conflagration that will not end well for humankind and other living things.
Truly is a head-on train wreck on a bridge over nowhere and all 8 billion of us are just passengers.
Dipped down into the 30s last night and saw some slushy rain and all the mountains around the PNW are white with snow. Still harvesting broccoli, zucchini, and peppers.
They will roast well right on the bush.
It is an open thread. Any last words?

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QMS's picture

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so long and thanks for all the fish
(as the whales swiggle into space)
Douglas Adams in Hitchhikers Guide

thanks for the OT e1!

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earthling1's picture

@QMS
All 4 books of his trilogy were great..
Don't panic.

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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.

The Russian missile defense system kicked ass, took names. Russia looks to profit bigly as those systems will soon be sold 'round the non-NATO part of the globe.
Our attempts to poke the bear and get Putin thrown out of office are having the reverse effect.
The US would benefit greatly if Biden disappeared in the jungle.
We will have a temperature drop Thursday evening down to 38 deg. This calls for chili con carne and that super heavy fleece robe!
It is strange that we just didn't hear that much smearing of Trump's first appointees. Now, he is surrounding himself with pure traitorous evil, including but not limited to, pervs.
Who would want to be in his ranks now? Who would volunteer for the smear?
Strange times, e1, et. al.!
Thanks for the OT, friend!

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

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@on the cusp
Putin will arm up the Huthis,Hesbolla, Syria, and the militia in Iraq with state of the art AD systems and control the skies over Israel, the Red Sea, and even the Suez Canal.
Nothing will move in the air or on the seas.
This will cause fatal heart attacks all across the western world riveling the deaths in Ukraine and Palestine.
Just thinking the next move.

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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.

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@on the cusp
of white bean soup with a big 'ole ham hock thrown in.
Paid $5 for two ham hocks. Seems a little pricey, but inflation ba bla.
Thanks for stopping by.

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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.

We're just those odd squealy things the 1% run over at night on their way to the next party.

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@Snode
The backtop will get so slick from the roadkill they will lose control and crash over a cliff between parties.
Which makes me think; What will they do with all our bodies? And who's going to do it?
Thanks for the post.

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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.

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Nerdrotic's analysis in this video seems pretty rational. I have to say, though, that if Disney is "doing the best," then it's pretty bad for all of them. Wait until Disney puts out another Star Wars sequel trilogy -- that should do the trick. At some point we'll be down to buskers. Everyone with a library card will go to the public library and watch movies for free. I thought it was amusing that when I bought a basic subscription to Paramount+ for seven bucks, they wanted me to watch shows with ads, like with mainstream television. I canceled of course.

Jim Morrison is our prophet now. Hollywood is simply the vanguard for a decline that all of America is seeing, now. The music will soon be over.

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“When there's no fight over programme, the election becomes a casting exercise. Trump's win is the unstoppable consequence of this situation.” - Jean-Luc Melanchon