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"Ron Paul's pal" is a bit of a tongue-twister, and I suspect, ultimately an oxymoron.

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I thought face-eating leopards were supposed to be silent but deadly? Maybe they think becoming the face-eating leopards themselves would work out better for them? Are there no wealthy who see the insanity of this? Hey Wonkette financial wizards, what does resistance to this crazy look like?

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Sure. What's the best way to be safe from serial-killers? Become one yourself. What are the odds of a serial killer killing another serial killer?

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My sister works for the VA and she says there is verbiage in project 2025 about automating claims processing....which is how Veterans get approved for benefits and how much they will get. She believes if that happens then more claims will be denied and that vets will revolt. Wish they would have revolted at the ballot box by not voting for him. Not sure how correct she is about any of this but it's just one more way that things could be a disaster.

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"Wish they would have revolted at the ballot box by not voting for him."

I and all my veteran buddies did, but here we are.

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Wavy Gravy ?

I laugh, I guffaw, then cough (hey, it's a scratchy throat.)

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Catturd for Head of the Fed!!! Winning!

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Time for bread lines and Hoovervilles. Trumpervilles.

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Hohentrumpenfartenburg.

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Hear me out, this crashing-the-economy will work out well for all the Trump voters who believed the “buy gold!” ads on every podcast and late night tv show. They’ll be so glad they invested in something that is not subject to market fluctuations!

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Sir will declare a National Day of Mourning to mark the Death of the U.S. Dollar as the World's Principal Reserve Currency, thereby ushering in longed-for decades of Hyper Inflation. (My dog explained this to me. Count on it!)

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Back in 1920, you had to take a barrow full of marks down to the bakery to buy one loaf.

Trump has a constituency full of marks who didn't bother to use their loaf.

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And the bread was stale by the time the counting was done. Sad.

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Ta, Marcie. The coming maladministration has no interest in the full faith and credit of the U.S.

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And yet my 401k is still climbing irrationally. The hell is all this

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It’s as though the stock market isn’t rational, but built upon vibes!

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Randi Rhodes has been saying for a while that the tech bros' goal is to turn the US Dollar into Bitcoin.

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They would like it to sink so crypto rises! Hodl!

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Wait a godamm minute here.

I just received my second social security check and I've made a budget.

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So no retiring in two years, then? Fuck.

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If retiring means not working then tens of millions of working people will be involuntarily retired.

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My timeline is about three. Buckling in now.

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𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺. In other words the top ten percent of the people would be okay, but the remaining 90 percent who get to share that 10 percent of America's wealth that will be killed, will be screwed.

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“Also people who prefer American-made earbuds, which are two seashells and a string of dental floss.” LOLOLOL

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Also a bikini top!

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