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The sad, but just, part of playing those games is that with my dyslexia, if I purposely mangle a word a half dozen or so times to be funny, for the rest of my life I will struggle with which word is actually correct..... :( Folks, 'Did you hear the one about the insomniac, agnostic, dyslexic?' Alex.

Simple Minded wrote:alex,

Who knows what the commentator meant.

Alex.

Simple Minded wrote:
Could you ID the Tory squirrels?

Alex.

Typhoon wrote: 3rd world tyrants hit the "Like" button.

Typhoon,

There is a 'like' button in every American polling booth.

Alex.

Folks,

It has been a moving experience to see this glass ceiling broken. Not just because a woman is heading for POTUS, but because it is the right person to do the job.

History in the making.

Alex.

Guys, please keep some for the distance. Five more months to go to the election! You need to keep some energy, start slow. ;) Alexis, If its sooner or later, its always nice to see Trump hurting himself over a personal slight. This story is gaining nice traction now, and Hillary uses it well. I'm a...

NapLajoieonSteroids wrote: Am I wrong in thinking that she needs to directly confront the guy if she wants to win?

Nap,

That is going to be some catfight.

Alex.

Simple Minded wrote: That said, Trump still trikes me as an agent provocateur for the Clinton Foundation.

SM,

Yes, he is doing the job so far.

Alex.

Trump is a successful negotiator. The typical method for early negotiations is Trumpish - extreme, even outrageous, positions vociferously presented. One sets the desired opening position as far out as possible, expecting to give away something during the close. Nonc, Hillary has called out Trump w...

SM, One thought. Yes, there are societal patterns and influences over time, but there are also individual personalities. Interestingly, there are also individual personalities in hamsters. We have had three gentle natures and one bruiser. We liked them all, but kept our fingers away from Bruin's mou...

His goal is to control the GOP. Nonc, Unfortunately for Americans, his goal is to control what is currently known as the USA. :roll: Alex. No, Trump knows that the President does not control the USA. The USA is controlled by deep state interests. The President is only the bagman who disburses the t...

Folks,

This is the best live interview I have seen since Richard Nixon. Definitely worth a watch.

http://digg.com/2016/donald-trump-mexic ... iel-tapper

Alex.

Nonc Hilaire wrote:
His goal is to control the GOP.

Nonc,

Unfortunately for Americans, his goal is to control what is currently known as the USA.

Alex.

Looks like the press have finally found something that they can try and pin on Trump although it is small potatoes compared to Harridan Hillary's email and server issues. The part that would be most worrisome, if I were a US citizen, is purely politically motivated AGs becoming involved in the midd...

Folks,

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/ ... exico-city

Visibly displeased, Trump says that this decision “..embodies the very reason I am running for president...”

That figures.

Alex.

Heracleum Persicum wrote:.


“ Keep calm and YES I’m a feminist ”

“Feminism doesn’t mean antiman or antifamily. Feminism means that each human aside from his or her gender has the right to an individuality and according to that, to choose the life that she or he wants.”

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HP,

Agreed.

Alex.

we all ran away from home, at least once or twice, for a few hours, or a day or two. even though we were "oppressed & unloved," most of us chose to stay. SM, My Dad was 'old school' patriarch, but he left me with one great gift. I understood how to learn from my daughter, by putting m...

Unsolicited . . . one presumes How many Americans will change whom they will vote for based on this endorsement? Typhoon, The North Koreans have their motives for endorsing Trump; its 'Yankee go home'. However, on a lighter note maybe Kim recognises a like mind. :D http://twitchy.com/sd-3133/2016/0...

Folks, Hillary is working her game plan. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/clinton-trump-romney-wealth-223712 The first job is to reveal the Romney in Trump. She should be able to use the 'rooting for the housing market to collapse' as a Romney moment, but this will only be a first attack. Hopef...

Yes, we can really love housepets. Defining love is impossible, but if we grieve the death of a pet that validates the fact that we loved it. Nonc, We always have 'rescued' hamsters. These are ones that have been unwanted or even mistreated and returned to the shop. The shop keeps them in a little ...

Folks, This came up elsewhere and might be worth a discussion. The question is about freedom and human attitudes to animals kept as housepets, and whether a person could be said to 'love' a creature which is kept in a state of capture in a domestic situation. First off, there is a lot of them. Peopl...

Folks,

Donald Trump has just received an important endorsement in his campaign for POTUS.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/201 ... nald-trump

What's not to like?

Alex.

Simple Minded wrote: Even semi human relationships are problematic. Cause of the human half that wants to impose it's will on the other half who is living in accordance with its nature?

SM,

To avoid further derail, I'll thread this in philosophy.

Alex.

Could a selfless individual really love a hamster? Apologies for derail, one post only on this philosophy section issue. SM, I would say 'No', if it means keeping the little fellow in a cage. Ours is a big one, with lots of tubes and stuff, but he is still a prisoner. :cry: Many moons ago I actuall...

Folks,

Another happy day in Trump world.

The former head of the CIA has claimed that Trump is ‘feeding ISIS’ with his anti-muslim rhetoric.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mic ... f=politics

Is this claim true?

Alex.