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Republican'ts love their coal! It reminds them of their childhood Xmases.

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FUCK VHS. BETAMAX OR GTFO!

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That shit is never going to happen.

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Just increase the supply, and the demand will increase!

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"Justice says he’s been to the White House twice in the last three weeks — yep, before his big party switch..."

Holy shit, Dok, this is what that was all about? "Hey, you switch sides and make me look good and I guarantee you we'll keep your mines running"? That is so Trumpy!

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It's a stupid idea, so Trump should like it. But you're right, I doubt that the Freedom Caucus would support this kind of subsidy program.

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Wouldn't it be cheaper and more efficient to keep our coal reserves underground in the first place?

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Do we get those nifty Prussian spiked helmets as spoils of war?

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<g> Actually, a socialist, not a Communist (nor, actually, a Marxist). And once I write my political book, I can claim what I am: a markist

- mark

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Exactly. Trump is attracted to bad, ill-conceived ideas as the mosquito is drawn to the bug zapper.

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We've switched the president's cocaine for Folger's crystals. Let's see if he notices.

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I'm sure there are good people in West Virginia, but I'm getting sick of how they continue to kiss Trumps ass and expect us to feel sorry for them.

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Can we get it into these morans' heads that 'steampunk' is only a literary genre and NOT a forward-looking energy strategy? Sheesh, next thing you know the Internet really WILL be 'a series of tubes.'

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Maybe they can dig up the coal and then bury it in OTHER mines.

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<golf clap>

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He should see if Foxconn will 'promise' to build factories in the mines.

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