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Laxman

(2,429 posts)
8. If you're wealthy...
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:49 PM
22 hrs ago

None of this matters. To the rest of us, we can’t afford health care, can’t afford gas, can’t afford housing, can’t afford food. Where does this end? No place good, I’m pretty sure of that.We’re in a mess now and to quote Bill Paxton’s character in Aliens, we’re on the express elevator to hell-going down.

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Well Donald this is another fine mess... [View all] Dread Pirate Roberts 23 hrs ago OP
That is a perfect approach. badhair77 23 hrs ago #1
No money for going out pwb 23 hrs ago #2
Not to mention all the farm workers who have been deported. Ocelot II 23 hrs ago #3
I don't want to be overly dramatic but Dread Pirate Roberts 23 hrs ago #4
Yup. Scary times. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #13
Post removed Post removed 22 hrs ago #10
Well, at least Putin is happy... GiqueCee 23 hrs ago #5
And nations that rely on LGN to run power plants & heat homes are gonna suffer this winter. People will die. Attilatheblond 23 hrs ago #6
Well, with Bibi missing, and Putin one car bomb away from vaporization ... you never know. Invasion not necessary. usonian 22 hrs ago #7
Yup, here's hoping. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #14
If you're wealthy... Laxman 22 hrs ago #8
Jeeves, get my broker on the phone Dread Pirate Roberts 22 hrs ago #9
You got us into. Greyhead 21 hrs ago #11
Impeach the f*cker. Now would be good. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #12
The Life of Riley vintage tv series had Riley, BattleRow 21 hrs ago #15
Not to nitpick hurple 20 hrs ago #16
You are of course correct Dread Pirate Roberts 15 hrs ago #17
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