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Agreed. I was listening to a comedian on one of NPR's shows (sorry, I don't remember). He was talking about why (and I'm working from drunken memory here) a woman getting one over on a guy was (could be) funny, but a guy doing the same to a woman would not be funny. He said that the logic behind this is that good comedy punches up, but bad comedy does the opposite. Good comedy speaks truth to power. While this is not comedy, I think the same logic applies. Even if she hit him first (as you and I agree...unlikely), so fucking what? Corely was in a place where he had to stop beating his wife because he saw blood and his children were traumatized?Fuck you, Corely...and fuck your rationalizations. First punch or no...you're the shitheel here.

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He'll shorten it to Cash and no one will be the wiser.

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"but all legal matters I would not comment"Wilson don't do full idears too good

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Not to mention French Vanilla coffee creamer.

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And now, Carrie Fisher's Mama has died. 2016 just will not end.

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Being white, I assume Representative Corley is a lone wolf and not indicative of the behavior common to all white South Carolinians.

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Having grown up with The Boxer Now Known As Mohammed Ali, I always thought Cassius was a black name.

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Unfortunately, this entire incident looks good to his simpleton voter base.

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Here is a delicate balancing act: Some wives require more in the way of a sound lashing but, at the same time, you have to avoid bruising because of what the neighbors (and the cops) might say.

And how do you judge your wife's readiness to repent? Should you wallop her a few more times to be on the safe side?

What to do? What to do?

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"Smack, if you must, my cracker head,But spare my trait'rous flag," he said.

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And highly observant, despite the sullen, hooded eyes that give cobras a bad name.

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"Why are you called 'Man-With-Bucket?'""My people have a tradition of naming their children after the first thing the father sees upon leaving the birthing tent. My full name is "Man-With-Bucket-Pouring-Water-Over-Two-Dogs."""Wow, that's a mouthful.""You should hear my twin brother's name. He was the first born, so he was named after the first thing my father saw. I was actually named after the second thing.""What's his name? "Two-Dogs-Fighting"?""Two-Dogs-Fighting?!?" He wishes his name was Two-Dogs-Fighting."

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Yep, that's the get out of hell free card.Pfft

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Eggsactly!

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But I want the body saved for the Cultural Museum. He'll make an interesting display.

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Doesn't take much to earn Wilson's 'respect'; stay classy, Joe"..

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