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Being There is one of my top ten movies.

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Sullivan's take on MoDo is more <a href="http:\/\/dish.andrewsullivan.com\/2013\/08\/11\/modos-pure-washingtonism\/" target="_blank">frustrated</a>. Note, pic includes AMC, the original Wonkette.

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Well, well! <a href="http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2013\/08\/horrors-wonkette-unleashes-purple-slushie-brigade-on-las-rage-against-media-rally\/" target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/08/horrors-w...">http://www.thegatewaypundit... <b>Horrors! Wonkette Unleashes Purple Slushie Brigade on LA’s ‘Rage Against Media’ Rally</b> <i> The left’s leading gossip/soft porn/hate-blog just unleashed its army of male, female and tragically undecided readers to disrupt the Rage Against the Media Rally next Saturday in LA. Wonkette has unleashed its elite Purple Slushie brigade to infiltrate and disrupt the rally. They’re fired up and ready to go…assuming they go upstairs and get permission from their parents…And then they’re going to lunch somewhere nearby. Poor devils, they still haven’t gotten over that $3,150 bet they lost back in May. (Pay up, b*tches.) It does seem odd that Wonkette’s call to arms seems motivated out of a personal vendetta. How egocentric is that?</i>

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Also the voters are not talking about a Clinton run. We figure there are other things to talk about in a nonelection year. I could send a list to Maureen but it wouldn't help.

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1953.

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I dunno, I was in the state capitol the other day, youknow, just lighting some candles and burning a little incense and praying on some beads and whatnot, in hopes that <strike>God</strike> Gov. Cuomo would take a stronger stand on fracking, and a gay couple walked right by me on the way to the office that does marriage licenses. I think that's proof, don't you?

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<i>Thomas Friedman is filming a movie about how climate change led to Arab spring. You guys we are insanely terrified at the prospect of a Thomas Friedman movie. </i>

Nah, it's gonna be great. It's called "Licks Us at the Olive Garden." It's about vampires who run a meth lab in suburban Maryland <a href="http:// <a href="http://(http://wonkette.com/413811/..."" target="_blank">(http://wonkette.com/413811/..."</a> target="_blank"> <a href="http://(" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://wonkette.com/413811/this-is-literally-thomas-friedmans-house)">http://wonkette.com/413811/..." target="_blank">(" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://wonkette.com/413811/this-is-literally-thomas-friedmans-house)">http://wonkette.com/413811/.... Friedman is played by Robert Pattinson, with sparkles.

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"Bullshit. Who sent you here, boy? Did that chickenshit asshole Raphael send you, boy?"

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When did Thomas Friedman join Insane Clown Posse?

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Discourse has reached the point that the death of newspapers may be merciful.

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Remember what the long-haul truckers say: the only solution for time and distance is <i>speed.</i>

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Man, I am so glad that this kid is purely fictional because otherwise this would be Jerry Sandusky levels of creepy.

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Don't get carried away.

I don't think Will is any more rational that he ever was. I think he's just accepted that he can simply phone it in for the rest of his life.

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Well, isn't that special?

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It's August, the NYT silly season. Writers are out of town, and literally just (e-)mailing it in, with no push-back from the B team that's warming the editors' chairs.

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Does Friedman mention the secret to successful monoculture, which is killing everything that you don't want growing? I mean, if he really wants to milk the analogy, that is, shall way, right on target.

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