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When I was a fetusSheltered in the womb,The politicians cared for meOr so I would assume.But when I became a humanAnd they supported war,I found myself a victim Of capricious, bourgeois law.The state's command transcendedThe "Right to Life" its plea,When King Capital demandedA sacrifice by me.(Samuel Leight, The Futility of Reformism - A Case For Peaceful, Democratic Social Revolution)

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My baby has that onesie, too. No blazer, though; not too many dress codes for programmers except "don't stink" (she violates that one a lot).

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Ding ding ding!!!

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Only if they're sure they will vote Republican.

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Yes, it has worked out well. It's called California: Clinton 62%, Trump 33%. At least one state still has a sense of decency. I wish Tennessee would join us. You just have to try harder.

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Not only plausible but true! Precisely why I didn't believe him, because you would think at concerts and other public appearances someone would have noticed the new look. Found out later on that Terry and Dale Bozzio (not married at the time) were with him. So please, do dish on the Bowie/Zappa saga, inquiring minds and all...

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Such a funny, charming tweet.

Imagine if this were a Republican senator:

There would be no humor, no charm. It would just be a self-absorbed photo of mother and child, a litany of complaints, and a demand for adoration.

Duckworth even cannily manages to build suspense and heighten interest by not showing the baby -- now we have to keep waiting before we get to see her!

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Install plaques on statues of confederate heros that explain they were slavers and traitors. That would be preserving true American history.

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Ironically enough, four members of the Dead once made a pilgrimage to a small East Tennessee town to tour the company that manufactured their guitar strings.

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Just because of them, I'm gonna go have a 'bortion right now. Even though I'm old AF.

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Hosea 13:16Samaria will be held guilty, For she has rebelled against her God They will fall by the sword, Their little ones will be dashed in pieces, And their pregnant women will be ripped open.2 Kings 15:16Then Menahem struck Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, because they did not open to him; therefore he struck it and ripped up all its women who were with child.That bible is a hoot to read, so soothing and filled with love.

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Here`s to hoping the monument will get all the coathangers thrown at its feet.

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Are you actually this obtuse, or is it parody?

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Talking donkeys! My favourite bit!

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Me thinks a monument to all the women who died from back-alley abortions is long overdue!

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