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The Regrettable Guilt Makes a Man Guilty
November 5, 2026
David Himmel
The Regrettable Guilt Makes a Man Guilty
November 5, 2026
David Himmel

The stomach tightens and sinks.
The heart and lungs follow.
It’s a confounding reaction to a receipt of affection.
It’s familiar, and, therefore, oddly comforting.

But familiarity can be a curse.
A cursed reminder of what once went wrong when you were just trying to do things right this time.
This time it’ll be different, you say.
Why? You’re different, but what are you doing differently?

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November 5, 2026
David Himmel

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting – Active Shooter Play of the Day!

Clearly there is an audience for this.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting - White Anti-Defamation League

It ain’t racist if it’s the truth! 

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Trump 2026

Mike Pence had a breakdown last year and moved to Key West and does drag shows under the name Ernest SOHeminGAY!

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Orange Is The New I Don't See Color

I’m a republican female. That still counts for something with people, like widows, women who hate themselves, foreign mail brides.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Department of Labor Emergency Meeting

Time to tighten our belt. I can’t walk around with my pants undone all the time. 

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting – Ivanka Washington

If I weren’t already married to your mother, I would totally scoop you up and make you my wife. 

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Be Bester

Make Children Great Again!

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | How to Win a Presidential Election

You want women, boy, do we have women! Va-Va-Vavoom! Grab ‘em by the policy!

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting – Stand-Up Club

These didn’t seem like jokes. More like a cry for help.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Chillicothe Father of the Year

I can’t tell you about it in person, because I’m a telemarketer. Bound by honor to use the phone.

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The Minutes of our Last Meeting – Happy Memorial Day, Japan!

The ONLY justification for President Trump telling Japanese soldiers “Happy Memorial Day” is if he is flipping them the bird just before dropping another nuke on Tokyo. 

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting – Blockface!

This was 1984. Michael Jackson was still black then.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Alabama Fetus Fest 2019!

We’ll have the young ladies compete for the honor of being Little Miss Carry.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Queen Daenerys Targaryen Strategy Meeting

Your father wanted to Make Westeros Great Again. Cersei just hates foreigners.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Alabama Abortion!

Alabama. Home of the Zero Legal Abortions!

Rep. Merika Coleman (D) - “Jesus Loves the Little Children” is a song. Not a Bible verse. 

Rep. Terri Collins (R) – I guess that’s depends on how you interpret the Bible.

Rep. Merika Coleman (D) – Or on your ability to read.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | 2nd Amendment Sanctuary Counties

I feel safer knowing that everyone in this room is packing heat.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | South Texas Family Life Choices Legal Clinic

All I’m asking is that you consider other options. Think about it. Take your time. Come back in ten, fifteen years and tell me how you feel. You know, many people die from simple accidents or natural causes. If you wait, they might just die on their own.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting – The Barr Investigation into the Investigation of the Trump Campaign Investigation

The whole thing was tainted with anti-Trump bias from the start. According to the president who gave me this job. 

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting – Men Reclaim Words

My wife just had a hysterectomy. I have no idea what it is. It’s a woman’s body thing.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting – Mueller Redacted

Please, take a look. 

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