All Manatees, All the Time

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Given the hyper-hallucinatory state of political discourse in this country at this time, in which it is quite possible to have a statement like "I hate Nazis!" promote a response like, "See: I told you he loves Nazis!", henceforth, this blog will be about manatees. No manatee has ever loved Nazis.

Manatees are peaceful, gentle giants of the sea. If you get in the water with them, they roll over so you can scratch their bellies. This is what all future blog posts here will do: just roll over, hoping you scratch their bellies.

Look at all the soothing, bluish-green colors on this page! So peaceful!

Sleep, sleep.




Comments

  1. Ken B12:48 PM

    " No manatee has ever loved Nazis."

    Denialist!

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  2. Ken B5:53 PM

    http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article136976003.html

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  3. Nathan Conroy2:32 AM

    "Yellow Submarine" would have been just as well, in my humble opinion:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-eHtytSGhQ

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  4. Greg Pandatshang10:37 PM

    Hugh is the only manatee I care about, thank you very much!

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  5. Ken B6:03 PM

    I think a lot of manatees are mottled grey supremacists.

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  6. Ken B2:51 PM

    A Manatee obelisk has been broken into pieces. http://wfla.com/2017/08/24/93-year-old-confederate-monument-in-manatee-county-moved/

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