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B.See

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16. A quite excellent essay indeed. Not only about Texas, but speaks VOLUMES

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Thu Jul 10, 2025, 07:33 PM

Jul 10

of the overall, general RATFKERY that is Donald Trump, and his MAGA cult GOP.

Their incompetence, cruelty, and absolute DISCONNECT from anything resembling compassion and HUMANITY, is far BEYOND the pale.

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Found on Facebook Texas flood [View all] surfered Jul 10 OP

A thoughtful and much needed post dlk Jul 10 #1

Change the post title and repost this as a must-read LuckyLib Jul 10 #2

Not easy, but you can change red to blue. Here is how. multigraincracker Jul 10 #3

Texass and the country yankee87 Jul 10 #4

General Sheridan said it best: wolfie001 Jul 10 #5

Thank you, Wolfie! GiqueCee Jul 10 #11

Kudos my friend! wolfie001 Jul 10 #14

I did notice that the recent rains boosted our lake levels considerably. ananda Jul 10 #6

Hate is the glue the holds the tRUMP cult together nt wolfie001 Jul 10 #15

If only disaster preparedness ranked stollen Jul 10 #7

If anyone is interested as to how and why Texas is so fucked up, I suggest you read Michener's novel Texas. flashman13 Jul 10 #8

Excellent essay! WestMichRad Jul 10 #9

And there we have it... GiqueCee Jul 10 #10

Excellent GAJMac Jul 10 #12

It was not written by me. It was a Facebook post. surfered Jul 10 #13

A quite excellent essay indeed. Not only about Texas, but speaks VOLUMES B.See Jul 10 #16

A thoughtful & well-informed essay. I'm only sorry for lack of link to the author, but I gather one cannot... Hekate Jul 10 #17

Kick dalton99a Jul 10 #18

My only quibble is the following sentence: harumph Friday #19