Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

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Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
  2. Dear Leader has been in power for forty years
  3. You’ve been waiting for a new apartment for 'way too long
  4. Your election ballot has only one name on it
  5. You’ve spent the last two years living in a ‘reeducation camp’ after criticizing Dear Leader
  6. Only five TV channels, and four of them are static
  7. Your next door neighbors mysteriously and suddenly vanish after a midnight knock on the door
  8. Your relatives are spying on you, recruited by the secret police
  9. Your application to leave the country was answered by a jail term.
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Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
  2. Dear Leader has been in power for forty years
  3. You’ve been waiting for a new apartment for 'way too long
  4. Your election ballot has only one name on it
  5. You’ve spent the last two years living in a ‘reeducation camp’ after criticizing Dear Leader
  6. Only five TV channels, and four of them are static
  7. Your next door neighbors mysteriously and suddenly vanish after a midnight knock on the door
  8. Your relatives are spying on you, recruited by the secret police
  9. Your application to leave the country was answered by a jail term.
  10. Police are able to kill members of minority groups with little repercussion.
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Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
  2. Dear Leader has been in power for forty years
  3. You’ve been waiting for a new apartment for 'way too long
  4. Your election ballot has only one name on it
  5. You’ve spent the last two years living in a ‘reeducation camp’ after criticizing Dear Leader
  6. Only five TV channels, and four of them are static
  7. Your next door neighbors mysteriously and suddenly vanish after a midnight knock on the door
  8. Your relatives are spying on you, recruited by the secret police
  9. Your application to leave the country was answered by a jail term.
  10. Police are able to kill members of minority groups with little repercussion.
  11. Blatant and rampant censorship of media

China’s restrictions on the Internet, and attempts by certain groups here in America to ban Art Spiegelman’s Maus … just to name a couple of the most recent.

-“BB”-

8547

Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
  2. Dear Leader has been in power for forty years
  3. You’ve been waiting for a new apartment for 'way too long
  4. Your election ballot has only one name on it
  5. You’ve spent the last two years living in a ‘reeducation camp’ after criticizing Dear Leader
  6. Only five TV channels, and four of them are static
  7. Your next door neighbors mysteriously and suddenly vanish after a midnight knock on the door
  8. Your relatives are spying on you, recruited by the secret police
  9. Your application to leave the country was answered by a jail term.
  10. Police are able to kill members of minority groups with little repercussion.
  11. Blatant and rampant censorship of media
  12. Children are taught to inform on their parents.
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Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
  2. Dear Leader has been in power for forty years
  3. You’ve been waiting for a new apartment for 'way too long
  4. Your election ballot has only one name on it
  5. You’ve spent the last two years living in a ‘reeducation camp’ after criticizing Dear Leader
  6. Only five TV channels, and four of them are static
  7. Your next door neighbors mysteriously and suddenly vanish after a midnight knock on the door
  8. Your relatives are spying on you, recruited by the secret police
  9. Your application to leave the country was answered by a jail term.
  10. Police are able to kill members of minority groups with little repercussion.
  11. Blatant and rampant censorship of media
  12. Children are taught to inform on their parents.
  13. Dear Leader’s Birthday! A huge celebration with parades, fireworks, marching bands, the works

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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham, London, England
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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham, London, England
  4. Fighting Irish, University of Notre Dame athletic squads (Indiana, USA)

-“BB”-

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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham, London, England
  4. Fighting Irish, University of Notre Dame athletic squads (Indiana, USA)
  5. Dodgers, baseball, Los Angeles
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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham, London, England
  4. Fighting Irish, University of Notre Dame athletic squads (Indiana, USA)
  5. Dodgers, baseball, Los Angeles
  6. Fremantle Dockers, Australian Rules football, Fremantle, Australia
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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham, London, England
  4. Fighting Irish, University of Notre Dame athletic squads (Indiana, USA)
  5. Dodgers, baseball, Los Angeles
  6. Fremantle Dockers, Australian Rules football, Fremantle, Australia
  7. Guardians, baseball, Cleveland
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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham, London, England
  4. Fighting Irish, University of Notre Dame athletic squads (Indiana, USA)
  5. Dodgers, baseball, Los Angeles
  6. Fremantle Dockers, Australian Rules football, Fremantle, Australia
  7. Guardians, baseball, Cleveland
  8. Washington Commanders, American football, Washington DC
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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham, London, England
  4. Fighting Irish, University of Notre Dame athletic squads (Indiana, USA)
  5. Dodgers, baseball, Los Angeles
  6. Fremantle Dockers, Australian Rules football, Fremantle, Australia
  7. Guardians, baseball, Cleveland
  8. Washington Commanders, American football, Washington DC
  9. New York Yankees, baseball, New York City
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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham, London, England’s Francisco
  4. Fighting Irish, University of Notre Dame athletic squads (Indiana, USA)
  5. Dodgers, baseball, Los Angeles
  6. Fremantle Dockers, Australian Rules football, Fremantle, Australia
  7. Guardians, baseball, Cleveland
  8. Washington Commanders, American football, Washington DC
  9. New York Yankees, baseball, New York Cit
  10. 49ers, NFL, San Francisco
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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham, London, England’s Francisco
  4. Fighting Irish, University of Notre Dame athletic squads (Indiana, USA)
  5. Dodgers, baseball, Los Angeles
  6. Fremantle Dockers, Australian Rules football, Fremantle, Australia
  7. Guardians, baseball, Cleveland
  8. Washington Commanders, American football, Washington DC
  9. New York Yankees, baseball, New York Cit
  10. 49ers, NFL, San Francisco
  11. Cowboys, football, Dallas
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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham, London, England’s Francisco
  4. Fighting Irish, University of Notre Dame athletic squads (Indiana, USA)
  5. Dodgers, baseball, Los Angeles
  6. Fremantle Dockers, Australian Rules football, Fremantle, Australia
  7. Guardians, baseball, Cleveland
  8. Washington Commanders, American football, Washington DC
  9. New York Yankees, baseball, New York Cit
  10. 49ers, NFL, San Francisco
  11. Cowboys, football, Dallas
  12. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham, London, England’s Francisco
  4. Fighting Irish, University of Notre Dame athletic squads (Indiana, USA)
  5. Dodgers, baseball, Los Angeles
  6. Fremantle Dockers, Australian Rules football, Fremantle, Australia
  7. Guardians, baseball, Cleveland
  8. Washington Commanders, American football, Washington DC
  9. New York Yankees, baseball, New York Cit
  10. 49ers, NFL, San Francisco
  11. Cowboys, football, Dallas
  12. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
  13. New York Mets, baseball, New York City

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Sports teams around the world that are not named for animals

  1. River Plate, soccer, Buenos Aires
  2. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, baseball, Sapporo, Japan
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham, London, England’s Francisco
  4. Fighting Irish, University of Notre Dame athletic squads (Indiana, USA)
  5. Dodgers, baseball, Los Angeles
  6. Fremantle Dockers, Australian Rules football, Fremantle, Australia
  7. Guardians, baseball, Cleveland
  8. Washington Commanders, American football, Washington DC
  9. New York Yankees, baseball, New York Cit
  10. 49ers, NFL, San Francisco
  11. Cowboys, football, Dallas
  12. Arsenal Football Club, London
  13. New York Mets, baseball, New York City

Housekeeping. The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters were at # 2 and also at #12, so I subbed Arsenal
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Things you’d rather do than watch the Super Bowl

  1. Clip my toenails
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Things you’d rather do than watch the Super Bowl

  1. Clip my toenails
  2. Shop at the supermarket

It’s nice and quiet then