Saturday Means Laughter

*Hamburglar returns home with bag of hamburgers* *his wife, holding a crying baby, slaps the bag out of his hands* "WE NEED MONEY, DAMMIT!"

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  (@huntigula) December 26, 2013

Tombstone of two of the best breakdancers http://t.co/i1riSYFsOo

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Mike Glazer (@GlazerBooHooHoo) September 25, 2014

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HI MY NAME IS, WHAT? MY NAME IS, WHO? MY NAME IS CHICKA CHICKA Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC. Why don't you have a seat over there

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Dani Fernandez (@msdanifernandez) May 27, 2014

If you liked "These Boots Are Made for Walkin" youll enjoy other hits like "This Toaster Toasts Things" and "Whats the Phone Number for 911"

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Dani Fernandez (@msdanifernandez) July 20, 2014

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My girlfriend told me to take a spider out instead of killing it. We went and had some drinks. Cool guy. Wants to be a lawyer.

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Matt Fernandez (@FattMernandez) June 27, 2014

Singer Lou Bega's career ended tragically, when police discovered a little bit of Erica in his basement early Tuesday

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Nice Hippo (@NicestHippo) November 17, 2013

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Capitalization can really change a sentence. Example: I love to eat candy. I love to eat capitalization.

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THE NATEWOLF (@thenatewolf) June 27, 2014

Sometimes it’s hard shopping for old people because their bones tend to snap if you stuff too many of them into one cart.

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Brian (@Black__Elvis) October 09, 2014

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Cashier at register: so you have big plans tonight?! Me: We don't have to do this.

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Dani Fernandez (@msdanifernandez) September 04, 2014

Mom u can stop cutting the crust off my bread now im in a gang

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Bad Vibes Bacon 🙂 (@baconacid) May 20, 2013

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What do we want? TO BE LESS INSECURE? When do we want it? NOW! Um, I think... Soon, I guess? Is that weird? When do people usually want it?

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Mombles Zombles (@maebemarbles) October 11, 2013

It's cool how Bruce Lee studied philosophy & poetry then applied it to something beautiful like punching people in the face.

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PaperWash© (@PaperWash) April 21, 2014

Another Tweet Or Two

Obama and Dems did this! Why in hell do you want to give the keys to power back to hapless Republicans! @cspanwj http://t.co/lIDGPYOgs4

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George Monroe (@Nupe117) October 16, 2014

Americans are spending about $230 million a day less on gasoline than they were on July 4: bloom.bg/1FdiAJv http://t.co/8ATIYmU0zU

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Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) October 17, 2014

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The Montgomery Bus Boycotts were 381 days. Today is 70 days that Mike Brown has been dead. Y'all, we just getting started. #Ferguson

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deray mckesson (@deray) October 18, 2014

Report: Michael Brown's blood found on Officer Darren Wilson's gun, car ln.is/zite.to/Rxku8

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Carol Falk (@CAFalk) October 18, 2014

NYT gets Darren Wilson's version of the August 9 shooting of Michael Brown mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/18/us/…

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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) October 18, 2014

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Order issued just after 5AM. Conservatives are cowards. 14 million Texans registered to vote – a record number – and this is the GOP’s response

Breaking News: Supreme Court Upholds Texas Voter ID Law nyti.ms/1t0hIEb

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The New York Times (@nytimes) October 18, 2014

Acceptable voting IDs in Texas include a driver's license, a gun license, or a Bush/Cheney 2004 bumper sticker.

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Bearded Tombstoner (@beardedstoner) October 18, 2014

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GOP: We love Black people so much we'll photoshop them into our campaign photo, but prevent them from voting. twitter.com/phillydotcom/s…

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Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) October 17, 2014

GOP: 1 person having Ebola is too many but 600,000+ Texans being denied their vote and health insurance is a good start.

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  (@LOLGOP) October 18, 2014

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Who Benefits More From Government Safety Net? Whites: 69% Blacks: 14%: j.mp/1ueISm5 #p2 #tcot Hey, racists: http://t.co/TyUwmrXQ3H

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Casey (@pari_passu) October 17, 2014

@pari_passu @YDanasmithdutra now and back at beginning of am welfare state with new deal. Created white middle class & left blks in poverty

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Heather Ann Thompson (@hthompsn) October 17, 2014

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Why, in 2014, is #voting becoming harder instead of easier? .@eop33 on exactly why these legal battles are happening: trib.al/L561ws1

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Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) October 18, 2014

Texas. Where conservatives deny 1,000,000 people health insurance and 600,000 their votes just because they can.

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  (@LOLGOP) October 18, 2014

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Janet Yellen on Rising Inequality--The first time that a head of the Fed has devoted an entire speech to the subject. newyorker.com/news/john-cass…

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Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) October 18, 2014

Walker gave business $2 BILLION in tax cuts to create jobs. Result: lost more jobs than any other state. #wiunion #wiright #WiGovDebate

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Spud Lovr (@SpudLovr) October 18, 2014

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Obamacare has gotten 10 million people coverage as we've had the best job creation since 1999. politico.com/story/2014/07/…

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  (@LOLGOP) October 18, 2014

What has Scott Walker accomplished on his watch? His policies closed five family planning clinics. #WIGovDebate #wigov

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  (@NARAL) October 18, 2014

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As Ebola is affecting less than 0.00000001% of the population, I suspect it's not going materially affect the midterm election #analysis

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Bill Scher (@billscher) October 17, 2014

I'm not a scientist but I think the GOP's "concern" about Ebola may be histrionic, cynical and motivated by hopes of scaring dumb people.

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  (@LOLGOP) October 17, 2014

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.@BarackObama Mitt Romney wouldn't have let Ebola make my son gay

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rob delaney (@robdelaney) October 16, 2014

Mitt would have saved us from Ebola because he have shut down all travel as soon as same-sex marriage began to spread.

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  (@LOLGOP) October 17, 2014

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If you're trying to be the defender of democracy, families and public health, don't make it harder to vote, marry and get medical insurance.

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  (@pourmecoffee) October 18, 2014

Are these qualifications better for Ebola czar? He's being blocked by GOP for Surgeon General nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… http://t.co/usQc0ky0fh

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  (@pourmecoffee) October 18, 2014

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#ThanksObama #ObamasAmerica "McRibs will be harder to find this year" j.mp/1voa9GY

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  (@pourmecoffee) October 17, 2014

"Go to your room, right now, and never invade another sovereign nation again." (Daniel Dal Zennaro/AP) http://t.co/y57UqH4gjf

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  (@pourmecoffee) October 18, 2014

A Tweet Or Two

REMINDER Republicans refuse to confirm Obama's nominee for surgeon general because he pointed out that BULLETS HURT PEOPLE

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Jesse Berney (@jesseberney) October 17, 2014

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE UNEXPECTEDLY JUMPS TO 86.4 (84.0 Estimated). read.bi/1wdwrJL

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Business Insider (@businessinsider) October 17, 2014

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Looks like @WendyDavisTexas is about to give the TX GOP a run for their money. blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/… #TeamWendy #GOTV #TXGov

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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) October 17, 2014

Davis Says Controversial Ad 'Incredibly Effective' texastribune.org/2014/10/15/dav… Damn right it was. #TeamWendy

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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) October 17, 2014

“The ad serves a single purpose, and it is to call Greg Abbott out for his hypocrisy." texastribune.org/2014/10/15/dav… Boom.

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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) October 17, 2014

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This anti-immigrant ad from Grimes is offensive & gross. She should be ashamed. huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/14/mov… (h/t @ncardenastx)

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Alison Rose (@alisonrose711) October 17, 2014

That "...and I never will" w/the semi-smirk at the end makes my blood boil. I get she's in a red state but FFS. Ever heard of human decency?

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Alison Rose (@alisonrose711) October 17, 2014

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Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes is in deep water with progressives and immigration advocates after her campaign ran an ad calling undocumented immigrants “illegal aliens” and bizarrely accusing her opponent, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), of being soft on immigration.  Grimes’ ad, first reported by Vox, criticizes McConnell for voting for “amnesty” — in 1986. The ad doesn’t mention his many votes against immigration reform since, including his opposition to the 2013 Senate bill that Grimes has said she would have supported. (That bill, according to its supporters, was not “amnesty” because of the strict qualifications it would have required before undocumented immigrants could gain legal status.) In the ad, Grimes, who is Kentucky’s secretary of state, doesn’t talk up immigration reform or support for a path to citizenship, which she has voiced before. “I’ve never supported amnesty or benefits for illegal immigrants, and I never will,” Grimes says in the spot.

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Fox News: "OMG! White people are catching #Ebola!" http://t.co/BXQq9em8AM

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Casey (@pari_passu) October 12, 2014

More Ebola fear mongering on tap "@businessinsider: CONSUMER CONFIDENCE UNEXPECTEDLY JUMPS TO 86.4 (84.0 Estimated). ln.is/read.bi/KF8jA"

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Mr. NFTG (@Kennymack1971) October 17, 2014

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Watch: Black Pastors Call for LGBT Justice in New 'Many Voices' Video Campaign Series bit.ly/1wi2day http://t.co/52WclkGlcB

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Shadow And Act (@shadowandact) October 17, 2014

Black Woman Photoshopped Into Group Photo With GOP Governor. #shameful zite.to/1rgQhj2

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Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) October 17, 2014

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Starbucks says it will raise its starting pay for baristas and give current employees a raise: on.mktw.net/1yKgAXA http://t.co/wVaDlWSjiS

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  (@MarketWatch) October 17, 2014

Want a fan of your own? chrl.ie/vz #fangate http://t.co/LaZAp3TrcG

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Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) October 17, 2014

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Use your voice to take a stand against domestic violence every.tw/1CsfvkF #ProtectAllWomen http://t.co/75Yhv43VYR

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  (@Everytown) October 17, 2014

after series of major Ebola blunders at Texas hospital, DC press focuses its blame exclusively on Obama WH. #makessense

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Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 17, 2014

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Remember when Ebola killed thousands of Americans and Obama wouldn't even mention it? Oh wait, that was AIDS and Reagan. Carry on, FOX.

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John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 17, 2014

The best thing about working in politics is that people yelling "OBAMA APPOINTED AN EBOLA CZAR" from across the office is totally normal.

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T (@Tiffuhkneexoxo) October 17, 2014

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Paul Ryan: “Under my plan, we would cut taxes and then the cure from Ebola would trickle down to everyone. Eventually.”

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Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) October 17, 2014

That. #ebola http://t.co/aV59aAP1BO

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Jerry James Stone (@jerryjamesstone) October 17, 2014

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Record 14M Texans register to vote blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/…

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Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 16, 2014

Corbett photoshopped a black woman into a campaign photo. @Will_Bunch has the details: bit.ly/1ud3kUn http://t.co/xyCpL36Jc6

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Philly.com (@phillydotcom) October 17, 2014

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White Americans more likely to support voter ID laws when shown photos of black people voting thkpr.gs/3580232 http://t.co/YloT2IcROU

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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) October 16, 2014

After seeing how shaky Mitch was on ACA/Kynect, Grimes camp better be asking itself why it hasn't gone on offensive on this earlier. #kysen

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Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) October 14, 2014

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#ThanksObama #ObamasAmerica "McRibs will be harder to find this year" j.mp/1voa9GY

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  (@pourmecoffee) October 17, 2014

Ron Klain leaving the White House after his first meeting as the new Ebola Czar http://t.co/FoOQCBv5Rz

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  (@pourmecoffee) October 17, 2014

Rise and Shine

On This Day – Pete Souza: “Light matters. The paper that the President was writing on provided some fill light as he worked at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.” Oct. 18, 2013

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Tomorrow

President Obama will appear with Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown at a high school in Prince George’s County to rally support for Brown’s gubernatorial campaign.

After, the President will travel to Chicago where he will spend the night.

The President’s schedule for next week has yet to be confirmed.

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Charlie Crist embraces First Lady Michelle Obama at a campaign rally in Orlando yesterday

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On This Day

Sen. Barack Obama waves during a campaign event at the Gateway arch in the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial October 18, 2008 in St Louis, Missouri

One Of The Great RWNJ Conspiracy Theories:

That the photos from the 2008 St Louis rally where Photoshopped

I read this thread that night on FreeRepublic (RWNJ central), and I still haven’t stopped laughing:

Willyd:

This 100,000 is B.S.

You can see from the pics being posted that the crowd was photoshopped. You can also see from Google that there is crowd where a major freeway runs between the arches and the old court house. Also, you can tell by the crowds in the video on CNN that there were way less then 100,000 and probably more like 5-10,000 tops.

Why are papers across the country running more photoshopped ap pictures?

I haven’t seen this kind of propaganda since I lived in Nigeria.

stlnative:

Looks like shenanigans, you betcha. I suggest contacting NewsBusters, Rush, etc.

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Then Willyd started posting photos that he said proved the crowd size was faked.

That had everyone all a-tingle

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lefty-lie-spy

Wow, that is disturbing. Where did this “original” photo of the photoshopping come from? How do we get exposure of this fakery?

There certainly is some funny business going on. A lot of “official” web sites are using that crowd picture, so it must be approved by the Obama campaign and delivered by them.

Its so scary to think that the media is pulling for this Communist, and that if he is elected, they will be the first people to be censored.

Willyd:

Can anyone produce any other photos that match those taken by the ap photog? Have you seen any other pictures of the event online? I would like to see other pictures of the event before going down the forensic photoshop route.

From a preliminary look though, it seems that at a certain point (consisent with where the crowds end in the CNN footage) the crowd gets very pixelated and when blown tends to blur more quickly then the people in the row just in front of them and to the same extent as the crowd way in the back.

And then the video appeared, and Free Republic – including Free Willyd – fell silent:

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Pete Souza: “The President ties his white tie before the Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York. Although the dinner is an annual event, every four years, the two presidential nominees attend the dinner only a few weeks before the election.” Oct. 18, 2012

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President Barack Obama adjusts Vice President Joe Biden’s American flag pin as they wait in the Oval Office with Jeh Johnson, prior to announcing Johnson as the nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Oct. 18, 2013 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning!

Early Bird Chat

St Louis, Missouri, October 18, 2008

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MoooOOOooorning – Happy Saturday!