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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Parlor Wit

Your News with a Twist, courtesy of the "Ironic Times" blogpaper [9/21/09]:

  • Many Don't Want Health Insurance

If forced to get it, they'll move to Canada.

  • Study: Teen Birth Rates Highest in the Most Religious States
Conclusion: Saying “Please, God, don't let me be pregnant” doesn't work.
  • Iraq: Sunnis Increasingly Desperate as Shiites Consolidate Power
U.S.: Republicans increasingly desperate as Democrats consolidate power.


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