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Tag: DJT

Pass the Silver Bullets

Ted Cruz was the second-slimiest weasel in Washington D. C., and he was actually, before DJT, was the slimiest — and then, when they elected DJT, Cruz became known as the second-slimiest. And now that DJT is a loser, Ted Cruz is again the slimiest weasel in Washington D. C. (or Texas or even Cancun).

Posted on 02/18/202102/18/2021 by MikePosted in Crime, Fascism, PoliticsTagged Cancun, DJT, Ted Cruz, Texas, Washington D. C.. 1 Comment

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“Most human quarrels arise from the fact that both wise men and dunces exist who are so constituted as to be incapable of seeing more than one side of any fact or idea, while each asserts that the side he sees is the only true and right one.” — Honoré de Balzac

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Homeland Elegies: A Novel — Ayad Akhtar

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La Cousine Bette — Honoré de Balzac

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Robert B. Parker’s Someone To Watch Over Me — Ace Atkins

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