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Just reading the transcript of Donald J. Trump’s convention speech…

Whoever the choice will be in opposition to Trump being elected, here is a metaphor from Donald’s Covid days to exemplify the likely gulf:

(that’s Anthony Fauci, then Chief Medical Advisor, who wasn’t a fan of Trump’s idea of treating the virus with bleach)

(For those not in the know, this eludes to (1) England losing in last night’s football Euros final, and (2) the eternally wishful Three Lions song of 1996 with its anthemic lyrics ‘It’s Coming Home, Football’s Coming Home’)

On this day in 1956, RCA released Elvis Presley’s single ‘Hound Dog’, a cover of Big Mama Thorton’s original, written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

A few years later, it was my party-piece to sing this – notionally…