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Jan 25, 2023Liked by Susan Campbell

At last a book WORTH burning!

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Ha ha. Good one.

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Jan 25, 2023Liked by Susan Campbell

No books from crooks in my house, ever!!!!

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It’s an excellent practice.

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Jan 25, 2023Liked by Susan Campbell

Pompeo's writing about Jamal Khashoggi was so upsetting on so many levels. Why do that? Why lie? Khashoggi's murder was brutal. I'm with everyone else: no books from crooks in my house.

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It was a horrible take on that murder.

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Jan 25, 2023Liked by Susan Campbell

*Blaming* victims is so *economical* compared with working to make a juster world.

Sheesh.

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That part alone is enough to make me want to avoid this book forever.

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Jan 25, 2023Liked by Susan Campbell

I won't give it a second of thought. It won't be on my book list. I'm wondering who will buy it. I get the impression the far right crowd isn't exactly a group of readers. Chances are, a Fox News intern will read it to cherry pick a few quotes to pass on to Tucker so he can pretend to have read it.

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That sounds about what we can expect.

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Jan 25, 2023Liked by Susan Campbell

Pompeo could replace Spanky McFarland as the president of the "He-Man Woman Haters Club". From the linked article; “He most seems to bristle – he gets angriest and most condescending – in interviews with female journalists.”

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/25/politics/mike-pompeo-response-npr-mary-louise-kelly-ukraine/index.html

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I think he simply can't understand why those journalists aren't home in the kitchen.

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Jan 25, 2023Liked by Susan Campbell

I have never had food from a Chik Fil-A. Which for a hockey parent has entailed some small sacrifice. Small, and very worth it.

That said, I will probably request that turgid Pompeo midden from the library, even though it contributes to secondary demand. Someone needs to decide how he would do in a cage match with Kellyanne Conway, or Jared Kushner, or John Bolton, or....

I have finished so many. Audioreading is easier, though. I can read almost anything in audio. nd Kellyanne Conway's voice? Perfection in every self-righteous victimized whine.

So I looked. Sadly, the only audio version available from libraries is download-from-web, and I want CDs for the car. Dead tree it is.

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Ha. Listen to Randy Rainbow’s new book.

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What can I say? I am steeped in turpitude.

I wonder what Randy Rainbow's art is like in book form, though. How delightful videos are so very video. :)

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TRASH ! How dare he! I wish him negative book sales and MUCH bad press. There are many like him, we must be very aware. Thank you Susan.

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