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Good news, everybody! Things are looking up … for CEOs.

March 14, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Earlier today, Donald Trump tweeted this:

The average #MAGA voter, I’m sure, welcomed this latest missive from Dear Leader with a hearty “Hell yeah!” … but, according to the article included in the “so-called” president’s tweet, the people who are feeling particularly optimistic about Trump’s America are not your average #MAGA voters:

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The argument against universal healthcare is bullshit. Here’s why.

March 10, 2017 1 Comment

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Let’s be clear: The American Health Care Act — the legislative turd that Paul Ryan desperately wants you to believe is a thoughtful and compassionate fix for America’s healthcare system — is actually an all-out assault on the most vulnerable among us, and its primary purpose is the same as almost all legislation championed by the Republican party: To make rich people richer.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Congress, Healthcare, Paul Ryan

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Van Halen (or, The Band That Ate My Life)

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Take Me Out to the Therapist… Take Me Out to the Shrink…

Hell hath no fury like white-male privilege threatened

Is it November yet?

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No, really: This job-search thing is like shooting fish in a barrel

Gene Simmons on stage

Dear Gene Simmons of KISS, a.k.a. My Childhood Hero: I think there’s been a terrible misunderstanding. Either that, or you’re an overly sensitive dick.

An Open Letter of Apology to President Barack Obama

Daddy Vader

If not for The Force, Darth Vader would have totally gotten his ass kicked, because that suit? Not very practical.

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Jon Zal @ The Massachusetts State House, Boston

I was born in 1970, raised just outside of Boston, and now live near Philadelphia. As a child, I thought I was going to be…
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    on Dear Gene Simmons of KISS, a.k.a. My Childhood Hero: I think there’s been a terrible misunderstanding. Either that, or you’re an overly sensitive dick.
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