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the assets they can basically just take from you if they say that you caused climate change, and the AI regulations and the crypto regulations. It's basically everything bad for business at the same time. Trump campaign is launching a Latinos for Trump effort to show that they're trying to get a lot of commitment. I have mixed feelings about this. One of the things we like about Trump is he's not…

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nnot do. So I adjust. So next time I play, as soon as I heal, I won't do that. I just won't do what I did before.

So no, people do learn from failure, but not dumb people.

All right. There's a billionaire, Pierre Omidyar. He's I think he's American but he was born in France. And where did he get rich? Was it eBay? I forgot anyway. He's figured out how to do with George Soros. So you know how George Soros quite brilliantly decided that he could change things more by going after the DAs and attorney generals. So if you get the legal people, you can put in jail your enemies. And it's a good way to have power.

Well, this billionaire Pierre has apparently figured out how to, using his money, getting a network of people into FTC posts and other things in the government that would have sway. And so if you have your people in the government, then they can control what businesses get away with what. And basically it's another way to control the world without getting an elected person elected. So I think Soros may have taught him this accidentally. He figured out a way to control and amass part of our country without an elected representative. You just get your appointees in all these key positions in the government. Now that is terrible.

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not being an American said this: Serious question. I'm not American so I might be missing something. But can anyone tell me why do millions of Americans still support a convicted criminal, a sexual assaulter, a rapist, a fraudster, a religious pretender, and overall one of the vilest politicians I can recall? I have three answers from my American perspective. Number one, I couldn't tell which of…

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