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Kid Berwyn

(22,542 posts)
42. Ben was talking Revolution back in '54.
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 12:19 PM
Dec 2024

1754.

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-22-02-0069

We could use a lot of that Yankee wisdom today, as a government of integrity prepares to pass the reigns of power to an madministration led by an agent of Vladimir Putin.



In the Oval Office in the merry month of May 2017



President Trump gestures to Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, as he speaks to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Alexander Shcherbak/TASS/Getty Images)



“I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job," Trump said, according to The Times. "I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off.” He added, "I'm not under investigation."

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/10/527755991/trump-meets-with-russias-lavrov-at-the-white-house-today

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-nut-job-james-comey-russia-2017-5



Long live Yankee Freedom! And Dixie and its neo-NAZI KKK chums can fuck right off.

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Misadministration [View all] H2O Man Dec 2024 OP
Wisdom. NewHendoLib Dec 2024 #1
Thank you! H2O Man Dec 2024 #3
Curious. How will studying the Constitution slow the rate of decay? Saoirse9 Dec 2024 #2
Great questions. H2O Man Dec 2024 #4
I have been schooled Saoirse9 Dec 2024 #32
As soon as I H2O Man Dec 2024 #34
I think you're right about these low-level florida mobsters bigtree Dec 2024 #5
Interesting! H2O Man Dec 2024 #9
Also ..... H2O Man Dec 2024 #12
I often wonder as I look at China, at the people there bigtree Dec 2024 #17
My brother thinks H2O Man Dec 2024 #19
with Ukraine it was a land invasion bigtree Dec 2024 #25
Will Trump intervene for Taiwan? Easterncedar Dec 2024 #35
they don't really need him to militarily bigtree Dec 2024 #38
Apropos of that, I remember the scene in "Back to School" ... malthaussen Dec 2024 #6
Ha! H2O Man Dec 2024 #13
It's a funny flick, worth your time. malthaussen Dec 2024 #29
A quote from a guy who knew a thing or two and moniss Dec 2024 #7
Some of the H2O Man Dec 2024 #14
Many people today have no idea how big and importatn boxing used to be moniss Dec 2024 #20
Right. H2O Man Dec 2024 #27
Some of the greatest fights moniss Dec 2024 #28
H2O man had a fight or two in the Gold Gloves. malthaussen Dec 2024 #30
It's beginning to look like the only thing that can galvanize opposition to the oligarchs... rubbersole Dec 2024 #8
What bothers me H2O Man Dec 2024 #15
I've been waiting for this kind of realization... Woodycall Dec 2024 #10
Outstanding! H2O Man Dec 2024 #16
Thank you. Woodycall Dec 2024 #24
But it's not the same. malthaussen Dec 2024 #31
You're still not seeing the forest Woodycall Dec 2024 #33
True. Very true. Easterncedar Dec 2024 #37
Federal judiciary -- trained by Koch Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2024 #11
Terrible. H2O Man Dec 2024 #18
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Recommended ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #23
Thank you! H2O Man Dec 2024 #26
This is a great discussion you all have engaged in here Easterncedar Dec 2024 #36
One of my cousins H2O Man Dec 2024 #40
The Rot Is Deep and It Goes Way Back Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #39
Thank you! H2O Man Dec 2024 #41
Ben was talking Revolution back in '54. Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #42
Ben spent a lot H2O Man Dec 2024 #43
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