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10. Maybe we're supposed to see this as de-escalation.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Nov 26, 2025, 04:06 AM

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Last week, they wanted to kill him. This week, they want to take his pension away. Next week, they’ll threaten not to send him a Christmas card, and the week after that, they’ll invite hm to dinner.

Harry Belafonte had a great song: “Don’t know what to say de monkey won’t do.”

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