“AND AFTER THE WELFARE STATE OF PLYMOUTH COMPLETELY BROKE DOWN, AND WAS REDUCED TO A MERE COLONY, THINGS GOT SO BAD THAT THE PILGRIMS HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TURN TO NAZI SOUP KITCHENS.”

Background at Crooks & Liars.

“FORGET SITTING DOWN TOGETHER, MR. BRADFORD. OUR TOP PRIORITY IS THAT YOU BECOME A ONE-TERM GOVERNOR OF PLYMOUTH COLONY.  BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE WANT NO INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING ON PATH CLEARING, PERMANENT TAX CREDITS FOR OUR CHIEFS WITH THE MOST ANIMAL SKINS, AND NO REGULATION OF CORN DERIVATIVES.”

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on Right Wing Fake Outrage Against TSA, to Privatize Airport Security and Prevent Unionization.

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GOP Realizes Its Worst Nightmare: Black Man Elected to Lead U.S. Out of The Dark Ages

“OUR LEAD STORY TONIGHT.  AFTER VIEWING SARAH PALIN’S ‘FOWL’ INTERVIEW, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE CANCELLING THEIR ORDERS FOR ‘TOM THE TURKEY,’ AND PLANNING TO GO WITH TOFU BURGERS THIS THANKSGIVING. REPORTING ON THE LONG LINES AT TIMMY’S TOFU HUT IN TALLAHASSEE,  HERE’S ANDREA MITCHELL.”

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