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Yes, Bernie, there was a time when you would have happily posed for photo ops of yourself waiting in line at an airport. Also, I would like my $27 back, please. And no, I would not vote for AOC - or you, for that matter - even if you showed up at my door with a couple of dozen eggs.

Speaking of inflation - relax! Inflation will plummet during the time period used to calculate the Social Security COLA.

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In our present-day surrealistic, malignant, Through-the-Looking-Glass dystopia-- am I sounding too negative?-- a critical thinker can no longer reflexively dismiss highly improbable and seemingly preposterous "news" on the grounds that it's too ridiculous to be true.

My grudging and fleeting optimistic hope that Trump might actually settle down, keep at least some of his sensible promises (ending the Ukraine clusterf***), and begin to undo the evils of his odious predecessor's TDS Resistance-fueled depredations has pretty much evaporated.

So, here's my provisional guess: the rumor that Trump will announce US recognition of a Palestinian state seems bogus. But, as noted, nowadays seeming Crazy Talk, especially involving Trump, cannot be dismissed on rational grounds.

That is, there are numerous reasons why it's highly improbable, and in the vernacular don't make no damn sense. But... Trump. So, who knows? 🤔

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It's now common knowledge that one of Trump's Achilles' Heels is his proclivity for impulsively endorsing policies and practices recommended by the last person he talked to. Like the dog who smells the ham and gets excited, if some source pitched the idea that Trump should surprise the world by "recognizing a Palestinian state", Trump might just rise up on his hind legs, wag his tail furiously, drool, and bark "Hell, yes!"

So this may be a planted story intended to "trigger" Trump into making it come true. Perhaps it is being floated as part of a scheme to hook him.

Anyway, if Trump does actually make noises about the US recognizing a nonexistent Palestinian state, I'm certain that the devilish details will reveal that it's another marketing gimmick. A Trump-proposed "statehood" will not conform to traditional, conventional, and generally recognized proposals to form a new state.

Instead, he will propose some kind of cockeyed "tremendous", "terrific" plan that amounts to furthering Palestinian genocide and setting up a New! Improved! Trail of Tears. It will be a Gordian knot "with strings attached" and outrageous conditions that benefit Israel and further abuse the Palestinian people, if such a thing is possible.

But hey, if it turns out that Trump really does have something up his sleeve, however appalling and fantastic (in the original sense), he might get his deeply-desired Nobel Peace Prize for this flim-flam. Eyes on the prize! 👀 😡

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Oh, and Happy Mothers' Day, all you muthas! 🥰 🥂 🍾 🎈 🎉

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