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And those are just the ones who participated in the poll. Can you imagine how many MORE might be out there?

I'm honestly starting to wonder whether Donald Trump ran for president, because he and his family needed the cash.

All I can say is, it's tough to say the media misrepresented you or took your words out of context when the very words are there, black and white and clear as [!@#$%^&*] crystal. Frankly, listening to him make the same old promises and lash out at the same old targets is becoming the very definition of tedium.

At first glance, I thought, "Are McConnell and the other guy holding hands?"

Anyone who recommends getting a massage in the same breath as saying you or I are "out of touch" loses all credibility. Good read. The thing that always gets me is this attitude (mostly from conservatives) that low-wage jobs are just stepping stones to "actual careers." You're supposed to strive to do better, they say. A tone, reflected by those who asked the two women in that article why they didn't just go back to school and earn the degrees that will net them better paying gigs. (Which is ironic, since those on the right have adopted their anti-higher education stance.) However, as Fran Marion says, those who don't understand why low-wage workers don't just look for better paying jobs are missing the point. Out of those who work part-time and low-paying jobs, many would probably LOVE to do better, to have more financial stability for themselves and their loved ones. However, the sad reality is that the majority simply don't have any options other than to keep working in fast food, retail, and other low-paying industries. Even community colleges cost money to attend -- and that's on top of ever-increasing prices for food, rent, utilities, gas, etc. As it is, these people are barely scraping by, and now you want them to take out even more of their dwindling income to attend college? And trust me, having a degree is no guarantee that you will, indeed, land a better job in the end. Take it from someone who has a masters' degree and who hasn't been employed even part-time since 2007.

Ryan Won't Censure Trump As if anyone thought he would, right?

At this rate, with no timetables and no idea of the maximum number of troops we are re-deploying, I'd say we're about to make a mess even messier. Frankly, no matter when we finally pull out of Afghanistan, I have a feeling the area will fall to the opposition much like Vietnam did when we finally had to admit to ourselves we couldn't win the war. WaPo: Trump Announces "Modest Increase" in Troops in Afghanistan

I don't believe it took Trump many meetings over many months to devise his "strategy." IMO, what he intends to do sounds a lot like what Bush, Obama, and yes, even Crooked Hillary did or would do. Regardless, it's a total reverse on what he promised to do throughout his campaign. If Trump Nation were smart (HA!), they would nail him for going back on his word. So, increased troops -- although, how many more, is anyone's guess -- and no timetables. Moreover, we're not in the nation-building business anymore. We're done training the Afghans how to fight Al Queda (sp?), ISIS and the Taliban. Instead, we're getting back in there (after Obama had managed to roll back the levels of deployment by the time he had left office) and we're gonna...keep killing terrorists, I guess? And the only way we'll know if and when we're successful is if things look good on the ground...which could be next year, or twenty years from now. Oh, and we're gonna make Pakistan and India pull their weight. ("But be nice," as Dalton from "Road House" would say.) I'm sure that really comforts a nation with a generation of teens who has never known a time when there was no War Against Terror. But, Trump feels our pain, so, of course, Trump Nation is behind him all the way.

^ Exactly, NBA, lol. I feel for those Secret Service agents. They have the toughest of jobs, risking their lives in order to keep our elected leaders and their loved ones safe; and THIS is the thanks they get: they're out of money, and they work for the shittiest boss ever. I almost want to take up a collection to help out these guys. Perhaps we could start a telethon or a rummage sale or something? Of course, you KNOW that all Trump will do is hire his own, personal security, thus bringing us all one step closer toward totalitarianism.

If this keeps up, I wouldn't be surprised if The Trump Organization (or whoever they sell the building to) ended up changing the name of Trump Tower. That name's going to have a taint on it no matter WHAT happens next.

Secret Service can't pay agents to protect Trump and family Am I the only one who finds the timing of this news a little...suspicious?

If not for Charlottesville, I think he WOULD have pulled out. However, he's got to come up with something to distract everyone from that (and, of course, from Russia). So, let the wild rumpus start! Meanwhile, I'm not all that concerned about the solar eclipse. Now, if the sky STAYS dark, then I'll know real life's answer to Montgomery Burns will be the end of us all. He was sundowning. Never ask tough questions like that to someone who is sundowning.

Exactly. It's the oldest trick in the presidential playbook, and a surefire way to guarantee another term of office. It's going to be a long, long, VERY long seven-and-a-half years.

Trump to address the nation on military strategy in Afghanistan

Ten bucks an hour? It figures they would pay such crappy wages.

Same here. Oklahoma wasn't a state during the Civil War either. Yet, we have five schools named after Confederate generals. However, because of what happened in Charlottesville, there IS a proposal to rename the schools. I hope they're successful, too. Honestly, WTF were we doing NAMING schools in OK after people like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson? Oh, and leave it to our governor, Mary Fallin, the same woman who called for have a day of prayer for the oil industry(!), to remain neutral about the controversies. I'd like to say her silence will ensure her not getting another term to run this state further into the ground. However, this is Oklahoma. The devil himself could get elected here so long as he runs as a Republican.

Another article on the GOP's fresh hell of their own making: http://time.com/4907850/gop-doubts-donald-trump-competency/

Yeah, that dress just SCREAMS "Take me seriously as a journalist," doesn't it? At this rate, the networks will think nothing of having these women interview politicos and dignitaries in string bikinis.

These days, there are SO few joys in my life, so hearing that Anchorwoman Barbie got trounced by "America's Funniest Unsolved Mysteries"...well, for me, that's like a fist bump from Jesus.

"Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heil, & we will heil, & be stronger than ever before!"

Or, as Trump would say: "SAD!!"

Boston "Free Speech" Rally Ends Early Apparently, the rally ended before any of the scheduled speeches?

I think one of my friends posted this on her FB page. IDK, perhaps this is true on both sides of the political aisle, but what annoys me most is how "Trumpers" fall back on rhetoric when they can't back it up with facts or can't really answer the question. I'm not saying they should just throw up their hands and say, "You got us." But, c'mon, even your high school debate teams know that there are ALWAYS facts out there that can support this-or-that argument, no matter how flimsy those facts or your argument might be.

It also helps that we are living in the post-9/11 age, with this country more insular and more afraid than ever before.

It's probably the former.