Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Thy threats have no more strength than her weak prayers.”
—Midsummer Night’s Dream, 3.2.250
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“Mister Willoughby”
Two Faces Have I
Senator Joe Lieberman in 2006, running against fellow Democrat Ned Lamont:
“I want Democrats to be back in the majority in Washington and elect a Democratic president in 2008. This man [Ned Lamont] and his supporters will frustrate and defeat our hopes of doing that.” –07/06/06, Connecticut Primary Debate
Joke’s on you, Connecticut! This week, Lieberman [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Get you gone, you dwarf;
You minimus, of hindering knot-grass made;
You bead, you acorn.”
—Midsummer Night’s Dream, 3.2.328-30
No Kill I
From New Jersey, a rarity: a government votes itself less power over people, as the death penalty becomes history.
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine on Monday signed a law approved by lawmakers last week abolishing the death penalty in the northeastern US state.
Sunday the Democratic governor commuted the sentences of eight inmates, sentenced to death, to [...]
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The The: “Love Is Stronger Than Death”
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“If you were men, as men you are in show,
You would not use a gentle lady so.”
—Midsummer Night’s Dream, 3.2.151-52
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Oasis: “Champagne Supernova”
But You Knew That
In the class war, guess who’s winning?
The poorest fifth of households had total income of $383.4 billion in 2005, while just the increase in income for the top 1 percent came to $524.8 billion, a figure 37 percent higher.
The total income of the top 1.1 million households was $1.8 trillion, or 18.1 percent of the [...]
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Straight No Chaser’s hilarious “Twelve Days of Christmas”
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