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  • Desperate Joe Biden Considers Jeb Bush as Running Mate

    02/21/2020 1:50:39 PM PST · by Pelham · 28 replies
    Imaginative Conservative ^ | Feb 17, 2020 | The Editors
    presidential candidate Joe Biden suggested that he would consider former failed Republican presidential candidate Jeb! [sic] Bush as his vice presidential running mate. “That son-of-a-gun Bloomberg ain’t gonna out-loser ol’ Joe Biden,” Mr. Biden told reporters. “He thinks he can show me up by winning this thing even with Hillary on the ticket. Well, Jiminy Cricket, I can win this nomination riding side-saddle with Jeb Bush, fella!” When asked about the many gaffes that Mr. Bush committed on the campaign trail in 2016 when he opposed Donald Trump, Mr. Biden scoffed: “Oh jumpin’ Jehoshaphat, he didn’t mess up as much...
  • The Flummery Digest discontinued?

    12/03/2003 8:34:15 PM PST · by Mudcat · 6 replies · 257+ views
    The Flummery Digest ^ | 12/3/03 | mudcat
    Whatever happened to The Flummery Digest, that monthly update on politically correct goofiness? I noticed today that it hasn't been updated since June 2003. Some of my favorite past flummeries:March 2003: A nursery school teacher in Yorkshire, England, banned her students from singing ``Three Little Pigs'' out of a concern that it might offend Muslims. Local Muslims responded that while the Koran clearly prohibits them from eating a pig's meat, they have no problem reading or talking about them. Indeed, the Koran itself mentions pigs, and Muslims are often obliged to read and recite the Koran. And, following criticism over...