Trump’s Red Wedding Continues: McMaster Gets the Boot

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The Trump-thing is on a rampage and no one is safe: Trump decides to remove national security adviser, and others may follow.

President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser and is actively discussing potential replacements, according to five people with knowledge of the plans, preparing to deliver yet another jolt to the senior ranks of his administration.

Trump is now comfortable with ousting McMaster, with whom he never personally gelled, but is willing to take time executing the move because he wants to ensure both that the three-star Army general is not humiliated and that there is a strong successor lined up, these people said.

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1
bill d. (b.d.)  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:50:20pm

Not humiliated?!

LOL, it’s a little late for that.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:50:45pm

Orange Wedding

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ObserverArt  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:51:51pm

Just got back in from watchin’ some sports with a buddy.

Now what???

4
The Spite House  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:53:36pm

I got really scared when I saw Mattis’ picture before reading the headline.

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Skip Intro  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:53:49pm

Tonight Trump is screaming at everybody he sees “Who the fuck hired all of these losers, and why is it my job to clean up their mess?”

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The Ghost of a Flea  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:54:24pm

re: #2 The Ghost of a Flea

Not that equal parts urine and blood would actually create respectable orange.

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BigPapa  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:54:57pm

Putin hacked our power grid and our political power grid. Didn’t need to use a nuke to kneecap Britian (Brexit) bust the US in the chops.

The stupid hatebreed patriots in the US played right into it.

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bill d. (b.d.)  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:54:59pm

re: #3 ObserverArt

Just got back in from watchin’ some sports with a buddy.

Now what???

I hate to tell you this but you’ve been appointed White House Communications Chief.

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Decatur Deb  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:55:02pm

Cadet Bonespurs must get a real jolt out of firing a 3-star.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:56:11pm

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makeitstop  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:57:18pm

re: #1 bill d. (b.d.)

Not humiliated?!

LOL, it’s a little late for that.

Trump’s not going to trash him and try to reduce his reputation to ash. That’s getting off easy in Trump world.

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bill d. (b.d.)  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:57:25pm

re: #9 Decatur Deb

Cadet Bonespurs must get a real jolt out of firing a 3-star.

[trump] LEAVE THE STARS ON THE DESK [/trump]

It won’t be long before Trump starts doing weekly cashiering sessions.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:57:59pm

Such quiet from Kellyanne & Javanka.

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Skip Intro  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:58:09pm

re: #9 Decatur Deb

Cadet Bonespurs must get a real jolt out of firing a 3-star.

He has a long way to go to catch up to all the generals/field marshalls Corporal Hitler fired.

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ObserverArt  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:58:24pm

re: #8 bill d. (b.d.)

I hate to tell you this but you’ve been appointed White House Communications Chief.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

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EPR-radar  Mar 15, 2018 • 6:59:19pm

If Bolton gets in as National Security Advisor, we’ll get into at least two wars (Iran, North Korea), probably simultaneously.

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freetoken  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:00:06pm

re: #13 Stanley Sea

Such quiet from Kellyanne & Javanka.

Which brings us back to Junior and his imminent divorce filings.

I wonder if his now-wife, wannabe-ex, is going to try and play Junior for some extra money, dangling up the possibility of an NDA for a few extra hundred million?

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:01:43pm

re: #13 Stanley Sea

Such quiet from Kellyanne & Javanka.

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MsJ  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:02:16pm

re: #13 Stanley Sea

Such quiet from Kellyanne & Javanka.

Thank the heavens for small favors.

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BigPapa  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:02:43pm
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Charles Johnson  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:03:17pm
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Skip Intro  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:03:40pm

re: #17 freetoken

How much would child support for five kids plus spousal support plus her share of the property come to?

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Charles Johnson  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:04:20pm
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freetoken  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:04:26pm

re: #22 Skip Intro

How much would child support for five kids plus spousal support plus her share of the property come to?

About half of Panama.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:08:56pm

It’s really annoying how Twitter caches page data.

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Belafon  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:09:39pm

As I tell my kids, if you’re panicking, you’re not in any condition to solve the problem.

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freetoken  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:12:01pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:12:24pm
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The Major  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:16:31pm

re: #15 ObserverArt

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Amory Blaine  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:18:01pm

Trump needs his wartime consigliere.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:18:48pm
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JordanRules  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:21:56pm

re: #31 Stanley Sea

The lies!!!! The lies!!!!!!

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freetoken  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:21:58pm

re: #31 Stanley Sea

Those kind of tweets are not known to age well.

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Skip Intro  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:25:49pm

re: #31 Stanley Sea

Lie #1. They certainly don’t have a good working relationship.

About the rest, in an administration filled with lying liars who knows what the truth is any more.

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whitebeach  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:26:39pm

re: #31 Stanley Sea

So I guess this means McMaster walks the plank on Saturday instead of tomorrow.

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William Lewis  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:27:56pm

re: #34 Skip Intro

Lie #1. They certainly don’t have a good working relationship.

About the rest, in an administration filled with lying liars who knows what the truth is any more.

Like I told my Republican congresslime the other day, “I know you are lying because your lips are moving.”

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Dave In Austin  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:31:12pm
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Skip Intro  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:31:47pm

re: #35 whitebeach

So I guess this means McMaster walks the plank on Saturday instead of tomorrow.

Bolton hasn’t decided yet if it’s worth shaving off his mustache to get to start WWIII.

Maybe Trump won’t make him and we’ll be off to the races.

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nowherenorth2  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:34:00pm

re: #37 Dave In Austin

Pretty white in there

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freetoken  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:36:10pm

re: #40 nowherenorth2

Pretty white in there

Future board members of the National White Party.

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freetoken  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:38:33pm

Philip Bump asks:

Trump-Russia probe: Why hasn’t Mueller talked to Donald Trump Jr yet?

Well, first, most likely Junior will be the penultimate, right befor the Don himself.

Secondly, maybe Mueller will wait for the divorce proceedings????

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whitebeach  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:38:39pm

re: #36 William Lewis

Like I told my Republican congresslime the other day, “I know you are lying because your lips are moving.”

True, but tired, and may not fit all circumstances. How about:

“I know you are lying because there’s an ‘(R)’ after your name.”

Or for intertube purposes:

“I know you are lying because you are tweeting.”

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nowherenorth2  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:39:11pm

re: #41 freetoken

Bet they think they are oppressed

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Jay C  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:40:58pm

re: #44 nowherenorth2

Bet they think they are oppressed

Disagree: I’m guessing they’re 100% assured of it.

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whitebeach  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:42:12pm

re: #38 Skip Intro

Bolton hasn’t decided yet if it’s worth shaving off his mustache to get to start WWIII.

Hell, Bolton hasn’t decided whether to make his hair and stache white, yellow, or orange yet.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:43:17pm

re: #46 whitebeach

Hell, Bolton hasn’t decided whether to make his hair and stache white, yellow, or orange yet.

Well, if he starts a nuclear war, he can have them be all of those colors simultaneously, for a brief fraction of a second.

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William Lewis  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:43:18pm

re: #43 whitebeach

True, but tired, and may not fit all circumstances. How about:

“I know you are lying because there’s an ‘(R)’ after your name.”

Or for intertube purposes:

“I know you are lying because you are tweeting.”

True enough but with a bad pop song out using the phrase it fits him since he used to be a (bad) host on MTV once upon a time.

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A Cranky One  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:43:40pm

re: #46 whitebeach

Hell, Bolton hasn’t decided whether to make his hair and stache white, yellow, or orange yet.

If his hair stays white but the stache turns orange, we’ll know how he got the job.

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makeitstop  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:43:51pm

re: #42 freetoken

Philip Bump asks:

Trump-Russia probe: Why hasn’t Mueller talked to Donald Trump Jr yet?

Well, first, most likely Junior will be the penultimate, right for the Don himself.

Secondly, maybe Mueller will wait for the divorce proceedings????

Just curious - how much of the divorce proceedings would be a matter of public record?

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:46:46pm

Wait for it. Trump will insist that Bolton has to get rid of the porn stache before he can be considered for the job. So he shaves it off but then he doesn’t get the job.

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freetoken  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:48:10pm

re: #50 makeitstop

Just curious - how much of the divorce proceedings would be a matter of public record?

Well, it’s in NY, so maybe Lawhawk can comment.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:50:40pm

re: #31 Stanley Sea

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makeitstop  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:51:33pm

So on this Matt Damon thing - did Page Six get it right or did they get punk’d?

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whitebeach  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:53:51pm

re: #42 freetoken

Philip Bump asks:

Trump-Russia probe: Why hasn’t Mueller talked to Donald Trump Jr yet?

My guess is he’s waiting for the fun moment: “Come on into my office, Mr. Junior. Thanks for meeting with us. You and your lawyers just kinda step around those piles of brutally revealing evidence on the floor, and set those stacks of heavily incriminating documents and testimony aside off the chairs, and have a seat.”

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:56:03pm

re: #49 A Cranky One

If his hair stays white but the stache turns orange, we’ll know how he got the job.

Ewww, ewwww, ewwwww.

That was uncalled for; where’s the brain bleach?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:57:36pm
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electrotek  Mar 15, 2018 • 7:58:05pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:00:41pm

So I got to ask if anyone has gotten a Bingo on their Trump Fired Staff cards?

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Brian J.  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:01:04pm

Goodbye, General Keitel.

Hey, Nuremburg, can we borrow your courthouse in about three years?

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freetoken  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:01:45pm

re: #55 whitebeach

My guess is he’s waiting for the fun moment: “Come on into my office, Mr. Junior. Thanks for meeting with us. You and your lawyers just kinda step around those piles of brutally revealing evidence on the floor, and set those stacks of heavily incriminating documents and testimony aside off the chairs, and have a seat.”

You left off: “… oh, and never mind those folders which have your ex-wife’s name on them, full of her submitted evidence.”

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dangerman  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:03:06pm

re: #37 Dave In Austin

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That’s all of them
Literally all of them

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Decatur Deb  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:04:10pm

re: #53 GlutenFreeJesus

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WSJ and WaPo saying he is out. Someone crowdsource a subscription for Shuckabee.

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freetoken  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:05:59pm

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer says six other women have come forward with similar stories

At least two, he says, have non-disclosure agreements with Trump.

Who knows what will come out eventually.

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Brian J.  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:06:18pm

re: #21 Charles Johnson

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It’s the only chance we have to get responsible leadership in the USA, with the WWC told at gunpoint that they’re officially SOL. But hey, plenty of backbreaking physical labor available in the Laogai, just like you always wanted.

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Hecuba's daughter  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:06:25pm

I wouldn’t put it past Trump to keep McMaster for awhile longer because everyone is saying he’s fired.

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Skip Intro  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:07:23pm

re: #63 Decatur Deb

He is out. He’s just not out at this second.

Trump may be checking to see if there’s a worse replacement than Bolton out there. Has to check with his sources at Fox and Friends tomorrow before deciding.

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ObserverArt  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:08:03pm

Charles…it is Mc Master that got booted correct?

Your image is Mattis.

I just noticed as I dove in when I got to the thread.

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danarchy  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:08:25pm

re: #63 Decatur Deb

WSJ and WaPo saying he is out. Someone crowdsource a subscription for Shuckabee.

If I were Trump I might float a fake story just so I could slam the reporters for “Fake News” to discredit them. Especially with something this big.

I don’t think the Trump team would be disciplined enough to pull that off though.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:09:11pm
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whitebeach  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:11:07pm

re: #61 freetoken

You left off: “… oh, and never mind those folders which have your ex-wife’s name on them, full of her submitted evidence.”

And then it continues: “Mr. Junior, we really have only one question for you. Would you prefer to spend the next five years in Allenwood for, oh let’s say money laundering, or the next fifty years in Leavenworth for, gosh, what’s the word, maybe treason? If you don’t understand the difference, I’m sure your attorneys can explain it to you. And I’ll bet they can also tell you how to get your preference.”

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Brian J.  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:12:54pm

re: #71 whitebeach

And then it continues: “Mr. Junior, we really have only one question for you. Would you prefer to spend the next five years in Allenwood for, oh let’s say money laundering, or the next fifty years in Leavenworth for, gosh, what’s the word, maybe treason? If you don’t understand the difference, I’m sure your attorneys can explain it to you. And I’ll bet they can also tell you how to get your preference.”

He’ll no doubt decide to lie like Gates did, forgetting that prosecutors only ask questions when they know the answers. “Oh, you want both! Excellent! Still doesn’t answer our questions, though.”

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BigPapa  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:13:04pm

re: #70 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Seriously. Limbaugh tried this shit decades ago: ‘corps don’t benefit from breaking regulations, it costs so much more money to break the law, those that do will fail.’

It’s just a stupid intellectual suplex because fuck yeah that’s right.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:14:11pm
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Brian J.  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:15:04pm

re: #74 Joe Bacon 🌹

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Today, that would make you the leader of the WCTU. White Christians care about how much pain you can cause to women and the dark-skinned. Nothing more.

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darthstar  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:19:07pm

Slow-motion culling. Such a well oiled machine.

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Brian J.  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:20:59pm

re: #73 BigPapa

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Seriously. Limbaugh tried this shit decades ago: ‘corps don’t benefit from breaking regulations, it costs so much more money to break the law, those that do will fail.’

It’s just a stupid intellectual suplex because fuck yeah that’s right.

“You can shear a sheep many times, but skin him only once.” Shame the man who said that turned out to be a child molester.

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makeitstop  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:21:14pm

So now they’re saying that McMaster isn’t fired?

So much for not humiliating him, they totally just hung him out to dry. Dead national security adviser walking.

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darthstar  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:23:25pm

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HappyWarrior  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:41:08pm

Any rumors who will replace him?

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CBGB  Mar 15, 2018 • 8:49:20pm

re: #4 The Spite House

Mattis is legit the last line of defense. If he goes, that’s it.

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CleverToad  Mar 15, 2018 • 9:10:24pm

re: #75 Brian J.

White Christians care about how much pain you can cause to women and the dark-skinned. Nothing more.

I generally don’t down-ding.
I usually avoid engaging with some of the muck-flingers who surface here now and again.
But it disturbs me to see this barn-sized broad brush unchallenged, and even up-dinged.

Tell me again what you think I care about?
And do tell, on what authority?

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lawhawk  Mar 16, 2018 • 5:22:24am

re: #37 Dave In Austin

2 out of 3 are incompatible with the others…

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Decatur Deb  Mar 16, 2018 • 6:51:45am

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TedStriker  Mar 16, 2018 • 1:31:47pm

re: #46 whitebeach

Hell, Bolton hasn’t decided whether to make his hair and stache white, yellow, or orange yet.

re: #47 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Well, if he starts a nuclear war, he can have them be all of those colors simultaneously, for a brief fraction of a second.

“Do you know what those things can do? Suck the paint off your house and give your family a permanent orange afro.”


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