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Bumbles

(452 posts) Sat May 9, 2026, 06:10 AM 1 hr ago

Wow, just wow!

There's this

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gold-statue-disgust/

Then there's this

https://www.rawstory.com/aoc-2676872410/

Which would you choose?

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Wow, just wow! (Original Post) Bumbles 1 hr ago OP

;-{) PLATED Goonch 1 hr ago #1

I trust it's genuine imitation gold. Bumbles 1 hr ago #2

Reminds me of the old Firesign Theater line: "That's not fake anything - it's genuine plastic." TheRickles 56 min ago #5

I choose AOC! Emile 1 hr ago #3

Comment from Rawstory article about the golden statue of trump Danascot 1 hr ago #4

Does anybody know what "veiled threat" in wapo axelrod meant? niyad 1 min ago #6

Goonch

(5,503 posts)

1. ;-{) PLATED

Reply to Bumbles (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 06:29 AM

1 hr ago

Bumbles

(452 posts)

2. I trust it's genuine imitation gold.

Reply to Bumbles (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 06:31 AM

1 hr ago

TheRickles

(3,499 posts)

5. Reminds me of the old Firesign Theater line: "That's not fake anything - it's genuine plastic."

Reply to Bumbles (Reply #2)

Sat May 9, 2026, 07:12 AM

56 min ago

Don't remember what it was in relation to, though.

Emile

(43,110 posts)

3. I choose AOC!

Reply to Bumbles (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 06:48 AM

1 hr ago

Danascot

(5,272 posts)

4. Comment from Rawstory article about the golden statue of trump

Reply to Bumbles (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 07:02 AM

1 hr ago

"Instead of a golden calf, what we got here is a golden ass."

niyad

(133,761 posts)

6. Does anybody know what "veiled threat" in wapo axelrod meant?

Reply to Bumbles (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 08:06 AM

1 min ago

and what in the freakin' hell were those draped pieces on that disgusting golden ass. . .errrr. . idol, supposed to represent?

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