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I'd like to think there was at least one CIA spook in the room looking for an election to rig.

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Also! My late friend, poet David Clewell, wrote a super brilliant long poem, "CIA in Wonderland," that even people who don't like poetry will dig. I mean, PopMatters wrote about it! https://www.popmatters.com/low-end-of-higher-things-2496243767.html

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I don’t know if you have heard but I am now the President of Kolob. With the help of my navy of ducks and an army of ants it was made possible. I have put out feelers to recruit Wager fighters because they don’t have a job right now and part of my platform is job creation and I will also pay them to attack Russia. That is my foreign policy so far but it is only Sunday. I also am creating an alliance. I think Sweden is in. And I am creating an air force of bats. Everybody likes bats and they can fly at night and are fierce. I just love bats. They are also responsible for the sex that cactus have with Mescal.

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We have a big pile of fire ants in our front yard that we will send over your way to supplement Kolob's military. Those little bastards bite hard, and leave blisters for weeks. I love bats too. And ants. And crows. And ducks. And frogs. What will the frogs do? Surely they have a role??

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What in the hell did I just watch?!?

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Not sure I’m qualified to explain it!?

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Good point. Perhaps someone will extol the virtues of Jane Child and her contributions to society

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Wow, I did not know of her. Just looked her up. She's like a deep 80s Alanis Morrisette, in a way? (Both Canadians, I think; maybe that's part of it.) Another topic I'm unqualified to hold forth on, but if someone else has tha knowledge, they should let loose in the comments!

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I have cousins who performed with her when they were kids.

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Holy cats! That’s so cool. I may have to go down a rabbit hole on YouTube.

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Part of some Royal Canadian thing.

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I’ve been living in my own little world as long as I can remember. Tennis ball shotput crack me up. I need my own country.

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If you do, I'll apply for citizenship asap. I think you should stage a takeover of the 9th and 9th Whale Roundabout! You can call it Cetusterrae, or Whale who belongs to the Earth-Dwellers (which is the Latin name for gnome, at least according to Paracelcus). Those tiny Olympics were super fun.

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