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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117961</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 18:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michale
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&lt;i&gt;Victoria,

Thank you for proving my point so perfectly... &lt;/i&gt;

Oh, please. There is no reason whatsoever for you to play whiny little victim on this blog when anyone who has read this blog for more than 3 days knows that your basic existence here consists of telling other posters individually and as a group how stupid they are and dishing out your made up bullshit about what others supposedly believe/think while spewing out disparaging terms in repetitive fashion. 

You&#039;re fooling no one with this whiny victim routine with the possible exception of yourself. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michale<br />
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<p><i>Victoria,</p>
<p>Thank you for proving my point so perfectly... </i></p>
<p>Oh, please. There is no reason whatsoever for you to play whiny little victim on this blog when anyone who has read this blog for more than 3 days knows that your basic existence here consists of telling other posters individually and as a group how stupid they are and dishing out your made up bullshit about what others supposedly believe/think while spewing out disparaging terms in repetitive fashion. </p>
<p>You're fooling no one with this whiny victim routine with the possible exception of yourself. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Weigant</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117930</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris Weigant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 06:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don Harris [37] -

Heh.  That was pretty funny too!

:-)

-CW</description>
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<p>Heh.  That was pretty funny too!</p>
<p>:-)</p>
<p>-CW</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Weigant</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117929</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris Weigant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 06:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>neilm [21] -

Heh.

Jailer to prisoner: &quot;Your hanging for heresy and atheism has been postponed for a day.&quot;
Athiest prisoner: &quot;Why?&quot;
Jailer: &quot;It&#039;s a religious holiday.&quot;
Atheist: &quot;Thank GOD for religioius holidays!&quot;

:-)

-CW</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>neilm [21] -</p>
<p>Heh.</p>
<p>Jailer to prisoner: "Your hanging for heresy and atheism has been postponed for a day."<br />
Athiest prisoner: "Why?"<br />
Jailer: "It's a religious holiday."<br />
Atheist: "Thank GOD for religioius holidays!"</p>
<p>:-)</p>
<p>-CW</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Weigant</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117928</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris Weigant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 06:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michale -

Sigh.

There&#039;s nutjobs everywhere, dude.  Like:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/03/20/gop-candidate-suggests-shooting-house-democrat-who-touted-his-low-nra-rating/

who is actually running for office as a Republican.  And then there&#039;s the Nazi in Illinois who won his GOP primary (since he ran unopposed).

Don&#039;t pretend this only comes from one side of the aisle, in other words.  

-CW</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michale -</p>
<p>Sigh.</p>
<p>There's nutjobs everywhere, dude.  Like:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/03/20/gop-candidate-suggests-shooting-house-democrat-who-touted-his-low-nra-rating/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/03/20/gop-candidate-suggests-shooting-house-democrat-who-touted-his-low-nra-rating/</a></p>
<p>who is actually running for office as a Republican.  And then there's the Nazi in Illinois who won his GOP primary (since he ran unopposed).</p>
<p>Don't pretend this only comes from one side of the aisle, in other words.  </p>
<p>-CW</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 05:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Victoria,

Thank you for proving my point so perfectly...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Victoria,</p>
<p>Thank you for proving my point so perfectly...</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 01:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michale

&lt;i&gt;No, I am just tiring of all the hate and intolerance and bile and bigotry coming from the SUPPOSEDLY &quot;tolerant&quot; and &quot;enlightened&quot; denizens of the People&#039;s Republic Of Weigantia... 

That&#039;s why I haven&#039;t been around as much... &lt;/i&gt;

I will say it was very nice of you to realize that your hysterical and repetitive hate, intolerance, bile, and bigotry were tiring. 

All better now, snowflake? Take as much time as you need to get over yourself. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michale</p>
<p><i>No, I am just tiring of all the hate and intolerance and bile and bigotry coming from the SUPPOSEDLY "tolerant" and "enlightened" denizens of the People's Republic Of Weigantia... </p>
<p>That's why I haven't been around as much... </i></p>
<p>I will say it was very nice of you to realize that your hysterical and repetitive hate, intolerance, bile, and bigotry were tiring. </p>
<p>All better now, snowflake? Take as much time as you need to get over yourself. :)</p>
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		<title>By: ChrisWeigant.com &#187; Friday Talking Points [477] -- Read The Bill!</title>
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		<dc:creator>ChrisWeigant.com &#187; Friday Talking Points [477] -- Read The Bill!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 01:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] A New Tariff In Town [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 23:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;As an atheist, I&#039;ve been praying for a joke like that.&lt;/I&gt;

&lt;B&gt;&quot;I see what you did there.&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-Geordi LaForge

:D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>As an atheist, I've been praying for a joke like that.</i></p>
<p><b>"I see what you did there."</b><br />
-Geordi LaForge</p>
<p>:D</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117908</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 22:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;No, I am just tiring of all the hate and intolerance and bile and bigotry coming from the SUPPOSEDLY &quot;tolerant&quot; and &quot;enlightened&quot; denizens of the People&#039;s Republic Of Weigantia...&lt;/I&gt;

And yes.. I know.. It&#039;s not ALL of the denizens..  There are 2 who aren&#039;t that way...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>No, I am just tiring of all the hate and intolerance and bile and bigotry coming from the SUPPOSEDLY "tolerant" and "enlightened" denizens of the People's Republic Of Weigantia...</i></p>
<p>And yes.. I know.. It's not ALL of the denizens..  There are 2 who aren't that way...</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117907</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 22:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On the PLUS side...  

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c4d05cfa38007ee1716a1a7bb2816014d382d36b52de95fe77e8bb86ebd2e383.jpg?w=800&amp;h=532

It&#039;s been awhile since I took someone to jail..  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the PLUS side...  </p>
<p><a href="https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c4d05cfa38007ee1716a1a7bb2816014d382d36b52de95fe77e8bb86ebd2e383.jpg?w=800&amp;h=532" rel="nofollow">https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c4d05cfa38007ee1716a1a7bb2816014d382d36b52de95fe77e8bb86ebd2e383.jpg?w=800&amp;h=532</a></p>
<p>It's been awhile since I took someone to jail..  :D</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 22:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Michale is starting to back-pedal his hero worship of the clown in the White House. &lt;/I&gt;

No, I am just tiring of all the hate and intolerance and bile and bigotry coming from the SUPPOSEDLY &quot;tolerant&quot; and &quot;enlightened&quot; denizens of the People&#039;s Republic Of Weigantia...

That&#039;s why I haven&#039;t been around as much...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Michale is starting to back-pedal his hero worship of the clown in the White House. </i></p>
<p>No, I am just tiring of all the hate and intolerance and bile and bigotry coming from the SUPPOSEDLY "tolerant" and "enlightened" denizens of the People's Republic Of Weigantia...</p>
<p>That's why I haven't been around as much...</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 22:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;B&gt;A Virginia Beach man was charged Friday with threatening to murder his local congressman, Rep. Scott Taylor (R-Va.), the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia announced Friday.

According to court documents, Wallace Grove Godwin, 69, visited Taylor&#039;s office on Thursday and threatened to shoot him and two staffers at a Saturday event. The dispute arose, according to the District Attorney&#039;s office, over a discussion about marijuana policy.&lt;/B&gt;
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/23/man-arrested-for-threatening-to-murder-virginia-congressman-482193

Dumbocrats...

All about violence and hate and murder...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>A Virginia Beach man was charged Friday with threatening to murder his local congressman, Rep. Scott Taylor (R-Va.), the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia announced Friday.</p>
<p>According to court documents, Wallace Grove Godwin, 69, visited Taylor's office on Thursday and threatened to shoot him and two staffers at a Saturday event. The dispute arose, according to the District Attorney's office, over a discussion about marijuana policy.</b><br />
<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/23/man-arrested-for-threatening-to-murder-virginia-congressman-482193" rel="nofollow">https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/23/man-arrested-for-threatening-to-murder-virginia-congressman-482193</a></p>
<p>Dumbocrats...</p>
<p>All about violence and hate and murder...</p>
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		<title>By: ListenWhenYouHear</title>
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		<dc:creator>ListenWhenYouHear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 22:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt; “I’ve signed this omnibus budget bill. There are a lot of things I’m unhappy about in this bill,” Trump said. “But I say to Congress, I will never sign another bill like this again. I’m not going to do it again.”&lt;/b&gt;

Glad to see that Trump is starting to accept his fate!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b> “I’ve signed this omnibus budget bill. There are a lot of things I’m unhappy about in this bill,” Trump said. “But I say to Congress, I will never sign another bill like this again. I’m not going to do it again.”</b></p>
<p>Glad to see that Trump is starting to accept his fate!</p>
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		<title>By: Paula</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paula</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[30] Kick! I was just reading that story! Oh my god.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[30] Kick! I was just reading that story! Oh my god.</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Paula
29

Interesting. Here&#039;s another entry to add to your &quot;They Only Win By Cheating&quot; series. 

Oh, wait. Perhaps it should go in your &quot;Sometimes They Cheat and Lose Anyway&quot; series:

&lt;blockquote&gt;Attorney says Roy Moore supporters offered him $10,000 to drop client who accused the Senate candidate of sexual impropriety

BIRMINGHAM — Days after a woman accused U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual impropriety, two Moore supporters approached her attorney with an unusual request.

They asked lawyer Eddie Sexton to drop the woman as a client and say publicly that he did not believe her. The damaging statement would be given to Breitbart News, then run by former White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon.

In exchange, Sexton said in recent interviews, the men offered to pay him $10,000 and promised to introduce him to Bannon and others in the nation’s capital. Parts of Sexton’s account are supported by recorded phone conversations, text messages and people in whom he confided at the time.

The effort to undermine Leigh Corfman’s allegations — beginning on Nov. 13, a month before the election — shows how far some of Moore’s most fervent supporters were willing to go to salvage an Alabama campaign that many hoped would propel a nationwide populist movement and solidify Bannon’s image as a political kingmaker.

In the phone conversations and texts, copies of which were obtained by The Washington Post, one of the men spoke of ties to Moore and Bannon while urging Sexton to help “cloud” the allegations, which included other women’s claims that Moore pursued them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s.

“What they’re saying, all they want to do is cloud something,” Gary Lantrip, who attended at least one private fundraising event for Moore, said during a phone call recorded by Sexton. “They said if they cloud, like, two of them, then that’s all they need.”

Lantrip also made references to money — at one point speaking haltingly about the “the ten [pause] dollars,” a shorthand for the $10,000 offer, Sexton said.

“We got some chance to do something, make some quick little-bitty for you … and then, on down the line, we can go to D.C.,” Lantrip said during the recorded call.

Sexton was initially reluctant to talk publicly about the alleged offer, because the men — Lantrip and Bert Davi, business partners in a small construction firm — are his clients in an unrelated court case, a dispute over a real estate venture. Sexton decided to speak publicly after repeated requests over months from Post reporters, who contacted him after obtaining one of the recordings.

https://tinyurl.com/y7uao664 &lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paula<br />
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<p>Interesting. Here's another entry to add to your "They Only Win By Cheating" series. </p>
<p>Oh, wait. Perhaps it should go in your "Sometimes They Cheat and Lose Anyway" series:</p>
<blockquote><p>Attorney says Roy Moore supporters offered him $10,000 to drop client who accused the Senate candidate of sexual impropriety</p>
<p>BIRMINGHAM — Days after a woman accused U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual impropriety, two Moore supporters approached her attorney with an unusual request.</p>
<p>They asked lawyer Eddie Sexton to drop the woman as a client and say publicly that he did not believe her. The damaging statement would be given to Breitbart News, then run by former White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon.</p>
<p>In exchange, Sexton said in recent interviews, the men offered to pay him $10,000 and promised to introduce him to Bannon and others in the nation’s capital. Parts of Sexton’s account are supported by recorded phone conversations, text messages and people in whom he confided at the time.</p>
<p>The effort to undermine Leigh Corfman’s allegations — beginning on Nov. 13, a month before the election — shows how far some of Moore’s most fervent supporters were willing to go to salvage an Alabama campaign that many hoped would propel a nationwide populist movement and solidify Bannon’s image as a political kingmaker.</p>
<p>In the phone conversations and texts, copies of which were obtained by The Washington Post, one of the men spoke of ties to Moore and Bannon while urging Sexton to help “cloud” the allegations, which included other women’s claims that Moore pursued them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s.</p>
<p>“What they’re saying, all they want to do is cloud something,” Gary Lantrip, who attended at least one private fundraising event for Moore, said during a phone call recorded by Sexton. “They said if they cloud, like, two of them, then that’s all they need.”</p>
<p>Lantrip also made references to money — at one point speaking haltingly about the “the ten [pause] dollars,” a shorthand for the $10,000 offer, Sexton said.</p>
<p>“We got some chance to do something, make some quick little-bitty for you … and then, on down the line, we can go to D.C.,” Lantrip said during the recorded call.</p>
<p>Sexton was initially reluctant to talk publicly about the alleged offer, because the men — Lantrip and Bert Davi, business partners in a small construction firm — are his clients in an unrelated court case, a dispute over a real estate venture. Sexton decided to speak publicly after repeated requests over months from Post reporters, who contacted him after obtaining one of the recordings.</p>
<p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/y7uao664" rel="nofollow">https://tinyurl.com/y7uao664</a> </p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: Paula</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paula</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 20:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another edition of the &quot;They Only Win By Cheating&quot; series: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/23/florida-school-shooting-sheriff-hoax-482170

&lt;blockquote&gt;
But all of it was a lie, the woman and her attorney, Yechezkel Rodal, now tell POLITICO, which found her by combing internet videos and social media.

“I was paid to say these things. I didn’t even know what I was saying,” said the woman, who spoke with POLITICO on condition of anonymity because she fears political retribution from Internet trolls or from the sheriff’s office, which does not know her identity. “I’m sorry … It’s fake.”

The revelation comes amid growing concerns about the spate of conspiracy theories and “false flag” attacks surrounding recent mass shootings — especially in Florida — that are surfacing on right-wing and fringe media sites.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another edition of the "They Only Win By Cheating" series: <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/23/florida-school-shooting-sheriff-hoax-482170" rel="nofollow">https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/23/florida-school-shooting-sheriff-hoax-482170</a></p>
<blockquote><p>
But all of it was a lie, the woman and her attorney, Yechezkel Rodal, now tell POLITICO, which found her by combing internet videos and social media.</p>
<p>“I was paid to say these things. I didn’t even know what I was saying,” said the woman, who spoke with POLITICO on condition of anonymity because she fears political retribution from Internet trolls or from the sheriff’s office, which does not know her identity. “I’m sorry … It’s fake.”</p>
<p>The revelation comes amid growing concerns about the spate of conspiracy theories and “false flag” attacks surrounding recent mass shootings — especially in Florida — that are surfacing on right-wing and fringe media sites.
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 19:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>neilm
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&lt;i&gt;Michale is starting to back-pedal his hero worship of the clown in the White House. Now, instead of Trump being an honest, capable businessman who is going to sort all of America&#039;s problems he is now only the &quot;not Hillary&quot;. &lt;/i&gt;

I know, right? Like there are no archives that document the Orange Worship.

&lt;i&gt;Guess what Michale, your right wing puppeteers have another woman teed up for you to hate - Nancy - and instead of being from New York, she is even better for them - from hippy-central: San Francisco. &lt;/i&gt;

They are united in their hatred and perform on cue when spoon-fed. :)</description>
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<p><i>Michale is starting to back-pedal his hero worship of the clown in the White House. Now, instead of Trump being an honest, capable businessman who is going to sort all of America's problems he is now only the "not Hillary". </i></p>
<p>I know, right? Like there are no archives that document the Orange Worship.</p>
<p><i>Guess what Michale, your right wing puppeteers have another woman teed up for you to hate - Nancy - and instead of being from New York, she is even better for them - from hippy-central: San Francisco. </i></p>
<p>They are united in their hatred and perform on cue when spoon-fed. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117899</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>neilm
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&lt;i&gt;One thing to remember is that our enemies are frankly delighted that Trump is in power - the U.S. is losing relevance and influence at a startling rate at the moment, opening the door for other players, and a competent President like Obama or Hillary would make their life harder. &lt;/i&gt;

Spot on. 

&lt;i&gt;Trump is turning us into a second rate power - like a big, dangerous, but stupid, lunk at high school that is being outsmarted by everybody else. &lt;/i&gt;

Trump is quite simply &quot;Putin&#039;s Bitch.&quot; Sad!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>neilm<br />
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<p><i>One thing to remember is that our enemies are frankly delighted that Trump is in power - the U.S. is losing relevance and influence at a startling rate at the moment, opening the door for other players, and a competent President like Obama or Hillary would make their life harder. </i></p>
<p>Spot on. </p>
<p><i>Trump is turning us into a second rate power - like a big, dangerous, but stupid, lunk at high school that is being outsmarted by everybody else. </i></p>
<p>Trump is quite simply "Putin's Bitch." Sad!</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117898</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Balthasar
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&lt;i&gt;As Fran Liebowitz (a New York celebrity who has known Trump for most of her adult life) said this week: &quot;You don&#039;t know anyone as stupid as Trump. You just don&#039;t.&quot; &lt;/i&gt;

Oh, I don&#039;t know, Balthy, the morons who fell for Trump&#039;s con and gleefully spewed back information from illegally hacked emails and became Putin&#039;s useful idiots are pretty damn ignorant. They didn&#039;t care that these emails were illegally hacked; they celebrated the crime and spewed back the contents while claiming they were the &quot;law and order&quot; party. No blatant hypocrisy there, right? 

Why do you think Trump switched parties for the umpteenth time for the 2016 election cycle? Trump simply followed the idiots united in their hatred that Fox News had primed for years spewing their racial animus and conspiracy BS. I mean, what kind of moron actually believes that winning an election is a reflection of the intelligence of a candidate and not the morons dumb enough to buy into the candidate&#039;s illegal con? :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Balthasar<br />
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<p><i>As Fran Liebowitz (a New York celebrity who has known Trump for most of her adult life) said this week: "You don't know anyone as stupid as Trump. You just don't." </i></p>
<p>Oh, I don't know, Balthy, the morons who fell for Trump's con and gleefully spewed back information from illegally hacked emails and became Putin's useful idiots are pretty damn ignorant. They didn't care that these emails were illegally hacked; they celebrated the crime and spewed back the contents while claiming they were the "law and order" party. No blatant hypocrisy there, right? </p>
<p>Why do you think Trump switched parties for the umpteenth time for the 2016 election cycle? Trump simply followed the idiots united in their hatred that Fox News had primed for years spewing their racial animus and conspiracy BS. I mean, what kind of moron actually believes that winning an election is a reflection of the intelligence of a candidate and not the morons dumb enough to buy into the candidate's illegal con? :)</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117897</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Neil,

Credit where credit is due..

&lt;I&gt;There is an old Irish joke about the Pope arguing with an atheist. They go back and forth until the Pope loses his temper and says:

&quot;You atheists are all the same, you can&#039;t see, you are like a man with a blindfold on in a dark room trying to find a cat that doesn&#039;t exist!&quot;

The atheist replies:

&quot;That&#039;s funny, because I think that you are also like a man with a blindfold on in a dark room trying to find a cat that doesn&#039;t exist, the only difference is you think you&#039;ve found it!&quot;&lt;/I&gt;

THAT is funny   :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Neil,</p>
<p>Credit where credit is due..</p>
<p><i>There is an old Irish joke about the Pope arguing with an atheist. They go back and forth until the Pope loses his temper and says:</p>
<p>"You atheists are all the same, you can't see, you are like a man with a blindfold on in a dark room trying to find a cat that doesn't exist!"</p>
<p>The atheist replies:</p>
<p>"That's funny, because I think that you are also like a man with a blindfold on in a dark room trying to find a cat that doesn't exist, the only difference is you think you've found it!"</i></p>
<p>THAT is funny   :D</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117896</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The late, great, Dave Allen - the best Irish comedian ever! Check out some of his other clips on Youtube, you&#039;ll enjoy them :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The late, great, Dave Allen - the best Irish comedian ever! Check out some of his other clips on Youtube, you'll enjoy them :)</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117895</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;But Hillary isn’t still running against Trump, which you and most Fox News viewers cannot seem to remember. So none of that really explains why you still blindly worship the Orange Turd!&lt;/I&gt;

Once again, dodging and weaving, throwing up anything to avoid the facts...

:D

Ya&#039;all lost...   You backed a LUSER.....

And you can&#039;t even admit it..  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>But Hillary isn’t still running against Trump, which you and most Fox News viewers cannot seem to remember. So none of that really explains why you still blindly worship the Orange Turd!</i></p>
<p>Once again, dodging and weaving, throwing up anything to avoid the facts...</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>Ya'all lost...   You backed a LUSER.....</p>
<p>And you can't even admit it..  :D</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117894</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS3BZs5fx3Q</description>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117893</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;You can&#039;t prove the belief in a God is either true or untrue.&lt;/i&gt;

There is an old Irish joke about the Pope arguing with an atheist. They go back and forth until the Pope loses his temper and says:

&quot;You atheists are all the same, you can&#039;t see, you are like a man with a blindfold on in a dark room trying to find a cat that doesn&#039;t exist!&quot;

The atheist replies:

&quot;That&#039;s funny, because I think that you are also like a man with a blindfold on in a dark room trying to find a cat that doesn&#039;t exist, the only difference is you think you&#039;ve found it!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>You can't prove the belief in a God is either true or untrue.</i></p>
<p>There is an old Irish joke about the Pope arguing with an atheist. They go back and forth until the Pope loses his temper and says:</p>
<p>"You atheists are all the same, you can't see, you are like a man with a blindfold on in a dark room trying to find a cat that doesn't exist!"</p>
<p>The atheist replies:</p>
<p>"That's funny, because I think that you are also like a man with a blindfold on in a dark room trying to find a cat that doesn't exist, the only difference is you think you've found it!"</p>
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		<title>By: Balthasar</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117891</link>
		<dc:creator>Balthasar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;That&#039;s EXACTLY what the hysterical GOP said about Odumbo.. What makes them wrong and you right?&lt;/i&gt;

Well, everything we&#039;ve experienced this last year, for one. Trump&#039;s erratic behavior has only become worse, this latest week being a prime example. What half-baked crisis will he create suddenly today out of the clear blue sky? Stay tuned.

I&#039;ll give Trump one thing: he&#039;s exposed the GOP for being the insincere hypocrites that I&#039;d always thought they were. The next time that a Republican tries to lecture me about public morality, honesty, the rule of law, or the proper handling of classified information, I might just start to laugh so hard that I&#039;d be in danger of busting something internal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>That's EXACTLY what the hysterical GOP said about Odumbo.. What makes them wrong and you right?</i></p>
<p>Well, everything we've experienced this last year, for one. Trump's erratic behavior has only become worse, this latest week being a prime example. What half-baked crisis will he create suddenly today out of the clear blue sky? Stay tuned.</p>
<p>I'll give Trump one thing: he's exposed the GOP for being the insincere hypocrites that I'd always thought they were. The next time that a Republican tries to lecture me about public morality, honesty, the rule of law, or the proper handling of classified information, I might just start to laugh so hard that I'd be in danger of busting something internal.</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117890</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;I supported Trump because he was not Hillary Clinton...&lt;/i&gt;

Michale is starting to back-pedal his hero worship of the clown in the White House. Now, instead of Trump being an honest, capable businessman who is going to sort all of America&#039;s problems he is now only the &quot;not Hillary&quot;.

Guess what Michale, your right wing puppeteers have another woman teed up for you to hate - Nancy - and instead of being from New York, she is even better for them - from hippy-central: San Francisco.

Let&#039;s start counting the number of anti-Nancy comments Michale posts in the run up to November.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I supported Trump because he was not Hillary Clinton...</i></p>
<p>Michale is starting to back-pedal his hero worship of the clown in the White House. Now, instead of Trump being an honest, capable businessman who is going to sort all of America's problems he is now only the "not Hillary".</p>
<p>Guess what Michale, your right wing puppeteers have another woman teed up for you to hate - Nancy - and instead of being from New York, she is even better for them - from hippy-central: San Francisco.</p>
<p>Let's start counting the number of anti-Nancy comments Michale posts in the run up to November.</p>
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		<title>By: ListenWhenYouHear</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117889</link>
		<dc:creator>ListenWhenYouHear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt; I supported Trump because he was not Hillary Clinton...

I supported Trump for the EXACT same reason I supported Obama in 2008....

Of the two of us, it&#039;s obvious who is the slave to their ideology and who isn&#039;t... &lt;/I&gt;

But Hillary isn’t still running against Trump, which you and most Fox News viewers cannot seem to remember.  So none of that really explains why you still blindly worship the Orange Turd!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i> I supported Trump because he was not Hillary Clinton...</p>
<p>I supported Trump for the EXACT same reason I supported Obama in 2008....</p>
<p>Of the two of us, it's obvious who is the slave to their ideology and who isn't... </i></p>
<p>But Hillary isn’t still running against Trump, which you and most Fox News viewers cannot seem to remember.  So none of that really explains why you still blindly worship the Orange Turd!</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117888</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;The thing that makes Democrats and Republicans each think they are right while the other side is wrong is called self-delusion.&lt;/I&gt;

Yep... Highly present in religious fanatics as well..

The delusion that god has allowed them to see what is right and moral and anyone who doesn&#039;t believe the same is attacked mercilessly...

There is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between a political fanatic and a religious fanatic..

NONE..  ZERO... ZILCH.... NADA....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>The thing that makes Democrats and Republicans each think they are right while the other side is wrong is called self-delusion.</i></p>
<p>Yep... Highly present in religious fanatics as well..</p>
<p>The delusion that god has allowed them to see what is right and moral and anyone who doesn't believe the same is attacked mercilessly...</p>
<p>There is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between a political fanatic and a religious fanatic..</p>
<p>NONE..  ZERO... ZILCH.... NADA....</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117886</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Gold star to your comments....especially the last paragraph. One year of Trump has turned the USA into the World&#039;s biggest banana republic. &lt;/I&gt;

Funny..

That&#039;s EXACTLY what the hysterical GOP said about Odumbo..

What makes them wrong and you right???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Gold star to your comments....especially the last paragraph. One year of Trump has turned the USA into the World's biggest banana republic. </i></p>
<p>Funny..</p>
<p>That's EXACTLY what the hysterical GOP said about Odumbo..</p>
<p>What makes them wrong and you right???</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
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		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>neilm-3

Gold star to your comments....especially the last paragraph.  One year of Trump has turned the USA into the World&#039;s biggest banana republic.  At what point does Corporate America go to war with him?</description>
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<p>Gold star to your comments....especially the last paragraph.  One year of Trump has turned the USA into the World's biggest banana republic.  At what point does Corporate America go to war with him?</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117884</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Right, and you support him because of how honest he is!&lt;/I&gt;

&lt;B&gt;A feint!!  A dodge!!!  Another dodge!!! Another feint!!! 
And Listen is rocked back on his heels... &lt;/B&gt;

:D

I supported Trump because he was not Hillary Clinton...

I supported Trump for the EXACT same reason I supported Obama in 2008....

Of the two of us, it&#039;s obvious who is the slave to their ideology and who isn&#039;t...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Right, and you support him because of how honest he is!</i></p>
<p><b>A feint!!  A dodge!!!  Another dodge!!! Another feint!!!<br />
And Listen is rocked back on his heels... </b></p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>I supported Trump because he was not Hillary Clinton...</p>
<p>I supported Trump for the EXACT same reason I supported Obama in 2008....</p>
<p>Of the two of us, it's obvious who is the slave to their ideology and who isn't...</p>
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		<title>By: ListenWhenYouHear</title>
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		<dc:creator>ListenWhenYouHear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt; Says the person who has dumped on President Trump moreso for his physical appearance than any other reason..

Ya&#039;all are soo blinded by the hypocrisy and hatred, it&#039;s astounding... :^/ &lt;/i&gt;

Right, and you support him because of how honest he is!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i> Says the person who has dumped on President Trump moreso for his physical appearance than any other reason..</p>
<p>Ya'all are soo blinded by the hypocrisy and hatred, it's astounding... :^/ </i></p>
<p>Right, and you support him because of how honest he is!</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117881</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;One thing to remember is that our enemies are frankly delighted that Trump is in power - the U.S. is losing relevance and influence at a startling rate at the moment, opening the door for other players, and a competent President like Obama or Hillary would make their life harder.

Trump is turning us into a second rate power - like a big, dangerous, but stupid, lunk at high school that is being outsmarted by everybody else.&lt;/I&gt;


&lt;B&gt;&quot;Amazing.. Everything you just said right there is wrong.&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-Luke Skywalker, THE LAST JEDI</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>One thing to remember is that our enemies are frankly delighted that Trump is in power - the U.S. is losing relevance and influence at a startling rate at the moment, opening the door for other players, and a competent President like Obama or Hillary would make their life harder.</p>
<p>Trump is turning us into a second rate power - like a big, dangerous, but stupid, lunk at high school that is being outsmarted by everybody else.</i></p>
<p><b>"Amazing.. Everything you just said right there is wrong."</b><br />
-Luke Skywalker, THE LAST JEDI</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117880</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 09:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;A person’s looks determined whether Trump hired them as his National Security Advisor! When you list all the qualities that a good national security advisor should have, “attractive facial hair” would not make most people’s list.&lt;/I&gt;

Says the person who has dumped on President Trump moreso for his physical appearance than any other reason..

Ya&#039;all are soo blinded by the hypocrisy and hatred, it&#039;s astounding...   :^/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>A person’s looks determined whether Trump hired them as his National Security Advisor! When you list all the qualities that a good national security advisor should have, “attractive facial hair” would not make most people’s list.</i></p>
<p>Says the person who has dumped on President Trump moreso for his physical appearance than any other reason..</p>
<p>Ya'all are soo blinded by the hypocrisy and hatred, it's astounding...   :^/</p>
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		<title>By: ListenWhenYouHear</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117879</link>
		<dc:creator>ListenWhenYouHear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 09:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just read this in an article from Politico:
&lt;I&gt;
Bolton also was passed over for a top State Department job last year, reportedly because Trump was turned off by his bristly, full mustache.&lt;/i&gt;

A person’s looks determined whether Trump hired them as his National Security Advisor!   When you list all the qualities that a good national security advisor should have, “attractive facial hair” would not make most people’s list.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just read this in an article from Politico:<br />
<i><br />
Bolton also was passed over for a top State Department job last year, reportedly because Trump was turned off by his bristly, full mustache.</i></p>
<p>A person’s looks determined whether Trump hired them as his National Security Advisor!   When you list all the qualities that a good national security advisor should have, “attractive facial hair” would not make most people’s list.</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;As Fran Liebowitz (a New York celebrity who has known Trump for most of her adult life) said this week: &quot;You don&#039;t know anyone as stupid as Trump. You just don&#039;t.&quot;&lt;/I&gt;

Which means, you Democrats REALLY scroo&#039;ed the pooch by nominating someone who is STUPIDER than Donald Trump..

My gods, people..  Ya&#039;all voted for and supported the *ONLY* candidate on the face of the planet who could LOSE to Donald Trump!

If only someone prescient and non-political had warned ya&#039;all of the utter moronic folly of your actions before hand...

Oh... Wait....  :^/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>As Fran Liebowitz (a New York celebrity who has known Trump for most of her adult life) said this week: "You don't know anyone as stupid as Trump. You just don't."</i></p>
<p>Which means, you Democrats REALLY scroo'ed the pooch by nominating someone who is STUPIDER than Donald Trump..</p>
<p>My gods, people..  Ya'all voted for and supported the *ONLY* candidate on the face of the planet who could LOSE to Donald Trump!</p>
<p>If only someone prescient and non-political had warned ya'all of the utter moronic folly of your actions before hand...</p>
<p>Oh... Wait....  :^/</p>
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		<title>By: Balthasar</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117877</link>
		<dc:creator>Balthasar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 03:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If Trump pulls any further to the right, he&#039;ll start doing donuts.

So, a Bolton from the blue. Uh-huh. It fits.

To repeat what I said in the last thread, a few minutes ago:

Trump is preparing to fire Mueller and then cover the outrage that would surely elicit it with a scowling, contentious summit with &#039;Rocket man&#039;, followed by...bombing Iran?

As Fran Liebowitz (a New York celebrity who has known Trump for most of her adult life) said this week: &quot;You don&#039;t know anyone as stupid as Trump. You just don&#039;t.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Trump pulls any further to the right, he'll start doing donuts.</p>
<p>So, a Bolton from the blue. Uh-huh. It fits.</p>
<p>To repeat what I said in the last thread, a few minutes ago:</p>
<p>Trump is preparing to fire Mueller and then cover the outrage that would surely elicit it with a scowling, contentious summit with 'Rocket man', followed by...bombing Iran?</p>
<p>As Fran Liebowitz (a New York celebrity who has known Trump for most of her adult life) said this week: "You don't know anyone as stupid as Trump. You just don't."</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
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		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 01:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bolton. What a farce.</description>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117873</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 01:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t see any details in any of the news announcements. As CW states, targeting $60B in goods is one thing, but if the tariffs are 1% then we are talking about $600M in additional taxes on the U.S. consumer - dumb, but from an economic perspective invisible - with inflation running about 2% it is like moving prices 6 months into the future. If he puts 100% tariffs on then it is going to lift the cost of all goods from the current Chinese price level to the next lowest provider&#039;s price (either from another country or from a U.S. firm) but again will probably have little impact on the typical U.S. consumer.

Mostly it is an insult to the Chinese. My Chinese friend (who lived in the U.S. for many years, and still rents his house out here, is CTO for a large tech company in China) tells me this is great news for the Communist Party - it takes the news away from internal issues (in particular the concern over the dictator-for-life legislation recently passed) and gives Xi a chance to flex his muscles against the &quot;great oppressor&quot; and look good at home. He isn&#039;t sure that the Chinese will target key red-state constituencies (e.g. soy bean farmers) because Xi really just wants to de-escalate this and creating a lot of pissed off Trump voters is only more likely to risk that the child in the White House will lash out more. He thinks it will be symbolic Tariffs on some iconic U.S. goods (e.g. Levi&#039;s) to play to the home audience.

Another of my friends on Wall St thinks the real reason the Dow dropped today is due to the increase in borrowing costs for the Government after yesterday&#039;s rate hike - and the danger that the Chinese will drive rates higher by cutting back on buying U.S. treasuries. This again is a double edged sword for China however as a U.S. in recession isn&#039;t good for them.

One thing to remember is that our enemies are frankly delighted that Trump is in power - the U.S. is losing relevance and influence at a startling rate at the moment, opening the door for other players, and a competent President like Obama or Hillary would make their life harder.

Trump is turning us into a second rate power - like a big, dangerous, but stupid, lunk at high school that is being outsmarted by everybody else.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can't see any details in any of the news announcements. As CW states, targeting $60B in goods is one thing, but if the tariffs are 1% then we are talking about $600M in additional taxes on the U.S. consumer - dumb, but from an economic perspective invisible - with inflation running about 2% it is like moving prices 6 months into the future. If he puts 100% tariffs on then it is going to lift the cost of all goods from the current Chinese price level to the next lowest provider's price (either from another country or from a U.S. firm) but again will probably have little impact on the typical U.S. consumer.</p>
<p>Mostly it is an insult to the Chinese. My Chinese friend (who lived in the U.S. for many years, and still rents his house out here, is CTO for a large tech company in China) tells me this is great news for the Communist Party - it takes the news away from internal issues (in particular the concern over the dictator-for-life legislation recently passed) and gives Xi a chance to flex his muscles against the "great oppressor" and look good at home. He isn't sure that the Chinese will target key red-state constituencies (e.g. soy bean farmers) because Xi really just wants to de-escalate this and creating a lot of pissed off Trump voters is only more likely to risk that the child in the White House will lash out more. He thinks it will be symbolic Tariffs on some iconic U.S. goods (e.g. Levi's) to play to the home audience.</p>
<p>Another of my friends on Wall St thinks the real reason the Dow dropped today is due to the increase in borrowing costs for the Government after yesterday's rate hike - and the danger that the Chinese will drive rates higher by cutting back on buying U.S. treasuries. This again is a double edged sword for China however as a U.S. in recession isn't good for them.</p>
<p>One thing to remember is that our enemies are frankly delighted that Trump is in power - the U.S. is losing relevance and influence at a startling rate at the moment, opening the door for other players, and a competent President like Obama or Hillary would make their life harder.</p>
<p>Trump is turning us into a second rate power - like a big, dangerous, but stupid, lunk at high school that is being outsmarted by everybody else.</p>
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		<title>By: C. R. Stucki</title>
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		<dc:creator>C. R. Stucki</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Free trade is the basis of universal economic prosperity.  Only special-interest groups and economic ignoramuses ever favor restrictions on free trade.  Trump is definitely not a special-interest group, so that tells us what he is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Free trade is the basis of universal economic prosperity.  Only special-interest groups and economic ignoramuses ever favor restrictions on free trade.  Trump is definitely not a special-interest group, so that tells us what he is.</p>
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		<title>By: John From Censornati</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/03/22/a-new-tariff-in-town/#comment-117870</link>
		<dc:creator>John From Censornati</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The End is near.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The End is near.</p>
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