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sly-3's avatar

"It's the perfect governmental response from one that wants to discourage use."Especially, if yr getting a fat stipend from the pharma industry.

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Prob started off as a wealthy snot, so there's some psychopathic self-selection in the arc of his miserable life. I think he's a former debate club kid that naturally fell into the contrarian position on everything the cool kids were about, and like a true method actor, he never emerged out the other side.

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E2 in Chicago was a recent tragedy that comes to mind.

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Daniel_Oriordan's avatar

If he loses in November, the pundits will point at that moment as the one that ended his chances of being Governor.

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ORAXX's avatar

His father is a whack-job preacher, and I'm not sure what kind of wealth Cruz came from.

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TakingAmes's avatar

I just want to know why this doesn't happen EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. that asshole shows up in public. He needs to be extremely uncomfortable whenever he goes out in public. Not from a threat of violence, but from being publicly shamed whenever he ventures outside his home.

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"Cruz has said that he is the son of "two mathematicians/computer programmers".... For junior high school, Cruz went to Awty International School in Houston [The 2020-2021 tuition ranges from $23,972 to $30,326]. Cruz attended two private high schools: Faith West Academy, near Katy, Texas [annual tuition: $18,051]; and Second Baptist High School in Houston [Church Member Tuition: $24,420, annual]"- from Wikipedia and top-level Google search, so take with the usual pinch of [source needed].

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Rafael CruzRafael Bienvenido Cruz y Díaz is a Cuban-American Protestant preacher and father of Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz. He regularly serves as a surrogate in his son's political campaigns.

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NIcholas Harpole bends space's avatar

Also married to Goldman Sachs, can't get much more elitist than that.

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NIcholas Harpole bends space's avatar

No, they are not willing to sacrifice themselves.

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Gregg Evans's avatar

His family didn't leave Canada, they were kicked out.

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And then he'd go out for dinner at Spago.

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I actually think it should be a thing to walk up to Texas politicians for the photo and pull out a toy gun and stick in their face.

"See, twaddlephuck, it's that easy"

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I'm sensing a theme her.

Maybe putting kids on the fat end of a funnel might not be a good idea?

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Pull out a toy gun and yell BANG in their face a few times.

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Yeah, I got perma banned from Twitter from calling EmptyGee a Nazi

I'm not sure I want to live in a world where I can't call Marjorie Taylor Greene a Nazi.

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