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Gag orders are a bit of an absurd idea aren't they? Would you be inclined to obey one in your trial? --meh, anyway I got a laugh outta this: Prosecutors argued earlier that Trump's social media post calling Cohen and Daniels "sleaze bags" was a part of the former president's strategy to “condition” ...

I like his chances.

You just don’t work hard enough or smart enough. Bezos said getting rich is easy. Give me $200 and I’ll show you what he meant, for just $1,800 more I’ll teach you the fastest way to get there…

That's a bad joke really. --still...

With nearly two million people behind bars at any given time, the United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world.

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/US.html

Is there a better introduction to the American way of life? Who hasn't done a bit of time?

The economy can’t be as good as claimed. It doesn’t make sense. I’ve pointed out before that people have no savings, debt is climbing, and despite doing better than others with inflation things are still very expensive, especially where people feel it most, groceries, housing, transportation —health...

You may as well just say it’s Sunday, and security experts are worried.

Is it an admission that Biden did well? Is he saying cocaine makes him a better speaker?

The basic problem is that too many people wake up every day knowing how the world ought to be. You want one thing, and some other asshole wants another, and you're both producing bullshit just as fast as you can to get it. That's why the idea of freedom is so appealing, it promises to protect me fro...