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littlemissmartypants

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23. He'll just use draftees to make up the numbers. Probably his assistant suggested that excuse.
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 03:13 PM
Apr 22

They are all psychopaths.


Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

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I wonder if they want one, if they'll have to pay out-of-pocket. nt woodsprite Apr 21 #1
The staggering stupidity... GiqueCee Apr 21 #2
It's not stupidity orangecrush Apr 21 #20
What we learn from history is that we don't learn from history. twodogsbarking Apr 21 #3
About 40% of American military deaths in World War 1 were from the Spanish Flu. hadEnuf Apr 21 #13
My great-uncle served in WW1. Cavalry and horse mgmt. Always loved horses. twodogsbarking Apr 21 #15
I read an interview with a WW1 vet who said that when the German gas shells came in their first job hadEnuf Apr 21 #16
The person who was going to save your life was out sick that day. Irish_Dem Apr 21 #4
No flu vaxs on a submarine duckworth969 Apr 21 #5
What could possibly go wrong republianmushroom Apr 21 #6
Insidious way to gut our military strength Marthe48 Apr 21 #7
So WTF does this fool plan to do . . . . AverageOldGuy Apr 21 #8
It's pretty certain few in this administration think and certainly not far ahead enough to plan. eom littlemissmartypants Apr 22 #22
I hope this is just PR BS for Cheetolini IbogaProject Apr 21 #9
This actually IS official nitpicked Apr 21 #10
In Trump's America, the biological warfare is on you!!! (nt) muriel_volestrangler Apr 21 #11
MANY soldiers will be out for at leaset 2 months with loss of weight. Someone please KILL Hegseth dave99 Apr 21 #12
I guess you are joking. Please confirm my guess.... CTyankee Apr 21 #14
I'm sure he means with votes. orangecrush Apr 21 #19
Thanks, Putin orangecrush Apr 21 #17
Damn. So STUPID!! electric_blue68 Apr 21 #18
MaddowBlog-Hegseth takes another step backward, scraps Pentagon policy on flu vaccines LetMyPeopleVote Apr 21 #21
He'll just use draftees to make up the numbers. Probably his assistant suggested that excuse. littlemissmartypants Apr 22 #23
The Spanish Flu -- a deadly postscript to WWI -- started at a US military base? Norrrm Apr 22 #24
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