In anticipation of the bizarre US ritual involving the president pardoning two turkeys ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday—an equally bizarre celebration—we enjoyed this short imagined monologue from McSweeney’s contributor John Leahy narrating the internal thoughts of a sycophantic, sacrificial fowl proudly refusing clemency and appealing to Trump’s by narcissism. The saying goes that turkeys vote for Christmas but maybe face-eating leopards, and their backers, deserve their own special day as well.
synchronoptica
one year ago: the musical stylings of Lord Rickingham’s XI (with synchronopticรฆ) plus assorted links worth the revisit
thirteen years ago: eavesdropping mannequins
fourteen years ago: trending topics
