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Fred Jonas's avatar

I'm only on the first Note, and I got curious. I know nothing about Bessent, and he says he's a soybean farmer? Well, that's why "god" created Wikipedia. Bessent comes from SC. His mother's job, if she had one, wasn't mentioned. (She's been married five times, which was interesting.) His father was a real estate agent. Nothing about soy beans was mentioned. After high school, Bessent attended, and graduated from, Yale. He then went into investing and finance, and worked for Soros. He considered joining the Navy, but decided not to, because he didn't want to lie, and claim he wasn't homosexual. It's nice to know there might be one person in Donnie's sphere who for a brief moment didn't want to lie. But nothing about soy beans. So I guess Scott's aversion to lying was either not a personality trait, or it was just fleeting.

Will continue.

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Barry Peters's avatar

Hi hedge fund has a small stake in farms growing soybeans😂😂😂🤬

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Mary Louise Hegarty's avatar

Scott Bessent should be called “Hey Martha” henceforth. What an idiot.

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JavaJunkyMonkey's avatar

https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelpopok/p/trump-hands-comey-complete-gift-as?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=y78r7

trump is fucking up so much, in so many ways, then his lousy health. Won't be long.

Tick Tock mofo _____________________________.

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Lisa Ferry Delestienne's avatar

His brain is turning to mush.

His brain is turning to mush.

A big 'ol pile of orange slush.

His brain is turning to mush.

Repeat as needed throughout the day, and before bed at night.

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C Bowlby's avatar

Makes 3 obvious mentally impaired, rump,hey Martha, and rkJr.,the rest are borderline insane,crooked, or both!

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C Bowlby's avatar

Is he on Wikiki yet, LMFAO!!!

???????????????????????????

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patti sepich's avatar

From your fingers to Gods ear.

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John Widdowson's avatar

Sen. Lankford "would have been apoplectic" if President Biden had authorized strikes on alleged drug runners w/o consulting Congress. But he's ok w/ trmp doing it?! He wants "insight" from the administration. How about Congressional oversight!?

As to Sean Duffy's threat to w/hold funds from CA because they are issuing driver licenses to non-citizens, since when does the federal gov't. get involved in a state's processes? A CA DL is not a federal DL. What happened to states' rights?

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C Bowlby's avatar

Hey Martha essential, your a phony and a liar!

There must be a way to return gov to action,without littlejohnson!

This CA ind voter stands behind and with Gov. Newsom!

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Judith Gaylord's avatar

He is a soybean farmer like I’m a vacuum cleaner.

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patti sepich's avatar

Wicked Bitch of the West is my Halloween vibe whether I dress or not. I’m 75, SP’s.

I don’t have the time, patience, not inclination to put up with the GOP’s happy horseshit too much longer. Sick & tired rats. My Gpa, dad, bro, hubs, & son all fought against fascism in wars gone by. RIP my loves. I got you all from here. Let’s evict the current tenant from our WH and his troupe of flying monkeys.

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Meredith Leonard's avatar

I am SO proud of being Anti-Fascist!

Repugnants can call us ANTIFA all they want, stupid Trump stooges.

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Fred Jonas's avatar

Note 14: So the French catch thieves, and we catch people who didn't do anything wrong. Hmm.

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Gwen's avatar

Adam and Sam, I live for your column every day. It makes me feel better to be a sexy patriot. I have one small beef with a bit of your language. (No, its not the swearing!) As a long time student of human behavior, I can, with authority, tell you that the unconscious brain is the one you have to reach. It isn't good with negatives. When you say don't forget to vote, it hears forget to vote. If you say REMEMBER to vote, you'll get your point across much better. Fuck the orange menace. A pox upon their houses. Thank you for all you do!

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Joan Wiersma's avatar

You're correct about that. We ALL need to remember that. Thanks for posting!

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Fred Jonas's avatar

Note six: Donnie can easily run in '28. All he has to do is get 2/3 of each house of Congress, and 3/4 of the states, to agree to a Constitutional Amendment. He might have to hurry up about the Congressional part, because he has to find enough Dem pussies he can intimidate.

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Susan Linehan's avatar

Time's winged chariot is against him. But if he succeeds, Buttigieg can then happily run for 8 terms.

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Alastair McLean's avatar

Trump having an MRI is the best news I've heard for weeks. They don't do MRI's for the fun of it so it might/could/may be serious. Ordinarily I wouldn't be wishing someone bad health news, but for that depraved, perverted, corrupt, hypocritical, inhuman piece of scum I'll make an exception

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Jay  Kinard's avatar

Thank you for talking the way I talk to myself when I’m home.

Now, since you guys are so fucking smart, aren’t you advising the Dem Party? They really need help! Why didn’t they post that Reagan speech? Why aren’t they yelling about the murder in the fucking boats? Why are they whispering in Congress!

Why aren’t they doing f’n ANYTHING!

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San's avatar

Can only hope the MRI shows the fat orange fucker has a disease that causes a long slow death so he has has time to pray real hard about getting into heaven

As far as I know MRI’s are given when there are already symptoms

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Susan Linehan's avatar

while enforcement of state laws against ICE and CBP agents is a hot topic, Bovino's case is a direct violation of a FEDERAL court order. I hope the judge finds him in criminal contempt. Trump would pardon him, but right now that would be VERY bad optics.

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Scott Gilbert's avatar

In god we trust because we sure as hell can't trust our governments.

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Clint (CCCV)'s avatar

I’m secular so I’ll rely on the remaining good ppl.

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Scott Gilbert's avatar

You'll notice the small "g" god. I'm totally secular too.

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Clint (CCCV)'s avatar

(Should’ve seen it right off—drat!)

Good callout, Scott!

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Scott Gilbert's avatar

No problemo amigo! How about this instead?

- I believe in the God of Spinoza.

Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher considered one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy, along with Descartes.

(Spinoza) : God would say:

Stop praying. What I want you to do is go out into the world and enjoy your life. I want you to sing, have fun and enjoy everything I've made for you.

Stop going into those dark, cold temples that you built yourself and saying they are my house. My house is in the mountains, in the woods, rivers, lakes, beaches. That's where I live and there I express my love for you.

Stop blaming me for your miserable life; I never told you there was anything wrong with you or that you were a sinner, or that your sexuality was a bad thing. Sex is a gift I have given you and with which you can express your love, your ecstasy, your joy. So don't blame me for everything they made you believe.

Stop reading alleged sacred scriptures that have nothing to do with me. If you can't read me in a sunrise, in a landscape, in the look of your friends, in your son's eyes... you will find me in no book!

Stop asking me "will you tell me how to do my job?" Stop being so scared of me. I do not judge you or criticize you, nor get angry, or bothered. I am pure love.

Stop asking for forgiveness, there's nothing to forgive. If I made you... I filled you with passions, limitations, pleasures, feelings, needs, inconsistencies... free will. How can I blame you if you respond to something I put in you? How can I punish you for being the way you are, if I'm the one who made you? Do you think I could create a place to burn all my children who behave badly for the rest of eternity? What kind of god would do that?

Respect your peers and don't do what you don't want for yourself. All I ask is that you pay attention in your life, that alertness is your guide.

My beloved, this life is not a test, not a step on the way, not a rehearsal, nor a prelude to paradise. This life is the only thing here and now and it is all you need.

I have set you absolutely free, no prizes or punishments, no sins or virtues, no one carries a marker, no one keeps a record. You are absolutely free to create in your life. Heaven or hell.

I can't tell you if there's anything after this life but I can give you a tip. Live as if there is not. As if this is your only chance to enjoy, to love, to exist.

So, if there's nothing after, then you will have enjoyed the opportunity I gave you. And if there is, rest assured that I won't ask if you behaved right or wrong, I'll ask. Did you like it? Did you have fun? What did you enjoy the most? What did you learn?...

Stop believing in me; believing is assuming, guessing, imagining. I don't want you to believe in me, I want you to believe in you. I want you to feel me in you when you kiss your beloved, when you tuck in your little girl, when you caress your dog, when you bathe in the sea.

Stop praising me, what kind of egomaniac God do you think I am?

I'm bored being praised. I'm tired of being thanked. Feeling grateful? Prove it by taking care of yourself, your health, your relationships, the world. Express your joy! That's the way to praise me.

Stop complicating things and repeating as a parakeet what you've been taught about me.

What do you need more miracles for? So many explanations?

The only thing for sure is that you are here, that you are alive, that this world is full of wonders.

- Spinoza

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Clint (CCCV)'s avatar

Absolutely love it! I believe he also said: “Baruch Spinoza 1632–77

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.”

This man’s words sing to my heart.

Well done, Scott. We are of a mind…

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Scott Gilbert's avatar

Aw, shucks, man...

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Joan Wiersma's avatar

Oh I LOVE that post!!!!!!!! Thanks So Much!! : )

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