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When pig parts fly ...

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  • AxtremusA Offline
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    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taiwan-pig-intestines-parliament-fight/2020/11/27/6eca3be0-3097-11eb-9dd6-2d0179981719_story.html
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    TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan has seen lawmakers throw punches, chairs, eggs and even water balloons during periodic and spectacular bouts of parliamentary violence.
But when pigs fly — that's something unheard of, even by Taiwan's standards.
Members of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) on Friday threw pig hearts, intestines, lungs and other innards, leaving the chamber's crimson carpet streaked with ropy strands of intestine and milky viscera as they protested the ruling party's decision to allow imports of U.S. pork that contains the additive ractopamine. ...

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    • George KG Offline
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      My kind of gummint!

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        I guess they're not quite as polite as the Japanese.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          I guess they're not quite as polite as the Japanese.

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          @Mik said in When pig parts fly ...:

          I guess they're not quite as polite as the Japanese.

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          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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