As Your Vice President, the Question Isn’t Whether We’ll All Die of Coronavirus, but Where We’ll Go When We Do

Our nation is facing the great task of slowing the spread of coronavirus, and many Americans are frightened. Why, I spoke to a man this morning who asked me, “Mike, is this what’s gonna kill us? Are we all going to die?”

“Mr. President,” I responded. “The question is not ‘Will coronavirus kill us all?’ but ‘Where will we go when it does?”

He coughed, then smiled. For he knew the answer was Heaven.

Glorious, Christian Heaven.

In these times of uncertainty, the American people must find the courage to cast off their short-sighted terrors of the flesh and prepare for our ascent to New Jerusalem.

Millions will die, oh yes. Mainly those we have come to call ‘Nonna’ and ‘Pop-Pop’. But fussing over the countless grandparents this pandemic will destroy only serves to distract us from doing all we can to join them in the Eternal Kingdom that awaits those who accept Christ as Lord, and carry every pregnancy to term, if applicable.

This morning, I read a troubling report from the CDC claiming that over half of Americans will contract the virus, outpacing our supply of hospital beds by a multiple of twenty. How tragic, my brothers and sisters, to think that even in these times of crisis we allow ourselves to be consumed with lust for such earthly comforts as beds — feathery, soft and mortal — and for what? To lounge in luxury, when unto our knees we should fall in communion with the Lord to whom we shall, coughing, return?

Yes, the hospital beds will fill, and nurses given more patients than incubators will enter into a game of respiratory Russian roulette, chaining one soul to Earth with heaven-preventing ventilators while mercifully allowing the fiery chariot of COVID-19 to ferry the others to Salvation.

The beds will fill, but the everlasting Cot of God will endure, with room for us all, presuming you have abstained from homo-abomination and remained in your God-given gender.

In these troubling times, where the mainstream media would rather you cleanse your hands than your soul, you must turn your thoughts away from flesh that rots and blood which sours. If you find yourself restless, dedicate what surely are the last hours of your weary existence to helping your priest set up Zoom so he may administer your last rites remotely.

Men and women of faith, fear not the hour when coronavirus drains the oxygen from your blood and suffocates you from within. Rejoice! Croak to the Heavens “Hallelujah” with your final, dying wheeze!

Have faith knowing as long as you have embodied Christ’s love by refusing to sell cakes to gays, to God you shall return, delivered by coronavirus, grinning, blue-lipped, from ear to ear.

Iggy Pop Removes Torso Section From Hazmat Suit

MIAMI — Proto-punk legend Iggy Pop removed the torso section from his hazmat suit yesterday, designed to protect the aging rocker from contracting COVID-19, concerned medical staff confirmed.

“I want to give back to my community and lift the spirits of all those suffering from this horrible disease,” the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall-of-Famer explained. “My manager said the only way they’d let me perform at a hospital is if I wear this hazmat suit. But how the hell would anyone know it’s really me? I cut out the torso section so they’d know the man singing ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ into their coughy, fever-filled faces was the real fucking deal.”

Pop’s management tried to convince him to stay home, but he refused.

“What are we supposed to do? This guy has done every drug on the planet like, 500 times and nothing stopped him. He’s not afraid of the virus at all,” said Iggy’s manager, Henry Howard. “You think the guy who kept teasing the idea of killing himself onstage cares about a global pandemic? I mean, we’ve told him many times it’s not a good idea, considering he’s in the high-risk age range, and he just keeps bringing up all the different times he should have died in the 70s.”

Security footage showed the 72-year-old walking out of the hospital in his hazmat suit, rolling a tank of nitrous oxide behind him.

“In a weird way, I’m glad he left, because he was just roaming the halls — singing, popping into rooms and squeezing IV bags, cutting up his chest with medical tools… and somehow he walked his way into the pharmacy before disappearing for a few hours,” said Dr. Donovan Proctor. “We were already against the whole idea in the first place, and now we have somebody who has been directly exposed to the virus just waltzing out there in the world. But I gotta admit, it was pretty cool when he launched into ‘Search and Destroy.’”

In related news, doctors scrambling to develop a coronavirus vaccine tried convincing Keith Richards to donate blood to see if whatever is keeping him alive was the cure.

Boyfriend Can’t Find the Crit

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Local woman Anita Harrison expressed disappointment during a game of Dungeons and Dragons when her boyfriend Steven Baker was once again unable to find the crit, according to tense sources.

“When the stakes are high, and I’m needing it more than ever, Steven always fails to bring the battle to climax,” Harrison said to friends, frustrated. “I mean how hard is it? Do I need to get him another D&D Player’s Handbook? Because at the end of the day, it’s just unsatisfying. If we’re stuck on an island in the middle of a battle, he’s a wizard so he can just cast teleport away. But that’s great for him — I’m never the one who gets off.”

“I’m talking about him rolling his d20 and getting a 20,” she added. “That’s clear, right?”

According to those familiar with the couple, Harrison’s friends tried to comfort her but admittedly found the situation difficult to solve.

“When I’m roleplaying, my partners tend to always hit the crit over and over,” said Harrison’s roommate Maria Barriston. “I don’t have a boyfriend but I’m in a ton of games with a bunch of people, and they know what they’re doing. Maybe I just got really lucky, but those guys are terrific with their hands because they know exactly when to go for a crit and they tend to hit it.”

“Maybe they have weighted dice?” she continued. “Now that I think of it, it should really only be a 1/20 chance to get a natural 20 in D&D. Whatever, it feels great.”

According to relationships and tabletop games specialist Dr. Martin Black, this issue is relatively common.

“I see a lot of couples who find that they unfortunately have bad Dungeons and Dragons chemistry,” said Dr. Black. “I think the most important thing in relationships is open communication, as long as it’s not metagaming — but I’ll leave that up to the discretion of their dungeon master. Otherwise, if they can’t make it work, there’s nothing wrong with accepting that a campaign has run its course and that there should be a break up.”

At press time, Harrison explained that she wasn’t planning on breaking up with Baker due to the fact that he is “just absolute fucking dynamite in the sack.”

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Audience Shocked after “Masked Singer” Revealed to be Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan

LOS ANGELES — “The Masked Singer” fans were shocked last night when the sassy, playful, incognito contestant Mr. Monster was revealed to be former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan.

“When the mask came off, you could hear a pin drop — we weren’t stunned by the reveal; we genuinely didn’t know who it was. I mean, most of us are like, 15,” said live audience member Dericia Jones. “Then Nick Cannon screamed, ‘Alan Greenspan!’ and after a few more moments of awkward silence added, ‘You know, former Federal Reserve Chairman.’ We all then politely clapped, hoping we could simply move on.”

“I read up a little bit on this guy recently, and I’m not sure what’s worse: that his policies caused the 2008 recession, or his rendition of ‘Poison’ by Bell Biv Devoe,” Jones added.

Judge Ken Jeong was equally surprised by the “weird, even by this dumb show’s standards” contestant choice.

“Our original guesses of who Mr. Monster was were way off base. Jenny McCarthy guessed Dennis Franz. I said Greg Louganis, which I thought was pretty left field. In hindsight, we probably should have picked up on the fact that the contestant was a 94-year-old man when he sang, ‘Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree’ by the Andrews Sisters,” said Jeong. “And at one point, Mr. Monster had Bill Clinton come out in a possum costume to accompany him on sax. I suppose that’s a dead giveaway, if you want to ‘Monday morning, armchair quarterback’ it.”

Despite the mixed reaction, Greenspan called his time on “The Masked Singer” a “once in a lifetime” experience.

“I always used to say being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom was perhaps the greatest thrill of my life. But that piece of tin is absolutely nothing compared to belting out Heart’s ‘Crazy on You’ with a sequined octopus,” said Greenspan. “It was also great to meet Robin Thicke — that right there is truly a once-in-a-lifetime thing.”

Fans speculated wildly following the shocking reveal, with the most popular theory being that the Sexy Ice Cream Cone “has to be” either Jonathan Taylor Thomas or former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

Nearly Unusable Controller Still in Rotation Because It Looks Cool

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Roommates Audley Stoddard, Jay Heath, and Corwin Reed have announced their intention to continue regularly using a virtually broken controller because it looks mad cool, as well as hella tight.

When pressed on the matter, the roommates seemed perplexed that any other decision would even be considered.

“It’s an Atomic Purple Nintendo 64 controller. It’s like, see-through and shit,” Stoddard explained. “So what if every time you plug it in, it has a left-drift that triggers the cursor to indefinitely cycle through menu options? I can’t throw this thing away.”

“Gaming is supposed to mean something,” Heath chimed in. “And to me, it means having a badass aesthetic regardless of the actual gameplay experience.”

Reed pushed the matter even further, claiming that the broken controller was an opportunity to show strength and perseverance in the face of less “sick-looking” alternatives.

“Did Ronald Reagan step down from the presidency when everyone thought he had Alzheimer’s? No!” Reed interjected. “He stuck it through because sometimes, making it look like everything’s fine is more important than things actually being fine. Just like this controller, Reagan looked cool as hell! And was translucent.”

The controller sat alongside the rest of the living room décor, including a record player with no needle, a novelty clock with no batteries installed, and a game of “Mouse Trap” with an indeterminate number of pieces intact.

Robin Reichstein, a friend who comes over to the apartment occasionally, described just how deep the roommates’ love for the faulty controller runs.

“I was afraid that, since I don’t live here, I would get stuck with the crappy controller that barely functions,” Reichstein revealed. “But then as soon as we started playing, everyone was all like ‘dibs on Wonky!’ and started fighting over the controller that they know doesn’t work.”

“I have to say,” Reichstein admitted, “it made me want to use Wonky.”

At press time, the roommates left their apartment to get lunch, wearing glow-in-the-dark T-shirts that no longer fit.

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Los Angeles Resident Spends Quarantine Masturbating to Google Maps Traffic View of 405 and 101

LOS ANGELES — Quarantined Los Angelino Freddy Garcia has spent a majority of his COVID-19 isolation time pleasuring himself to the unusually green Google Maps traffic view of the city’s freeways, similarly excited sources confirmed.

“Usually, you have to stay up until about 3 a.m. to see that sweet, sweet green,” explained an uncommonly relaxed Garcia. “But to see the 405 and 101 totally uncongested at 5 p.m. on a weekday is the hottest shit I could ever imagine. I can’t believe it’s real — usually I have to stay up real late, open Google Maps, and set my clock back to the afternoon to really lean into my fantasies. But it’s happening for real, and when the sun is up! And if I get bored of the 405, I switch to the 101. Hell, there’s not even any slowdown southbound near Vermont Ave.”

“Umm, will you excuse me for like, four minutes?” he added before leaving abruptly.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, desperate to find new tactics to encourage social distancing, is using Garcia as a golden example.

“In a city as populous as ours, we need to take this health threat seriously,” declared Garcetti during a press conference. “Fred Garcia has managed to spend his time preventing the spread of the pathogen by celebrating our city’s infrastructure within the comforts of his own home. And I’d be lying if I said that image of a totally green 10 West didn’t get me a little randy myself.”

Noted celebrity rehab expert Dr. Drew Pinsky explained the phenomenon.

“Usually, sexual gratification via great traffic is an experience limited to rural communities or Rust Belt cities,” said Dr. Drew on his “Dr. Drew After Dark” podcast. “Cities like Los Angeles, New York, and Washington D.C. are currently exploring new dimensions of masturbation. But I want to remind listeners to exercise proper form, technique, and caution: if you experience brutal chafing, please contact a physician.”

As of press time, Garcia was spotted running naked through the intersection of Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Boulevard, Hillhurst Ave, Virgil Ave, and Sunset Drive.

Manga on Hiatus After Artist Takes Bathroom Break

TOKYO — Popular manga Brave Fighter’s Journey was recently put on hiatus by its publisher as writer and artist Okobo Toshiro took a brief break to have a bowel movement. 

“We are sorry to report Brave Fighter’s Journey will not have any chapter published for the next three months due to the author’s irresponsibility in handling their biological needs,” magazine Burning Ace said in a statement. “There is simply no way for Okobo to catch up after such a monumental, multi-minute setback. Had he planned ahead and catheterized himself like a true mangaka this never would have happened.” 

Longtime fans of the manga were split, with some expressing sympathy for Okobo’s plight and wanting them to do what is best for their health while others expressed considerably less sympathy. 

“A bathroom break? What’s next, sleeping for a full 8 hours?” asked irate fan Benny Simkins. “If Okobo keeps this up they’ll start not only tending to their basic needs but doing things that are outright healthy and ruin any chance of burning out as a young genius with a tragically small but brilliant body of work. God forbid we end up with another Miura or Togashi who lives a long fruitful life producing top tier art for a number of decades at a pace they are comfortable with.”

Okobo offered an apology to both fans and Burning Ace, ensuring all parties that they would do everything in their power in order to keep to a stricter time table. 

“I am sorry for disappointing my fans and publisher, I will not make this mistake again,” Okobo said from their spartan Tokyo apartment. “I have already hooked myself up to an IV in order to streamline nourishment and have taught myself to simultaneously draw separate chapters with my left and right hand in order to keep up the standard of art during the weekly release schedule and perhaps even make up for some lost time.”

At press time, it was revealed every new chapter of Brave Fighter’s Journey had a coded cry for help embedded in each speech bubble.

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Is It Canceled or Cancelled? Which Am I?

As a proud member of the alt-right (and recent college graduate with a degree in English Literature thank you very much), I understand that most of my views are out-of-fashion with my cosmopolitan peers. This, combined with my educational background in language, is why I take extraordinary care in articulating my views, especially on social media. Despite my best efforts to elevate the conversation, I nevertheless ran afoul of the coastal elites and was recently “cancelled”.

This came as a total shock to me because that’s not how you spell “canceled.” At least not in the country where I learned to speak God’s language. But according to communist-ass Google, either is the correct spelling, which is just insane to me! Like, where was this magnanimous embrace of ambiguity when my old tweets were being dissected under a microscope?

Seriously, am I “cancelled” or “canceled?” I’m fine either way, but which is it?

I can’t tell you how many comments I’ve received from SJWs who claim they’ve been either affected or effected by my insensitive remarks. Quick grammar lesson for everyone. You cucks were “affected” by my literal call to arms against Bernie Sanders. Me getting banned from Facebook was the “effect.”

About half of these snowflakes have said they refuse to “accept” my explanation for the revenge porn I posted to Instagram and the rest are ostensibly unwilling to “except” it, so what would you have me do with that bit of contradictory feedback? Help me out here, folks.

I mean, how am I supposed to provide a coherent response when I’m being criticized for statements that are somehow simultaneously against (“anti-”) or prior to (“ante-”) closing the gender pay gap? And don’t get me started on what you think is a “perquisite” for me to express my opinions in a private Facebook group because that would only prove my point.

Seriously, if we’re going to subject everyone on the internet to a purity test, we should at least be willing to scrutinize our own language before engaging in ignorant homophonic attacks like a pack of drooling mongoloids, amirite? RAHOWA.

Toxic Biden Bros Caught Harassing People Through Snail Mail

PHILADELPHIA — Outspoken supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, known as “Biden Bros,” are reportedly harassing potential voters via handwritten letters sent through the United States Postal Service, many upset citizens confirmed.

“I opened my mailbox, and I thought, ‘Oh, wow, someone wrote me a letter?’” said Bernie Sanders supporter Beth Zeidman, 27. “I didn’t recognize the name, and I don’t know anyone in San Diego, but I opened it anyway, and it just reads, ‘BETH ZEIDMAN u are a fucken moron [sic]. Socialism is for losers #Biden2020.’ But even though everything was misspelled and super angry, it was written in very nice cursive. It just sort of shows what kind of assholes support Biden.”

Other victims reported receiving unsettling pictures, many depicting animal feces.

“I can’t believe someone would do this,” said Bill Harris, a 33-year-old Elizabeth Warren supporter who now considers himself undecided. “This guy, who I’ve never met, printed out a photo of a pig with poop on his balls and mailed it to my house — my five-year-old saw the picture and screamed. I don’t know why these people think this behavior is going to get anyone to change their mind about their candidate.”

However, many Biden supporters deny that this harassment is real, suggesting that the letters were faked or written by Russian mail bots.

“The Biden campaign is about coming together — not fighting with each other and mailing letters calling someone a ‘lily-livered skunk sniffer,’” claimed Charles Haynes, a 67-year-old Biden supporter struggling to plug in his printer. “This is just the narrative they’re pushing to slander the campaign of a man who wants change, but not too much change: it’s just the right amount of, ‘Let’s get rid of Trump and keep everything exactly how it is for a few more years, and then let someone else figure it out.’”

In related news, post offices across the country reporting unusually high sales of both Ronald Reagan and Frank Sinatra stamps, both of which Biden Bros are known to use in their harassment.

Man Dead After Being Shot in Ankle Nine Times

THE CITY — A hired goon taking cover behind a crate made a fatal error and left his ankle exposed, leading to nine gun shots in the same spot of his body last night, sources have confirmed. 

“Sluggs ain’t gonna make it,” reported Lewis Hutch, who’d been standing guard outside of his boss’ mansion when the incident occurred. “He made a fatal mistake of letting a little part of his body stick out, and whoever that guy with all the guns was knew exactly how to exploit that — by filling his left foot with enough bullets to kill an entire family.”

Dean Sluggs, a lifelong petty criminal, was taken to Lakeview Memorial Hospital and was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds to the ankle at 11:57PM.

“It’s a hell of a thing,” said medical examiner Allison Simmons. “While it doesn’t house any major organs or anything, enough foot shots will totally kill you. The human body simply cannot withstand that many bullets anywhere. Hands, feet, doesn’t matter. Enough shots and you will die.” 

The fatal error was attributed by coworkers to his inexperience in the field of henchmannery. 

“Yeah I don’t know who trained that guy,” said Hutch. “But he didn’t seem adequately prepared for a forty hour week of gun fights and hiding behind shit, not at all. Not letting any of your body parts hang out is one of the most important parts of the job, right up there with chatting with your co-workers and going on a little break every ninety seconds.” 

Not much is known about the suspect, but witnesses that saw the incident speculated that he was either a vigilante hero getting revenge against the crime syndicate that wronged him, or he was just out fucking around and things got out of hand. 

“Hey, that’s life in The City,” said a man that had been standing on the street corner for the last 798 days.

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