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GiqueCee

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29. Perfect quote...

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 11:50 AM

7 hrs ago

... Catch-22 was my philosophical Bible when I first discovered it, a couple of years after its initial release. I remember the very first line of Chapter One: "It was love at first sight," referring to Yossarian's first glimpse of the Chaplain.
Now I wanna read it again!

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Heather Cox Richardson: '...there's big news--I mean, aside from all the other big news...' [View all] Joinfortmill 11 hrs ago OP

What a surprise. Ocelot II 10 hrs ago #1

K and R PCIntern 10 hrs ago #2

Wow. There is just no bottom to the filth of these people. Scrivener7 10 hrs ago #3

K&R jmbar2 10 hrs ago #4

So why??? Farmer-Rick 10 hrs ago #5

low lifes in high places. mopinko 10 hrs ago #7

Key players are heavily compromised. evolves 9 hrs ago #9

Not everyone. The Obama administration was pursuing justice. yardwork 9 hrs ago #11

"Everyone" can be used to define a smaller group Farmer-Rick 7 hrs ago #34

MUST READ malaise 10 hrs ago #6

Adam Schiff summed it up perfectly... GiqueCee 9 hrs ago #8

No Character -- No one in this maladministration has any character OMGWTF 8 hrs ago #20

Perfect quote... GiqueCee 7 hrs ago #29

So if Trump hadn't been elected in 2016 he'd be in prison. yardwork 9 hrs ago #10

I wouldn't bet money on it. SergeStorms 9 hrs ago #13

But that happened because Trump was elected in 2016. yardwork 9 hrs ago #15

Correction: SergeStorms 8 hrs ago #18

It started dying in Bush V Gore, Amaryllis 8 hrs ago #19

I'd go back to St. Ronald Raygun and his fast-tracking citizenship for Rupert Murdoch OMGWTF 8 hrs ago #22

I suspect you are correct. Read my post at #16 harumph 8 hrs ago #17

Because Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in 2020. yardwork 8 hrs ago #26

Paging Musks DOGE team... BattleRow 9 hrs ago #12

Not when DOGE's supposed paragon.... SergeStorms 9 hrs ago #14

Ok, so my question... harumph 9 hrs ago #16

I think you just brought us one step closer to the truth FakeNoose 8 hrs ago #21

My gut is telling me that Garland deliberately chose not to pursue this. harumph 8 hrs ago #23

When Garland came in the decisions had already been made to shut it all down FakeNoose 8 hrs ago #24

Sorry, but I don't find it a plausible argument that Garland was not even aware of such an important investigation harumph 8 hrs ago #27

+1 leftstreet 8 hrs ago #25

See my response #26 above. yardwork 8 hrs ago #28

Ding ding ding FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #30

I think that's probably true. But my problem is that despite the investigation getting killed, harumph 7 hrs ago #35

We don't know what Biden's DOJ was investigating. yardwork 6 hrs ago #44

And they made sure Kamala Harris lost, too. Wednesdays 6 hrs ago #41

I don't think it was.... SergeStorms 5 hrs ago #45

The catchy title of the investigation tells you all you need to know. malthaussen 4 hrs ago #46

Make it so ! FraDon 2 hrs ago #47

And this explains why Hillary Clinton was accused of sex trafficking. yardwork 7 hrs ago #31

Hmmm connection to the Panama Papers? 🤔🤔🤔 underpants 7 hrs ago #32

Good point. yardwork 7 hrs ago #33

I really don't think Chump is a druggie FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #36

I thought Iran Contra. CIA involvement which may then bring in foreign intelligence agencies. mjvpi 7 hrs ago #38

So THAT'S where... 2naSalit 7 hrs ago #37

Wyden's Probes gfarber 7 hrs ago #39

So Israel is the drug supplier to the U. S.? pwb 6 hrs ago #40

HCR! Bookmarking to read later. yellow dahlia 6 hrs ago #42

Let's play CONNECT THE DOTS FakeNoose 6 hrs ago #43