Bonum Certa Men Certa

[Meme] UPC is Always Next Year (and Next Year It'll Surely be the Year After That)

Dr. Robert 'Goodyear' NextYear; Team UPC, LLC

Pointer pack; I'm the f***ing president

Summary: The UPC will come "next year", just like every year (since almost a decade ago) just because the lunatic promises so and crushes the law, quite frankly as usual, cusioned and protected by the UPC lobby

António Campinos fronting for Team UPC
António Campinos for UPC

Monopoly Tony fronting for 'Team UPC' only 3 days after he became EPO President. (Source)

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