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President-Elect Hillary Clinton
Wed, 2016-10-12 02:02
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President-Elect Hillary Clinton
Wed, 2016-10-12 02:03
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Wed, 2016-10-12 02:08
#3
In the Democratic Echo Chamber, Inconvenient Truths Are Recast as Putin Plots
https://theintercept.com/2016/10/11/in-the-democratic-echo-chamber-incon...
Wed, 2016-10-12 02:33
#4
Russkies At the Doorstep
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/10/11/russkies-at-the-doorstep/
"In a year noted for crude political discourse, eagerly serialized in the mainstream media, the MSM are themselves bellowing anti-Russian rhetoric, conspiracy theory and fear mongering. Of the two 'evil of two lessers' contender Trump is the one who regularly gets hammered, justifiably in th3e case of his anti-Muslim and other racist and sexist slurs,
while Clinton gets a pass, even an A+ for her repeated verbal assaults on Russia and its president, even as she reeks of class hostility toward Trump supporters.
Glenn Greenwald put it aptly: anyone who advocates better relations or less tension with Moscow is a likely sympathizer, stooge or even agent of Putin.
With an anticipated Clinton victory in November, defense industry stock investments should do very well, and it might not be a bad idea to also build a well-stocked bomb shelter."
Wed, 2016-10-12 03:08
#5
Leaked Hillary Clinton Emails Show US Allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar Supported ISIS
http://www.salon.com/2016/10/11/leaked-hillary-clinton-emails-show-u-s-a...
"The leaked August 2014 email, however, shows that Western intelligence sources knew the regimes themselves were providing support to the Islamic State."
Wed, 2016-10-12 21:24
#6
Sat, 2016-10-15 08:31
#7
Could Evan McMullin thwart Hillary's march to the White House?
It appears that the answer is yes.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-evan-mcmullin-could-win-utah-and...
Sat, 2016-10-15 09:15
#8
alan smithee
Would it really be that crazy to work with China,Russia and Iran in fighting ISIS? And work with these countries to boycott and sanction Saudi Arabia? To give families of victims from 9/11 the right to sue Saudi Arabia?
With all the fracking and oil sands in our own country and the US,why do we need Saudi oil? If you got Europe,Russia,China,Iran and anyone else to boycott Saudi oil?
Without oil,Saudi Arabia is just one big sand dune. Stop arming them and stop funding them.
I'm afraid with a Hillary victory, will bring in a status quo approach to the Middle East which makes as much sense as 2+2=100.
The CIA is arming one set of rebels and the Pentagon is arming a rival rebel group and ALL the rebel groups are JIHADISTS.
Get out of Syria,let Russia take care of the rebels (who are all Islamic fundamentalists) and let Assad's regime be.
Have we not learned anything in the past 60 years when we enforce regime change? Just look at Iraq and Libya.
End rant.
Sat, 2016-10-15 09:33
#9
Could Evan McMullin thwart Hillary's march to the White House? It appears that the answer is yes. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-evan-mcmullin-could-win-utah-and...They are spinning exactly that same scenario with Bernie Sanders taking Vermont and holding the balance of power. Maybe the two of them can duke it out for the prize.
Sat, 2016-10-15 12:55
#10
...With all the fracking and oil sands in our own country and the US,why do we need Saudi oil? If you got Europe,Russia,China,Iran and anyone else to boycott Saudi oil?Without oil,Saudi Arabia is just one big sand dune. Stop arming them and stop funding them.
Saudi Arabia is very valuable to the USA because they use their oil money to buy manufactured goods from the USA, mostly in the form of weapons, one of the last places where the USA is still a major manufacture.
And don't forget, the USA is still the largest oil importer in the world (as a single country - the EU imports somewhat more, but that's spread over a number of countries).
Sat, 2016-10-15 13:08
#11
Looking forward to what an HRC administration will do in its first year, Jon Schwarz lays out her team's plan to give a yuuuge tax gift to American multi-national corporations.
TREATING THE WHOLE voting thing as a formality, serious political players are now pondering how exactly President Hillary Clinton can pass what Sen. Elizabeth Warren has called “a giant wet kiss for tax dodgers.”
This discussion isn’t happening on television, where normal people would hear about it. Or on Reddit, where people would freak out about it. To the degree it’s taking place in public at all, it surfaces in elite publications, where only elites are paying attention.
For instance, Peter Orszag, a top Obama economic official before he left to cash in with Citigroup, just wrote an op-ed in the Financial Times on how to make the wet kiss happen.
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So even as regular Democratic voters are concentrating on beating Donald Trump, the serious people of Washington are quietly putting the wheels in motion for what those same voters will find to be a highly unpleasant 2017 surprise.
Sat, 2016-10-15 19:40
#12
alan smithee
...With all the fracking and oil sands in our own country and the US,why do we need Saudi oil? If you got Europe,Russia,China,Iran and anyone else to boycott Saudi oil?Without oil,Saudi Arabia is just one big sand dune. Stop arming them and stop funding them.
Saudi Arabia is very valuable to the USA because they use their oil money to buy manufactured goods from the USA, mostly in the form of weapons, one of the last places where the USA is still a major manufacture.
And don't forget, the USA is still the largest oil importer in the world (as a single country - the EU imports somewhat more, but that's spread over a number of countries).
Thank you,Rev
Sat, 2016-10-15 21:51
#13
Misfit
I don't think Hillary has got this in the bag yet. Wiki Leaks has Democratic Party emails and they are slowly releasing hacked emails to the media every day. There are still about three weeks to go and I think Wiki Leaks has information that will eventually bring HRC down. I don't like this election. I think that this is the vilest and most disgraceful election campaign that I have ever seen. I think that both Donald and Hillary are never going to see the promised land, and I am very worried about this outcome. It is not good at all.
Sat, 2016-10-15 21:59
#14
Roaming Charges: A Wikileak is a Terrible Thing To Waste
"The Clinton camp resembles a political mutual fund. The Podesta files provide the most unadulterated look at how politics really works in late-capitalist America."
Hillary Regnant - Perpetual War Party Prepares To Coronate Its First Queen
"Task Number One Therefore is to build a peace movement large enough and militant enough to impose serious costs on Clinton and her co-thinkers, and on their enablers.
The vilification of Vladimir Putin and of Putin's Russia has become the latest idiotic bipartisan obsession. Putin is no saint, but in his dealings with the governments of sovereign nations - Syria is just the latest example - he is far more capable and law abiding than Hillary Clinton or the Nobel laureate she will succeed.
The sad thing is that the preposterousness of the anti-Putin campaign hardly even stands out, amidst all the other nonsense in general circulation. But none of it is more dangerous - because souring relations with Russia could sink the world.
Russia baiting is what redbaiting becomes when there are no Reds around to bait."
Sun, 2016-10-16 21:33
#15
Warren knows the drill. Just because Hillary will win the election on Nov 8, it is no time for progressive forces to take their hands off the throttle. They have a lot of catching up to do.
The Law Professor Whose Advice Elizabeth Warren Wants Mary Jo White Fired for Not Taking
An investment-banker-turned-law-professor and corporate transparency advocate shares his thoughts on what has to happen during the next four years.
On Friday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), publicly called on the president to fire White over her refusal to take action on the proposed corporate political transparency rule.
http://billmoyers.com/story/voters-need-know-reforming-corporate-america/
Sun, 2016-10-16 22:31
#16
As idiotic as most of of Trump the Chump's comments are, a bunker mentality would be very unfortunate for Hillary, and she needs to rise above the absurdness of it all.
22 toxic days for Hillary Clinton
The polls point to the promised land. But she'll have to get past Trump and WikiLeaks first.
While some Clinton allies confess to spending hours at night reading through the entire email dump, others have chosen to simply steer clear of it all together. “We all write things in emails we probably shouldn’t,” conceded Clinton donor Jay Jacobs. “If there is a price to be paid, I think it’s a mild one. I’m purposefully not looking — it’s really not any of my business. Someone has illegally decided to do that.”
Barring some unforeseen shock — and 2016 has featured its share of them already — the most lasting impact of the campaign’s dispiriting dismount might be to harden an already-pervasive opinion among Clinton’s staff that she is forever being denied her due as a serious historical figure.
That could set the tone for how her team operates if they get to the White House and whether a candidate who was already wary of the press and obsessed with efforts to attack her will make a bunker of the Oval Office.
“I didn’t start off this campaign feeling bitter, and I always made fun of how paranoid she was,” said a Clinton ally who, like so many working on her behalf, supported Barack Obama in 2008. “But I’m really starting to understand where she’s coming from. I’m starting to hate some of the people doing these things to her.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/hillary-clinton-trump-wikileaks-22...
Sun, 2016-10-16 22:38
#17
Bec.De.Corbin
Nobody really cares about Leakydicks or whatever. Sorry for your disapointment...
Mon, 2016-10-17 15:53
#18
Trump loses grip on Ohio
After several disastrous weeks for Trump, his Midwestern must-win state is back in play.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/donald-trump-ohio-clinton-229859
Mon, 2016-10-17 21:59
#19
Oh, my, what's Trump the Chump going to do now!
Election Update: Clinton’s Big Lead Means A Steadier Forecast
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-clintons-big-lead-me...
Mon, 2016-10-17 22:33
#20
Showing Confidence, Hillary Clinton Pushes Into Republican Strongholds
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/us/politics/hillary-clinton-campaign.h...
Tue, 2016-10-18 02:00
#21
If Trump Is A Fascist, What Is Clinton?
http://blackagendareport.com/blackagendaradio_17oct16
"Speaking to a gathering of the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition, in Atlanta, Black Agenda Report, executive editor Glen Ford challenged those who maintain that progressives are obligated to support Hillary Clinton for president to counter a 'fascist' threat from Donald Trump.
'I'd like to know how Donald Trump is supposed to build fascism when the ruling class is mostly with the Democrats this election season,' said Ford. 'If you are worried about 21st century fascism, you need to check out the tent where the ruling class congregates and that's Hillary's tent.'
'Most of all, if you're looking for fascists, go to the sound of the war-drums, which are also pounding in Hillary's tent..."
Tue, 2016-10-18 08:15
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Tue, 2016-10-18 15:40
#23
WikiLeaks reveals the real Huma Abedin
Neither simply body woman or scheduler, Clinton’s long-time aide acts as shield, translator, and history keeper.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/huma-abedin-clinton-wikileaks-229914
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Wed, 2016-10-19 03:07
#24
Life's embarassing little moments, eh! 
Clinton plots mop-up of Trump’s global mess
The former secretary of state’s campaign is already crafting a plan to soothe foreign allies rattled by Trump’s candidacy.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/clinton-trump-apology-foreign-poli...
Thu, 2016-10-20 01:35
#25
Landslide Hillary 
The polls are split between Hillary Clinton winning and … Hillary Clinton winning in a landslide
http://www.vox.com/2016/10/18/13311128/polls-trump-clinton-2016-winning
Fri, 2016-10-21 02:26
#26
Voters appear to have such low opinions of Hillary she may well exceed expectations.
With 19 Days to Go, Clinton’s Lead Is Bigger Than EverArizona leans HRC; McMullin rises in the west; dark red states take on lighter hue
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/with-19-days-to-go...
Fri, 2016-10-21 03:41
#27
'We Came, We Saw, He Died'
https://www.rt.com/news/363454-timeline-gaddafi-death-anniversary/
"The most striking reaction to the death of Libya's former leader came from the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who said 'we came, we saw, he died."
As Always Canadian 'Progressives' Were There To Lend a Helping Hand...
http://www.ndp.ca/news/statement-nycole-turmel-death-muammar-gaddafi
"Our troops have done a wonderful job in Libya over the past few months. I want to salute the efforts and courage of our troops."
Little has changed. Alas.
Fri, 2016-10-21 09:24
#28
The truth hurts. 
WikiLeaks poisons Hillary’s relationship with left
After learning how Clinton feels about them, liberals vow to push back against her agenda and appointments.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/wikileaks-hilary-clinton-progressi...
Fri, 2016-10-21 09:28
#29
Where's Tulsi Gabbard when we need her, eh!
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard trying to stop corporations from buying elections
http://www.lahainanews.com/page/content.detail/id/543145/Rep--Tulsi-Gabb...
Mon, 2016-10-24 03:33
#30
50% and a 12% lead over the Chump - not too shabby for Clinton
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/clinton-trump-poll-abc-news-230199
Mon, 2016-10-24 12:44
#31
Hillary Clinton's Strategic Ambition in a Nutshell - by Diana Johnstone
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/10/21/hillary-clintons-strategic-ambiti...
"It has become crystal clear. For the record here it is. She wants to achieve regime change in Russia. She enjoys the support of most of the State Department and much of the Parkway and Congress is ready to go..."
Mon, 2016-10-24 13:29
#32
Timebandit
So aside from "everybody knows..." (at least "those close to Clinton", although no-one is quoted or even identified), is there any beef to the theory? Feels a little thin to me, like a classroom logic problem featuring argument built on a premise that may or may not be true. I get the sense that the truth of it is as irrelevant as it would be in that instance.
Mon, 2016-10-24 13:42
#33
We shall soon see...
Mon, 2016-10-24 18:50
#34
Wikileaks has some interesting details on her no fly zone. Her public position is it's necessary to stop Russia and Syria (Assad) from bombing areas with civilians. In other words, the no fly zone is to protect citizens. Her private position is that in order to enforce it the U.S. would have to do the following:
"To have a no-fly zone you have to take out all of their air defenses, many of which are located in populated areas. So our missiles, even if they are standoff missiles so we’re not putting our pilots at risk – you’re going to kill a lot of civilians," admitted Clinton.
So, if a lot of civilians are going to die either way(assuming Russia is bombing civilians and not the rebels/ISIS like she claims), why is she so eager to make sure that the US does the killing? Does she want to shoot down Russian planes that badly?
So that's a little more beef to the theory.
Mon, 2016-10-24 18:55
#35
50% and a 12% lead over the Chump - not too shabby for Clinton http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/clinton-trump-poll-abc-news-230199...Amazing
Mon, 2016-10-24 20:28
#36
swallow
So aside from "everybody knows..." (at least "those close to Clinton", although no-one is quoted or even identified), is there any beef to the theory? Feels a little thin to me, like a classroom logic problem featuring argument built on a premise that may or may not be true. I get the sense that the truth of it is as irrelevant as it would be in that instance.
Well sure, but everybody knows her staff is wearing baseball caps that say "Make Russia Weak Again."
Mon, 2016-10-24 20:48
#37
We shall soon see...
Read:
If it happens, remember I told you so.
If it doesn't happen, remember all I said was "We shall soon see...".
So, if a lot of civilians are going to die either way
Why are there only the two ways?
Surely one way is that the bombings continue and Amerikkka does nothing, and civilians die.
And another is that Amerikkka enforces a no-fly zone, and civilians die.
What if both sides just take a day off? What if nobody gives Amerikkka reason to enforce a no-fly zone, and conversely Amerikkka doesn't "enforce" an unnecessary no-fly zone? Thoughts on that? And what it would take to make that happen?
Mon, 2016-10-24 21:47
#38
Landslide Hillary 
The polls are split between Hillary Clinton winning and … Hillary Clinton winning in a landslide
http://www.vox.com/2016/10/18/13311128/polls-trump-clinton-2016-winning
ABC News Tracking: Clinton +12
IBD/TIPP Tracking: Trump +2
Rasmussen Reports: Trump +2
Quinnipiac: Clinton +7
Economist/YouGov: Clinton +4
FOX News: Clinton +6
Bloomberg: Clinton +9
Reuters/Ipsos: Clinton +4
Monmouth: Clinton +12
There is a 14 point swing between the polls that show Trump up by 2 points and the polls that show Clinton up by 12 points.
.......imagine someone rooting for a candidate proposing to obliterate humanity! In Rabble!
Mon, 2016-10-24 21:54
#39
In addition, an email released via wikileaks as part of its Podesta leak shows that Hillary’s campaign discussed in detail exactly how to “manufacture” desired data from polls. The email requests recommendations on “oversamples for polling” in order to “maximize what we get out of our media polling.”
The email thread also contains a 37-page guide with a plethora of poll-rigging recommendations, including over sampling of demographic groups such as African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans being highly recommended.....
.....imagine writers in these Babble threads actually believe the MSM polls
Mon, 2016-10-24 22:22
#40
.....imagine writers in these Babble threads actually believe FOX News, Brietbart, Alex Jones, the alt-right folks, and the Republican Party
Mon, 2016-10-24 22:25
#41
We shall soon see...Read:
If it happens, remember I told you so.
If it doesn't happen, remember all I said was "We shall soon see...".
So, if a lot of civilians are going to die either wayWhy are there only the two ways?
Surely one way is that the bombings continue and Amerikkka does nothing, and civilians die.
And another is that Amerikkka enforces a no-fly zone, and civilians die.
What if both sides just take a day off? What if nobody gives Amerikkka reason to enforce a no-fly zone, and conversely Amerikkka doesn't "enforce" an unnecessary no-fly zone? Thoughts on that? And what it would take to make that happen?
Okay, I'll bite.
You propose a ceasefire to negotiate ("take a day off"). This was recently tried, unfortunately, it collapsed after only two days when America accidentally (or "accidentally") bombed Syrian forces (for the first time in this conflict) that were surrounded by ISIS. I can find the sources on request but I'm on mobile and going to bed so, if requested, it won't be until tomorrow night.
So it seems that the Russians and their allies (Assad in this case) have little reason to trust in America's commitment to eliminating ISIS. And of course there is still the issue that Obama and Hillary are still set on regime change in Syria.
Further, considering the unrest in the many other countries where America has decided to force regime change, and considering how close Syria is to Russia, it is not reasonable to expect Russia to allow the US to further destabilize the region by creating another power vaccuum to be filled by ISIS and other terror groups.
Remember that in 2011, Russia did not veto the intervention in Libya because the US said they were not seeking regime change. Fast forward to Hillary Clinton's glib "we came, we saw, he died!"
Like it or not, Russia is not the agressor here. Russia is going to defend Russian interests and has every reason to doubt the sincerity of American foreign policy. The war in Syria is becoming a proxy war between America and Russia and there seems to be little appetite from the American side to cool things off.
Clinton and Biden's rhetoric on cybersecurity and cyber attacks against Russia certainly aren't helping matters. They are literally using Russia as a scapegoat for political purposes (to distract from the corruption, collusion, and criminal activity revealed in the dnc and podesta emails) at a time when relations between the US and Russia are the worst they've been since the end of the cold war.
I don't think Russia is blameless, of course, but if I was Russian, Chinese, Iranian, or Syrian, I wouldn't trust the US' intentions either.
Russia is publicly preparing to defend itself from an attack on Russian soil that they seem to believe could happen in the very near future. Did you know that there are enough nuclear bunkers in Moscow alone to house 12 million people?
So, what if "nobody" (read: Russia) gives America "reason" (read: excuse) to enforce a no-fly zone, thereby eliminating the "need" (read: desire) for one? I guess to make that happen America would need to demonstrate that it will deal honestly and fairly at the negotiating table - something it has consistently failed to do for the last 5 years.
Don't worry though, once Madame Secretary becomes Madame President America can begin healing the damaged relations with Russia and Russia's allies. Her foreign policy experience is faultless, and she and Putin clearly get along well.
We just need to hope that Trump doesn't get in. If he becomes president (the chances of which are basically impossible considering he is -12% in completely unbiased polls), we all can be sure he's going to insult Moscow and Beijing on the very first day and we'll be embroiled in not just war, but nuclear war, within days.
Mon, 2016-10-24 22:40
#42
ou propose a ceasefire to negotiate ("take a day off"). This was recently tried, unfortunately, it collapsed after only two days when America accidentally (or "accidentally") bombed Syrian forces (for the first time in this conflict) that were surrounded by ISIS.
Then I guess I'm proposing a real cease-fire.
Don't worry though, once Madame Secretary becomes Madame President America can begin healing the damaged relations with Russia and Russia's allies. Her foreign policy experience is faultless, and she and Putin clearly get along well.
We just need to hope that Trump doesn't get in. If he becomes president (the chances of which are basically impossible considering he is -12% in completely unbiased polls), we all can be sure he's going to insult Moscow and Beijing on the very first day and we'll be embroiled in not just war, but nuclear war, within days.
Make America Great Again!
Mon, 2016-10-24 23:12
#43
In addition, an email released via wikileaks as part of its Podesta leak shows that Hillary’s campaign discussed in detail exactly how to “manufacture” desired data from polls. The email requests recommendations on “oversamples for polling” in order to “maximize what we get out of our media polling.”
The email thread also contains a 37-page guide with a plethora of poll-rigging recommendations, including over sampling of demographic groups such as African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans being highly recommended.....
.....imagine writers in these Babble threads actually believe the MSM polls
https://newrepublic.com/minutes/138010/no-donald-trump-not-losing-oversa...
The email is from Clinton’s 2008 campaign, which you may recall did not turn out so well for her. But Mattzie is not talking about the kinds of polls that show Trump is losing big league, to use one of his favorite phrases—those polls are done by pollsters in concert with media outlets. Instead, he’s talking about polling that campaigns do internally to decide how to target voters.
The Washington Post’s Philip Bump, who has an excellent explainer on what is (most likely) going on here, writes: “Mattzie’s talking about polling that’s done by campaigns and political action committees to inform media buys. In other words, before campaigns spend $200,000 on a flight of TV spots, they’ll poll on the messages in those ads and figure out what to say to whom and then target that ad to those people as best they can.” The oversampling portion of the email, Bump goes on to explain, refers to the fact that it’s often difficult to get the right sample sizes: “Normal polling in a state will usually have no problem getting enough white people in the mix to evaluate where they stand, but you may need to specifically target more black or Hispanic voters to get a statistically relevant sample size.” In this instance, Mattzie is probably referring to “Native Americans and Democrat-leaning independents and moderate Republican women.”
Mon, 2016-10-24 23:14
#44
.......imagine someone rooting for a candidate proposing to obliterate humanity! In Rabble!
I must have missed that campaign promise.
Mon, 2016-10-24 23:20
#45
re: #41
If you really gave a fuck or had a clue, beyond trying to sound clever or riding yet again your little Russophobic hobby-horse, you'd know they just had one. Only Russia and Syria observed it. The West's headchoppers kept firing and killing Aleppo citizens. Backed by useful idiots and 'progressive' imperialists who believe what they tell you in The Guardian and will cheerlead Al Qaeda jihadists and soon President Killary as she makes even more war. As planned. Nothing to do with Putin or Assad, except they happen to be standing in the way. Unlike you.
Mon, 2016-10-24 23:20
#46
I must have missed that campaign promise.
I think that's what's meant by "Make America Great Again".
Mon, 2016-10-24 23:24
#47
If you really gave a fuck or had a clue, beyond trying to sound clever or riding yet again your little Russophobic hobby-horse, you'd know they just had one. Only Russia and Syria observed it.
Then I guess it wasn't a real cease-fire.
Mon, 2016-10-24 23:24
#48
.......imagine someone rooting for a candidate proposing to obliterate humanity! In Rabble!
If it comes to that, some of the prepared will survive.
Mon, 2016-10-24 23:32
#49
If you really gave a fuck or had a clue, beyond trying to sound clever or riding yet again your little Russophobic hobby-horse, you'd know they just had one. Only Russia and Syria observed it.Then I guess it wasn't a real cease-fire.
So, how about you let Russia know when America means it for realsies.
Mon, 2016-10-24 23:34
#50
I must have missed that campaign promise.I think that's what's meant by "Make America Great Again".
I don't understand why you play this game.
Some of the other posters I can understand, like the fool who believes Clinton is ahead by 12. I know you're smarter than this.
Tue, 2016-10-25 01:08
#51
"A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so."