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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Texas Yacht Not

A few days ago I posted an article about how local politicians are claiming they have to give tax breaks to rich people or else the wealthy will move somewhere else — despite the fact that more than one study has shown that this is completely false. Well, here’s an even crazier example. The Texas […]

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As the Arab World Turns

© Matt Wuerker An article by Robert Fisk makes a good point: the mass revolutions in the Arab world over the past four months mean that al-Qa’ida was already politically dead. Bin Laden told the world – indeed, he told me personally – that he wanted to destroy the pro-Western regimes in the Arab world, […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“President Obama released his long-form birth certificate yesterday. So we found the birth certificate. Now it’s on to bin Laden.” – David Letterman [now that was prescient!] “President Obama finally showed his birth certificate and it turns out he was born in Hawaii, of all places.” – Jimmy Kimmel “President Obama released his birth certificate […]

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Reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden

Ranker has a fascinating article on internet reactions to the announcement by President Obama that Osama bin Laden had been located and killed. Number one on their list was Fox News getting it terribly wrong: If that weren’t bad enough, they did it again: But they weren’t the only news organization with that particular fail: […]

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The President’s Speech

The the White House Correspondents’ dinner, Obama roasts himself, his birth certificate, Trump, Michelle, Biden, and Hollywood. Very funny. Here’s the roast from Seth Meyers — Obama was funnier! But you should at least watch when Meyers skewers Trump (at 11:55) — the best part is when the camera shows Trump in the audience, definitely […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Donald Trump is now attacking President Obama’s grades, suggesting that he was a poor student. First it was the birth certificate, and now the grades. Trump won’t be happy until he proves that Obama doesn’t exist.” – Jimmy Kimmel “It was just revealed that Donald Trump hasn’t voted in primary elections in over 20 years. […]

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Proof

© Mike Luckovich I have never heard of a sitting president having to prove he is an American. This nonsense has got to stop. I don’t care if it is motivated by racism or just dislike of his policies. If we don’t stop the personal attacks and stick to the real issues and challenges facing […]

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How did Obama get into those Ivy League Schools?

If you look over the evidence, you do have to wonder how he got into all those Ivy League schools: The dean looked over Barack’s transcript and college boards and then suggested in a kindly way that he apply to some less competitive colleges in addition to Columbia. There were no class rankings at his […]

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