Open Mic SATURDAY 29th AUGUST + Political Caption Competition
POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: “Filibuster” originates from a Dutch word for a pirate (vrijbuiter), describing tactics used to delay legislation in legislative bodies.
POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY:“Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god’s purpose. Any movement of a liberal nature endangers his authority and that of his delegates on earth. One God, one King, one Pope, one master in the factory, one father-leader in the family at home.”
― Gore Vidal
POLITICAL HAIKU OF THE DAY:
Trump plants the banner
“Mission accomplished,” he boasts
The war missed the memo
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