http://www.truthdig.com/about/staff/2649/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2008 2008-09-21T22:07:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080921_old_piranha_pants/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080921_old_piranha_pants/ deregulation, durst, economy, humor, mccain, palin, politics, Humor I’m sorry to be the one to have to say this, Gov. Palin, but you are so earlier-this-month. It’s your partner, John McCain, who’s back in the news. And not in what you call your good way.

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]]> 2008-09-21T22:07:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080312_50_suggestions_for_mccains_vp/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080312_50_suggestions_for_mccains_vp/ campaign, durst, gop, humor, mccain, politics, republicans, short list, vice president, Humor Comedian Will Durst offers up a short list, from Colin Powell to the Verizon guy.

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]]> 2008-03-13T02:22:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080109_shadows_trump_hope/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080109_shadows_trump_hope/ campaign, clinton, democrats, discrimination, durst, iowa, obama, racism, women, Humor The humorist explains Clinton’s New Hampshire win without polling data or political science but with candid insight into the dark recesses of American prejudice.

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]]> 2008-01-10T02:36:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071214_wmd_and_us_intelligence_not_a_match/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071214_wmd_and_us_intelligence_not_a_match/ durst, intelligence, iran, iraq, nie, war, wmd, Humor The list of folks who turn out not to have the ability to destroy the world is growing at a dangerous rate.

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]]> 2007-12-14T22:19:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071202_the_not_so_almighty_dollar/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071202_the_not_so_almighty_dollar/ dollar, durst, economy, humor, money, sarkozy, taxes, Humor Talk about how the almighty have fallen. The dollar is headed downhill faster than Bode Miller on a set of rocket skis. Think nose dive. Plummetville. Plunge City. Belly Floppo Rama. Recession is such an ugly word.

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]]> 2007-12-03T01:27:01+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071118_nuclear_two_step/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071118_nuclear_two_step/ durst, india, iran, iraq, mideast, nuclear, nukes, pakistan, weapons, Humor The rule is simple: The good guys get the nukes, the bad guys don’t.  And who decides who’s naughty and who’s nice? Not Santa—it’s the Decider.

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]]> 2007-11-19T00:43:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071021_al_gore_the_blue_sky_theory/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071021_al_gore_the_blue_sky_theory/ durst, environment, global warming, gore, humor, iraq, oil, science, texas, war, Humor Funnyman Durst sends up the absurd criticism of Al Gore and the Nobel Prize.  Why stop at global warming when there’s plenty in the world of science and nature to deny?

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]]> 2007-10-21T22:58:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071017_our_offspring_fontanelle/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071017_our_offspring_fontanelle/ children, durst, gop, health, health care, house, insurance, legislation, schip, veto, war, Humor Oooh. He’s clever. And obviously knows exactly what he’s doing. This is all a setup, people. Has to be. Yes, I’m talking about George Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Who but a total stoned horned ogre would do that? Maybe an ogre with something up his sleeve, eh?

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]]> 2007-10-17T11:30:01+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071007_gods_only_party/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071007_gods_only_party/ christian, church, conservatives, durst, elections, evangelicals, giuliani, gop, media, politics, primary, republicans, Humor The creator will campaign for a third-party candidate if Rudy locks up the GOP nomination. How do we know this? Well, it seems God whispered in the ears of certain evangelical leaders.

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]]> 2007-10-07T21:33:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070929_free_speech_aint_free_durst/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070929_free_speech_aint_free_durst/ ahmadinejad, colombia, democracy, durst, gays, iran, new york, rights, speech, u.n., Humor After all the brouhaha in New York this week, this seems like a good time to have us a little chat about free speech. Not restricted free speech. Not partial free speech. Not pseudo-, semi-, counterfeit, limited free speech. Not free speech on Wednesdays between 2 and 3 p.m. EDT.

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