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Augiedog

(2,699 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:34 AM Thursday

The Epstein SNAFU is being covered up by the Iran FUBAR which is hiding the Hegseth Lobster scandal

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The Epstein SNAFU is being covered up by the Iran FUBAR which is hiding the Hegseth Lobster scandal (Original Post) Augiedog Thursday OP

This perpetual obfuscation is reminiscent of the children's story: The House That Jack Built. GreenWave Thursday #1

Or the children's song, "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly" Wednesdays Thursday #3

I can only hope that the resolution to this is... mwooldri Thursday #12

"I have never killed any one... Wednesdays Thursday #14

Which is hiding the Noem $223 million malfeasance and so on ad nauseum Ponietz Thursday #2

crimes all the way down Be Leave On Thursday #10

Reminder to DU'ers. Eschew Obfuscation! usonian Thursday #4

Makes me think of George Carlins' sketch of how words change. mwmisses4289 Thursday #5

"Maybe if they stuck with 'Shell Shock' BidenRocks Thursday #8

It's a Merry-Go-Round! Nasruddin Thursday #6

Remember Sir Walter Scott's 1808 Marmion? "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." n/t PatrickforB Thursday #7

Or maybe they're just general fuck-ups. Tommy Carcetti Thursday #9

BOHICA for the rest of us I guess n/t NotASurfer Thursday #11

Superseded by the hat scandal and underscored by the Hegseth pictures controversy NBachers Thursday #13

GreenWave

(12,598 posts)

1. This perpetual obfuscation is reminiscent of the children's story: The House That Jack Built.

Reply to Augiedog (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:40 AM

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Wednesdays

(22,433 posts)

3. Or the children's song, "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly"

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:50 AM

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Each step taken to solve the problem just compounds the problem.

mwooldri

(10,813 posts)

12. I can only hope that the resolution to this is...

Reply to Wednesdays (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 02:06 PM

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... similar to the one with the old lady who swallowed a fly. Not that I wish death on anyone...

Wednesdays

(22,433 posts)

14. "I have never killed any one...

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #12)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 02:56 PM

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...but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."
-- Clarence Darrow (often erroneously attributed to Mark Twain)

Ponietz

(4,290 posts)

2. Which is hiding the Noem $223 million malfeasance and so on ad nauseum

Reply to Augiedog (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:41 AM

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Be Leave On

(425 posts)

10. crimes all the way down

Reply to Ponietz (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:53 PM

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Crimes covering other crimes.
It's crimes, all the way down.

usonian

(24,870 posts)

4. Reminder to DU'ers. Eschew Obfuscation!

Reply to Augiedog (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:59 AM

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