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Meet the New Mac, Same as the Old Mac

A photograph of the scene of a McDonald's restaurant under demolition. Only the  Golden Arches sign remains.
A pile of debris that used to be a McDonald’s. The fast food operation is branding. So is a certain political con man.

A Whopper of Biblical Proportions

It’s a scene of total destruction. A twisted metal pole sprawls helplessly across a pile of debris. Slabs of concrete and drywall lie splayed about randomly. A lonely red barrel tops a small mountain of what used to be walls, fixtures, and furniture. There are loose wires, severed pipes, and a general air of malaise and devastation. All those visits, all those hours spent with loved ones – gone, utterly gone.

Is this Gaza? Ukraine? The Middle East? A Moscow suburb?

No. It’s what’s left of our neighborhood McDonald’s. By the time I write this, the lot will have been cleared. Don’t let this depress your Happy Meal, though. Like a Phoenix bird, Nixon in 1968, or Donald Trump in bankruptcy court, it will rise again.

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