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    Default At Thanksgiving, an America of obscene contrasts

    This year, many American families will find gratitude harder to summon heading into the holidays. Unemployment, widespread hunger and unchecked sickness and death are weighing heavily.

    The President doesn't seem too worried -- and neither does Wall Street. The Dow went above 30,000 on Tuesday, and then Trump popped out before the cameras to crow about the market's success. It was brief -- just one minute -- but obscene. There is perhaps no greater example of the distortions wrought by the President's reliance on the markets as indicators for American financial well-being than this: A record-high Dow, while record numbers of Americans are hungry.

    The non-profit organization Feeding America estimates that by the end of the year, more than 50 million American households could be food insecure -- that is, lacking consistent access to healthy food. That's one in six Americans, and includes some 17 million children -- one in every four American kids.

    A study from Northwestern University found that because of the pandemic, "food insecurity has doubled overall, and tripled among households with children." When children are food insecure, they face a host of ills. Their cognitive function is impaired. They are more likely to have asthma and anemia. And, of course, these children (and their parents) are more vulnerable to Covid-19.

    Many of us are grateful to have avoided the disease this year. But many others have struggled through sickness -- through damage to their bodies -- and also lost loved ones to Covid-19. It can be hard to feel too grateful for your own health when you know that more than a quarter million of your fellow citizens (maybe people that you knew or loved) have died of coronavirus, and that many of those deaths could have been prevented if our government had taken the threat more seriously and acted as necessary.

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    YEAH...THE AMERICANS WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP AND LOVE AMERICA, AND THOSE WHO HATE AMERICA...LIKE YOU.



    NOW MAKE SOME RACIST, BIGOTED COMMENT, PER USUAL....
    TRUMP WILL TAKE FORTY STATES...UNLESS THE SAME IDIOTS WHO BROUGHT US THE 2020 DUNCE-O-CRAT IOWA CLUSTERFUCK CONTINUE THEIR SEDITIOUS ACTIVITIES...THEN HE WILL WIN EVEN MORE ..UNLESS THE RED CHINESE AND DNC COLLUDE, USE A PANDEMIC, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS VIOLATE ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION, TO FACILLITATE MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL, UNVETTED, MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT..


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    Default Here's something to give thanks for this Thanksgiving: our democracy survived

    Going on 40 years I’ve been writing columns about giving thanks, and this year I mean it: thank God that America stood up for democracy again.

    This year is among the worst. Pandemic is our parlance. Covid runs wild over Iowa while its government stands back and does little. The president thumbs his nose at the virus and at the rule of law, skirted impeachment thanks to feckless senators, and would steal a win through a faithless electoral college, if he could.

    But he can’t.


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    Quote Originally Posted by BidenPresident View Post
    Going on 40 years I’ve been writing columns about giving thanks, and this year I mean it: thank God that America stood up for democracy again.

    This year is among the worst. Pandemic is our parlance. Covid runs wild over Iowa while its government stands back and does little. The president thumbs his nose at the virus and at the rule of law, skirted impeachment thanks to feckless senators, and would steal a win through a faithless electoral college, if he could.

    But he can’t.


    https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...cracy-survived

    NO, THIS YEAR, THE LEFT TURNED THE US INTO A BANANA REPUBLIC, WITH THE MOST BLATANTLY CORRUPT ELECTION THEFT OUTSIDE OF VENEZUELA OR CUBA IN OUR LIFETIMES.....
    TRUMP WILL TAKE FORTY STATES...UNLESS THE SAME IDIOTS WHO BROUGHT US THE 2020 DUNCE-O-CRAT IOWA CLUSTERFUCK CONTINUE THEIR SEDITIOUS ACTIVITIES...THEN HE WILL WIN EVEN MORE ..UNLESS THE RED CHINESE AND DNC COLLUDE, USE A PANDEMIC, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS VIOLATE ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION, TO FACILLITATE MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL, UNVETTED, MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT..


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    Roughly one third of Americans are obese like Joo-No and another third are overweight. That's the reason why so many died from Covid-19, but you have to blame someone as being American means never having to accept responsibility for anything, especially on the Left.

    https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/obe...-covid-19.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grokmaster View Post

    NO, THIS YEAR, THE LEFT TURNED THE US INTO A BANANA REPUBLIC, WITH THE MOST BLATANTLY CORRUPT ELECTION THEFT OUTSIDE OF VENEZUELA OR CUBA IN OUR LIFETIMES.....
    Another fine example to the rest of the world about just how far America's has fallen.

    This idea that the DNC has that America can jump back onto 2003 guiding the world is as insane as their "Let's just coronate Hillary, its her turn" plan.

    "Who the fuck are you again....let's review what America has done lately!"
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Primavera View Post
    Roughly one third of Americans are obese like Joo-No and another third are overweight. That's the reason why so many died from Covid-19, but you have to blame someone as being American means never having to accept responsibility for anything, especially on the Left.

    https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/obe...-covid-19.html
    This stupid China Virus that China tried to cover up and turned loose on the world has left many of us Americans a little heavier than we were a year ago, because our governors (NOT Trump) have all but shut down our states. And the shutdowns are coming again, either state or federal. We'll have to wait and see how all this shit plays out.
    I blame myself for my weight (20 lb.) gain, I could have eaten less since I wasn't as active, but hey, food is good! And when boredom sets in...
    Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by guno View Post
    This year, many American families will find gratitude harder to summon heading into the holidays. Unemployment, widespread hunger and unchecked sickness and death are weighing heavily.

    The President doesn't seem too worried -- and neither does Wall Street. The Dow went above 30,000 on Tuesday, and then Trump popped out before the cameras to crow about the market's success. It was brief -- just one minute -- but obscene. There is perhaps no greater example of the distortions wrought by the President's reliance on the markets as indicators for American financial well-being than this: A record-high Dow, while record numbers of Americans are hungry.

    The non-profit organization Feeding America estimates that by the end of the year, more than 50 million American households could be food insecure -- that is, lacking consistent access to healthy food. That's one in six Americans, and includes some 17 million children -- one in every four American kids.

    A study from Northwestern University found that because of the pandemic, "food insecurity has doubled overall, and tripled among households with children." When children are food insecure, they face a host of ills. Their cognitive function is impaired. They are more likely to have asthma and anemia. And, of course, these children (and their parents) are more vulnerable to Covid-19.

    Many of us are grateful to have avoided the disease this year. But many others have struggled through sickness -- through damage to their bodies -- and also lost loved ones to Covid-19. It can be hard to feel too grateful for your own health when you know that more than a quarter million of your fellow citizens (maybe people that you knew or loved) have died of coronavirus, and that many of those deaths could have been prevented if our government had taken the threat more seriously and acted as necessary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Primavera View Post
    Roughly one third of Americans are obese like Joo-No and another third are overweight. That's the reason why so many died from Covid-19, but you have to blame someone as being American means never having to accept responsibility for anything, especially on the Left.

    https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/obe...-covid-19.html
    Trump is obese. King Rama X isn't because he takes drugs. Who the fuck is "Joo-No"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RB 60 View Post
    This stupid China Virus that China tried to cover up and turned loose on the world has left many of us Americans a little heavier than we were a year ago, because our governors (NOT Trump) have all but shut down our states. And the shutdowns are coming again, either state or federal. We'll have to wait and see how all this shit plays out.
    I blame myself for my weight (20 lb.) gain, I could have eaten less since I wasn't as active, but hey, food is good! And when boredom sets in...
    Isn't that an act of war? Why hasn't Trump done something about it?
    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grokmaster View Post
    YEAH...THE AMERICANS WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP AND LOVE AMERICA, AND THOSE WHO HATE AMERICA...LIKE YOU.

    NOW MAKE SOME RACIST, BIGOTED COMMENT, PER USUAL....
    Why? You just did it for everyone. What other racist, bigoted comments do you care to make?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grokmaster View Post

    NO, THIS YEAR, THE LEFT TURNED THE US INTO A BANANA REPUBLIC, WITH THE MOST BLATANTLY CORRUPT ELECTION THEFT OUTSIDE OF VENEZUELA OR CUBA IN OUR LIFETIMES.....
    how do you "think" "the left" did this, grokmaster, if what you do can be called "thinking?" even in two traditionally republican states, with mostly republican officials in charge of the state, biden kicked ass. are you saying it is corrupt for the person who gets the most votes to win, if you disagree? that is stupid even for a trump stooge. you can do better than this, boy.

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    If supply side, trickle down, feed the rich more, tax policies worked, and helped all Americans do better, would the same day record number of people stood in line across the country to get much needed food and essential groceries because of the economic disaster connected to Trump's dismal, incompetent reaction to the covid virus, THE DOW JONES CLIMBED OVER THE 30,000 MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME? and the S&P and NASDAQ are all posting record numbers, while 8 million more Americans are out of work today than when Trump took office?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Isn't that an act of war? Why hasn't Trump done something about it?
    Why hasn't Europe? Spain? Italy? Etc. reacted? Is it always America's responsibility to militarily respond first (not that Trump probably didn't want to)? America should take the lead and just nuke 'em. You're all in, right?
    Trump would have wanted to hold them responsible financially. Biden will go on another America apology tour, just as soon as he gets his head out of China's ass.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RB 60 View Post
    Why hasn't Europe? Spain? Italy? Etc. reacted? Is it always America's responsibility to militarily respond first (not that Trump probably didn't want to)? America should take the lead and just nuke 'em. You're all in, right?
    Trump would have wanted to hold them responsible financially. Biden will go on another America apology tour, just as soon as he gets his head out of China's ass.
    Because they are gutless pussies. It's the responsibility of the Commander-in-Chief to respond to attacks on the United States of America. Why hasn't CiC Trump done this?.....IF what you said was true. If your information was flawed, erroneous or a Trumpian lie, then it's obvious why the Commander in Chief hasn't done shit about it.

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