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But Donald has done this many times before to other people in ways that were equally shitty, so Bannon can hardly be surprised. He may have thought he was the Puppet Master, but if so he misjudged the Puppet.

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I've seen this before in other people, but in harmless situations. As soon as they tell the lie - and I mean in the very act of doing so - the lie becomes truth to them, and they have no memory of ever saying anything different. You can even play a recording or video of them saying something different, and they will accuse you of editing the video. The people I know who do this are not technically mentally ill, but I would definitely call it a serious neurosis. They do it so often that at times I have wondered if they have multiple personalities, and one personality is hiding the truth from the other one, but that condition is extremely rare, so it is very unlikely to be that. I have decided to call it "Flexible Memory Syndrome."

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I'm waiting for both Kushner and Bannon to show up with "I'm with Stupid" shirts on.

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The hour, minute and second that Trump sees Bannon as more cost than value he will disappear from the White House. How public and humiliating that will be will depend on Bannon's reaction. It will be soon though.

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Anyone have the heart to tell him using the 'krooked Hillary' things wearing a bit thin when half your White House is giving treason-blowjobs to Moscow? A more enlightened civilization might just push him down the nearest village well and be done with it all...

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So, it's "Nacht der langen Messer" time already. It would appear that Ernst Rohm, excuse me, I mean, Steve Bannon, has outlived his usefulness.

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with Rump standing between them?

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This is like a new virtual reality TV show called “Survivor: The White House”. The TV Guide would say “The show features a group of dysfunctional political, corporate and media persons who are marooned in the White House, where they must provide leadership for the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government. The participants compete in challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The participants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are elbowed out by their fellow participants or by public revelations of prior misconduct until only one remains and is declared the winner and awarded the grand prize and is named the "Sole Survivor."

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The fingers would have to point in all directions... like this - only all the hands are white. https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

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Sometimes I wonder how many multiple personalities Trump has. He seems to sprout a new one every few days.

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In The Clothes Have No Emperor, someone who knew him was quoted as saying (paraphrase), "He's not senile, he was always this stupid."

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Never forget, hack Bartiromo once said that Der Trumpf was a self made man who came from nothing and pulled himself up by his boot straps. Which happened to be gold and provided by his dad.

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That Days of Our Lives appearance--that was what Trump was on his way to in the "grab 'em by the pussy" tape, right? It has to be. It's the exact same woman, in the exact same dress.

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BANDONTHERUN was a good song!

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I so look forward to Bannon, along with Grover Fucking Norquist, being arrested and tried for treason and subversion, and hung by the neck until dead.

And then I want to piss on their graves (as well as Nixon's).

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Don't forget Reagan. The lurch to crazy town started right there, when he showed the Republicans that voters will swallow any nonsense if you lie with a smile.

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