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rurallib

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45. all the M$M cares about is a horse race so they can sell ads

Sat May 28, 2016, 08:54 AM

May 2016

so don't be surprised when "Trump says we are under attack by aliens" is treated as serious news by the M$M including the vaunted NPR

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Trump tells California 'there is no drought' [View all] TomCADem May 2016 OP

Lines like this.... retrowire May 2016 #1

I know what you mean. It's so depressing, for so many reasons, that Dark n Stormy Knight May 2016 #9

That was said of Bush Jr, both times. zalinda May 2016 #22

" " " " n/t MBS May 2016 #35

Right? Cosmocat May 2016 #42

If I may, it isn't the people so much as it is cadaverdog May 2016 #62

Dumbing down of schools and blaming intellectuals Ilsa May 2016 #70

I have felt this way many, many times... potone May 2016 #51

Damn those government officials anyway! saltpoint May 2016 #2

I don't think he's talking fish. mwooldri May 2016 #47

Yep. Trump is one crafty guy. saltpoint May 2016 #48

I kind of seeing it this way. airplaneman May 2016 #65

Maybe Trump is planning . . . OldRedneck May 2016 #3

I'm in the Sacramento Valley Jack Rabbit May 2016 #4

There would be plenty of water saltpoint May 2016 #5

This is a rich story indeed bucolic_frolic May 2016 #6

You overestimate the MSM. TeamPooka May 2016 #27

+ 1 Scientific May 2016 #34

lol Cosmocat May 2016 #43

all the M$M cares about is a horse race so they can sell ads rurallib May 2016 #45

yup TeamPooka May 2016 #59

Reminds me of lordsummerisle May 2016 #7

Drought is flood LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2016 #18

Ignorance is genius LiberalElite May 2016 #41

Exactly! PatSeg May 2016 #54

just Drumpfspeak for there is still a drought. olddad56 May 2016 #8

He'll just water the plants with Brawndo. Tommy_Carcetti May 2016 #10

Good one Person 2713 May 2016 #19

Camacho for Vice President! Ned Flanders May 2016 #24

The movie Idiocracy coming true, very scary. sarcasmo May 2016 #58

I am beginning to think he is Sarah Palin's long lost twin milestogo May 2016 #11

What the hell is wrong with this man?! Bayard May 2016 #12

There's no drought, it just hasn't been raining very much. hay rick May 2016 #13

Trump is seeing how much he can get away with, how far will the chumps go AZ Progressive May 2016 #14

And his followers will believe him hook line and sinker. :/ romanic May 2016 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author silvershadow May 2016 #16

This speech went over like gang busters with conservatives. Kablooie May 2016 #32

Bet they think it is some sort of scientific government conspiracy SujiwanKenobee May 2016 #39

The folks who got all the water greymattermom May 2016 #40

That's exactly it. Kablooie May 2016 #50

Bill Maher last night Cosmocat May 2016 #44

That is how I've felt many times PatSeg May 2016 #55

Trump is a pandering asshole. SunSeeker May 2016 #17

3 inches, like his hands? n/t hibbing May 2016 #20

heh heh heh Nirgendwo May 2016 #21

Makes me want to pound my head against the wall. Trump can go pound sand. Hekate May 2016 #23

he has the fake news media behind him, he can say whatever he wants and them walk it back.. olddad56 May 2016 #25

and if it floods, he can walk on that. He was Jesus' father in another life. olddad56 May 2016 #26

President Huckster. PT Barnum would be proud. nt TeamPooka May 2016 #28

Go to a conservative website and everyone is eating it up. Kablooie May 2016 #29

how did they get so stupid? MFM008 May 2016 #31

Compartmentalized thinking, binary thinking, dogmatism, lack of critical thinking, Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #36

After this quote, I'm pretty sure I'll be removing FaceBook friends in the coming days. C Moon May 2016 #30

People would rather blame official incompetence/corruption Bad Dog May 2016 #33

This must have been the same speech where he outlined his environmental policies: Vinca May 2016 #37

He's an idiot JustAnotherGen May 2016 #38

sometimes I think he can't possibly be that stupid greymattermom May 2016 #46

He is like a three year old PatSeg May 2016 #57

I'm waiting for him to tell the Born-agains that he'll sinkingfeeling May 2016 #49

And it will be a "great highway" PatSeg May 2016 #56

It was 1900 and city authorities in Galveston saltpoint May 2016 #52

thank you for that link. somehow had missed that book. niyad May 2016 #61

Hi, niyad. It is a book that was saltpoint May 2016 #66

I always thought that galveston was one of those places that just should not have been built. niyad May 2016 #67

Yep -- a case could be made. Hurricanes must wobble saltpoint May 2016 #68

I thnk you have that absolutely correct. niyad May 2016 #69

We laugh at Trump, but tens of millions think like him NickB79 May 2016 #53

So he thinks he's god now. tabasco May 2016 #60

The truth is moondust May 2016 #63

It's like saying climate change doesn't exist... Beartracks May 2016 #64