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They are called crosses, see one on a chain and back away slowly.

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Oblig: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watc..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plJsdcMKr1I">http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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Let's just gas the whole population of them, just to make sure.

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Lobbyarbeit macht geld!

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It had to take someone named Jim Henson to explain the Texas Legislature to us. (Evidenly, there are no Kafkas on the faculty.)

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recently for a project, i have had to spend a lot of time with eyewitness accounts / first hand testimony from concentration camp survivors.

i can't really say anything funny here.

and i hope John Binienda has to spend some time with these accounts too.

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I thought the Drudge Sirens were Coulter, Bachmann, and Palin.

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Just like the Nazis pried the gold teeth out of the mouths of Holocaust victims, so members of the legislature pry campaign contributions out of the pockets of lobbyists. Perfect analogy.

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I've never wanted TruckNutz, but if this is the new designation, I'll order a brass set.

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me too! fuck all y'all non-badge-wearers

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People...people! Can't we come together in agreement? I propose that lobbyists wear surveyor markers just like the kind that Sarah uses.

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Most people of color entering the Texas Capitol use the service entrance.

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In other news:

Glenda Beck is gone. And just like that, the measure between batshit crazy and regular crazy at Fox News is actually balanced.

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I agree! When we compare the minor nuisances of our lives with that Nazis we diminish their crimes. As if the Nazis just gave out parking tickets.

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I had to wear a badge at our reception for graduating seniors and their parents, because our secretary said so and you don't make trouble for the secretary. For two hours I knew what it was like in a concentration camp, a really special one with cookies and beer.

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It's a real apology only to the extent that the word "if" figures prominently.

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