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Putin never said Trump is a genius. He spoke in Russian, and the Western media translated the keyword as 'bright', but it doesn't really connote 'brilliant' as we might say in English. A better translation would be 'colorful'. So actually Putin said Trump is a colorful character, which is not exactly praise. Furthermore, he went on to say he does not agree with Trump's rhetoric. As usual, Putin made a diplomatic statement, and, as usual,. the Western media spun it to fit their reality-show narrative. Some journalists have pointed out the error, but it still continues to resonate in the echo chamber.

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I don't think I got that far in my Spanish studies, but this indicates that the language has to be foreign to the speaker to reduce morality. it does not implicate that given languages have different moralities.

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There's no contradiction, he loves dead Muslims.

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But what about the days when he talks to himself?

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You know things are bad when Rachel breaks out the swears.

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Carlene Carter libel!

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The only defense I'll give is that the Muslim Brotherhood are NOT nice people, and were/are intent on doing to Egypt what Erdogan is doing to Turkey - desecularizing it.

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And don't forget, when Qaddafi came to the U.S. and no one would put him up, guess who allowed him to literally pitch a tent on his front lawn?

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I don't think you're right, neighbor. They may not use the word "fair," but they express morality and justness with other words (ones that English in fact has borrowed)... "Justicio," "justamente," "equitativo," "moralidad," "moralmente," etc etc.

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Trump ham steaks, Trumptatoes garni à la Melania, orange beans, and, for dessert, Trumpsicles all of it washed down with Trump wine, charged to the Treasury by Trump Catering at three times the usual price.

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Damn, Rachel gives me life.

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Yes, but those are not the same. "Just" is not the same as "fair." "Fair" presumes the existence of some order that balances everything out, whereas "just" is contingent on human action. I grew up fully bilingual, and I've always been intrigued by the words that don't exist in both languages. Sometimes it's because the given words come from different roots - usually Latin and Teutonic - but sometimes it's because the thought is different. "Fair" supposes that each person getting the same is somehow naturally true, rather than something we decide is true. It's hard to put it into words, but it's not there in Spanish. Balance is expressed differently. (Another example: there is no word for "dirt" in Spanish. There's "earth" - tierra. There's "filth" - mugre. There's "stain" - mancha. But there's no word that encompasses all of them, the way "dirt" does.)

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Yeah, her recent shows have been excellent.

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In private? The Donald will go full Idi Amin all the time, and we'll have to salute him. NOT kidding.

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More specifically, he took the deposit, then backed out and wouldn't return it. Then bragged about it.

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I had some twitter idiot try to say that HRC was somehow blowing off Catholics because she didn't go visit the Vatican like Trump did bla bla bla. She can't do enough to prove herself worthy to them. Asses.

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