Fake World, Fake Life

Whatever side you’re on you know the word “fake.” The current favorite is “fake news.” There is more. Fake cigarettes, fake education, fake medical procedures, fake IDs, fake money (crypto), fake luxury products, and fake drugs all take their rightful place in our lives.

The latest fake may already be here. That is fake, fake meat, which is fake meat blended with real meat. Advantages: reduces production costs, no regulations, easy to do, hard to detect. Disadvantage: dishonest (but who cares). The exposé of this might be called fake on fake news. 😊

Feeling bad for vegans and veggies everywhere.

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More fakes now exposed.

US Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke affects all your senses; his stupidity can be seen, smelled, heard, felt, and ugh, tasted.

He wears his stupidity like a bad after-shave. We have: a fake presidential run.

If Beto and Bill (de Blasio) ran together, their net support would decrease. Fake times two.

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In politics many Presidents were called fake, but I prefer to call them genuine - idiots.

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