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The Roots of Gambling – How Casinos Evolved to What They are Now?

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Gambling is any form of game involving the wagering of money, including casino games, the prediction of sports outcomes and poker. In the UK, gamblers choose a game, depending on various critical factors. It could be a mix of unique personal preferences, bonuses offered and gaming options among others.

Today, gamblers have way too many options in what is considered the largest and the fastest growing industry in the world. But how did this evolve, and where is it headed?

Well, gambling has been there for thousands of years and is intricately interconnected with the history of mankind. To paint a better picture of the changes, let’s find out where some of your favourite games came from.

The History

History showed, that human beings naturally love to gamble. The first indications of gaming were discovered in ancient China, where games of chance were seen on tiles. The oldest dice was then later found in Egypt, and scenes on Roman and Greek pottery later discovered, where betting on animals was commonplace. Here, animals were bred for this purpose.

Although gaming is a popular pastime, during this time, there was never a legitimate gambling building where gamers would meet and play. They would meet in select halls because the authorities had given no designated gaming location.

In 200 BC, China was known for the “white pigeon ticket” gaming, which was played in gaming houses through the permission of the provincial governor. Lotto and domino games could also be played.

The governor would then get a cut from all the profits earned. The winnings would be used to fund the works of the state. According to history, the initiation of cards began in china around the 9th century, although the cards used then do not resemble what is used today.

During that time, the cards were decorated with human features. With time as the game spread across Europe, the Queen and King used today were introduced.

The first casino in the world is said to have been built in Italy around the 17th century. In 1638, a legal casino known as Ridotto was formed in Venice, where a gambling environment came into existence. Poker, which is today the most popular game, can trace its roots back to Persia, with the popular game As-Nas.

In 1790, Harry Ogden of the United Kingdom was recorded as the first man to have made a legal profit from bookmaking after offering his players a chance to place bets on horses. In the 19th century, gambling houses began spreading across Europe rapidly. Roulette is one of the games that were introduced in the US by settlers from France. Mississippi was later to be a prime gambling venue for the wealthy traders and farmers. In 1829, poker was a major game in New Orleans.

The History of Online Gambling

Compared to the live gaming, online gambling is a relatively young industry. Nevertheless, it has undergone real changes at lightning speed, a trend that has made it the most dynamic world over. The online gambling sector came into full force around the mid-1990s.

This was after the commercialization of the internet in 1994 and the invention of the first video slot machine in 1976, which made it possible to play online video slots. Online gambling was first regulated in Barbuda and Antigua. Licences were offered to companies that provided gambling services through online casinos.

The first-ever online casino was established in 1996 – the Inter Casino. That year, the first wager money was accepted. This marked the official commencement of what would later be one of the highest-ranking online forms of entertainment. Here is an overview of the top 10 casino sites you currently find in the United Kingdom. It also gives instructions and recommendations on what to look for when choosing the right online casino.

The future of Gambling

With the history of gambling outlined, what is the future? Well, just as it is hard to uncover some of the origins of popular games, the future can also be hard to predict. Most of the focus today is on online gaming, where almost every casino is scrambling to give more content, which can be compatible with handheld devices. Currently, the size of online casinos is at 36 billion euros as shown by Statista. In the coming years, this number is expected to more than double, a figure unmatched by any other industry.

This would not be surprising, considering the growth seen in the industry over the years. So far, the gaming choices have not only been unlimited, but the quality and the features of the games have also been advanced. From live casinos that make you feel as though you are in a competitive world to slots that tickle your gaming mood, the evolution is certainly something you want to experience.

Online casinos are determined to make players’ experience exciting, through the utilisation of modern technology. Today, more operators are also venturing into virtual reality games used to detect the activities of the players to enhance their product. In 2016, the first virtual reality casino was launched, known as SlotsMillion.

In the coming years, you could expect to see more of those as demand increases. With time, you could also expect to see blockchain technology change the gambling industry. Some of the online casinos are now supporting cryptocurrency payments. More so, the blockchain technology is safe and fast, and can largely benefit the players and the casino through its airtight security system.

It was not until the 2000s that online gaming was considered legitimate, and a regulated business that could protect the players. The art of this adrenaline rushing pastime has no doubt gone through a series of changes, and the best is yet to be seen. So far, several milestones have been achieved, with the online casinos expected to be worth 86 billion Euros by 2024.

Turbulent Yet Still Standing: Gambling In Latvia

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One of the most gambling-driven Baltic countries, Latvia tightens its grip on gambling regulations as the market brings €77.4m in three months with an annual growth of 15%. While state-licensed brick and mortar slot machines continue to generate the lion’s share of the revenues, the Lotteries and Gambling Supervisory Inspection of Latvia (IAUI) aims at forbidding illegal offshore gambling venues and hardening the rules for land-based casinos, including bans on smoking an alcohol consumption.

Whereas the country is battling the ubiquitous spread of gaming halls by closing venues located in inappropriate places, the gambling revenue riches €154.5m in H1. A question arises: how is that possible that the market is booming despite the fact that the government is making its best to counteract?

Unambiguous Latvian Gambling Laws

The first casino opened its doors to Latvian gamblers back in 1991, which, though there were no clear regulations at the time, gave birth to a plethora of offline gaming institutions. But those were hard times for players, as they were often treated poorly and had no legal grounds to refer to in order to protect their rights.

The acting Lotteries and Gambling Supervision Inspection of the Republic of Latvia have been created in 1998 to pursuit three key principles:

  • safe and fair gambling and bearable taxes on winnings;
  • compliance of gambling operators with the acting laws and regulations;
  • protection of gamblers’ rights and freedoms and preventing them from gambling addiction.

While the IAUI still follows these principles when issuing licences to offline and online gambling operators, the need of owning a brick and mortar casino to legally operate online is a fly in the ointment for most international licence seekers: only 9 online operators are granted the rights to offer betting services, poker, and casino games.

International Gambling Brings More, though Hampered

On one hand, the unfriendly-to-foreign-businesses Latvian legislation makes the niche unfavourable for international punters, on the other – it protects domestic casinos by allowing them to generate more revenues on predominantly local gamesters.

Earlier this year, the parliament approved amendments to the state gambling laws to ban players from accessing third-party online gambling websites operating within the country. But not only that! Banks can no longer process payments coming to unapproved sites. Moreover, all punters violating the law are to be blacklisted and fined of up to 350 euros if caught red-handed.

Not to say that thanks to adequate gambling regulations there are so many legit online gambling sites in Latvia – rather because of the growing demand for reputable international gambling providers. Whether local operators can compete with international giants is an open question, but the fact is that foreign operators occupy as much as two-thirds of Latvia’s online gambling market.

That said, the regulator does care of its customers, especially when it stimulates the promotion of domestic services bringing profits to the government itself. In November 2019, the IAUI has issued a warning over online fraud and fake lotteries, claiming that gamblers should do their own research before making bets online for that it’s almost impossible to identify and ban all the fake hubs. Whether the victim gets the fishy phone call or e-mail with the wrong spelling, he or she is sometimes just too impatient and greedy to recognize the fraud and therefore often left empty-pocketed and in need of the psychological support. The solution is of course licensed state-based counterparts.

Gambling to Fill the Budget

Despite the string of troubles, legal gambling in Latvia is still strong and profitable. Well, only if it hadn’t been so lucrative the Latvian Parliament wouldn’t have submitted a proposal to increase the taxed on offline gaming venues: the current tax rate for slot machines is expected to rise from EUR 4 164 to EUR 6 000, whereas the tax rate for card games, dice, and roulette – from EUR 23 400 to EUR 28 080.

The same proposal includes plans on changing the division between municipal and state budgets from the current 75/25 ratio in favour of the state to a whopping 90/10. Is greed as good as the government deems, only the time will show.

These are Dangerous Times For Jews

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Jewish people all over the world are seeing a spike in anti-Semitism, and the disgusting hate-filled abuse is rising daily at an exponential global level.

What is fuelling this rise in hatred for a people who have throughout history been persecuted to levels no other humans have been subjected to?

“The Jewish diaspora is blamed for pretty much everything by the conspiracy mongers, the Christian zealots, the Jihadists, white nationalist fascists, and every other xenophobic bigot out there. We are now seeing a spike in anti-Semitism mainly because hatred of the Jew is a cyclical thing. They are perceived to be successful, which they are through sheer hard work and graft, and they are also perceived to be controlling all sectors of business/finance/media which is not completely true. America’s policy in Israel has also fuelled an increase in anti-Semitism, by building a U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, and proclaiming West Bank land as Jewish. In Europe, Jeremy Corbyn, of Britain’s Labour party daily fuels anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment, as well as Labour’s Momentum group who are rabidly anti-Semitic. Many Jewish Labour MPs have been forced to relinquish their posts because of blatant hatred shown to them by Labour party members. Baron Cohen is correct to some extent in his speech, when he states that social media tech giants are responsible for the increase in anti-Semitism. It is social networks that are being used to pass through messages and propaganda against Jewish people, however, the irony of the situation is that the major social networking companies were started and are owned by Jews à la Google/Facebook. Is suing people or companies the answer to the problem? No, it is not. We need to find a better solution than proposed by Baron Cohen and the ADF. Much xenophobic behaviour is purely a symptom of ignorance and generational programming, we need to pinpoint these areas and work on them from the root. That is a long, tiresome process, but it is the only real solution to an age-old problem. Jews are just like any other people, although they are vilified and put on a pedestal for their extreme successes, at the end of the day white, black, brown, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, it does not matter, it never has, and never will,” a man at a bus stop told a group of Londoners waiting for the number 9 bus.

Much of the hatred towards Jews is religion based, and one can only hope that humans in the future put aside these divisive books created by men thousands of years ago, and instead join together as one global unit of humanity, as opposed to what we have now where religions are tearing humans apart once again. The future of human existence rests in the hands of a new world spiritual/political/scientific power which unites all as one, rejecting the old books, and rejecting the old myths which have fuelled so much death in the past.

The Best Jockeys Around the Globe

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Horse racing is an exhilarating and glamorous sport that requires jockeys to acquire important skills in order to become successful. They need to be well aware of their physical traits and abilities, abilities of the horse they ride and possess riding skills. Some of the best jockeys around the globe who truly mastered their skills in dealing with horses include:

1. Ryan Moore

Ryan Moore possess excellent riding skills that have enabled him to become the first choice ryanJockey for Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle operation. His main role in this operation is to ride horses owned by Colmore Stud. Ryan was born in a racing family whereby his father acted as their trainer hence he started his career at a tender age.

He is a flat racing jockey and has won many horse racing competitions throughout his career. He was crowned as a Champion Jockey in 2006,2008 and 2009. He has also won most of the big races like the Australia’s two big races; the Cox Plate and the Melbourne cup. Moore has also won many group 1 races in France, Italy, Canada and US.

2. Laffit Pincay Jr

Laffit is a Panama-born jockey who was once a flat racing’s winner of all time jockey. He laffitbegan his riding career in Panama by watching his father who was a jockey. In 1966, he was sponsored by Fred W. Hooper to come the United States where he won eight of his first eleven races. He won six races on a single card in 1968 and became the second rider in Hollywood park history to achieve this victory.

Pincay won the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award during his career. He was also voted the prestigious Mike Venezia Memorial Award in 1996. during his career, he won the Eclipse Award for the outstanding jockey five times and was the leading jockey in the United States seven times. He also won the Santa Anita Derby in 1973 when he rode Sham. In 1975, Laffit was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

3. Christophe Soumillon

Soumillon is a Belgian-born jockey who has won many races using his excellent skills in soumillondealing with horses. He is a son of a jockey and has dominated French racing. At the age of 18 years, he was signed by André Fabre as a stable jockey whereby he finished amongst France’s top 10 Jockeys.

He set a record in 2000 by winning five races on the same day. In 2002, he participated in the Grand Prix de Pris competition where his first success at the highest level came. He became the French champion jockey in 2003 after setting a series of 207 wins. He also won five races in 2006 tying the all-time French record for the second time. He is well known as a flat jockey though he participates in a number of major hurdle races like the French Champion Hurdle.

4. Bill Shoemaker

Bill Shoemaker is an American jockey who held the professional jockey victories world shoemakerrecord for twenty-nine years. In 1951, he managed to win the George Woolf memorial jockey award. In his career he also won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding jockey in the US. During his career, Bill won eleven Triple Crown races. In 1986, Bill became the oldest jockey ever to win the Kentucky Derby.

He broke jockey Johnny Longden’s record in 1970 after his 6,033rd win. He was awarded the Mike Venezia Memorial Award in 1990 as an extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship. His greatest racing achievement came in the year 1976 when he won the Mariboro cup at Belmont park. in 1958, he was added into the National Museum of racing and Hall of Fame as an honour.

5. Lester Keith Piggott

Laser is regarded as one of the professional flat racing jockeys of all time. He won his firstlester-piggott race at Haydock Pack in 1948. In 1954, he won his first race of The Derby and went on to win eight more in the following years. He developed a new style of riding that enabled him to become a Champion Jockey eleven times.

He specialized in flat racing but he also rode over hurdles in his earlier occasions. He was a Champion Jockey in 1981 and 1982 under Sangster O’Brier. In 1985, Piggott won the Prix de Diane race where he participated as a freelance. The Lasters, an annual jockey award inaugurated in 1990, was named in his honour. He was ranked second by the Racing Post in their list of top 50 jockeys. In 2000, he won the Guineas race for Michael Stoute.

6. Javier Castellano

Castellano is a Venezuela-born jockey who has established himself as an outstanding Javier-Castjockey by winning four consecutive Eclipse Awards. He started his career at La Rinconada and Santa Rita racecourses and his career has been on an upward trajectory since.

He was born in a racing family, and he considers his father as the biggest influence on his career. In 2007, he was added to the US hall of Fame due to his success in dealing with horses.

 

A beginner’s guide to horse racing

Horse racing has become more popular as one of the most watched sports in United Kingdom.

But truth be told, horse racing is a lot more complex and versatile then most people would assume in the first place. Therefore the beginners horse racing guide on thepunterspage.com can be of good help. Here you get a lot of valuable information about horse racing and the different types and classifications. Furthermore, you get a good briefing on how to evaluate the winning or losing chances of a specific jockey and horse.

Horses are allocated a weight in a handicap race to level the playing field and create an equal chance for every horse to win. Horse handicap ratings depend on the horse’s ability in relation to the weight carried. Once you have this basics, you will be able to navigate through this field.

Things Must Be Going Well – Tony Blair is in Despair

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Much like Satan may despair not to see a disaster unfold, Tony Blair, is now in a state of despair.

His dream of aligning the UK with an EU that wishes to use us as mere chattel is crumbling fast as the voters slowly gear up to go to the polls for the December election.

The choice seems rather obvious to many who value their livelihoods and their country. To vote for a Labour government that has not seemed to learn the lessons of bankrupting Britain last time, they now vow to do the same thing but five hundred times worse. To hear the Marxist John McDonnell preach about his desire to spend £1.8 Trillion of borrowed money on some pet socialist project that will disappear into a money black hole never to be seen again, the hairs on the back of the neck stand up in blood-curdling fear. How the fuck can these people proclaim these bullshit ideas without laughing out aloud? How many generations of generations of people will be paying for Labour’s dystopian communist hell? And yet, there will be those who have nothing to lose, and everything to gain, voting for these parasitical socialist preachers of hope to the terminally hopeless.

Blair is miserable, and if he is miserable, this means the world is doing okay, and Britain may one day come out of this horrendously insidious EU shadow prison that has haunted us for so long. As Boris says, let us get Brexit done, and those mere words bring Blair to his knees as if an exorcist from the Vatican slams a cross onto the possessed, and steam rises from the burns to his flesh.

These monstrosities have tried every trick in the book to thwart Brexit and deny the people their democracy, they have tried every word configuration to give reason for their desire to halt Brexit, but have failed miserably.

As Blair and Mandy make their weekly sojourn to Brussels to report to their masters, one can imagine the conversations and planning that must go on.

At the end of the day, it is plain weird that Blair has not just accepted a big job in the EU, and left the UK alone to gain its freedom? He is however obsessed with stopping Brexit, and this will be his undoing, along with starting a war that has caused the deaths of millions of people and fucking Rupert Murdoch’s Chinese former wife, Blair has a knack of messing shit up big time.

Who wants to be Tony Blair’s psychiatrist or confessional priest?

CHINA: “It’s Only ‘Fake News’ if We Do Not Like It”

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Reminiscent of Nazi concentration camps, the brutal Chinese education camps have a sinister feeling to them. Here, human beings are herded into the camps from trains, blindfolded and processed, before disappearing into the system for decades, or never to be seen again.

Those that manage to eventually leave are deemed as rehabilitated, their Muslim religion has been purged from their consciousness, and their language assimilated with their Chinese masters. Many are deemed useless, tortured, beaten then executed for the crime of being who they are.

This is the plight of the Uighur people in China today, millions are now languishing in these brainwashing prison camps, denied to exist as they were born into this world, and utterly degraded as human beings, brutalized by an evil communist Chinese state that abhors any sort of freedom.

 

The sad part of this evil, is the same throughout history, as the silence was deafening when the Jews were being persecuted in Europe prior and during WW2, there is the same silence about the systematic genocide of the Uighur people, their culture, their religion, their language is being erased from earth.

To see the Chinese ambassador proclaiming all of this as ‘fake news’ is also another indignity foisted on the Uighur people, not only do they not exist as humans any more but news of their persecution and demise is fake as well.

The precept of calling the truth ‘fake news’ is also prevalent in the West, and the term in its most recent usage was created by Google’s Schmidt to ostracize and persecute viewpoints that did not agree with his own pseudo-Marxist ideology. As Zuckerberg shows off his Mandarin to appreciative communists, Hollywood brings in the Chinese money with their censors, and Google aligns itself to communist China more every day with its totalitarian censorship policies, the liberal West is aligning itself with an ideology that has murdered over 150 million people in the last century.

This is why there is only silence, as the Uighur, an ancient proud people are being systematically destroyed by a communist regime that is applauded in the West, encouraged by the EU, who are adopting many of communist China’s policies, and celebrated by the monopoly tech companies for showing them the totalitarian way of eradicating freedom of expression and speech.

 

Which Online Casino Games are Most Popular in the UK Today?

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Online casino is bigger than ever both in the UK and worldwide. New casinos are cropping up regularly, putting more of an emphasis on the popular games of the moment.

Some online casino games are really moving to the next level. Explore major sites like Betterplay.com today and you’ll find dozens of new variants on the popular games, as well as technological advancements such as live casino. In some cases, big name online casinos are even offering virtual reality gaming!

But what are the most popular casino games in the UK right now? And what will we all be playing as we move into the new year?

Online Slots

Online slots have really boomed over the last 12 months, and we’re seeing casinos and slot sites really go big on their offers in order to capture the imagination of punters.

Video slots are bringing a new lease of life to them and the big jackpots with simple gameplay continue to be a big draw.

Themed slots are capturing the culture of the day and offering relatable content that add that extra level of entertainment. They keep the slots market fresh and that continues to place it at the forefront of casino.

Online Poker

The big poker boom of the early 2000s has never really slowed down and technology is helping make online gameplay more and more realistic.

Virtual reality is going to be huge for this over the coming years as headsets become more readily available and the technology itself becomes more accessible and cheaper to run.

Even away from VR though the poker rooms are full, as punters try to win big. The number of online competitions, some even offering the chance to qualify for the World Series of Poker, is one of the major reasons as to why online poker is such a huge industry.

Online Roulette

The simpler forms of casino games always do well and remain popular and there’s perhaps no bigger game in the casino than roulette.

For many players it’s simply a case of choosing red or black, for the more experienced player, strategies are formed to really boost chances of a prize pot.

It’s a casino staple and really has transcended into the online realms seamlessly. It’s offered in various forms across every online casino, with European the most popular due to its power house edge.

For beginners in a casino it’s perfect, and with more and more beginners around its continuing to be a real force in the casino world.

Blackjack

Another simple but fun game is blackjack. Everyone who owns a pack of cards has played it before, making it a real popular choice. The more experienced players will choose an exciting variant, while those fancying a quick flutter are more likely to play the traditional format.

As with poker, tech is making it more life-like than ever with the introduction of live casino, while VR looks on the horizon too.

What’s more, it’s also the perfect game for mobile gameplay. With the mobile gaming industry worth over $60billion per year, it’s well worth it for online casino companies, and the simplicity of being able to stick, twist, fold, split and double, means only a few options are required on screen.

Disgraced Prince Andrew Exiled to Benidorm

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Anti-royalists are no doubt rejoicing at the relegation of ‘Randy Andy’ Prince Andrew from royal duties, or as he put it, a permanent jet-setting holiday, as Britain’s trade envoy.

The Queen has very astutely summoned her son to the palace to be told the grave news.

“Damage control is the byword here. The palace can’t have a loose cannon firing off all over the place, especially on TV interviews,” a palace commentator revealed.

The American lawyers for the former prostitutes, who the financier, Epstein employed for their services, are now calling for the Duke of York to hand himself in to American justice for his part with the Epstein operation.

Levante Beach, Benidorm
Levante beach in Benidorm, Spain crowded with tourists.

There’s absolutely no chance of the duke going anywhere near America any time soon. He will instead be in Benidorm, Spain, a place where package holiday Britons from Northern England go every year to vomit and copulate in the streets.

“We are not sure Benidorm is the best place for Prince Andrew but he will certainly be welcome here. There are many expats in Benidorm, we welcome him with open arms,” Tony Scott, a prominent expat at the Spanish beach resort told local papers.

Egg and chips, plenty of booze and lots of slappers. Sounds like the ailing prince will be in his own heaven, alas, it will not be St Tropez or Monaco.

Daily Squib Favourite TRY Agency Wins Epica Awards for Humour Second Year Running

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It’s those crazy Norwegians again with their amazing humour and the creative director Øystein Halvorsen for TRY a truly creative Oslo based advertising agency. We are glad the other jurors agreed on our choice for the Epica Awards humour prize.

The TV advertisement was commissioned for a Norwegian supermarket, its key line, keep it simple, and this is true in humour and satire as well, simple but effective implementation will get the laugh.

Once again, the creative team satirised the perils of living in a smart technological house where everything is voice activated, and humours the viewer with the smug technophile getting his just desserts. Sadly, there is not a video feed to Mark Zuckerburg’s smart home as well, where there may also be such hilarious consequences for the over-usage of complicated technology.

Here is last year’s humour gold award for a brief recap:

 

Overall the country with the most winners is France with 88 awards including 12 Golds. The second most successful country is Germany with 72 awards, including 22 Golds.

The most successful network is McCann Worldgroup with 52 awards including 17 Golds, followed by BBDO and DDB who each won 43 awards. BBDO has won 9 Golds and DDB has won 3 Golds.

At the agency level, the standout name is Ruf Lanz in Zurich with 18 winning entries, but no Gold. Another agency outperformer is BBDO New York with 15 awards including 3 Golds.

The brand that collected most awards is McDonald’s with 31, including 11 Gold.

Three days of Epica jury proceedings in Amsterdam have come to an end and the finalists for all genres will be announced on Friday.

Bonne chance…or in Norwegian..lykke til..

Sign the Petition For President Trump to Pardon Roger Stone

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It is in the president’s powers to pardon one of his key strategists who helped the president get elected in 2016, but has been viciously convicted by a 99% Democrat jury in Washington D.C., a state that voted 90.9% Democrat in 2016.

If you feel a partisan injustice has been committed, please sign the petition here: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/pardon-roger-stone-0

The petition already has around 15,000 signatures but needs 87,808 by December 15.

So, come on stand up if you support Roger Stone, who was convicted just for playing the game. Don’t hate the player — hate the game!!!

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Mr President, Roger Stone showed supreme loyalty to you, he was no stinking rat like that lawyer Cohen, he never threw you under the bus, so it is your duty, as a man of honour, the Teflon Don, to pardon Roger Stone. It will be like two fingers up at those commie bastard Dems who hate freedom and America.

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Please sign the Pardon Roger Stone petition – and forward to all your friends.