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When All Else Fails, Resort To Beating

Jun 13th, 2011 | By

An important thing for children today is establishing their social standing amongst the roving tribes of feral children. Now, in watching various nature programs on NatGeo, this is generally accomplished by overthrowing the Alpha male/female, which is usually determined via some sort of violent altercation which, at minimum, ends with some type of horrible disfigurement.

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Osama Exposed (But Not In THAT Way)

Jun 2nd, 2011 | By

You won’t believe this, but I, Alison Burke, lover of freedom and freedom fries, has stumbled upon a major discovery. The happy accident occurred while visiting the boudoir of the Pentagon, where hidden beneath the bald eagle skin rug, in front of a roaring (non-subsidized) fire, I found a treasure confiscated by the Navy Seals:

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Top-Secret TV Pilots: Failed but Fabulous

May 30th, 2011 | By

The dust has settled on the 2011/2012 pilot season! In some cases, beloved shows are gone forever. [Your beloved show here.] In some cases, our long national nightmare is over (Outsourced). And with a fresh new crop of shows about white people problems, we can all look forward to another year of groundbreaking television that

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Potty Mouths and LensCrafters

May 24th, 2011 | By

Dear Jonathan: You seem righteous and well-read. What’s your opinion on the whole “de-funding Planned Parenthood” debacle that was playing out in the news recently? On April 15th, 2011, the Washington Post’s Opinion Section had a fantastic article by Clare Coleman in regards to the five myths about Planned Parenthood. This was in response to

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Douchebag Education Begins at Home – Part 1

May 16th, 2011 | By

In honor of Mother’s Day, I figured it’d be apt to talk about our nation’s fine example of half-assed parenting. I’m certain that because I have yet to breed that I have no room to comment on how others raise their children, and if you think that, you can eat me. I’m not here to

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