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It needs no commentary, you should watch it all. Ok, a little commentary. I don’t like Jimmy Kimmel. I remember him from The Man Show with Adam Carolla and thought he was the dumb one. I was wrong, Adam Carolla is much dumber. Dumb? One skit featured Carolla and Kimmel setting up a booth at …

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Thomas Frank is a columnist for The Guardian and author of “What’s the Matter with Kansas” and “Listen LIberal”. Corporate Democrats Have a Vested Interest in Not Listening to Workers Clinton Attacks Sanders in New Book Liberal Elite Doesn’t Care Much About Inequality Clinton Democrats Hate the Left From Ronald Reagan to Bernie Sanders Prisoners …

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Frankly, if you were a dictator developing nuclear weapons capability why the heck would you do a deal with Donald Trump? A Diplomatic Fiasco The fact of the matter is that Iran is in compliance and the leadership has declared that they are not going to violate their agreement. So what’s the problem with yes?

Sigh. You know, I was all over this 12 days ago. Cassidy/Graham is the worst bill yet. It drops Federal funding sooner, removes more protections for pre-existing conditions (basically the moment you’re diagnosed your insurance premium gets jacked to bankruptcy), more Millions lose coverage, it explicitly steals money from Blue States to give to Red …

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About Women For the record, Fairfield is only 88% White. Stars Hollow is 94%. We don’t necessarily shoot people who wear Hoodies, but the Cops can still be enormous pricks. Born here and 35. In the case of Ted Cruz you can skip that born here bit.

So Bill Nye the Science Guy visits the Ark Encounter on Day 2 after its opening. This is the video from Answers in Genesis, not Bill Nye, so you might feel a bit squeamish about adding to the 200K+ views. On the other hand you could be grateful I saved you $42. I predict this …

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I’ve been considering our current social and political condition and have arrived at the sad and reluctant conclusion that our Founding Fathers were all wrong about that “Declaration of Independence” thing. Recent studies have shown that in terms of Median Household Income (the value separating the higher half of a sample from the lower half) …

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Cops Getting Caught On Video Hasn’t Led To More Convictions Jason Stockley, the former Missouri police officer who shot and killed Anthony Lamar Smith in 2011, on Friday became the latest cop to be acquitted of murder in spite of video that showed Stockley saying he would kill Smith before shooting him at close range …

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    What? About an hour? The world seems so different. Trump Confirms Support for Law to Protect ‘Dreamers’ By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and YAMICHE ALCINDOR, The New York Times SEPT. 14, 2017 President Trump confirmed on Thursday morning that he supports legislation that would protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation and would deliver a …

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And Squirrel. How Bullwinkle Taught Kids Sophisticated Political Satire By Beth Daniels, Smithsonian Magazine September 7, 2017 “Mr. Chairman, I am against all foreign aid, especially to places like Hawaii and Alaska,” says Senator Fussmussen from the floor of a cartoon Senate in 1962. In the visitors’ gallery, Russian agents Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale …

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“I am sincerely, very, very sorry for breaking your window, and dumping all your garbage cans, and slashing your tires, and burning a gigantic flaming penis into your lawn, and spray painting “Mr. McGregor is a dooty head!” across the front of your house, and feeding your dog Ex-Lax.” “Geez Mom, can I go now?” …

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Irma Won’t “Wake Up” Climate Change-Denying Republicans. Their Whole Ideology Is on the Line. by Naomi Klein, The Intercept 2017-09-11 Trump’s timing is even more revealing for what it shows about what’s really driving climate change denial on the right. It’s not a rejection of the science, but a rejection of the consequences of the …

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