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August 20th, 2017 at 12:38:23 PM permalink
petroglyph
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Protesters in Detroit want statue of white Supremacist Christopher Columbus removed: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/08/19/demonstration-white-supremacy-christopher-columbus/583189001/
The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW
August 20th, 2017 at 1:53:30 PM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: petroglyph
Protesters in Detroit want statue of white Supremacist Christopher Columbus removed: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/08/19/demonstration-white-supremacy-christopher-columbus/583189001/


Christopher Columbus was a white supremacist? I thought he was an explorer.
The President is a fink.
August 20th, 2017 at 2:04:45 PM permalink
petroglyph
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I think there will be more revisionist history. Schoolbooks will need to be rewritten.
The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW
August 21st, 2017 at 6:55:56 AM permalink
Nareed
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Quote: petroglyph
Protesters in Detroit want statue of white Supremacist Christopher Columbus removed:


There was much wrong with Columbus. Not least the fact he never understood what he stumbled into.
Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER
August 21st, 2017 at 7:08:14 AM permalink
rxwine
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Secret Service has depleted its budget for the year.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/secret-service-cant-pay-agents-due-to-trump-travel-family/ar-AAqsmrJ?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
August 21st, 2017 at 7:37:00 AM permalink
Nareed
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Quote: rxwine
Secret Service has depleted its budget for the year.


It's really stupid to piss off your bodyguard.

On the other hand, Congress could pass a bill setting a ceiling on how much the Secret Service can spend on protection, the shortfall to be made up by the protectees, who could also choose to do without.

This kind of thing could lead to Secret Service agents being offered money by outside interests with, let us say, less than wholesome intentions.
Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER
August 21st, 2017 at 3:27:24 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: AZDuffman
Christopher Columbus was a white supremacist? I thought he was an explorer.


We want to punish present people for attitudes
others had in the past. To the brainless morons
this sounds fair. And mobs have to do it, voters
can't be trusted.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
August 21st, 2017 at 7:36:54 PM permalink
petroglyph
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-shootings-weekend-violence20170821-story,amp.html Where is Antifa when there is B on B violence?
Remove confederate statues, pfft.
The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW
August 21st, 2017 at 8:57:28 PM permalink
Evenbob
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What is it in Afghanistan that we don't know
about? Obama and Trump both ran on the
'get out of there platform', yet Obama spent
8 years building the war up, and now Trump
is doing the same thing. All the experts say
there will never be any kind of victory
there, in 200 years of wars nobody has
ever beaten them. It must be the strategy
of having 10K troops in that part of the
world on a permanent basis, it's sure not
about winning anything.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
August 21st, 2017 at 9:44:03 PM permalink
rxwine
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Quote: Evenbob
What is it in Afghanistan that we don't know
about?.


My guess is, it's not been much of a country for a long time. Nomadics, farmers, warlords and a small portion of modern government. It's a country held together by chewing gum and duct tape.

Can't fix it, can't shoot it, can't leave it alone either.
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?