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In 2000 Joe Lieberman ran as VP in a bid to boost the likability of the ticket. Rob Bartlett wrote a parody song in an Eminem rap style and it aired on the Don Imus show in September of that year. The audio is ripped from an AM station to audio cassette then an MP3 then into this MP4 so be patient with the quality. This audio was also posted as a mp3 on the Audio Vault page, about 4 clips down.
Joe Lieberman, whatever political differences you may have with him was well-liked and his style will be missed.
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The French Toast Industrial Complex Theory
A funny look at weather hype in the Philadelphia area
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The Theory:
Here's the latest version tying together the main players and co-conspirators from the Egg Cartel (the ringleader) to Big Milk, Bread Lobby, Big Plow, Big Salt, and more...
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November 3rd, 2022
Not since the great Macy's World Series Jinx in 2009 has a corporation meddled with the primal forces of nature and come up empty. Last night Wawa tweeted this gem...
Well, a lot of Phillies fans went to bed hungry last night. The final score last night was Astros-5 vs. Phillies-0 with pitcher Cristian Javier throwing a historic no-hitter.
As we file Wawa's tweet under "Tweets that didn't age well" and put a notation in the Book of Sports Jinx's what will Wawa do to follow this up? Do we get free hoagies now? Wawa needs to Atone!
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How Social Security went from being a good thing to a Ponzi Scheme and an article on how some fixed that.
October 15, 2022
I get the whole deal of how Social Security made sense in the beginning. People didn't live long and some were growing old in poverty. We had 35 workers for everyone collecting a check. Unfortunately, the federal government always spends as much as it takes in and everything more that it can get away with, including every single penny of the so-called Trust Fund. We can still turn this around and accumulate vast wealth for American Workers.
Read more: Social Security is a bad deal and how some made it better
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Media (Mis)Coverage of the Columbine School Shooting
Debunking the "Gay Biker" urban myth.
How a prank posted to a newsgroup got out of hand.
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In the wake of the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado on April 20, 1999, I found a disturbing trend of media bias regarding a seemingly minor matter. What turned this minor story angle into something more was general laziness with regard to fact-checking and the unwillingness to accept information when it conflicted with earlier assumptions by the very media that professes to be the bastion of information. The media in question is Talk Radio and this is the story...
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