The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday 3rd April 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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I realise (Gary) you might still have a mortgage to pay, like many Johnolists who’ve succumbed to the realities of PR spin that appear to have enabled their decision to place a 4th Estate second,
really tho’ your apology should be to mankind – or personkind if you’d prefer.
As for “Si”, his supposed Christian values he holds dear will judge him when he knocks on the Pearly (now whiter than white with a money back guarantee if not satisfied within 40 days) G-G-G-Gates.
Christ! This is an exercise in witnessing how low we’ve sunk.
Ah ha ha ha ha ha (canned applause)
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