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This captures the absurdity and deceit of our current discourse so completely and fully that it's hard to believe it actually happened.

It's so rare for perfection this pure to materialize. The universe is speaking loudly here. Appreciate what it just provided: https://t.co/bWxQ8SEvC3

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 19, 2022

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bush the lesser should stick to painting in private

and be thankful he still can after assigning a much worse fate to millions of others

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That Bush quote certainly seems Freudian... assuming the man actually has a conscience informing his subconscious. That said, I'm not sure he is analytical enough of himself to actually have shame.

Re: Eno, how refreshing it is to see a celebrity (yes, he still is one, in the UK) not only break away from the herd/sheep mentality but actually criticize it. Then again, he is a thinker (and a genius to boot) whereas the vast majority of them just hop on whatever the latest virtue signalling bandwagon is without giving it a second thought.

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Clint Ehrlich

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The poor quality of advice U.S. Presidents get about Russia is... mind boggling.

Here is one of Trump's advisors complaining that Putin "smelled odd" at a meeting.

What was the smell? Cleanliness.

He smelled "freshly laundered." This disturbed her.

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Fiona Hill. This is really weird. When guys at work started talking like this the rest of us knew there was a problem:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/putin-smelled-odd-and-declined-to-eat-at-bizarre-dinner-former-trump-official

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Clint Ehrlich

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To be clear, this was sarcasm.

You don't get to kill a million people and then say "oops... my bad!"

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