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"No comedian could have written the joke this election cycle has been. The punch line is too ridiculous (whoever the punch line is going to be). Or, as celebrated political satirist, journalist, and diehard Republican P. J. O'Rourke put it in his endorsement of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton: "America is experiencing the most severe outbreak of mass psychosis since the Salem witch trials of 1692." In his latest book, P.J. brings his critical...
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In a 2019 study, 40% of people reported censoring themselves out of fear that voicing their views would alienate them from the people they care about most. Timpf shows why much of the way we talk about sensitive subjects is wrong. We push ourselves into unnecessary conflicts when we should feel like we're all in this together. When someone says "you can't joke about that," what they really mean is "this is a subject that makes people sad or angry."...
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As the American election increasingly resembles a production of CATS performed by actual cats, U.S. citizens are looking for a new leader. That leader is Canada, and they want your vote for president of the United States.
Since launching their viral video campaign in January, the Canada Party has been covered around the world, including CNN, BBC, the Huffington Post, and German State Television. America, but Better: the Canada Party Manifesto,...
Since launching their viral video campaign in January, the Canada Party has been covered around the world, including CNN, BBC, the Huffington Post, and German State Television. America, but Better: the Canada Party Manifesto,...
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Beneath the wit and linguistic trickery of Paul Kavanagh in the company of his trusted Wee Ginger Dug, you'll find an encyclopaedic knowledge of Scottish politics. Here is political satire in the best tradition. No punches are pulled, and strangely the humour is both brutal and subtle. This collection of articles in The National, which is separate from the prolific author's activity as a blogger, forms a coherent whole in which ideas and linguistic...
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It's hard to remember the dark days before 2008. It was a time of hatred, racism, violence, obese children, war, untaxed rich people, and incandescent light bulbs -- perhaps the worst days we had ever seen. And at the heart of it all was a thuggish, thoughtless man, George W. Bush, who lashed out angrily at whatever he didn't understand -- and he understood so very little. Then there was that laugh of his -- that horrible snicker that mocked everything...
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España se debate hoy en un interregno lleno de incertidumbres en el que sus pulsiones de progreso y atraso han elegido retarse en un duelo a muerte.
Esta es la crónica exuberante de una pugna entre transformación y resistencia que ha producido cuatro años de secuestro del mandato de las urnas. La crisis de los consensos de la transición explica casi todo lo que ha ocurrido en esta década hasta desembocar en el momento reaccionario en que estamos...
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Towards Collective Liberation: Anti-Racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis, and Movement Building Strategy is for activists engaging with dynamic questions of how to create and support effective movements for visionary systemic change. Chris Crass's collection of essays and interviews presents us with powerful lessons for transformative organizing through offering a firsthand look at the challenges and the opportunities of anti-racist work in white communities,...
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Hilarious, sarcastic, and insightful, this witty companion to the new America, which its loyal citizens call Obamistan, offers recommendations for navigating this exciting utopia. Eyewitness testimonials, pop quizzes, newspaper clippings, and Twitter feeds tell unprepared citizens what to expect now that America has elected a black president and left prejudice and racism behind. This comprehensive manual addresses the ways in which all-former hot-button...
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Origin... Crimes Against Confederate Women. Published 1869. Historical record of July 4, 1864 in Red Throat, Georgia.
During the period of The War Between the States there was little civic construction, hence the main street in every small southern town was mud, deep mud after the Spring rains. The sidewalks in front of the few stores were platforms made of wood so that the dainty shopping ladies wouldn't muddy their shiny, high button shoes.
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La astucia y las competencias comunicativas seguramente ayudan a encontrar el camino más corto para llegar al corazón del elector. La verdad es que este tesoro a menudo no se comprende, intercambiando la política por la comunicación política. Así, nos encontramos personajes faltos de contenidos serios, incluso a menudo desinteresados en los contenidos serios, pero muy hábiles en la persuasión de masas. No importa lo que sea verdad, o lo que...
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Here's something true for almost every American. The democracy you live in today is different, completely different, than the democracy born into. Since 1980, the number of Americans legally barred from voting has more than doubled. Since the 1990s, odds of living in a competitive Congressional district have fallen by more than half. In the twenty-first century alone, the amount of money spent on Washington lobbying has increased by more than 100...
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One of our most beloved comedians, the brilliantly witty and outspoken star of The View, hits the most unpopular President ever elected where it hurts-and makes us laugh and cheer-in this hilarious alphabetical guide to everything that's wrong with the "Orange One," Donald Trump.
Put down the knife, lock away the gun, lay aside the noose, Joy Behar is here to save you from suicide as she hot walks you through the next four years (two if we are lucky, less...
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FUNNY.
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Have you ever wondered why some of the biggest problems we face, from illegal immigration to global warming to poverty, never seem to get fixed? The reason is simple: the solutions just aren't very convenient. Fortunately, radio and television host Glenn Beck doesn't care much about convenience; he cares about common sense.
Take the issue of poverty, for example. Over the last forty years, America's ten poorest...
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Este manual ofrece al lector un sistema sencillo para detectar en nuestro país al "economista serio" y aprender a conocer tanto sus vicios como sus trucos de mago, útiles para justificar el direccionamiento de políticas económicas que han agravado la dependencia argentina de los centros de poder mundiales. Descubre sus artimañas y complicidades para poder refutarlos, desnuda su verdadero rol de lobista corporativo y busca poner en jaque la asombrosa...
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How is legislation crafted? How do you lose an election? What do "bundler," "quorum call" and "omnibus" mean? Why do some of the White House's most important meetings occur at a Starbucks? Why are Washington insiders obsessed with something called Jumbo Slice? What, exactly, is a "skintern?" Eliot Nelson, one of Washington's funniest and most admired young journalists, knows how the sausage factory works and his new book, The Beltway Bible, is every...
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I Hate Democrats/I Hate Republicans is a different kind of political commentary. Tim Young uses his trademark snark and outrageous personal stories to break down how both parties have their failings, and how our political system has been tainted by bias from all sides. He then engages you, the reader, in the hopes that you'll understand that the ultimate check and balance on our American political system is to first, check yourself. In this funny,...
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Why do Democrats disparage free market capitalism?
Because the worst part of capitalism, for many liberals, is that in this system, success often requires work!
Janie Johnson's Uncommon Sense: Ammunition for Winning the Culture War teaches and engages anyone who wants to think and express clearly the ideas that make America great. Conservative principles have made America great and will continue to keep America great! Uncommon Sense provides the ideas...
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Another all-new instalment of the sidesplitting and bestselling Donald Trump Yearbook, packed with Trump-related games, puzzles and fun. 'No way', they said—'he won't last 100 days'! But steaming into his final year of office the POTUS with the mostest has reigned supreme, and he wants more (pending rubber-stamping of his nomination). The run-in to the 2020 election will be a rollercoaster, and the answer to the question of who will be sitting next...
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WARNING: The satire you are about to read will change the way you look at our nation's leaders. FOREVER.
In November 2012, General David Petraeus stepped down from his post as director of the CIA when it was exposed that he'd had an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. The political scandal that unfolded would eventually include four-star generals, socialites, FBI agents, the Army, a stuffed Sasquatch, and the entire cast of TLC's Sister...
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Are the Tea Baggers simply rabble-rousers from the right who hate not getting their way? Is the Coffee Party just a bunch of jittery java nuts without enough money to afford to hire star politicians?
Coffee, Tea, or Kool-Aid is the one book that examines the issues and helps Americans tell the parties apart (they agree more times than they may care to admit!) while they laugh all the way to the polls. Filled with party history and characters, side-by-side...
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