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Late Night Political Humor

“People in Alaska are looking forward to Sarah Palin’s memoir. They’re already calling it ‘The Book to Nowhere.’” – David Letterman “Sarah Palin just finished writing her memoirs. And her publisher says — this is a quote — ‘It’s her words, her life and it’s all there in full and fascinating detail.’ Yeah, then he […]

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What If Democrats Behaved More Like Republicans?

© Tom Tomorrow

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The Next (Sleeping) Wall Street Bubble

The New York Times has an interesting article today about the Simmons Bedding Company, which is about to declare bankruptcy. Small investors stand to lose everything (bondholders alone will lose almost $600 million). Not to mention the employees, who are not only out of a job, but had their pensions converted into shares of company […]

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How to stop thinking socialist thoughts

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Late Night Political Humor

“The former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, has completed her memoir, and it’ll be in stores in November. So that’s something to look forward to. A lot of people aren’t taking her seriously. I’ve seen it. It’s a big, huge book. But when you go into the store, you can use that big book to […]

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Reflecting on Medicare

© Dwane Powell

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SNL tweaks Obama

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Late Night Political Humor

“Sarah Palin went to Hong Kong, delivered a speech last week. And we’re learning more and more about the speech that she delivered there. Palin says China needs to deal with its ethics problems. Well, I bet that got a nice laugh.” – David Letterman “She was paid $300,000 to go over there and speak […]

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Coming together on health reform

© Joel Pett

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This should put to rest the rumors that Obama is Hitler

Hitler was able to bring the Olympics to Berlin. Obama failed to bring the Olympics to Chicago. Case closed.

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What if the Russians invaded?

Deliciously ironic posting by David Michael Green at Common Dreams today, entitled “If the Russians Did This to Us, We’d Kill ‘Em“. The whole idea being that if we were invaded by a foreign country, what could they do to us that isn’t already being done by our own, existing overclass. Would they throw large […]

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Why won’t Glenn Beck show us his birth certificate?

Now, in addition to the ongoing questions about whether or not Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990, new questions have come up: There is rampant confusion about where he was born. Suspiciously, Beck’s wikipedia page says he was born in Everett, Washington, but it used to say he was born in […]

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Corporate Offense

© Tom Toles

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People who live in glass houses, shouldn’t throw Acorns

Senator David Vitter (R-LA) claims on his website that he “has been the Senate’s most outspoken critic of ACORN”. In the wake of tapes that show ACORN employees offering tax advice to two conservative operators posing as a prostitute and a pimp, Vitter has “offered multiple admendments to bar them from receiving federal funding.” What […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Today, President Obama spoke at the G-20 global economic summit in Pittsburgh. He warned that if the world economy does not get better, next year’s summit will also be in Pittsburgh.” – Jay Leno “It’s chilly here in New York City. As a matter of fact today, it was chillier than a conversation between President […]

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