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Remember when.......
.............Tlaib infamously stated of Trump on her first night as a member of Congress, “We’re gonna go in there and we’re gonna impeach the mother***er.” ???????????????????
.............Ocasio-Cortez has called for the elimination of the Department of Homeland Security, which includes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as claimed that members of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were trying to sabotage “my account” of what transpires at the border; Omar has said of immigration agencies, “We should be having a conversation about eliminating their existence." ??????????????????
.................. Pressley has openly called for Trump’s impeachment; ?????????????
.....................Tlaib and Omar have defended rocket attacks launched on Israel by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Tlaib has lied about Jewish history in order to delegitimize the state of Israel. Ocasio-Cortez has even been slammed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for her likening the situation at the southern border to the infamous concentration camps where Nazis killed millions of Jews. ??????????????
Who cares what President Trump says about these cockroaches? I surely don't
.............Ocasio-Cortez has called for the elimination of the Department of Homeland Security, which includes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as claimed that members of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were trying to sabotage “my account” of what transpires at the border; Omar has said of immigration agencies, “We should be having a conversation about eliminating their existence." ??????????????????
.................. Pressley has openly called for Trump’s impeachment; ?????????????
.....................Tlaib and Omar have defended rocket attacks launched on Israel by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Tlaib has lied about Jewish history in order to delegitimize the state of Israel. Ocasio-Cortez has even been slammed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for her likening the situation at the southern border to the infamous concentration camps where Nazis killed millions of Jews. ??????????????
Who cares what President Trump says about these cockroaches? I surely don't
Greed
This world is driven by greed. People are greedy creatures and the only way to keep them happy is to give them what they want. Failing that, you get an unhappy world like we have today. 
By definition greed is a selfish and insatiable desire for material gain, be it food, money, status, power or whatever.
Greed is often confused with ambition. Some people will tell you that if not for greed, we’d still be living in caves but that’s not true. It is ambition that got us here; greed only works in the short term. When a sickly and insatiable desire to possess more than what one really needs leads to a condition where 10% of the population possesses 90% of the wealth while the bulk of the planet live in poverty, then something very wrong. The problem with greed is that you never get enough. You always want more; even at the expense of others.
Exactly what people want, is not always easily discernible. Some may yearn for material things like money, real estate, jewellery, fancy cars and so forth while others may have more abstract desires like fame, popularity, status, attention, and the likes of it. And then there is another category whose greed is spurred by what other people possess. Greed and envy is an unholy combination.
There is nothing wrong with being prosperous – or rich if you prefer – we need rich people on the planet. They provide employment to the masses but when somebody ignores needy people when they can afford to help, or even worse, when somebody who can afford to buy his own bread, takes the bread out of the hands of somebody less privileged, we need to look at our system.
The sadness of it is that the greedy – with all their possessions – are not happy. You cannot be happy while there is still something that you crave for.
I Wish you all a wonderful day.
By definition greed is a selfish and insatiable desire for material gain, be it food, money, status, power or whatever.
Greed is often confused with ambition. Some people will tell you that if not for greed, we’d still be living in caves but that’s not true. It is ambition that got us here; greed only works in the short term. When a sickly and insatiable desire to possess more than what one really needs leads to a condition where 10% of the population possesses 90% of the wealth while the bulk of the planet live in poverty, then something very wrong. The problem with greed is that you never get enough. You always want more; even at the expense of others.
Exactly what people want, is not always easily discernible. Some may yearn for material things like money, real estate, jewellery, fancy cars and so forth while others may have more abstract desires like fame, popularity, status, attention, and the likes of it. And then there is another category whose greed is spurred by what other people possess. Greed and envy is an unholy combination.
There is nothing wrong with being prosperous – or rich if you prefer – we need rich people on the planet. They provide employment to the masses but when somebody ignores needy people when they can afford to help, or even worse, when somebody who can afford to buy his own bread, takes the bread out of the hands of somebody less privileged, we need to look at our system.
The sadness of it is that the greedy – with all their possessions – are not happy. You cannot be happy while there is still something that you crave for.
I Wish you all a wonderful day.
The Groucho Letters
Author: Groucho Marx
Release: August 14, 2007 (Reissue)
Tagline: Letters from and to Groucho Marx
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Genre: Letters, Actors, Entertainers, Biographies
ISBN-10: 1416536035
ISBN-13: 978-1416536031
Main Character(s): Groucho Marx, E. B. White, Fred Allen, Goodman Ace, Nunnally Johnson, James Thurber, Booth Tarkington, Alistair Cooke, Harry Truman, Irving Berlin, and S. J. Perelman.
Synopsis: Donated to the Library of Congress in the mid-1960s, Groucho Marx’s correspondence was first crafted into this celebration of wit and wisdom in 1967. Reissued today with his original letters and humor intact, The Groucho Letters exposes one of the twentieth century’s most beloved comedian’s private insights into show biz, politics, business, and, of course, his illustrious personal life. Included are Marx’s conversations with such noted personalities as E. B. White, Fred Allen, Goodman Ace, Nunnally Johnson, James Thurber, Booth Tarkington, Alistair Cooke, Harry Truman, Irving Berlin, and S. J. Perelman.
Quotes and Lines
“A town so boring the tide went out and never came back in.”
“The last days of the newspapers seem to be rushing towards us with frightening speed.”
“What are you up to? News about you is as scarce as hen’s teeth. Normally, I don’t use this phrase, but we happen to have a hen in our backyard and she has only one tooth. I’m sure you’re familiar with the rest-‘The whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth.’”
“…when I say alone, I mean no agents, no family, no one but you two-sit down alone, and talk it out.”
“It isn’t for the dead I grieve,
It’s for the living whom the dead bereave.”
“…always live at the best hotel in town-but in the cheapest room. This is much better than the best room in a cheap hotel, for it gives you prestige and distinction.”
“Look, I’ve seen some of the next generation—perhaps it’s just as well if the whole thing ends right here.”
“I don’t quite know why I remained honest for I spring from a long line of thieves. I guess I was just lucky.”
“‘Groucho, every word I said was the God’s honest truth.’ This, of course, was a lie, but since I was getting a free lunch I was disinclined to argue with him.”
“Regards, affection, admiration and, if you want to toss in a few superlatives of your own, I have no objection.”
“I’m goggle-eyed from watching the convention. Until TV, nobody knew the caliber of clowns governing the country.”
“… since I read you religiously (that means I wear a hat when perusing your column)…”
“Thanks for your piece on dirty comedians. It blew a fresh breeze across a smutty section of America.
Freedom of speech is one thing, but these gents are overdoing it. And when I say “gents,” this is where most of them should be doing their act.”
However, if there is any ill feeling or bitterness between you, it will eventually affect your work. If that feeling does exist, sit down calmly together, alone—when I say alone, I mean no agents, no family, no one but you two-sit down alone, and talk it out.
“I don’t quote know why I remained honest for I spring from a long line of thieves. I guess I was just lucky.”
For those who don't know Groucho, here he is as a panelist on an ols TV show in the 1960's
Release: August 14, 2007 (Reissue)
Tagline: Letters from and to Groucho Marx
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Genre: Letters, Actors, Entertainers, Biographies
ISBN-10: 1416536035
ISBN-13: 978-1416536031
Main Character(s): Groucho Marx, E. B. White, Fred Allen, Goodman Ace, Nunnally Johnson, James Thurber, Booth Tarkington, Alistair Cooke, Harry Truman, Irving Berlin, and S. J. Perelman.
Synopsis: Donated to the Library of Congress in the mid-1960s, Groucho Marx’s correspondence was first crafted into this celebration of wit and wisdom in 1967. Reissued today with his original letters and humor intact, The Groucho Letters exposes one of the twentieth century’s most beloved comedian’s private insights into show biz, politics, business, and, of course, his illustrious personal life. Included are Marx’s conversations with such noted personalities as E. B. White, Fred Allen, Goodman Ace, Nunnally Johnson, James Thurber, Booth Tarkington, Alistair Cooke, Harry Truman, Irving Berlin, and S. J. Perelman.
Quotes and Lines
“A town so boring the tide went out and never came back in.”
“The last days of the newspapers seem to be rushing towards us with frightening speed.”
“What are you up to? News about you is as scarce as hen’s teeth. Normally, I don’t use this phrase, but we happen to have a hen in our backyard and she has only one tooth. I’m sure you’re familiar with the rest-‘The whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth.’”
“…when I say alone, I mean no agents, no family, no one but you two-sit down alone, and talk it out.”
“It isn’t for the dead I grieve,
It’s for the living whom the dead bereave.”
“…always live at the best hotel in town-but in the cheapest room. This is much better than the best room in a cheap hotel, for it gives you prestige and distinction.”
“Look, I’ve seen some of the next generation—perhaps it’s just as well if the whole thing ends right here.”
“I don’t quite know why I remained honest for I spring from a long line of thieves. I guess I was just lucky.”
“‘Groucho, every word I said was the God’s honest truth.’ This, of course, was a lie, but since I was getting a free lunch I was disinclined to argue with him.”
“Regards, affection, admiration and, if you want to toss in a few superlatives of your own, I have no objection.”
“I’m goggle-eyed from watching the convention. Until TV, nobody knew the caliber of clowns governing the country.”
“… since I read you religiously (that means I wear a hat when perusing your column)…”
“Thanks for your piece on dirty comedians. It blew a fresh breeze across a smutty section of America.
Freedom of speech is one thing, but these gents are overdoing it. And when I say “gents,” this is where most of them should be doing their act.”
However, if there is any ill feeling or bitterness between you, it will eventually affect your work. If that feeling does exist, sit down calmly together, alone—when I say alone, I mean no agents, no family, no one but you two-sit down alone, and talk it out.
“I don’t quote know why I remained honest for I spring from a long line of thieves. I guess I was just lucky.”
For those who don't know Groucho, here he is as a panelist on an ols TV show in the 1960's
Parable of the Blind and Deaf.
Once upon a time there were two men.
One was blind and the other was deaf and dumb.
( I am fully aware of my political incorrectness. I spare the terms visually impaired and speech and hearing impaired for real disable people with all due respect. )
Getting back to the story..
The deaf and the blind meet at a pub called CS on a daily basis for socializing.
Politics is their main topic of discussion, but their disabilities have limited them in many ways to understand the true nature of politics.
The blind man shouts from one side about the stuff he read only available with braille language made available to him by Fox.
The deaf and dumb can't hear what he says. He knows only things that had sign language translations by CNN. He vigorously argues with sign language from another corner. But the blind can't see.
Rest of the pub watch and watch and watch. ( SICK AND TIRED)
Some call for the bartender to throw them out.
Some ask them to shut up.
Most have avoided the pub altogether. (This is the sad part)
The moral of this story is.... who cares.
In honour of Biff and Harbal. I hope they will be free to blog again.
If I offended anyone I am sorry to say I am not sorry.
One was blind and the other was deaf and dumb.
( I am fully aware of my political incorrectness. I spare the terms visually impaired and speech and hearing impaired for real disable people with all due respect. )
Getting back to the story..
The deaf and the blind meet at a pub called CS on a daily basis for socializing.
Politics is their main topic of discussion, but their disabilities have limited them in many ways to understand the true nature of politics.
The blind man shouts from one side about the stuff he read only available with braille language made available to him by Fox.
The deaf and dumb can't hear what he says. He knows only things that had sign language translations by CNN. He vigorously argues with sign language from another corner. But the blind can't see.
Rest of the pub watch and watch and watch. ( SICK AND TIRED)
Some call for the bartender to throw them out.
Some ask them to shut up.
Most have avoided the pub altogether. (This is the sad part)
The moral of this story is.... who cares.
In honour of Biff and Harbal. I hope they will be free to blog again.
If I offended anyone I am sorry to say I am not sorry.
online now!
8 yo AOC Impersonator Deletes Social Media Vids
after receiving death threats from tolerant 
Lefties who care about The Chilllldren 
They're as sick, twisted and hypocritical as they are humorless.
Utterly disgusting
That's not just my opinion - see comments on the vid....
Leftards seriously screwed the PR pooch with that sickening shit.
Y'all Lefties take yourselves & everything else waayyy too seriously.
Lighten the hell up ffs...
Lefties who care about The Chilllldren They're as sick, twisted and hypocritical as they are humorless.
Utterly disgusting
That's not just my opinion - see comments on the vid....
Leftards seriously screwed the PR pooch with that sickening shit.
Y'all Lefties take yourselves & everything else waayyy too seriously.
Lighten the hell up ffs...
SO,TOO SOON TO TALK ABOUT TRUMPS' E X T R A 12 Y e a r s?/FDR GOT4TERMS YNOT tRUMP?
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT WAS VOTED IN FOR A RECORD SETTING 12 YEARS BUT DIEED DURING SERVING OUT HIS LAST ONE if THE REP[UBLICANS TAKE THE HOUSE BACK IN 2020 THEY HAVE A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ,WITH THE HELP OF CONGRESS REMOVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMIT ON PRESIDENTIAL TERMS AND,WOULD AT LEAST GIVE DONALD J TRUMP,THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR ANOTHER TWO TERMS! IF HE ISN'T ALL TUCKERED OUT AFTER FINISHING THESE CURRENT TWO,STILL FEELS A RESPONSIBILITY, SERVE,(GIVE BACK) AND THE PEOPLE WANT HIM,THE ONLY IMPEDIMENT TO ALL F THIS IS IF HE WOULD RATHER GO CATFISHING WITH HIS FOX OF A WIFE! 
THEN AGAIN,I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE PILLS HE IS TAKING ARE DOING HIM ANY GOOD..?…..WE BETTER SHUTTER DOWN! HA HA
THEN AGAIN,I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE PILLS HE IS TAKING ARE DOING HIM ANY GOOD..?…..WE BETTER SHUTTER DOWN! HA HA
Hatred of Trump Rooted in ‘Contempt’ for ‘Regular American People’
Antipathy towards President Donald Trump across the news media is rooted in a broader “contempt” of “regular American people,” determined Charles Hurt, Washington Times opinion editor and Breitbart News columnist, offering his remarks in a Monday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.
“Donald Trump represents all of these Americans that I grew up with, and that I live with, and that I know,” said Hurt, reflecting on his upbringing. “This hot visceral contempt that these people have in the media for Donald Trump is not about Donald Trump,” said Hurt, reflecting. “They hate these people that I know. They hate these people that I live with and that I grew up with.”
Left-wing and partisan Democrats news media figures harbor “contempt for Americans who work every day, provide for their families every day, help out their neighbors every single day, and who go to church,” added Hurt. “You can feel their contempt for these people, and you can sense it in everything they do.”
Hurt expressed his support for representative government in America. “My faith, my belief is in regular American people,” he declared. Democrats and the broader left, noted Hurt, reject the premise of government legitimacy being predicated on consent from the governed. “I have no qualms whatsoever about leaving the American people in charge, and that’s what these people want to undo,” he added. “They want to undo that.”
“Regular American people the only reason America is what it is,” determined Hurt.
The Democrat Party’s leadership stands opposed to America’s founding and core principles, said Hurt. “They hate America. They hate what it stands for.”
“Donald Trump represents all of these Americans that I grew up with, and that I live with, and that I know,” said Hurt, reflecting on his upbringing. “This hot visceral contempt that these people have in the media for Donald Trump is not about Donald Trump,” said Hurt, reflecting. “They hate these people that I know. They hate these people that I live with and that I grew up with.”
Left-wing and partisan Democrats news media figures harbor “contempt for Americans who work every day, provide for their families every day, help out their neighbors every single day, and who go to church,” added Hurt. “You can feel their contempt for these people, and you can sense it in everything they do.”
Hurt expressed his support for representative government in America. “My faith, my belief is in regular American people,” he declared. Democrats and the broader left, noted Hurt, reject the premise of government legitimacy being predicated on consent from the governed. “I have no qualms whatsoever about leaving the American people in charge, and that’s what these people want to undo,” he added. “They want to undo that.”
“Regular American people the only reason America is what it is,” determined Hurt.
The Democrat Party’s leadership stands opposed to America’s founding and core principles, said Hurt. “They hate America. They hate what it stands for.”
Disgusting!
Today I went to the Labor and Employment Office. Had my unemployment insurance card stamped and brushed on some job vacancies. As my kanji is limited, I just size up the vacancies accdg to place, the going rate, duration and nature of work. I chose one and shown it to the counter lady and she told me that the position is for the physically challenged only. I looked long and hard at the going rate which is ¥200,000. Why for all intent and care, a healthy individual's rate is ¥20,000 to ¥30,000 lesser? Disgusting isn't it? I wasn't allowed to be introduced to that position. Surely there must be someone who needs it more than I. Besides, I do enjoy being jobless at the moment!!
Who Really Believes Biden Can Beat Trump?
“Good Ole Joe” isn’t what he used to be, and probably never was.
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama famously became so frustrated by his running mate’s logorrhea that he asked an aide, “How many times is Biden going to say something stupid?” According to authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, the VP’s stock had dropped so low by late 2011 that the Obama reelection team considered replacing Biden with Hillary Clinton on the 2012 ticket. And, as his busing blunder clearly demonstrated, Biden still has the old gift for gaffes. According to a new Washington Post-ABC poll, however, if the 2020 election were held today, Biden would beat President Trump by 10 points.
If this inspires skepticism, it won’t be ameliorated by the finding in the same survey that Trump’s approval rating is at the highest point of his presidency. The new poll found that 47 percent of registered voters say they approve of Trump compared to 42 percent in April. Meanwhile, Biden’s lead among the contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination is dwindling. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, for example, Biden’s support has slipped from 30 to 22 percent. This is obviously the result of his flaccid response to the attack leveled on him by Kamala Harris during the June 27 Dem debate. Good Ole Joe just isn’t a brawler.
The former VP has since tried to regain the momentum he lost during that debate, but he has inevitably continued to indulge his affinity for imprudent remarks. He struck again during his recent CNN interview, when asked by Chris Cuomo if his health-care plan would include the reinstatement of Obamacare’s fine for failing to buy health insurance. Biden brayed, “Yes, I’d bring back the individual mandate.” This answer secures Biden a place in history alongside such political virtuosos as Walter Mondale, who promised to raise taxes during the 1984 election, and Hillary Clinton, whose 2016 strategy included insulting 30 million voters.
The mandate was the most reviled of Obamacare’s provisions. The concept was so politically toxic in 2008 that Biden opposed the idea and Obama repeatedly denounced it. Both executed post-election pirouettes on the issue, of course, which contributed to the subsequent decimation of the Democrats at the ballot box in 2010 and 2014. The mandate won’t be any more popular this time around. Trump will doubtless be delighted to call Biden out on his pledge to reinstate it. And, if Biden can’t handle Harris in a debate, Trump will crush him. This brings us to his excuses for the Harris debacle, as he phrased them in the CNN interview:
CUOMO: Here’s the tough question for Democrats, they need a warrior, OK, because not to aggrandize, not to lionize, but this president knows how to fight in the ring one on one. Kamala Harris is friendly fire … How can Democrats have confidence that you can take the biggest and the baddest when you’re having trouble sparring in-party?
BIDEN: I don’t think I’m having trouble sparring; it’s how you want to spar. Look, I’m the guy at the time everybody talks about things that have changed. I took on same-sex marriage. I took on a whole range of issues … I’m — this is ironic, I’ve never been accused of being not being able to spar. I’ve been accused of being too aggressive.
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During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama famously became so frustrated by his running mate’s logorrhea that he asked an aide, “How many times is Biden going to say something stupid?” According to authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, the VP’s stock had dropped so low by late 2011 that the Obama reelection team considered replacing Biden with Hillary Clinton on the 2012 ticket. And, as his busing blunder clearly demonstrated, Biden still has the old gift for gaffes. According to a new Washington Post-ABC poll, however, if the 2020 election were held today, Biden would beat President Trump by 10 points.
If this inspires skepticism, it won’t be ameliorated by the finding in the same survey that Trump’s approval rating is at the highest point of his presidency. The new poll found that 47 percent of registered voters say they approve of Trump compared to 42 percent in April. Meanwhile, Biden’s lead among the contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination is dwindling. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, for example, Biden’s support has slipped from 30 to 22 percent. This is obviously the result of his flaccid response to the attack leveled on him by Kamala Harris during the June 27 Dem debate. Good Ole Joe just isn’t a brawler.
The former VP has since tried to regain the momentum he lost during that debate, but he has inevitably continued to indulge his affinity for imprudent remarks. He struck again during his recent CNN interview, when asked by Chris Cuomo if his health-care plan would include the reinstatement of Obamacare’s fine for failing to buy health insurance. Biden brayed, “Yes, I’d bring back the individual mandate.” This answer secures Biden a place in history alongside such political virtuosos as Walter Mondale, who promised to raise taxes during the 1984 election, and Hillary Clinton, whose 2016 strategy included insulting 30 million voters.
The mandate was the most reviled of Obamacare’s provisions. The concept was so politically toxic in 2008 that Biden opposed the idea and Obama repeatedly denounced it. Both executed post-election pirouettes on the issue, of course, which contributed to the subsequent decimation of the Democrats at the ballot box in 2010 and 2014. The mandate won’t be any more popular this time around. Trump will doubtless be delighted to call Biden out on his pledge to reinstate it. And, if Biden can’t handle Harris in a debate, Trump will crush him. This brings us to his excuses for the Harris debacle, as he phrased them in the CNN interview:
CUOMO: Here’s the tough question for Democrats, they need a warrior, OK, because not to aggrandize, not to lionize, but this president knows how to fight in the ring one on one. Kamala Harris is friendly fire … How can Democrats have confidence that you can take the biggest and the baddest when you’re having trouble sparring in-party?
BIDEN: I don’t think I’m having trouble sparring; it’s how you want to spar. Look, I’m the guy at the time everybody talks about things that have changed. I took on same-sex marriage. I took on a whole range of issues … I’m — this is ironic, I’ve never been accused of being not being able to spar. I’ve been accused of being too aggressive.
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