THE LATE GREAT COMIC GEORGE CARLIN USED TO JOKE ABOUT THE FACT THAT LITERALLY AND STATISTICALLY, SOMEWHERE ON EARTH THERE HAD TO BE “THE WORLD’S WORST DOCTOR.” AND SOMEONE HAS AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE HIM TOMORROW.
Keith Olbermann: “Behavior lik ...
Posted Friday, April 2nd 2010 at 9:01PM
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“THE FIRST INDICATOR THAT YOUR CHILD IS HAVING PROBLEMS IS THE DRESS CODE,” SAID SEN. ADAMS, A FORMER POLCIE CAPTAIN. “PRIOR TO THE SAGGING PANTS IT WAS SHOESTRINGS OUT OF SNEAKERS. ALL THIS COMES FROM PRISON. WE TAKE THE SHOESTRINGS AND BELTS FRO ...
Posted Friday, April 2nd 2010 at 6:42PM
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MOUNT DORA — A doctor who considers the national health-care overhaul to be bad medicine for the country posted a sign on his office door telling patients who voted for President Barack Obama to seek care "elsewhere."
"I'm not turning anybody aw ...
Posted Friday, April 2nd 2010 at 6:40PM
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THERE IS NO PROUDER MOMENT IN HAITI’S HISTORY THAN JAN. 1, 1804 WHEN A BAND OF STATESMEN/WARRIORS DECLARED INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE. THEY PROCLAIMED THEIR FREEDOM BOLDLY. BUT FOR DECADES HAITI LACKED ITS OWN OFFICIAL COPY.
By DAMIEN CAVE, NEW ...
Posted Thursday, April 1st 2010 at 3:17PM
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ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HOAXES, THE TOP ONE HUNDRED APRIL FOOL’S DAY PRANKS OF ALL TIME WERE JUDGED ACCORDING TO NOTORIETY, CREATIVITY AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE DUPED. HERE ARE THE TOP TEN:
#1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
1957: The respe ...
Posted Thursday, April 1st 2010 at 10:03AM
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Republicans in the Georgia State Senate are calling for the impeachment of Attorney General Thurbert Baker because he refuses to sue the Federal Government over the Constitutionality of the Health Care Reform law. Baker plays HARDBALL with Chris Mat ...
Posted Thursday, April 1st 2010 at 9:51AM
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Jon Stewart gave C-SPAN some advice on how they should have handled the caller who said if they "keep on with the way you've been programming, you should change your name from C-SPAN to BLACK-SPAN."
"First--this might be a good time to rearrange t ...
Posted Thursday, April 1st 2010 at 9:46AM
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“WE HAD BAIL MONEY AND EVERYTHING. I THING SHE REALLY WANTED TO GET ARRESTED AND EVEN MAKE A BIGGER MESSAGE. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING?—HER CONTINGENCY PLAN WAS GET ARRESTED. SHE WAS BIG ON DOING IT.”
WENN Radio, Birmingham Alabama, March 31, ...
Posted Wednesday, March 31st 2010 at 4:06PM
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In January, basketball fans were greeted with the shocking news that a man sought to create a whites-only basketball league. The outrageous plan elicited a loud public reaction, with Charles Barkley calling the league "blatantly racist."
The leag ...
Posted Tuesday, March 30th 2010 at 4:44PM
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"The Daily Show" returned last night and Jon Stewart didn't hold back, ripping the potentially violent undertones of the conservatives' reaction to the passing of health care reform.
Stewart had plenty to say about the Palins, Limbaughs, and Boeh ...
Posted Tuesday, March 30th 2010 at 10:37AM
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I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES THAT MY CARING FOR BARACK OBAMA AND HIS FAMILY IS UNCONDITIONAL. WITHIN THAT CARING, HELD JUST AS UNSHAKABLY, IS MY DISAGREEMENT WITH SOME OF HIS CHOICES. WAR CANNOT BE STOPPED BY KILLING MORE PEOPLE. THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER ...
Posted Monday, March 29th 2010 at 4:00PM
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IN THESE TIMES, IT IS EASY TO SEE WHY WAR IS OBSOLETE. NATURE HAS TAKEN IT ON HERSELF TO SHOW US HOW DESTRUCTIVE UNANTICIPATED AND UNCONTROLLABLE VIOLENCE IS. NOTHING HUMANS CANE VER DO ON THE BATTLEFIELD IS A MATCH FOR HER POWER.
In these tim ...
Posted Monday, March 29th 2010 at 12:53PM
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NO SOONER HAD PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE REFORM THAN 14 STATES SCURRIED TO FEDERAL COURT TO CHALLENGE THE LAW. THEY SEEM UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED BECAUSE THE LAW WAS CAREFULLY DRAFTED TO WITHSTAND JUST THIS KIND OF CHALLENGE.
No ...
Posted Monday, March 29th 2010 at 12:52PM
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“I DO NOT BELIEVE IN WAR AT ALL,” SAYS THE PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING WRITER. “TO ME WAR IS SOMETHING TO BE OUTGROWN, IMMATURE, WASTEFUL AND SO DESTRUCTIVE TO LIFE THAT HUMAN BEINGS SHOULD SHUN IT AS THEY SHUN SWINE FLU OR HIV/AIDS OR BUBONIC PLAGUE.”
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Posted Sunday, March 28th 2010 at 9:27PM
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THE BOOK TRACES CHARACTERIZATIONS OF LIGHTER SKINNED PEOPLE WE CALL WHITE TODAY. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED HOW MUCH THESE CHARACTERIZATIONS HAVE CHANGED, LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT SENSORY OBSERVATION WAS NOT THE BASIS OF RACIAL NOMENCLATURE ...
Posted Sunday, March 28th 2010 at 11:58AM
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A WOMAN PUSHED HEALTH CARE THROUGH THE HOUSE. IT’S MOST VISIBLE SUPPORTERS WERE A GAY MAN AND A JEW AND THE BLACK MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE SIGNED THE BILL INTO LAW. IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE A GOOD OLD BOY GO CRAZY.
The far-right extremists have gone ...
Posted Saturday, March 27th 2010 at 4:39PM
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NOW THAT THE HEALTH CARE BILL IS PASSED, WHAT WILL WE DO WITH OUR TIME? ALL EYES—WELL, SOME EYES—WILL TURN TO SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS WHERE DEMOCRATS WILL DECIDE WHOM TO NOMINATE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
By Gail Collins, New York Times, March 27, ...
Posted Saturday, March 27th 2010 at 4:37PM
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WASHINGTON—In what some are calling the boldest move of his Presidency, Barack Obama broke with a time-honored tradition observed by several U.S. Presidents including George W. Bush by pronouncing the word "nuclear" as it appears in the dictionary.
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Posted Friday, March 26th 2010 at 5:27PM
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“IT’S STANDARD NOW FOR CONSERVATIVES TO INVENT SCARY FAKE THREATS TO RUN AGAINST. SENATOR BROWN’S ONLY BEEN IN DC SEVEN WEEKS BUT HE ALREADY SEEMS TO BE FITTING RIGHT IN WITH HOW CONSERVATIVES OPERATE.”
MSNBC took out a full-page ad in Friday's B ...
Posted Friday, March 26th 2010 at 10:53AM
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IT ENDED WITH A HUG. HILLARY CLINTON’S ARMS THROWN OUT EXUBERANTLY TO CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT OBAMA. ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE, SHE EXTENDED A HAND PRIVATELY. SHE WAS CALLED IN AS A CLOSER, MAKING LAST DITCH APPEALS TO DIFFICULT LAWMA ...
Posted Thursday, March 25th 2010 at 8:16PM
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Entertaining commentary on the political parties various philosophical approaches to the recent Health Care debate. Which side are YOU on? ...
Posted Thursday, March 25th 2010 at 7:53PM
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“WHY DON’T YOU USE THE WAIVER PROVISION TO SET UP YOUR OWN PLAN?” THE SENATOR ASKS THOSE WHO THREATEN LAWSUITS. “THIS BILL GIVES YOU THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT WITHOUT AN INDIVIDUAL MANDATE.”
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has a message for all the attorney ...
Posted Wednesday, March 24th 2010 at 2:42PM
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THE CONFERENCE IS A CHANCE FOR WRITERS TO STUDY AND CELEBRATE ONE ANOTHER AND TO GRAPPLE WITH ISSUES LIKE THE VALUE OF BLACK SECTIONS IN BOOKSTORES, THE PAUCITY OF BLACK EDITORS AND HOW TO EXPAND THE LIST OF BLACK WRITERS TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS.
The 10 ...
Posted Wednesday, March 24th 2010 at 11:36AM
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FOR DECADES THE G.O.P HAS BEEN THE PARTY OF FEAR, IGNORANCE AND DIVISIVENESS. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AROUND TO SEE WHAT IT HAS DONE TO THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE A MOMNUMENTAL MESS ON OUR HANDS AND STILL THEY OFFER NOTHING EXCEPT MORE TAX CUTS FOR TH ...
Posted Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 at 9:24AM
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CARRYING SIGNS THAT READ: “MRS. OBAMA, HANDS OFF OUR OBESITY,” ANGRY TEABAGGERS ACCUSED MICHELLE OBAMA , IN THE WORDS OF ONE PROTESTER, “OF PLOTTING TO TAKE THE BIG MACS OUT OF OUR MOUTHS.”
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - One day after the pass ...
Posted Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 at 9:20AM
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