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Tips for the wealthy to save money if their taxes are raised (109 comments)
The Republican Jesus Show! Episode 1 - "Family Values" (68 comments)
New GOP House bill to limit the length of bill titles to 140 characters or less (17 comments)
Obama and Congress Agree To Raise Debt Ceiling to $120 Trillion (12 comments)
Vatican Reverses Stance On Gay Marriage After Meeting Tony And Craig (The Onion) (11 comments)

Man Holds Fruitcake Hostage at Botched Pastry Robbery

Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:46 PM EDT

SCRANTON: In the middle of a lull between lunch and dinner rushes, a man burst into a pastry store this afternoon and demanded a large sum of money, holding a gun to the store clerk's head.

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New GOP House bill to limit the length of bill titles to 140 characters or less

Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:03 PM EDT

By Matt Rock

In an effort to make House bills easier to research and file, a new bill proposed by the GOP would limit the titles of bills to 140 characters or less, matching the character limit on Twitter. The proposal was expected to pass in the House until this morning, when Presiden …

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Army of Gay Men Invade Capitol and Throw Riot, No Survivors

Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:41 PM EDT

By Leafydebater

WASHINGTON: In an interesting turn of events inside the political epicenter of the country, the Capitol has been invaded by every Republican's worst nightmare: hundreds and even thousands of gay men. The men, planning to march around in support of equality, arrived by bus, plane, …

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Obama and Congress Agree To Raise Debt Ceiling to $120 Trillion

Seeded on Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:41 PM EDT (unconfirmedsources.com)

Seeded by proglib

President Obama and Congress breathed a collective sigh of relief today as Obama signed into law a budget agreement that would raise the federal debt ceiling from it's current $12 trillion to $120 trillion.

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Rupert Murdoch hacks his own phone to find out what he is thinking(satire story)

Seeded on Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:37 PM EDT (The Spoof)

Seeded by SuperSaiyan

Under fire from a phone hacking scandal that threatens to destroy his communications empire, media mogul Rupert Murdoch today admitted that he routinely hacks his own phone daily "just to keep up with what's going on." "Once you turn 80 years old, one's memory isn't quite as eff …

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Armadebtdon 2011 - The End of the World as We Owe it

Seeded on Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:22 AM EDT (Video: Q & O | The Daily Show | Comedy Central)

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Mitch McConnell splits the Senate's responsibility in two, abdicating the unpopular doing s**t part to Obama but retaining the popular complaining about it part for himself.

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Vatican Reverses Stance On Gay Marriage After Meeting Tony And Craig (The Onion)

Seeded on Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:57 AM EDT (The Onion)

Seeded by krishna-167929

VATICAN CITY—In a stunning and unexpected reversal of long-standing doctrine, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed the Roman Catholic Church's unequivocal support for gay marriage Tuesday, just hours after meeting Stonington, CT couple Tony Ruggiero and Craig Housinger. The pap …

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Disgusted, Satan Returns Murdoch's Soul « Borowitz Report

Seeded on Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:05 PM EDT ()

Seeded by Scott (Scoop) Butki

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Tips for the wealthy to save money if their taxes are raised

Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:05 AM EDT

By Matt Rock

There's been a great deal of heated debate in the past few years regarding taxing the wealthy to pay down our national debt, and that debate only seems to be intensifying as the United States crawls toward a default amidst the debt ceiling issue/ crisis. We could …

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