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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
You have an issue with that theme around here but Right Wing in this thread is a meaningless statement outside of the reference to the current US administration.
Which IS that bad.
Edit:
The EPA will no longer investigate asbestos because Trump has declared it safe.
edited 8th Jun '18 7:49:21 AM by CharlesPhipps
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
I mean, the context was that Trump presence is giving confidence to the asshole Right Wingers of other countries.
From Newsweek:
Someone is actually surprised by something like this?
edited 8th Jun '18 7:55:34 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedEPA won't investigate asbestos already in homes.
— Newsweek
If it's already in use, they're ignoring it.
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edited 8th Jun '18 7:56:46 AM by TheRoguePenguin
It makes total sense coming from a real estate developer, mesothelioma is no big deal if you can scrooge the tenants even more.
I hope his prison cell is loaded with the stuff once Mueller's done with him.
edited 8th Jun '18 7:57:47 AM by CrimsonZephyr
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."So, Trump has deemed more or less every NATO member a security risk, but he wants Russia back in the G7. Trudeau told him to back off (and you need consensus for letting in new countries).
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-russia-g7-canada-1.4697655
Russia has something on him.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
You know, I originally thought that "Russia rigged the US election" seemed like a load of nonsense that people were using because they either didn't believe that their left could fuck up that badly or that that many people would vote for Trump, but at this stage I'm starting to find it slightly plausible, since if I WAS a Russian agent who had become US President I would do basically exactly this. Hardly Nixon goes to China, is it?
The British media made a thing out of the PM not getting a bilateral meeting with the USA this summit. At this stage I wouldn't ask for one if I was her, but since our Foreign Secretary thinks that Trump could run Britain better than they can maybe they wanted to offer him a job.
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Isn't Trump supposed to meet May next month anyway? Along with Her Majesty, though she's made of sterner stuff than May to say the least.
And one quick look at Trump's life tells you that he's basically the perfect candidate for any intelligence agency to compromise. Sexually aggressive, frequently in debt, criminal ties, zero impulse control....about the only quality he doesn't check off is addiction.
edited 8th Jun '18 9:36:38 AM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.It's the nickname that Private Eye uses for Her Majesty.
edited 8th Jun '18 9:55:14 AM by Deadbeatloser22
"Yup. That tasted purple."

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Can we maybe refrain from engaging in murder fantasies, please?
We learn from history that we do not learn from history