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RockRaven

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5. In his 8 decades polluting this planet, The Dotard has never learned how to

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 06:57 PM

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work through solving a difficult problem himself (key words: work through). He has virtually always gotten away with bullshitting to buy time until lawyers and money solve the problem for him or render it moot.

He is on the same path with Iran that he was with COVID -- denial and obfuscation, bullshit and bluster, no willing to acknowledge and grapple with uncomfortable reality. And he did not solve COVID, and as a consequence COVID solved him (well, that election anyway). Stalling for time with bullshit doesn't work on respiratory virus pandemics. Neither do lawyers and money. And they won't work on Iran's ability and willingness to cause global economic instability either.

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Horrifying to think of the lies he told during Covid flamingdem 19 hrs ago #21

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Stock market go boom flamingdem 19 hrs ago #23

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shitstain can not ever tell truth, its lips can only flap lies until the end of time, or its time. dave99 19 hrs ago #26

Trump is going to keep screwing around and get people killed. Irish_Dem 19 hrs ago #28

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I'm not really serious-- evolves 7 hrs ago #42

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There are only two viable options for the U.S. Fil1957 19 hrs ago #30

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