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There is something sort of sweet about the fact that in the election where he finally won, the Dems took veto-proof supermajorities in both houses. Have fun, Mr. Oberweis!

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I see she is a grduate of the Leona Helmsley School of Etiquette.

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Not intended! They rule.

A better parsing would be "making some African-Americans work for no pay," or "making African-Americans work for insutingly low pay, especially compared to the gross receipts."

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But rut roh, it's not the little people she owes the money, it's the check cashing company who already paid the little people. They'll probably send someone over with something a little more robust than a folding chair.

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In many jurisdictions the DA will collect for you - up to treble damages (that does not refer to bad music, by the way).

Each person who got a rubber check can go to Small Claims Court - here in California you can request punitive damages. It's always a good idea to at least double your claim (plus costs, of course). That way when they offer to settle for 50%, you get what you were owed in the first place.

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Very funny!

Just how many years have you been saving that nugget?

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I just saw a car with a fairly new looking "John Edwards 2008" bumpersnicker.

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Forgive me if I've already posted this here: On the night of November 6th, after Gov. Romney had lost the election, his campaign cancelled all the credit cards issued to his workers.

So they had to pay out-of-pocket cash for their cab rides back to their hotels.

Dude gives empty suits a bad names.

{PS: I think the condom in the envelope is actually pretty funny. Mean, of course, But still pretty funny.}

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So does that mean we'll never get to learn the name of the compassionate hack who donated that condom?

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Motown?

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Well, now you really will have to tell us exactly who you're talking about when you use the phrase "<a href="http:\/\/wonkette.com\/469614\/check-kiting-grifter-newt-gingrich-stiffed-nevada-small-businessman-but-it-felt-like-a-kiss-video" target="_blank">Check-kiting grifter</a>"

ETA: I suppose we do now have to admin, Newt really is the GOP's ideas man, but they're still <em>bad</em> ideas.

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So, rubber [checks] and rubbers.

[EDIT] Somebody obviously didn't read the subhead.

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