Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 42.0 / 55.1 | -13.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 46.2 / 51.0 | -4.8 |
 | GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +3 | 216 | 219 |
Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 42.0 / 55.1 | -13.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 46.2 / 51.0 | -4.8 |
| GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +3 | 216 | 219 |
The Hedgehog Report - Phoenix Edition 
76 responses to “New thread to disparage people.”
interesting g data on the cost of illegal aliens in the workforce –
According to data from the Center for Immigration Studies (pro-immigrant), many immigrants work for extremely low wages, which are then subsidized by taxpayers through public assistance.
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BREAKING: It has just been revealed that on top of unaccompanied migrant minors being rescued from the California weed farm, nearly 360 ILLEGAL ALIENS were arrested. Worksite raids on farms will CONTINUE. “This is one of those cases where we were able to identify employers
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Anyone thinking Pam Bondi is going anywhere can get rich at Polypundit. Her leaving is down to 4%.
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“Trump’s chief of staff literally worked for Netanyahu His CIA director and CENTCOM chief take dictation from the Mossad, and convinced the president to bomb Iran on Israel’s behalf It’s the ultimate foreign influence scandal and the Beltway press greets it with a shrug”
And some people think brainwashing doesn’t work.
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Hmmm….
“Vance Boelter, accused of murdering Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and injuring State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, denied political motives in a jailhouse interview, claiming more details about the events leading up to the heinous shootings will emerge if Governor Tim Walz allows their release.”
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Big day tomorrow, Tina as June CPI will be released. The Fed will have a very difficult time maintaining if inflation continues to hold. The number to focus on is NOT the annualized CPI. This will likely show an increase since last June 2024 was merely .03. June 2025 would have to practically be deflationary to beat that. No, the number to focus on is the unadjusted month to month comparison between May and June. We previously saw a surprising decrease from April to May (.31 to .21). If we see June continue the deceleration and come in below .21, the Fed will be hard pressed not to cut a bit.
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Considering this guy was a Walz appointee and his wife interned for Walz, I never really believed the “right wing hate crime” theory.
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The problem is that now Powell might see any cuts as caving in to Trump bullying him.
He might refrain as a “f–k you” to Trump.
Is he that petty?
We will find out.
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He might refrain as a “f–k you” to Trump. Is he that petty?
Well, Trump is petty so it would be petty on petty crime.
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“The problem is that now Powell might see any cuts as caving in to Trump bullying him.”
Why not just see what happens? The Fed follows the 2 year as Gundlach says- the Fed doesn’t even set rate targets it just follows the 2 years.
Last year…last summer I should say the 2 year was 75-100 bps below the fed rate so Powell cut in Sept, and that caused long end rates to GO UP! That’s the wrong direction.
So now this summer the same situation. 2 year is like 50-75 points below the Fed rate indicating Powell needs to cut.
What is going to happen though?
another bond market protest? Are we getting higher rates again based on rate cuts?
If so then Powell will need to start QE again (or YCC) paired with the rate cuts in September
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This is for the bunu guy yesterday. The Chelsea Captain asked Trump to remain on the stage and be part of the celebrations –
From the daily mail . –
“Further light has been shed on Trump’s presence in the trophy presentation, with his interactions with Chelsea captain James and goalkeeper Sanchez having been revealed. While Palmer appeared confused in the background, Freeman revealed James had asked for Trump’s permission to lift the trophy. As Palmer said ‘No, no, just wait, wait…wait…wait’, James was seen turning to the US President to seek his approval.
James reportedly said ‘I can lift?’, with Trump responding ‘Oh we can, good!’ According to Freeman, Sanchez had been open to Trump remaining on the stage and being part of the celebrations. ‘Please, sir,’ the goalkeeper said to Trump, according to Freeman, before asking him ‘Want us to lift the trophy next to you?’ With Trump having signalled his approval, Sanchez was seen motioning for James to lift the trophy and kick-start the celebrations. Trump was then seen beaming at the front of the squad of Chelsea players as James lifted the trophy aloft. ”
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14903171/American-undercover-agent-penetrate-Kinahan-cartel-drugs-bust.html
There’s an Irish narcotics empire?
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Fl, cpi is projected to increase in the latest estimation
However June experienced a pretty noticeable drop in gas prices.
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So bubu was wrong on the soccer celebration?
Seems like the players were ok with it.
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Cole Palmer comments wondering why Trump was lifting the trophy
https://x.com/SkySports/status/1944648973769113856
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If we have any French lurkers, Happy Bastille Day.
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BL to comment on your sarcastic question yesterday regarding what advocacy I do for my clients in regards to their perpetrators.
First of all as a lawyer you should know a therapist should not give legal advice… that is for a lawyer to provide…each situation is different…some choose that option. My legal responsibility is to abide by each individual states or foreign countries reporting requirements as applicable.
Unfortunately many legitimate victims suffer from the treatment of denial of reality that you and the Asshole Jason have taken in your recent posts.
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Fl, cpi is projected to increase in the latest estimation
However June experienced a pretty noticeable drop in gas prices.
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Yes, but then again, they incorrectly predicted significant increases in annual CPI for March and April. The actual numbers were far from what was predicted. Here is a very good model that has been almost spot on for the past 2 years . Low end has rates holding but the likely is a slight rise in annual. However, it will be the month to month that will drive rate cut decisions if annual isn’t a blow out –
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It was not sarcastic. My understanding of general principals is that a psychiatrist or therapist can disclose privileged information to prevent harm to others. For example, if you had a patient who told you he feels anxious and depressed because he has sex with underage girls and can’t stop, I think you can call the police. But you know your field.
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I apologize for my mischaracterization.
Yes I would be obligated by law to report that and would to DCS and potentially the police.
My wife was a victim of international sex trafficking until she ran away from home at 18. Her Father denied everything until his death and her Mother protected him. Therefore I don’t take on men struggling with pedophilia or perpetrators as clients. Due to transference issues on my behalf.
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I am sorry your wife endured that. I hope his death was miserable and filled with suffering but it can never be enough for your wife’s pain.
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John Solomon continues to report on the behind-the-scenes investigation of the Crossfire Hurricane gang, which includes Hillary Clinton. Solomon implies there is enough evidence to even appoint a special prosecutor to go over the dem tactics and evidence covered up by the FBI at the beginning of Trump’s first term.
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Thanks…It has been used to help hundreds. Which we are grateful for.
It’s a very sick world.
I don’t pretend to have all the answers to the Epstein case. But to see it used as a political football by the Trump campaign and administration has been disgusting.
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Well I’ll be damned…GOOD TRUMP…
‘He’s fooled a lot of people, he fooled Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden’
Trump attacks Putin for Russia continuing the Special Military Operation during phone calls between the Presidents.
I would add Blair, Merkel, Cameron as well.
Now this could get real interesting folks.
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The Epstein saga has been a topic discussed and politically bantered around by people other than ones associated with Trump.
Here’s a twist that may or may not be used to reopen more Epstein inquiries.
“Maxwell Breaks Silence: Ready to Testify, Says Epstein Client List Implicates Top Democrats
By Jonathan Gregory
Washington, D.C. — July 14, 2025
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein and the only person ever imprisoned in connection with his sex trafficking network, says she is now prepared to speak publicly about the notorious Epstein client list. In a surprising development from prison, Maxwell has announced that she would “welcome” the opportunity to testify before Congress and reveal the full extent of Epstein’s dealings, including the names of his powerful clients. She emphasized her desire to finally tell the American people “what really happened,” claiming the public deserves the truth after years of secrecy and speculation.
According to Maxwell, President Donald Trump is not on the client list. Instead, Maxwell claims that “plenty of top Democratic Party officials” are implicated, although she has not yet named specific individuals. Her comments suggest that the client list may contain politically explosive information with the potential to upend public trust in some of the nation’s most prominent figures.
Maxwell, who was sentenced in 2022 for her role in grooming and trafficking young women for Epstein, maintains that she has remained silent under intense pressure. But now, she says, the time has come for full transparency. “If Congress is serious about uncovering the truth,” she stated, “I’m ready to speak under oath and reveal everything I know.” Whether lawmakers will take her up on this offer remains to be seen, but her willingness to testify could reignite interest in one of the most disturbing scandals in recent memory.”
@newsmax
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Janzam … prosecutions in Crossfire if valid …which they probably are…considering the Director of the CIA a former prosecutor is confirming so… would help overcome some of the lost faith in the justice system in this country.
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Trump laid the Epstein case to rest Janzam.
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JUST IN – President Trump makes it clear on weapons to UKRAINE: “Just so you know, they’re paying for EVERYTHING. We’re NOT paying anymore.” “I said, we have a problem. We make the best stuff, but we can’t keep doing this. And Biden should have done this years ago. He should have done it from the beginning, but he didn’t. He didn’t know we was there.” Europe will now be paying for it. That’s how you do it.
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I hope Blondi is not setting up another debacle. She should not be advertising what she is doing regarding the Russian hoax.
If they charge a conspiracy, then from what I understand there is no time limitation.
Somehow, else they have to look at. Where will this case be charged. dc or,Florida.
Better Florida for obvious reasons
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Zzzzzzzzzzz, just a blip.
Mark Mitchell, Rasmussen Reports
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Trump is down to -3 today, but it looks like maybe he is bottoming. GOP strong approval down to 60%. But Right Direction holds at 45%.
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So, economy or economic issues (housing affordability) trumps Eplestein? Who would have thunk it?
MizDonna
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Charlie said the top topic from the attendees at the conference that people wanted to discuss was affordability. Renter vs owner economy. Weird that several influencers wanted to top down Epstein rage instead.
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Howdy everyone. On the plane to China, only 12,000km to go!! I was reading some stories and came across this tidbit – seems Dems are pushing the meme that Trump stole the election in 2024 and will cheat in the mid terms and there won’t be free elections
But when Trump suggested 2020 was stolen they arrested him and kept him in court for four years
https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-cnn-commentator-has-gut-feeling-trump-republicans-cheated-2024-rig-2026-midterm
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With Victoria Nuland and Jeffrey Sachs now out the picture.
It will be fascinating to see how Trumps policy on Ukraine and Russia takes shape.
It’s a fresh start for sure.
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Yep…after Trumps Israel policy, bombing Iran, Epstein shutdown, and Ukraine now Trump doesn’t need the hardcore MAGA anymore. Most influencers made their money on that group.
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Nutland was a bad person in every sense of the word.
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I don’t see how the Muh pardon from Rand/auto pen goes anywhere. The power to pardon is an executive decision. It does not have to be written down by the president,
case closed
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A personally believe she was a CIA operative.
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However the evidence against Fraudci can be turned over to a state ag to file state charges n
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I guess for Democrats, hope springs eternal…
“A Democrat strategist made a gruesome wish when he said his party had better “pray long and hard” that the country is going “to be in a [..] depression” if they want to have success following President Donald Trump‘s historic wins since November.”
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Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein and the only person ever imprisoned in connection with his sex trafficking network, says she is now prepared to speak publicly about the notorious Epstein client list”
Zzzzzzzz…. NOW she wants to talk?
I was sympathetic to perhaps reducing her sentence, I thought perhaps she was manipulated by Epstein and overcharged and oversentenced.
But now all of sudden she wants to talk? Sorry, that train has left the station.
What she wants is to get out of jail.
Screw her, let her rot in jail.
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JeffP is a compulsive, unbalanced, vindictive, immature liar.
The fact he is a “therapist” is scary.
I hope there are therapists he could maybe seek, but I doubt it.
Too far gone.
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We pick the wrong pressure points,” Cuban said in an interview on Crooked Media’s “Pod Save America.”
“It’s just, ‘Trump sucks.’ That’s the underlying thought of everything the Democrats do. ‘Trump sucks.’ Trump says, ‘The sky is blue’: ‘Trump sucks,’” he continued. “That’s not the way to win. It’s just not.”
So Mark Cuban, with that “we” admits he is a Democrat.
No surprise there, the truth will set you free.
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6-3 Scotus decision to allow Trump to at least dismantle the Dept of Education.
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He’s fooled a lot of people, he fooled Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden’
Trump forgot Trump.
Must have been an oversight.
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Jason-it’s likely that Maxwell was the boss and Epstein was the underling and figurehead in that thing.
“Diddy seeing Epstein in Tel Aviv after Trump pardoned both”
https://x.com/hayasaka_aryan/status/1944253482292187617
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Think of the below as a marker laid down to warn Powell that if the data comes in supporting a rate cut tomorrow, you should expect to be fired for cause –
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you should expect to be fired for cause –
Disagreeing with Trump is “cause?”
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No, using taxpayer money recklessly on the most expensive building project in history and going over $700 million over budget would be the reason proffered for the “cause” termination , pursuant to the statute. Reckless misuse of public funds specifically would be alleged.
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Why Epstein was so interested in Harvard math and physics department
https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1944792594589917351
““I was in the Harvard Mathematics Department. Jeffrey Epstein was absolutely connected to the Harvard Math Department. I want to know why. How was he connected to the Math Department?” “Jeffrey Epstein knew a tremendous amount about my work when nobody knew anything about my work.” “It was very important to get Nobel laureates and some of the smartest people on Earth to come to the Virgin Islands and talk about gravity. Stephen Hawking was there, David Gross was there. Lawrence Krauss was there. Lisa Randall was there right before his conviction.””
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On the morning of September 13, 1864, the road to Berryville boomed with the thunder of artillery as Union and Confederate forces clashed. Amidst the chaos, Lt. Henry E. Bedell of Vermont’s 11th Regiment was horribly wounded by a Confederate shell. The projectile tore through his left thigh, leaving a grievous wound, and shattered his right hand, severing a finger. Field surgeons worked desperately to save him, amputating his mangled leg in a crude attempt to stop the bleeding. Yet as night fell, Bedell lay pale and still on a straw pallet in an abandoned house near Berryville.Miraculously, Bedell survived that first night, though his ordeal was far from over. Two days later, as Union forces began evacuating the wounded to Harper’s Ferry, officers judged the 20-mile wagon journey too perilous for Bedell’s fragile condition. He was left behind, entrusted—perhaps naively—to local civilians. But as supplies dwindled, Bedell’s caretakers abandoned him, leaving the young officer alone, feverish, and near death….yet out of this ruin came a figure of quiet courage: twenty four-year-old Bettie Van Metre.Living alone on a nearby farm with only an elderly enslaved man named “Uncle Dick” to help, Rebecca learned of the Yankee soldier and made the choice to help – an act of simple humanity. Despite her own hardship—her farm stripped bare by marauding troops and her husband languishing in a Union prison—she brought water, food, and what comfort she could to Bedell. When his condition failed to improve, she undertook a dangerous ride to Harper’s Ferry to seek medical supplies. Union pickets, suspicious of the lone Southern woman, eventually took her to their commanding officer. The general, impressed by her bravery, entrusted her with provisions and morphine to ease Bedell’s pain. Weekly, she made the treacherous journey to Harper’s Ferry alone, bringing back supplies and sending Bedell’s letters northward to his family. Slowly, his strength returned.As winter neared, Bedell and Van Metre hatched a plan to escape the Valley’s dangers. With the help of a sympathetic farmer—they prepared for the perilous journey to Washington. Bedell, hidden in a hay-lined crate with slits for air, clutched a revolver should trouble find them. In Washington, their story touched the heart of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, who ordered the release of Rebecca’s husband from a Union prison. Weeks later, at a prison camp in Ohio, Rebecca finally found James Van Metre among the gaunt, bearded men. Husband and wife were reunited at last. The group made the trip to Vermont, escorting Lt. Bedell all the way home.The Van Metres stayed in Vermont until it was safe to return home. In the years that followed the war, the families visited each other often. For Henry Bedell and Bettie Van Metre, those months in the Shenandoah Valley were not just about survival—they became a lasting story of friendship and compassion that reached across the lines of war.
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the above I posted is from a Facebook page called Winchester Tales ((interesting articles from the Winchester VA area)
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wow! Fascinating piece of history, Walt. Thanks for sharing.
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Fascinating story, Walt. I would like to hear more of your own stories during the war.
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Jason is just a straight out asshole to some people.
Jordan Peterson would argue he fights like a woman and I concur.
I guess I live in his head and it’s kind of creepy.
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I apologize…asshat.
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Six Detroit Tigers All Stars…how did this happen so quickly?
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It would be a better story if the Confederate traitor died in prison and his widow saved the Union soldier and then freed the slave but history is messy.
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Cursing at HHR? I’m shocked! Shocked, I say.
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I guess I live in his head and it’s kind of creepy.”
Zzzzzzz…..
Don’t flatter yourself, lying frauds have been a dime a dozen here over the years. You are not specil.
Trump lives in your head and you are still butt hurt he kicked DeSantis’ ass.
Get over it and GFY.
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I expect Bitter would still say this southern woman who helped the union soldier should still be put to death…because she was from the south and her husband fought for the south and she and her husband were the owners of a slave.
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Specil?
I blame the one room schoolhouse on the Altiplano.”
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No. She did not take up arms against the U.S. Her husband did. I can be reasonable.
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that Wincheater Tales FBook site is fascinating. You all should check it out. Based on true stories of the Winchester area of the Shenandoah Valley. Lots of interesting stories from before, during and 30 years after the Civil war.
one such story is about a blet that hit a soldier in the groin area and then traveled 100 yds and struck a teenaged girl in the stomach. same doctor treated both. The girl, supposedly became pregnant from the soldiers sperm. Doc treated them both back to health. Later, the soldier and girl were married.
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Jason-it’s likely that Maxwell was the boss and Epstein was the underling”
Kewl.
I also heard Hitler was the underling and Eva Braun was the boss.
Do they discuss that over at the American Nazi Party meetings?
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Maxwell had an underling worth over 700 million dollars.
That is talent.
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Jason is just a straight out asshole to some people”
“Some”?
I guess I have work to do.
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On History, a new show on what happens if people suddenly disappear.
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Some of the WVU baseball team players have been drafted by the MLB teams, including Kyle West (from my hometown of Hedgesville, WV).
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one such story is about a blet that hit a soldier in the groin area and then traveled 100 yds and struck a teenaged girl in the stomach. same doctor treated both. The girl, supposedly became pregnant from the soldiers sperm. Doc treated them both back to health. Later, the soldier and girl were married.”
The other explanation is that the soldier banged the teenager.
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Melania got it.
Trump was a little slow getting it.
“There’s times I’d get home. I’d say, ‘First lady, I had three most wonderful talk with Vladimir. I think we’re finished.’ And then I’ll turn on the television, or she’ll say to me one time, ‘Wow, that’s strange because they just bombed a nursing home,’” Trump recalled in another conversation. “I’d say, ‘What?’”
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14905333/samuel-haskell-suicide-dismembered-wife-inlaws.html
I don’t like the term “died by suicide.” The person killed themself. No need to sanitize it or make them a victim of an outside actor. Is that ok, Jason?
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I prefer hara kiri.
Hope that is ok with Bitter.
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Btw, “committed suicide” is no longer acceptable as a term according to the woke society.
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I am not woke. My niece killed herself, committed suicide, offed herself, hanged herself, etc.
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The other explanation is that the soldier banged the teenager.
The two had never met before. Soldier was not local. His unot was assing through and the battle erupted….
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NT
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