<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Courtesy of the New Yorker at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://tinyurl.com/Hippies-Root-For-FBI" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">https://tinyurl.com/Hippies-Root-For-FBI</a><br><div><br></div><div>——————————————</div><div><span style="font-family: "Irvin Heading", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 44px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Former Hippies Put in Horrible Position of Rooting for F.B.I.</span></div><div><div><br></div><div>WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Former hippies across the United States have been put in the unbearable position of rooting for the F.B.I., hippies have confirmed.</div><div><br></div><div>From Vermont to California, erstwhile hippies bemoaned a nightmare scenario that has forced them to side with a law-enforcement agency they have despised since the Summer of Love.</div><div><br></div><div>“I always dreamed I’d spend my retirement surrounded by my grandchildren, telling them that the F.B.I. were fascist pigs,†Carol Foyler, a former hippie who lives in Santa Cruz, said. “That dream has been shot to hell.â€</div><div><br></div><div>Her husband, Mick, nodded his head in sad agreement. “We were so happy when pot was legalized in California,†he said. “But the fact that we’re now on the same side as the F.B.I. has ruined even that.â€</div><div><br></div><div>Now in their seventies, the Foylers are spending their days doing things they never dreamed possible when they traipsed through the mud at Woodstock: going door to door in Santa Cruz, asking other former freaks to sign a pro-F.B.I. petition.</div><div><br></div><div>“Donald Trump has wrecked America’s standing around the world, spread misogyny and bigotry, ravaged the environment, and endorsed a child molester,†Carol said. “But making people like us support the F.B.I. is the most unforgivable thing he’s done.â€</div></div><div><br></div><div>——————————————<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>