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malaise

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17. A good friend of mine studied the lyrics of songs sung in parts of Africa

Reply to Bettie (Reply #14)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:44 AM

3 hrs ago

linked to the slave trade and versions of said song we still sing in the English speaking Caribbean. The original lyrics are about the thieves who run the world,
All this to say that the effin scoundrels are everywhere and have been around for centuries. There are very few countries on our planet that actually give a shit about their citizens.

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Let this sink in - Trump filing shows he took in about $1.2 billion from crypto businesses last year [View all] malaise 8 hrs ago OP

Not to mention pure corruption of the office, this stinks of money laundering AZJonnie 8 hrs ago #1

I hope that each of his investors winds up shattered and destitute Orrex 7 hrs ago #2

That should help them to vote D KS Toronado 6 hrs ago #4

You'd think, but they'll blame immigrants and woke DEI culture Orrex 6 hrs ago #5

but..but..but.. Barisma mnmoderatedem 7 hrs ago #3

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Hitler also became a multi-billionaire while in power. sop 6 hrs ago #7

Hope the end is similar malaise 6 hrs ago #8

I Second that Joinfortmill 5 hrs ago #10

Much of that profit was at the expense of the gullible fools who plunked their meager savings into it. Vinca 6 hrs ago #9

And he bdamomma 5 hrs ago #11

Why can't he just be sealed in a crypt? Blue Owl 4 hrs ago #12

Like magic how steroids work. Kid Berwyn 4 hrs ago #13

Sickening malaise 3 hrs ago #16

Witkoff functions exactly like one of Putin's oligarchs ... except he does it all for Chump FakeNoose 1 hr ago #19

Which means he took in a lot more Bettie 4 hrs ago #14

A good friend of mine studied the lyrics of songs sung in parts of Africa malaise 3 hrs ago #17

Kick dalton99a 4 hrs ago #15

I thought Uday and Qusay (Jr. and Eric) were running the crypto company FakeNoose 1 hr ago #18

Well, we can probably double that amount? kentuck 42 min ago #20