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"In late summer of 1964 the Tonkin Gulf Incident occurred -- the purported attack on the destroyer Turner Joy, innocently going about its lawful pursuits, by a North Vietnamese PT boat. President Lyndon Johnson responded by ordering the bombing of Haiphong by navy fighter-bombers. I remember watching the announcement on television and thinking to myself: 'Gee, I hope that Tat Dat's father and sisters are O.K.'."

"Apparently
some movie studios
are reintroducing
mask mandates
but really this is no surprise
after all movie studios
know all about sequels
in which the supposedly
defeated monster
comes back yet again."

--@PlaguePoems

Crazy Train.

"Word of the Day: EXCALCEATE (v.) to remove one’s shoes" --@HaggardHawks

In With the In Crowd.