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Uncommon words and their meanings.
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Posted by Marionville
BRINKSMANSHIP - Noun…the act or practice of pursuing a policy to the limits of safety before stopping to force a desired outcome, especially in politics “in any game of brinkmanship it’s possible that one side will collapse suddenly”. ...
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Progressives, Socialists, and Black/Palestinian Lives Matter
Dec 30, 2024Dec 2024

Posted by William_Mary
Don't Deify Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter may have done good works out of office, but in power he fomented a series of domestic and foreign policy disasters. This, That or the Other Carter But Carter’s years as an ex-president should not mask ...
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Progressives, Socialists, and Black/Palestinian Lives Matter
Dec 8, 2024Dec 2024

Posted by William_Mary
The Biden Family of Liars Given Joe Biden’s apparently intimate involvement in Hunter’s dealings, it follows that his intent in pardoning his son is effectively to secure a pardon for himself. {With his shocking ...
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World Music
Nov 30, 2024Nov 2024

Posted by Marionville
I’ve just watched the memorial service for Alex Salmond the former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and First Minister of Scotland from 2007-14. He died suddenly on 12th October and it was fitting to hold his memorial service today on ...
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Progressives, Socialists, and Black/Palestinian Lives Matter
Nov 29, 2024Nov 2024

Posted by William_Mary
This Dystopia Depends On Hiding Inconvenient Truths This is a civilization made of deceitful thoughts, deceitful words, and deceitful deeds. Everything about it is fraudulent. It isn't just the propagandist who lies...
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Out Of The Illusion
Nov 28, 2024Nov 2024

Posted by William_Mary
Stories from the Center of the World (w/ Jordan Elgrably) | The Chris Hedges Report The years of war and terror imposed upon the Middle East have left its people, as Jordan Elgrably tells host Chris Hedges, “tired of saying that ...
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General & Hellos
Oct 18, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by FrayedBear
Is your local news network showing you this video? No! Still complicit in Israeli Jews war crimes & genocide then!
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Trump Pinata
Oct 17, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by zeuser
From a guy named David Laurence... Sorry for the rant, but it needs to be said. Let me see if I got this straight. Some of you have bitched and moaned for months about Kamala Harris saying that she didn't do enough interviews. She was hiding in her ...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Oct 13, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by Marionville
OBLIQUITY - Noun…1) a characteristic of being deliberately indirect or vague, especially to fool or deceive “the obliquity of many politicians makes it hard to get a straight answer from them”. 2) deviation from moral rectitude or sound ...
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Politics
Oct 11, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by nogod4me
PolitiFact has hit a milestone: We published our 1,000th rated fact-check of Donald Trump. In classic Trump fashion, he claimed in his New Hampshire primary victory speech Jan. 23 that Democrats used the COVID-19 pandemic to "cheat" in the 2020 ...
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Trump Pinata
Oct 11, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by nogod4me
PolitiFact has hit a milestone: We published our 1,000th rated fact-check of Donald Trump. In classic Trump fashion, he claimed in his New Hampshire primary victory speech Jan. 23 that Democrats used the COVID-19 pandemic to "cheat"...
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General & Hellos
Oct 11, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by nogod4me
PolitiFact has hit a milestone: We published our 1,000th rated fact-check of Donald Trump. In classic Trump fashion, he claimed in his New Hampshire primary victory speech Jan. 23 that Democrats used the COVID-19 pandemic to "cheat"...
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Out Of The Illusion
Oct 2, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by FrayedBear
Graham Hryce, an Australian journalist and former media lawyer, whose work has been published in The Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, the Sunday Mail, the Spectator and Quadrant write an opinion piece on how western politians are no ...
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Posts
Oct 2, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by SpikeTalon
I don't believe Walz misspoke there, he let the truth slip out in a rare moment of honesty, and now his gun control buddies are in damage control mode. Politicians have agendas, it's all about the agendas... Tim Walz raises eyebrows for saying ...
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Politics
Sep 25, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by snytiger6
A two thousand year old warning about (politicians like) Trump
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News & Links
Sep 25, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by snytiger6
LINKFBI reports increase in anti-LGBTQ hate crimes -- The Hill
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News & Links
Sep 25, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by snytiger6
LINKChristian pastor, a former reality TV contestant, found guilty of child cruelty -- Friendly Atheist
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Conservative Atheists
Sep 25, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by Seriousreason
Watched Trumps speech today in Georgia . He was in remarkable form . Just riffing off the top of his head . No teleprompter needed by our favorite felon . His haters say hes a con man a racist a felon who only thinks of himself. They call him a...
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Politics
Sep 24, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by snytiger6
LINKTrump 'policy incoherence' defies efforts at candidate comparisons - YouTube
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Posts
Sep 22, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by SpikeTalon
California lawmakers think they can outsmart AI. Politicians are always trying to control what they can't understand.-
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aussie sceptics
Sep 16, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by vocaloldfart
Australia’s government spent the week boxing Big Tech With social media age limits, anti-scam laws, privacy tweaks, and misinformation rules Elon Musk labelled 'fascist' Simon Sharwood Australia's government has ...
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Just for Laughs
Sep 14, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by puff
In Australia if someone is daydreaming or somewhere else, not concentrating, we say they are "Thumb in bum, mind in neutral". To get them moving again, we say "Pull your finger out!" Joke time So why don't our politicians pull their finger out? ...
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General & Hellos
Sep 13, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by FrayedBear
Hey! calling all American women. Here's what your country is complicitly supporting in Israel & has been since 1947. You complain about Trump's crutch grabbing? It pales into insignificance compared to what Jewish rabbis & the Israeli government is ...
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Quotes
Sep 13, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by zeuser
“In order to be a successful politician one must have grey hair to appear distinguished, wear glasses to appear wise and have hemorrhoids in order to appear serious at all times.” - Senator Everett Dirksen
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