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2022 was the opposite of good. But it had some positives.
Sna Luis Obispo Tribune ^ | 25 Dec 2022 | Dave Barry

Posted on 12/25/2022 1:45:48 PM PST by Rummyfan

The best thing we can say about 2022 is: It could have been worse.

For example, we could have had nuclear Armageddon. This briefly appeared to be a possibility, at least according to the president, who broke the news in October at (Why not?) a Democratic Party fundraiser at the home of a wealthy donor in New York City. That must have been an exciting event! One moment everybody’s standing around chewing hors d’ oeuvres, and the next moment WHOA WHAT DID HE JUST SAY?

The next day, after the news media ran a bunch of scary headlines, the White House Office of Explaining What the President Actually Meant explained that the president wasn’t suggesting that we were facing Armageddon per se, but was merely, as is his wont, emitting words, one of which happened to be “Armageddon,” and everybody should just calm down.

So we dodged a bullet there.

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1 posted on 12/25/2022 1:45:48 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan
You know that Mac Davis song, "Happiness is Lubbock, Texas, in my rear view mirror" ?

Yeah, it's like that.

If 2023 doesn't get any better, we should cancel 2024.

2 posted on 12/25/2022 2:47:12 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli
You know that Mac Davis song, "Happiness is Lubbock, Texas, in my rear view mirror" ?

LOL!

3 posted on 12/25/2022 8:27:51 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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