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cachukis

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18. It is their achilles heel.
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 06:04 PM
Jul 2025

But I don't think this is a bad dream that we can wake from.
Machiavelli wrote extensively on how various princes wielded power.
This gang now has the Heritage Foundation, a frustrated constituency, billionaires and a megalomaniac with chaotic skills.
Kane, in Kung Fu, taught how to lean back to frustrate powerful blows. We are on our heels.
They have their posse with the aforementioned resources.
We live in a very wealthy, resilient society that is proud of its management skills. It will take some time for the safety net to actually fold. The repubs have postponed much of the enactment hoping to escape 2026 blame.
I live in Florida and people here take hurricanes as a fact of life. Our government hides the shortcomings to our education realities.
I am not quitting, but we are in for an extended conundrum.

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A Garden Break-Out [View all] H2O Man Jul 2025 OP
Wonderful post, again, H2O Man. Cutting to the visceral cruelty in the droogs / republicans. erronis Jul 2025 #1
Thank you. H2O Man Jul 2025 #2
K & R malaise Jul 2025 #3
Thanks! H2O Man Jul 2025 #7
Excellent as always. Thank you. LoisB Jul 2025 #4
Thank you! H2O Man Jul 2025 #8
Yes, we do. I have been thinking a lot lately about what actions I can take myself. LoisB Jul 2025 #20
Well said! n/t Saoirse9 Jul 2025 #5
And thank you! H2O Man Jul 2025 #9
I always appreciate your posts, H20 Man. Bumbles Jul 2025 #11
Well thanks! H2O Man Jul 2025 #13
I took my Daphne out for her constitutional this morning and saw my small patch of fraises des bois Bumbles Jul 2025 #24
Thank you for saying so H2O Man. nt KPN Jul 2025 #6
Thanks! H2O Man Jul 2025 #10
Their tactics are tactics of war. cachukis Jul 2025 #12
Very interesting. H2O Man Jul 2025 #15
It is their achilles heel. cachukis Jul 2025 #18
Right. H2O Man Jul 2025 #23
Hate Works Orange Martin Eden Jul 2025 #14
I love it! H2O Man Jul 2025 #19
So..is it time for Democratic Leaders BittyJenkins Jul 2025 #16
Exactly! H2O Man Jul 2025 #21
Thank you! BoRaGard Jul 2025 #17
Thank you! H2O Man Jul 2025 #22
Viddy well, Droogies. Viddy well. Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #25
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