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Submariner

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4. Except for toys and a tree for the kids

Reply to Aviation Pro (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:39 AM

Saturday

don't buy a damn thing for Black Friday or Xmas, and help crush the trump economy to make it that much harder for him to cheat and steal the election if we can make the maga base mad at him, or better, maybe a third republican shooter will emerge and finish this asshole.

Spoil Xmas for the retailers and billionaires.

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