Long before FEMA dropped the ball, local authorities decided they didn’t need one. See LENIN’S TOMB: Everything has gone according to plan. (spotted via Making Light)
Recent Bluessky Posts- Someone needed to do this! Where is the titular leadership on this sort of thing? September 1, 2026 Michael Froomkin
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Quote of the day from BBC News 24 following an interview with Prof Alan Lichtman (concerning the announcement by GB to personally launch an investigation) (as far as I can make out):
“It is like getting the Fox to find out what happened to the missing Chickens”.
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