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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 15h

"I loved it. Full of humour and insight. The author's style makes you feel you're right there with him."

(Sometimes, the simplest reviews are the best)

#booksky #author #mustread #america #memoir

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 7d

If trump read this book, he'd ban it. What do you think?

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 9d

400 million guns justified to defend the Constitution, and all I hear is whining...

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 10d

Meanwhile, America elects their pedo as president...

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 12d

It's called Krappy Kraft Foods a monster that has been allowed to infiltrate and desecrate out food. Soon it will be as shitty as American crap with all the health issues that brings. Another governmentfailute

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 13d

Is this because the makers of the drug refused to contribute to the tacky ballroom?

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 14d

Thankfully, Jamaica is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, which means it will get all the help it needs from the UK and Commonwealth Countries. Therefore they won't give a rat's arse about the Convicted orange pus-ball in the Tesla Showroom-cum-tacky-gilded-cage at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 14d

In any sensible nation they would have walked out and brought down the government. Have I given you a clue?

Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 14d

Christ, if AOC is considered low IQ, then by the same measure, trump, and the entire Republican party have the IQ of a banana.

Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 14d

Oil. Where America is concerned, it's always, oil. Venezuela has the largest untapped reserves on the planet. Easy target. It's always, oil.

Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 15d

The 22nd Amendment prevents trump from serving a third term. However, if he succeeds, then the Union no longer exists because the Constitution becomes de facto null and void. Besides, only a state led by dumb f*cks would remain in a Union led by a Dictatorship.

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 15d

The Driving Test...
"The first sign pictured a man with a flag in his hand. Hmm... “Beware, Parade ahead?” I hazarded.
"No"
Apparently he's the American equivalent of a warning that road works were taking place ahead. Things were going well."
(p34)
#booksky #memoir #america #writer #mustread

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 16d

And. STILL America whines but does nothing

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 16d

I could not help but feel a little disappointed when he chose to get off on the embankment side of the train. In need of some righteous humour, I so badly wanted him to start a class action with the freight train now thundering past us on the other side." (3/3) #booksky #author #america #memoir

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 16d

He wanted their name, address, and every other personal detail he could think to ask for. Unsurprisingly, he didn't get a single response. Disappointed, he offered verbal doubt about our being ‘right in the head’, and decided to join those jumping off the train. (2/3)

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 16d

An extra helping of 'ONLY IN AMERICA', today...
"It turned out that development was Mr Class Action. After rising to make further threats to the train crew, he proceeded to ask everyone to sign up for his litigation plans. (1/3)

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 17d

(In NYC)
I pointed to one of the bagels...
“What’s a French Toasted?” I begged.
The gaze turned into a broad smile.
“Oh my God, you’re English! What you doing here,
hun?”
“Just moved here”, I replied. And with that, I got the
full lowdown on what a French toasted bagel was."
#booksky #writers

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 18d

So WHAT is the real America doing to end this obscene mess?

Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 18d

So much for the Constitution. So much for the 'checks and balances' those 400 million guns are supposed to give you. Put up or shut up.

Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 18d

Today's excerpt from 'ONLY IN AMERICA'
"Sighing deeply, I turned to look at what JFK’s deportation
lounge had done to my passport. There, next to the original ‘Visa Approved' stamp, was another 'Visa Approved' stamp.
I may be the only person in America to have been immigrated twice."
#booksky #book

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 18d

'Party of the people', my arse. Meanwhile... 11% of the vote in Caerphilly 🤣

Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 19d

Leavitt is the epitome of every Karen, bimbo, and dumb blonde joke in the world.

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 19d

Today's snippet from 'ONLY IN AMERICA'...

"With the key to my room in hand, I boarded the elevator. As it rose to heights, I didn't know it could; I just wished my brain hadn't projected a flashback of watching that film, 'Towering Inferno'." (p14)
#booksky #author #book #writing

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Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 20d

No more invites to parties at mar-a-lago?

Andy Gabriel-Powell @andygabrielpowell.bsky.social · 20d

Well... America has it's Eldon Tyrell... it's just that he's fat, orange, a convicted felon, and a piece of sh*t.