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No disagreement in the general thrust, but public officials and their behavior are more responsible for making "people hate politics" than anything else.

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Shauna Burrows is a huge Raiders fan - or...was?

Hillary started it.

Best quote from this week on FB:

"We used to have a saying in Sales Meetings - There are those that make it happen, those that watch it happen, and those that ask "What...

The more openly racist folk are still upset that a black man occupied the White® House. Interesting parallel between the monument-topplers and these sad attempts at erasing more recent history (at...

What I was trying to say is that "mooching off the system" is a politically loaded term that is entirely subjective. Its meaning will vary with the individual. Old fake news dies hard. For example:...

It's not possible to provide a one-size-fits all definition of "mooching off the system" - it just means whatever one wants it to mean in order to make a point, "be right," judge others, etc. Totally...

Define "mooching off the system" from personal experience and/or first-hand knowledge (i.e. not from media reports, books, etc.).

Define "earn" (for yourself) please? Is winning money through a lottery or gambling "earning" that money?

Making money from investments is also mooching off the system, just in a different way. :-)

All sources are biased, making it essential to fact check yourself. Snopes is a good stop along the way, but there's no one-stop shop.

Bible/BOM/Koran/Gita/TBOD/WSJ/WPO/... pick your bubble(s)

http://www.snopes.com/so-you-think-you-know-donald-trump/

Trump rode his mutual enmity with the media to the White House. For many Republicans, what matters most about Donald Trump is that he’s demonstrated resolve against the enemy — not the Islamic State...

How many health insurance schemes does it take to make a healthy USA?

Lessee...

Buy-it-yourself general health insurance (e.g. Blue Cross)
Buy-it-yourself dental insurance
Buy-it-yourself...

We passed that realization decades ago. Now, it's on us to make change happen (i.e. Congress won't fix itself). That realization may take awhile as folks seem content w/blaming others.

So...Trump's tit isn't part of "the government"?

shlurp

Trump is the political version of a pickup artist, and Republicans — and America — went to bed with him convinced that he was something other than what he is. Trump inherited his fortune but...

On an individual level, plenty of people working in the media industry do their best to be unbiased and fair. Takes effort, education, genuine curiosity, a trained mind, etc. Lots of good blogs and...

Not possible. Part of the reason (a big part) is described here:

https://wwnorton.com/college/history/america-essential-learning/docs/WLippmann-Public_Opinion-1922.pdf

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Trust Nothing, Defend Nothing

by JONAH GOLDBERG July 11, 2017

I don’t write or even tweet about the Russia investigation much. I think the most I’ve written is that I think it probably won’t...

Even the most innocent explanations for Donald Trump Jr.’s actions are naïve and dangerous.


Judging from conversations online and in person, the emerging Trump-friendly defense of Donald Trump...

The Obama administration’s weakness and inaction led Putin rightly to believe that he could push America around with impunity. Clinton’s corruption and Democratic incompetence created a soft and...