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Today’s Quotes & Other Shit
Today’s Quotes & Other Shit
by D. S. Mitchell
I don’t usually talk about my ‘personal’ (real) self, but I am going to reveal a couple of small clues by posting the two following quotes. I have no idea who to give credit to, other than Unknown. Somehow these two quotes came up within moments of me going on the internet this morning.
I have been doing some recent reflection on past behaviors, not all of which I am proud of, HOWEVER, there’s a whole lot of shit that I am damn proud of. With that said, here are the two quotes for 3/10/2021.
“I don’t have to attend every argument that I’m invited to.” (Unknown)
“Love yourself first because that’s who you’ll be spending the rest of your life with.” (Unknown)
Hugs,
DSM
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Goin’ Sideways
By D. S. Mitchell
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As a political commentator it is my job here at Calamity News and Politics to consistently come up with clever and funny twists to my often very serious political commentary. I saw a tweet this morning that was both amusing and true. I thought it summed up the U.S. political news of the day. Twitter is a place you can let your political uneasiness flower.
Here is the Tweet I referred to. It is from @ktunnulty: “Donald Trump’s presidency has veered on to a road with no center lines or guard rails”.
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