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I used to get comfort from picturing how a million birds, at least, would be finding places to live in the sheer darkness and depopulated farms and open fields and abandoned places across the heartland that seemed to be the one good thing about family farms being abandoned and young people moving to the city and suburbs. But I heard that is not what's happening. Not at least with birds. Because of pesticides? I don't know.

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What did he mean? It's a good question. Not only did they get away with it, I didn't like it when Democrats started talking about "values" too. I mean, you could say, "what we all believe is important and what we all are ready to fight for." But 'values,' when Republicans started saying it, was like talking about your underwear.

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I'm sorry to hear that, since that's the birthplace of Ma Barker and Doc, and the other boys. And MANY other celebrated criminals. It's just a thing I've noticed. So when I meet the criminals, I'm apt to say, "You from Missouri?" Nine times out of ten it's 'yup.' No offense to anybody.

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There's never been such a creepy thing as him being interested in AOC.

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They just proceed I think. I don't think Republicans will get in a second time. Or try this kind of thing again. Well not exactly.

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Is the Bible Belt a Waistland?

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Some of the biggest waists are there.

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I passed by it every day on the way to work when I lived near there for nine years. Ugh.

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They get better!!

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Heart Attack Land.

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Yale is no Harvard.

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Barney served the DNC, not the American people. He was an identity politician of, by and for the wealthy.

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He really reconnected with the common folk at Yale and Stanford.

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F*** "The Heartland" and the farmers, and you too Amy Klobachar with your dopey "Midwestern values" platitudes … the "Heartland" has used its insanely lopsided electoral college advantage to keep America "The South", 1950s style, forever, and here we are ...

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Remember what Rick Santorum said about Pres. Obama's intention to provide college for every student who wanted to go? "Such elitisim!"

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