Fortunately, Batman and Spider-Man Are Still Real
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This tale fills me with glee. After the establishment press made superstars out of the Raelians, is anyone surprised they didn't jump all over O?
As the press have demonstrated in their shameless consumption of far-less interesting lies from the White House, they'll eat anything, whether it's in Turnbridge Wells or inside the Beltway.
Gotta go, there's a cat stuck in the tree across the street. Wooooooooosh!
That should read: "...anyone surprised they jumped all over O?" Back to saving the world.
The only thing that would be more widely--and gleefully-- reported than O's existence would be his take-down: Perverted, philandering? A poor "role model" for the children of the world middle class? Dalliance with intern? Penchant for Oreos? Smoking? He's sure to be guilty of something, dressed in that brown suit.
How does this sort of thing get started?
Dark room the the mansion, late at night. Bruce Wayne is sitting there thinking to himself, "Criminals are a cowardly, superstious lot. I need a symbol that will fill them with fear.
Suddenly a cockroach crawls across the floor...
(With apologies to Dave Sim, from the pages of Cerebus the Ardvark)
ATTN:
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(C.S.O) TO THE ASSASSITNATED PRESIDENT OF DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO. PLS DO CONTACT ME IF YOU LIKE TO DO SOME
KIND OF GOOD BUSINESS WITH ME. I AM REALLY SEEKING FOR A
PARTNER IN BUSINESS WHO CAN BE RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY,
BECAUSE I HAVE SOME INTERESTING BUSINESS AT HAND NOW. MY
DOOR IS OPEN FOR ANY RESPOSSIBLE MAN OR GOOD BUSINESS WOMAN
WHO IS INTERESTED IN MY PROPOSAL. CONTACT ME THROUGH MY
PRIVATE PHONE: +2289903620 OR EMAIL:drsam_david@zipmail.com
FOR MORE DETAILS.
BEST REGARDS.
SAM DAVID
HELLOW MR MUGU OR YOU CALL YOUR NAME MAGA BE OOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.
HELLOW MR MUGU OR YOU CALL YOUR NAME MAGA BE OOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.