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DavidDvorkin

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8. My post refers to the claims of major upcoming news

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 29, 2017, 01:02 PM

Dec 2017

That never pan out. The people making those claims are the ones crying wolf. When they have something real, the risk is that they will be ignored.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf -- one of Aesop's fables.

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Some day the wolf will be real, but no one will listen. [View all] DavidDvorkin Dec 2017 OP

Say what??? True Dough Dec 2017 #1

Aesop DavidDvorkin Dec 2017 #2

The Boy Who Called Wolf. Demtexan Dec 2017 #3

It would be good if Mom and Dad read such stories to their children. No Vested Interest Dec 2017 #4

Those stories use to be learned at home. TexasProgresive Dec 2017 #6

I find that a real shame. My parents both read and told stories to me when I was a child. Tipperary Dec 2017 #10

It's ALREADY real, and howling, and in the White House -- and not enough people are listening. /t pnwmom Dec 2017 #5

Spot on! Va Lefty Dec 2017 #7

My post refers to the claims of major upcoming news DavidDvorkin Dec 2017 #8

I seem to remember a Rockie and Bullwinkle cartoon about this. Demtexan Dec 2017 #11

We see, hear and smell the wolf - soon, with our votes, we will touch him. (n/t) FreepFryer Dec 2017 #9