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Last night, I watched an episode of "Touched by an Angel" about the panic surrounding the 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, and it occurred to me: "fake news" is nothing new, nor is human beings' blind faith in it.

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Amanda Bynes did a pretty memorable impersonation of Ross Perot.  Given the fact that it was a kid's show and the sketches lacked sophistication (to put it mildly) but to me, at such a young age, Bynes somewhat floored me in what she was able to do then.

 

 

So Twitter is saying that that wasn't Amanda Bynes but someone named Katrina Johnson?? Oops!

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I don't know how good Amy McGrath's chances are, but I'm glad someone figured out that Mitch McConnell has to be removed from office as well, if we stand any chance at surviving.

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The Democrats tried in 2014, but the candidate they ran, who on paper seemed strong, turned out to be a disaster (she wouldn't even say whether she voted for Obama). I don't think they'll have much luck this time either, given that Kentucky is a hate state, but I hope I'm wrong. 

 

It looks like another female Republican candidate who was getting push from the media, and from some in the party who want to elect women, went down in flames.

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/north-carolina-gop-women-candidates-1402263

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/greg-murphy-wins-north-carolina-runoff-1577764

 

It's time for everyone to just admit the GOP hates women. Even most of the women in the party hate women. The party is built off the corpses of girls and women. 

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I said Trump would win the election, and I was rebuked.  I said Boris Johnson would be England's next prime minister -- and again, I was rebuked.  You know, boys and girls, things would go so much more smoothly if y'all would [!@#$%^&*] listen to me, lol.

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The BBC carries so much water for the right and the attacks against Corbyn were so absurd for so long that it's made him something of a god to many on the left. There doesn't seem to be anyone in the UK to turn to, as the Lib Dems are mostly opportunistic vipers. 

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