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markolbert commented on Remember the promise of America

Yep, all those people in Minneapolis were just outside enjoying the brisk winter weather. And they enjoyed being targets, too.

Perhaps some education is in order here…by paying attention to current events :)[beam][beam]

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The primary value of a public school system is not satisfying one's personal need to educate one's own children. It's to maintain an educated society. Which benefits every individual in a community, regardless of whether or not they have children of their own. Engineers, software develope…

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markolbert commented on Barracks lawyer

Another great op Ed, Craig! I really enjoy how you illustrate your well-thought out points with personal experiences.

You’d think the issue of not obeying an unlawful or unconstitutional order would be well-settled by now, as it’s been 50 years since Nuremberg and the principles are…

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markolbert commented on Not that you would notice

Root beer gulag. Diet root beer gulag. Sasparilla prison. Oops that didn’t autocorrect.

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markolbert commented on Government waste

DOGE has produced one very valuable result: it’s identified people who can be easily conned. Now all that remains is to figure out how to fleece them. Anybody got some spare bridges they want to sell?

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markolbert commented on Power of the purse

Since Jon is struggling with reining in comments and my previous attempt at biting humor was rejected, Dirk, I'll just go with this: as usual you've misunderstood things. And if that gets rejected, I hope Jon will reject your comment, as it very closely parallels the first phrase in your …

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markolbert commented on Power of the purse

Good to hear from you, Terence, and glad to see you're following your standard playbook (which is of course also a standard Grand QAnon Party playbook) of making the "whatboutism" move. Of course, that's essentially just a way of admitting one doesn't have a valid, logical rebuttal based …

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Thank you all for your comments, I really appreciate them, as they highlight better than I ever have just why many conservatives can't think critically.

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Thanx but no thanx, Dirk. Besides, I think I’m too old for them to accept me.

But here’s another idea: why not encourage all the Trumpanzees to leave? That’d help our politics immeasurably, and lower the screeching noise level to boot!

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Good of you to totally miss the point, Ray. Glad to see you’re maintaining your track record for cluelessness!