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MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST on HuffPost: Michael Aimette and John G. Hofmann on TURNING GREEN

Not to put too fine a point on it, but the poster for TURNING GREEN lies. It showcases... more

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imgur is good! (4 images of all sorts)

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Christopher Walken Performs Lady Gaga's Poker Face | Gossip and Gab

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The Fake Trick-or-Treater (Hallowe'en Prank) [video]

For this Halloween Prank, the videographers (and pranksters) fixed up a life size... more

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Finding Masculine Hallowe'en Costumes For Your Effeminate Son [video]

Anna Stephenson stops by Today NOW! to show parents of girly sons costume tips to... more

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Boss Limbaugh fooled by Fake Thesis Paper (video)

The main stream media and not so main stream media were fooled once again

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Walking Invisible Dogs in NYC [video]

As a NYCer, I can tell you that NYC is filled with weird people, but on some days, the... more

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Experts Warn Experts About Experting Expert Advice

Experting levels in expertise amongst many experts utilised by the world's media... more

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A Flowchart to Determine What Religion You Should Follow [diagram]

Flowcharts are a great way to make sense out of confusing scenarios, and there's no... more

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Billionaires for Wealthcare: Guerrilla Theater: Public Option Annie

Billionaires for Wealthcare is a grassroots network of health insurance CEOs, HMO... more

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Banks Now Require Applicants to Beg for Mortgages

"You will be required to kneel in front of the bank worker and emote with gusto."

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New Study: Cellphone Use is Good For You

Long term mobile phone users live longer and have increased brain function, according... more

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Guerillas in Their Midst AHIP Pollster Interrupted By Singing Troupe Of Protesters

Republican pollster Bill McInturff was the keynote speaker on the final day of the America's Health Insurance Plans's state issues conference on Friday morning.

But his speech on how the health care reform debate was playing among the public was interrupted before it even began. A group of protesters began aggressively cheering McInturff for the work he has done for AHIP (he's a hired pollster for the private insurance lobby and, most infamously, was the force behind the 'Harry and Louise' ads in 1994)

McInturff, initially thinking that the cheering was legitimate, thanked the "AHIP officials" in the back of the room for giving him mental encouragement for his speech. He was not being paid for his appearance, he noted.

And then, the protesters -- dressed in business attire to fit into the crowd -- began singing. A relatively lengthy and harmonious rendition of "Tomorrow" from the musical Annie ensued, only with the chorus focused on government-run insurance. "The option, the option, we must have, the option... " went the rendition, in reference to the public plan.

The whole episode lasted a few minutes before the troupe (around 5 or 6 protesters) was escorted out by security.

McInturff, who remarked earlier that he didn't have a joke to lead off with, pointed to the exiting protesters and said "there's my joke." But while his speech had been interrupted, the pollster actually admitted to being mildly impressed.
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"If you are going to have protesters at least you can hire people who sing," he said. "That was very good singing."

The musical was written and performed by Billionaires for Wealthcare, a grassroots network of health insurance CEOs, HMO lobbyists, talk-show hosts, and others profiting off of our broken health care system. A group official writes to say: "We'll do whatever it takes to ensure another decade where your pain is our gain. After all, when it comes to health insurance, if we ain't broke, why fix it?"

Check it out for the lyrics too!Republican pollster Bill McInturff was the keynote speaker on the final day of the... more

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MIT MBA Students Record "Welcome To Life At Motherf****** Sloan" Record Their Own SNL Parody

Four MIT business school students released this YouTube video today, introducing the... more

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Going Rouge-Sarah Palin an American nightmare

Politico:

Editors from the progressive magazine The Nation are pulling together a book to be released the same day as Sarah Palin’s with a similar title and cover mocking the former Alaska governor’s memoir.

The book titled “Going Rouge: Sarah Palin an American Nightmare” is edited by Richard Kim, a senior editor at the weekly magazine, along with The Nation’s Executive Editor Betsy Reed.

The book’s cover displays a picture nearly identical to the photo chosen for the cover of Palin’s own “Going Rogue: An American Life.”

In both pictures, Palin is wearing red behind a cloudy sky, though the background of “Going Rouge” is dark and gloomy with a lightning bolt come down over Palin’s left shoulder.

The book, being published by OR Books, will contain contributions from twenty-three writers including Joe Conason, Katha Pollitt, and Jim Hightower.

Both books are set to be released on Nov. 17 and pre-orders for a paperback copy of “Going Rouge” cost $10.

Kim told POLITICO that he and Reed started the project three weeks ago at the urging of his book agent.

“The cover is a parody of hers and it certainly takes some shots and mocks Sarah Palin, but it is a very serious book and the book itself is not a parody,” Kim said. “It is not at all intended as a joke or a parody.”

The publisher’s website teases the book as “the most honest, revealing account of the Palin story to appear this fall? You betcha!”

“Sarah Palin has many faces: hockey mom, fundamentalist Christian, sex symbol, Republican ideologue, fashion icon, ‘maverick’ populist. But, above all, Palin has become one thing: an American obsession that just won’t go away,” the book’s description continues

“Edited by two senior editors at The Nation magazine, this sharp, smart, up-to-the-minute book examines Palin’s quirky origins in Wasilla, Alaska, her spectacular rise to the effective leadership of the Republican Party, and the nightmarish prospect of her continuing to dominate the nation’s political scene.”Politico: Editors from the progressive magazine The Nation are pulling together a... more