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[Proteus_MST]

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Then again anyone who makes 19 mins-long songs should really pay a prize....

19 minutes long songs definitely are much too short ... the trend goes to 24 minute long songs

[-Jrabbit]

Clearly a surveillance device.

[BeBMan]

R Kelly has responded to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him by releasing a 19-minute song I Admit.

full: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44929744

I think that basically settles any questions.

Then again anyone who makes 19 mins-long songs should really pay a prize....

[BeBMan]

Probably thought Trump is a soccor mom

[Proteus_MST]

Gifted by Putin

[BeBMan]

Trump has no balls.

He got one definately!

[Proteus_MST]

If Donnie actually gets his wall, thed mexicans should be shown this video from Donnie, 15 years ago

https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1083169537263054849

[Uncle Sparky]

The Dems had the audience, but they gave them a Lawrence Welk rerun instead of something new, inspiring and interesting. Maybe they could have has Gritty come out and attack a mannequin made to look like Trump.

[Proteus_MST]

They (at least the US ones) are rich enough to be able to afford the best doctors. Also they usually live a stressless life ... at least as soon as they stop trying to change anything and only fight to preserve the status quo (or to return to a status quo 5-6 decades ago)

[pchang]

Why is it that plenty of other people die by the time they reach 70, but politicians all seem to live much longer than that?

[spambot]

Well, the big losers were the Democrats. They knew beforehand what Trump was going to say. They probably could have guessed at how far he'd take the lies. They could have had a fresh face, someone under 70, make the rebuttal. Someone who could have excited the Dems watching at home and, hopefully, articulate enough to make moderate Republicans think, 'there is someone I wouldn't mind hearing from again'. Wasn't Obama a little known Senator from Illinois 12 years ago?
Schumer & Pelosi did nothing to further the Dems cause. I guess the moderate Republicans are going to have to keep looking.

TV Ratings: Democrats' Response to Trump Speech Outdraws President in Early Numbers

President Trump's televised Oval Office address on immigration Tuesday drew a big audience. The response from Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer drew a slightly bigger audience, at least according to preliminary figures.

The quarter hour (9-9:15 p.m. ET) containing the president's speech drew a combined 28.1 household rating in metered markets on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, Fox News and NBC. The following 15 minutes, including analysis and the Pelosi-Schumer rebuttal, averaged 29.3 across those same networks, a bump of about 4 percent.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/trump-primetime-speech-tv-ratings-tuesday-jan-8-2019-1174810

For your information, Chuck Schumer, who is 69 years old, is under 70!

[pchang]

Apparently, it is unwise to brag about committing a crime on line, even a dating app.

[Uncle Sparky]

Well Trump did defeat ISIS, which Obama created. And it took Trump to realize that Kim Jong Un is really a wonderful loving guy. And we know walls work - look at the USSR.

[BeBMan]

I think with 4000+ terrorists at the borders the US is clearly giving wrong incentives to the terrorist people.

[Uncle Sparky]

Well, the big losers were the Democrats. They knew beforehand what Trump was going to say. They probably could have guessed at how far he'd take the lies. They could have had a fresh face, someone under 70, make the rebuttal. Someone who could have excited the Dems watching at home and, hopefully, articulate enough to make moderate Republicans think, 'there is someone I wouldn't mind hearing from again'. Wasn't Obama a little known Senator from Illinois 12 years ago?
Schumer & Pelosi did nothing to further the Dems cause. I guess the moderate Republicans are going to have to keep looking.