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GOP doesn't even hide it's racism anymore.

#Tuberville #GOP #racism

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Santa has one beautiful wife.

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Off to Porn Hub We Go!

#Bridget Ziegler #moms for liberty #republican hypocrisy

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I Take No Responsibility At All!

#Trump #truth #criminal #con man

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Happy Birthday Ava

#ava gardner

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Deficit vs. Debt

A deficit is the amount of money the government needs to borrow in order to pay this years bills. The debt is the cumulative amount of each years deficit. So for example, in year one I borrowed $1 to pay my bills my deficit is $1 and my debt is $1. In my second year I borrow $1 to pay my bills my deficit is $1 but my debt is $2.

Now here in America we have a myth running amok that republicans are fiscally responsible however if we look at the data we discover a lie.

Jimmy Carter had a average deficit of 63.1 million

Ronald Reagan had an average deficit of 176.5 million

George Bush had an average deficit of 198.9 million

Bill Clinton created a surplus of 62.8 million

George W. Bush had an average deficit of 443.3 million

Barack Obama had an average deficit of 815.9 million

Donald Trump had an average deficit of 2140.1 million

A couple of notes George W Bush started a useless war. Barack Obama inherited that useless war and a crashing ecomony. Donald Trump inherited a booming economy and ended the useless war and still ended with the highest average of any president.

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20 Awesome Lesbian Movies

Crush, The Handmaiden, But I’m a Cheerleader, Carol, I Can’t Think Straight, Life Partners, Nina’s Heavenly Delights, Kiss Me, Imagine Me & You, Bound, Show Me Love, Gray Matters, Jenny’s Wedding, D.E.B.S., The World Unseen, Saving Face, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, Desert Hearts, Better Than Chocolate, Disobedience

#movies #lesbian #sapphic #awesome #lesbain movies

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April 30

On this day in

311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends

1492 – Spain give Christopher Columbus a commission of exploration.

1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall St in NYC, George Washington takes the oath of office becoming the first President of the United States

1803 – Louisiana Purchase doubles the size of the US

1905 – Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich

1993 – Monica Seles is stabbed

2004 – US media release photos of American soldiers committing war crimes in Abu Ghraib prison

Born on this day in

1926 – Cloris Leachman

1956 – Lars von Trier

1961 – Isiah Thomas

1982 – Kirsten Dunst

1985 – Gal Gadot

Died on this day in

1945 – Eva Braun

1945 – Adolf Hitler

1972 – Gia Scala

1982 – Lester Bangs

1983 – Muddy Waters

#Muddy Waters #Lester Bangs #April 30

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March 26

On this day in

1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of “Aesop’s Fables”

1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston-Gazette coins the term “gerrymander” to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.

1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter sigh the Egypt-Israel peace treaty.

Born on this day in

1876 – Kate Richards O’Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor

1911 – Tennessee Williams

1930 - Sandra Day O’Connor

1931 – Leonard Nimoy

1940 – Nancy Pelosi

1960 – Jennifer Grey

1976 – Amy Smart

1978 – Sandra Romain

1985 – Keira Knightley

Died on this day in

1959 – Raymond Chandler

2004 – Jan Sterling

2011 – Geraldine Ferraro

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Happy St Patrick's Day every, may the alcohol flow freely and the hangover be joyously lovely.

#st patricks day

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Wrong Once Again

There is a meme being passed around suggesting that there were NO BANK FAILURES during the Trump Criminal Reign but this is a lie. There were 16 bank failures between 2017 and 2020.

2017

Washington Federal Bank for Savings, Chicago IL

The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Argonia, Argonia KS

Fayette County Bank, Saint Elmo, IL

Guaranty Bank, Milwaukee WI

First NBC Bank, New Orleans, LA

Proficio Bank, Cottonwood Heights, UT

Seaway Bank and Trust, Chicago IL

Harvest Community Bank, Pennsville NJ

2019

City National Bank of New Jersey, Newark NJ

Resolute Bank, Maumee OH

Louisa Community Bank, Louisa KY

Enloe State Bank, Cooper TX

2020

Almena State Bank, Almena KS

First City Bank of Florida, Fort Walton Beach, FL

The First State Bank, Barboursville, WV

Ericson State Bank, Ericson NE

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February 21

On this day in

1828 – Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee sylllabary invented by Sequoyah

1848 – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto

1885 – The Washington Monument is dedicated

1925 – The New Yorker publishes its first issue

1965 – Malcolm X is killed

Born on this day in

1621 Rebecca Nurse, executed as a witch in 1692

1921 – John Rawls

1924 – Dorothy Blum

1933 – Nina Simone

1946 – Alan Rickman

1962 – David Foster Wallace

Died on this day in

4 AD – Gaius Caesar

2019 – Peter Tork

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February 20

On this day in

1872 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in NYC

1877 – Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake opens in Moscow

1905 – The US Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of mandatory smallpox vaccinations

1962 – John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth

Born on this day

1902 – Ansel Adams

1950 – Walter Becker

1966 – Cindy Crawford

1967 – Kurt Cobain

1988 – Rihanna

Died on this day

1996 – Audrey Munson

1999 – Gene Siskel

2005 – Hunter S. Thompson

#February 20

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On this day in

1862 – American Civil War – Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry in Tennessee

1919 – A five day Seattle General Strike begins as more than 65,000 workers walk off the job

1952 – Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom while in a tree house.

Born

1895 – Babe Ruth

1911 – Ronald Reagan destroyer of American democracy

1945 – Bob Marley

Deaths

1989 - Barbara W. Tuchman

1994 – Jack Kirby

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February 5 on this day

William S. Burroughs was born in 1914

H. R. Giger was born in 1940

Michael Mann was born in 1943

Charlotte Rampling was born in 1946

Karin Ontiveros was born in 1988

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Variety’s Top 100 Greatest Movies of All Time

Well these are always fun for debate, in my humble opinion there are way to many American movies on this list. 

100 The Graduate 1967

97 Alien 1979

96 A Hard Day’s Night 1964

95 Toy Story 1995

94 Bridesmaids 2011

93 Le Samourai 1967 France

92 Pink Flamingos 1972

91 Scenes From a Marriage 1974 Sweden

90 The Shining 1980

89 Belle de Jour 1967 France

88 Malcolm X 1992

87 The Sound of Music 1965

86 Close-Up 1990 Iran

85 Natural Born Killers 1994

84 Pan’s Labyrinth 2006

83 Kramer vs. Kramer 1979

82 Parasite 2019 South Korea

81 The Dark Knight 2008

80 Pixote 1980 Brazil

79 Waiting for Guffman 1996

78 Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1975 Belgium

77 Goldfinger 1964

76 The Tree of Life 2011

75 Boogie Nights 1997

74 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Japan

73 Intolerance 1916

72 Breaking the Waves 1996

71 My Best Friend’s Wedding 1997

70 12 Years a Slave 2013

69 Beau Travail 1999 France

68 King Kong 1933

67 Bicycle Thieves 1948 Italy

66 Paris Is Burning 1990

65 A Man Escaped 1956 France

64 Carrie 1976

63 Bambi 1942

62 Dazed and Confused 1993

61 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 France

60 Moulin Rouge! 2001

59 Vagabond 1985 France

58 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

57 Brokeback Mountain 2005

56 Rosemary’s Baby 1968

55 Pather Panchali 1955 Bengali

54 The Road Warrior 1981

53 In the Mood for Love 2000 China

52 The General 1926

51 Apocalypse Now 1976

50 Breathless 1960 France

49 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974

48 The Piano 1993

47 Mean Streets 1973

46 Notorious 1946

45 Titanic 1997

44 L’Avventura 1960

43 Shoah 1985

42 Moonlight 2016

41 The Wild Bunch 1969

40 Fargo 1996

39 Some Like It Hot 1959

38 Lawrence of Arabia 1962

37 Annie Hall 1977

36 On the Waterfront 1954

35 The Silence of the Lambs 1991

34 Stagecoach 1939

33 8 1/2 1963

32 Vertigo 1958

31 Network 1976

30 The Empire Strikes Back 1980

29 Double Indemnity 1944

28 City Lights 1931

27 Bonnie and Clyde 1967

26 The 400 Blows 1959 France

25 Bringing Up Baby 1938

24 Tokyo Story 1953 Japan

23 The Apartment 1960

22 Chinatown 1974

21 Gone With the Wind 1939

20 Blue Velvet 1986

19 The Godfather Part II 1974

18 Persona 1966 Sweden

17 Nashville 1975

16 Casablanca 1942

15 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927

14 Do the Right Thing 1989

13 The Rules of the Game 1939 France

12 Goodfellas 1990

11 Singin’ in the Rain 1952

10 Saving Private Ryan 1998

9 All About Eve 1950

8 It’s a Wonderful Life 1946

7 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

6 Seven Samurai 1954

5 Pulp Fiction 1994

4 Citizen Kane 1941

3 The Godfather 1972

2 The Wizard of Oz 1939

1 Psycho 1960