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Uncle Joe

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17. That's true but you can't ignore a dysfunctional system that profits

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #16)

Sun May 31, 2026, 08:22 PM

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from those same world high prescription drug prices year after year and expect anything to change for the vast majority of the American People.

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Platner also scrutinized Collins for the money she made while in office, saying that becoming a longtime politician has made her a multimillionaire with a strong stock portfolio—two things the average Maine resident doesn’t have.

Open Secrets shows Collins having a net worth of approximately $4.12 million in 2018, aided by nearly $500,000 in assets in the pharmaceutical and electronics industries. But according to the data platform Quiver Quantitive, Collins’ net worth has grown to its current estimate of $6.92 million.

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https://www.military.com/marine-combat-veteran-graham-platner-wants-susan-collins-senate-seat

So our healthcare is crap as we pay the highest prescription drug prices in the world, and Collins gets a free pass on this issue?

I wonder how many actual skulls were created by these self serving long standing conflicts of interest?

I haven't heard the corporate media cover this issue much.

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The History of Skulls in Tattooing: A Symbol of Life, Death, and Everything In Between [View all] Uncle Joe Sunday OP

"So you take on symbols as a form of emotional armor" WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #1

That's the point of the OP, those symbols aren't exclusive to the NAZIS Uncle Joe Sunday #2

The totenkopf is. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #3

That's just a German word for skull and bones. Uncle Joe Sunday #4

It means 'death's head'. nt Celerity Sunday #12

No it is not, that's a false claim. The Totenkopf was used in the German military almost 200 years before the Nazis. Celerity Sunday #11

Eh, I got sloppy. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #14

Non sequitur. My rebuttal was addressing your claim that the Totenkopf symbol was exclusive to the Nazis. Celerity Sunday #15

As one who leans toward facts, logic and reason, Abolishinist Sunday #20

ty Celerity Sunday #22

This ought to be it's own post luv2fly Sunday #23

Factually correct sarisataka Sunday #25

Don't forget canetoad Sunday #21

Lovely... justifying NAZI tattoos WarGamer Sunday #5

We're talking about skull and bones which is universal. n/t Uncle Joe Sunday #6

taht's not the tattoo in question re: the candidate WarGamer Sunday #7

Skull and crossbones is what we're talking about. Uncle Joe Sunday #9

Not that skull and crossbones. That one is very specific to the Nazis. Iggo Yesterday #27

I hope we see the same effort sarisataka Sunday #8

We will see a blue tsunami so Uncle Joe Sunday #10

It takes more to win an election sarisataka Sunday #16

That's true but you can't ignore a dysfunctional system that profits Uncle Joe Sunday #17

My wife is diabetic sarisataka Sunday #18

Well with her stock holdings, the more you pay, the more money Collins makes, Uncle Joe Sunday #19

You can have a skull tattoo Boo1 Sunday #13

Where's your paragraph on nazi use? stumpysbear Sunday #24

Okay. Now do the swastika. jmbar2 Sunday #26

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