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To help, we have made a mixed tape for you. This is the track list of the songs:
- “Chinese Graffiti” by Blue Peter
- “Turning Japanese” by The Vapors
- “The Great Wall of China” by Billy Joel
- “China” by Tori Amos
- “Big in Japan” by Alphaville
- “China Girl” by David Bowie
- “Working With Fire and Steel” by China Crisis
- “China Grove” by The Doobie Brothers
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The Daily Me Staff
And Forgiving, Very Forgiving – Did I Mention They’re Forgiving?
Secretary Pompeo@SecPompeo
3 hours ago
Americans are the most generous people on the planet, hands down, and we always will be.
SOURCE: Ending Trending Web Site
[http://endingtrending.blurgh/reputation-rehabilitation-station/]
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It May Have Been Worth The Criminal Record: Ocasio-Cortez Makes A Damn Tasty Guacamole
The men and women (but, mostly men) who rioted at the Capitol building were recorded looking through papers that the Congresspersons who fled when they came under attack left behind. Among other things, they found: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s shopping list (which included milk, laundry detergent and Gavel Shine, “guaranteed to give your gavel that just bought look no matter how many times you have to call meetings to order!”); Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ recipe for guacamole, and; Senator Eric Swalwell’s doodles of a baby’s arm holding an apple.
Was it worth the jail time for criminal trespass? Only the criminal trespassers can say for sure…
SOURCE: The Podunk Mash & Enquirer
[http://www.podunkmash.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49882-2021Jan12.html]
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If You Live To 80, You Can Look Forward To Looking Like Don Knotts
Time makes it increasingly inevitable that men will settle.
YOU WANT: to look like George Clooney when you’re 60.
YOU’LL SETTLE FOR: looking like Wilfred Brimley when you’re 60.
YOU’LL GET: looking like Steve Buscemi when you’re 60.
SOURCE: The Amazing Chocolate Yummies Blog
[http://www.chocoyummies.net/]
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Home, Home On Derange
Remember Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)? In his first year in office, it was used by armchair psychiatrists in the Republican Party to explain why anybody would oppose their beloved leader. Two years into his term, Trump’s derangement was apparent to too many of his supporters, and the term lost its power. By the end of his term, it was Trump’s supporters that looked deranged; not surprisingly, nobody on the right talks about Trump Derangement Syndrome any more.
A case in point is Senator Lindsey Graham. Rumour has it that he once had principles, but that somewhere along the way (possibly around the time of John McCain’s death, possibly when a crack pocket went off in his brain) he developed a bad case of TDS.
Case in point for the case in point (case in point2): Donald Trump started laying the groundwork for insurrection in 2016, when he said he would not accept the results of an election that he lost because it would obviously have been stolen from him. He gave a speech to his followers on January 6 in which he directed them towards the Capitol building and exhorted them to act. So, who does Graham blame for the ensuing violence?
Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
In the Basket of Deplorables, it can often be difficult to determine who is a true believer and who spouts nonsense for political expediency. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is definitely in the latter category. Representative Lauren Boebert is in the former. Lindsay Graham? His derangement reminds us that life is more interesting with a little mystery.
SOURCE: Karl’s Big Red Web Page of Unreconstructed Marxism
[http://www.bigred.commie/articles/218^.htm]
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It Makes Sense Conceptually; It’s Just Too Long For A Poster
Thanks to COVID restrictions on movie theatres, producers of the forthcoming James Bond film have announced that its premier will be delayed for a third time. There is, however, no truth to the rumour that they are considering renaming the film No Time for No Time to Die.
SOURCE: Entertainment Right Now
[http://www.entertainmentrightnow.com/mini/smug2021/2021/01/25/audienceshavenotimefornotimefornotimetodie/]
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The Administration Is Gone, But The Talking Points Linger On
“I’m going to be very blunt, honest and objective, here. It sounded like a student council president acceptance speech. Zero substance. No soaring rhetoric whatsoever… He looks tired, I can just hear him about now saying, ‘I need a nap.'”
– Fox News’ less than a journalist, more than a street person shouting obscenities at random passersby Sean Hannity on President Joe Biden’s inauguration speech
SOURCE: No Comment Quotes
[http://thesepeopleareinsane.psy/update.toshtml]
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They Paved Paradise And Put Up A Post-Brexit Parking Lot
The sun never sets on England.
The United Kingdom after Brexit is a land of renewed opportunity. Sure, hard borders will make it more difficult for you to travel to other countries in Europe – tough luck if your job is based there, but honestly, would it kill you to vacation in Swansea rather than the Riviera? And, yes, products coming from Europe will cost as much as 50% more than they used to – buy British (if we actually produce what you want). And, you will have to say goodbye to your friends in Scotland, who will be returning to the European Union just as soon as their little referendums can carry them.
It may not seem like it, but the United Kingdom after Brexit really is the land of renewed opportunity. Much of the border will be paved over to accommodate the thousand or more trucks of goods that will have to clear customs before being allowed in the country every day. That’s good paying construction jobs right there, that is. Inspectors. Guards. Mechanics. The sheer number of opportunities is making us giddy – pardon us while we have a nice, quiet little lie down.
Truly, the sun never sets on England. That darkness you’re seeing must be your failing eyesight…or a figment of your failing imagination.
SOURCE: Daily Semaphore
[http://www.news.semaphore.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=M5UF23LWOLFFPQFIQMFSM5WAVCBQ0JVC?nextPage=/DUereDE/wXeR.WZvwF?7wF~/DUereDE/s919/Os/14/JD141O.7wF!2qZiiv~/DUeReDR/s919/Os/14/
e7DUeReDR.ZvwF!2iG3jimmygi2Z~vg3i&resize=null&_requestid=99993]
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