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Ironic Times

 NO. 586 “Expect the Ironic” DECEMBER 5 - 11, 2011 

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Dec 12
HIGH WINDS WHIP SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
“We've needed this,” says wind farmer.
 
WORLD NEWS
Protests, Riots Caused by
Growing Gap Between Rich,
Poor Spread in Europe, U.S.

Karl Marx, phone home.
 
POLITICS
Ignoring Their Concerns, Republicans Line Up Behind Gingrich
Values voters ignore his three marriages, anti-immigration activists ignore his liberal stance, evangelicals ignore his conversion to Catholicism, fiscal conservatives ignore his profligate personal spending and everyone else ignores his pseudo-intellectual bullshit.
Potentially Huge 3rd Party
Begins to Emerge

Consisting of women who were harrassed by or had affairs with Herman Cain.
U. S. NEWS
Secret Senate Bill Would Allow Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Charge or Trial
To bring our justice system in line with those of other dictatorships.
Boehner Seeks Support From Republicans to Extend Payroll Tax Cuts by Coupling it With Legislation to Advance Keystone XL Pipeline
After consulting with Darth Vader.
 
REMINDER
  Fame is the new wisdom.
 
It's Legal to Buy a Gun if You're on the Terrorist Watch List
When a terrorist can't buy a gun in America the terrorists will have won.
 
ALSO IN THE NEWS . . .
Arizona Gun Club Offers Personalized Christmas Cards
Suitable for sending to loved ones and enemies.
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