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So you're saying she had the wrong idea about you?

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She was <a href="http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pingnews\/286476670\/" target="_blank">here </a> in 1963. And <a href="http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=BLfE7p75g2g" target="_blank">here's </a>Odetta in 2008. Enjoy!

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Had Toad In The Hole for the first time last week, and I can't recommend it highly enough.

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It was revealed to be a wig.

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From the link:

<blockquote>"We do not comment on personnel issues out of <strike>respect for the employee and the station</strike> a desire not to have the holy fuck sued <em>even harder</em> out of us."</blockquote>

FTFY, station General Manager.

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I hear banjo music!

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Could she tell if it was raining without looking out of the window?

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If I ran a TV station I would get rid of other staff first: any male reporter with an obvious hairpiece, and any reporter who has had his/ her nose filed down until it looks like Voldemort's or Michael Jackson's. Examples are still working at St. Louis stations.

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Hard to say. I think it was <a href="http:\/\/img.wonkette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/white-man-250x258.jpg" target="_blank">this guy</a> in fact.

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Right on.

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The "Alan West?"

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Hey kids! Be the first person ever to complete this sentence in a non-racist way:

<i>"I'm not racist but..."</i>

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She can forecast my high pressure system anytime, if you know what I mean.

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Of course we can write to them and tell them (politely of course) what a bunch of morans they are for firing the pretty lady. I have provided a link to everyone who works at KTBS (BS… really?) for your convenience. <a href="http://www.ktbs.com/contact..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.ktbs.com/contact-us/contact-ktbs">http://www.ktbs.com/contact...

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When you think of black women with short hair and hoop earrings, it's hard not to hear Odetta singing. And that is a beautiful thing.

What makes this particularly infuriating is that Ms King took the time to write a thoughtful and serious response to an <strike>illiterate moran</strike> typical Louisiana redneck bigot.

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What! No Dapper Dan pomade!

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