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[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

There's this thing called the internet:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

I would be pretty proud to be the number 1 on this search result.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago

He’s been unfit since he got in.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

When I hear something along the lines of "there is no way someone can be that stupid." I think about 2 things.

  1. How dumb the average person is and realize half the population is dumber than that.

  2. The interview of a Yosemite Park Ranger discussing the difficulty of designing the perfect bear proof trash can. The ranger is quoted as saything,"there is a considerable intelligence overlap between the smartest bear and the dumbest human."

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Of course he can be that stupid. If you don't think you can be that stupid, you are as out of touch as he is. There is no known bottom to human stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Back in the 60s I was just "slow".

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Congress too, we need them to step down. The rich are afraid of taxes, congress needs to be more afraid of us than they are of taxing the rich. they still need to get food. They still have family that live in our communities. They should feel as safe as an illegal immigrant smuggling thought crimes across the border.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

oh so now he's unfit?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

He was touted as unfit before that, too

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

the former husk is just a meatsuit for the worms.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

Touted 'Unfit'

By senators prior to his appointment?

No, by some anonymous posts on social media last week

So will this result in any actual consequences?

Absolutely not

Great

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He's dumber than most people can imagine. Jack, Ted, and Bobby might have been morally bankrupt but they weren't stupid. Something went seriously wrong with this one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

heroin and worms was downfall.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Somehow JFK is still beating him in the brains department

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The worm ate deeply _ although I doubt there was much to eat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

What there was was junk food.

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