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Metaphorical

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5. Yeah, unfortunately

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Fri Feb 18, 2022, 06:08 PM

Feb 2022

The timeline that saw the future of humanity making its way out to the stars branched off about October 27th, 2016. In that timeline, FBI Director Comey decided that he didn't feel he had enough evidence to report to Congress about Clinton's emails, and shut the investigation down. In that timeline, the slight dip in Clinton's numbers never happened, and she squeaked by in an electoral college win a week later. Despite intense opposition from the GOP and even some in her own party, Clinton proved a remarkably able President, winning a much stronger second term even after dealing with the fallout from Covid-19, even as the far right all but went extinct.

Sadly, that was the other leg of the trousers.

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We really do live in a stupid timeline, don't we? [View all] Tommy Carcetti Feb 2022 OP

and propaganda has been skillfully used nefariously for as long as we've been around NewHendoLib Feb 2022 #1

The difference is that the right wing media has taken a 180 on Russia since Trump. Claustrum Feb 2022 #6

Yes, and I'm getting very close to being over the human race. Boomerproud Feb 2022 #2

Already beat you to that destination... Moostache Feb 2022 #9

And I beat you. I had hoped that whatever intelligent forces were out there in the niyad Feb 2022 #19

IT'S SO SAD ! lookyhereyou Feb 2022 #23

Ever Since The Cubs Won The Series, Sir The Magistrate Feb 2022 #3

I was just thinking that myself. Tommy Carcetti Feb 2022 #4

yeah I remain envious of the folks over there in the real timeline where Hillary is President yellowdogintexas Feb 2022 #10

a little less than a year ago, Covid had already mutated over 12,700 times, likely over 20,000 now Celerity Feb 2022 #16

I blame this timeline ymetca Feb 2022 #26

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! !!!! HUAJIAO Feb 2022 #8

Yeah, unfortunately Metaphorical Feb 2022 #5

As another DU thread days ago warned, Hav Feb 2022 #7

In an age with excellent satellite imagery, bluffing means putting everything on the ground too. Pobeka Feb 2022 #11

☝☝☝THIS!!!👍👍👍 ShazzieB Feb 2022 #13

+1, Putin lost the benefit of the doubt when he attacked and annexed Crimea. uponit7771 Feb 2022 #17

"Ukraine" is a Ukranian word meaning "Grand Duchy of Fenwick" JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2022 #12

you nearly owed me a keyboard. niyad Feb 2022 #21

It's Newspeak run amok! BobTheSubgenius Feb 2022 #14

First we had the Silent Majority, then the Moral Majority, now it's the Stupid Majority. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #15

Just today I spoke to a client that believes Roc2020 Feb 2022 #18

they're blaming Ukraine? Skittles Feb 2022 #20

That comes on the Sunday blathersphere. niyad Feb 2022 #22

That's pure stupidity beyond disinfo. Sadly culpable live love laugh Feb 2022 #24

Ukraine is committing genocide... lame54 Feb 2022 #25