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In reply to the discussion: Salon: Defeat is inevitable. Everybody knows it, even Trump [View all]kentuck
(111,111 posts)39. Interesting excerpt..
"It was unlike any bank I had ever seen. Located in a strip mall on the main drag through the island, the Key Biscayne Bank was in a narrow storefront, the kind of place that ordinarily might have housed a dry cleaner or a sandwich shop. It had a single counter across the end of the narrow room, and if you stopped in and asked to open an account, as I did, the lone teller on duty looked at you like you were out of your mind and answered, We dont have checking accounts at this bank. How about a savings account? We dont have savings accounts, either. What kind of bank didnt have either checking or savings accounts?"
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And they don't even pretend to hold themselves to any principles or ethical standards anymore.
deurbano
Jan 2018
#3
You appear to underestimate the pervasiveness and severity of corruption in the Trumpy Admin.
Eyeball_Kid
Jan 2018
#27
Some good history about another wannabe tyrant. Suggest you credit the author (Lucian Truscott IV)
erronis
Jan 2018
#2
I don't believe the GOP House and senate majorities will survive past August of 2018
underthematrix
Jan 2018
#6
It won't be inevitable until we act like it isn't and get out the biggest Democratic turnout ever....
marble falls
Jan 2018
#9