Story Balloon - Part 2

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Rielle Hunter Repulsed By ‘Sexy’ Pictures GQ Used Of Her.
I hate to tell you this, Rielle, there were a lot of people repulsed by your being with a married man. And with it being Edwards, people were retching nationwide. You tell me, did she think this was cool to be shooting before she was repulsed? What ones didn’t get used.. and when is Larry Flint going [...]
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Dan Rather: Iran Has Some Sort Of Uranium Op Going On In Venezuela.
During a visit to the Chris Matthews show, or as I like to call it, ‘Republican Derangement Theater 3000,’ Dan Rather said that Iran has some sort of uranium operation going on in Venezuela. Why? Because of the amount of flights going to and from Iran to Venezuela. He says we probably haven’t heard about it [...]
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CNN: Did A Camel Ad Influence 174,000 Underage Girls To Smoke?
I’m not sure if I’m convinced or not. What other things happened in that time that could cause the smoking increase?They make a good case that it could have something to do with that ad. But did they ask the girls, ‘how many of you saw that ad, or read that magazine?’ Studies like these can slant [...]
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CBS: Pssst, Maybe You Shouldn’t Let Your Kids Go To Mexico For Spring Break.
So what you’re telling me is.. young, naive, drunk and a lot of time entitled, Americans shouldn’t go someplace where Zeta’s laugh at Al Qaeda as a bunch of amateurs? Come on, it can’t be that..what? Beheaded? Wtf? Hey, Mom? Can I go to Afghanistan for spring break? Shelly said she got the best tan in [...]
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CBS On The History Of The Filibuster: Wow, The GOP Used It A Lot In 2007.
I like how he points out the racist southern Dems in the beginning but ends with those rascally Republicans. ‘Please, don’t remember that whole racism thing, look at how their stopping your child from getting health care!’ There’s something about this guy that is incredibly annoying.
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Why I’m Not Going To Watch The Movie, ‘Remember Me.’ Pattinson Is Killed During 9-11.
Yes, they did. Writer 1: Hey, what’s a great way to end this movie? Writer 2: How about we kill him off with 9-11. Writer 1: Awesome-super-progressive, like, idea. Pass me the bong. Absolutely ridiculous and disgusting. If this was a movie about the, ‘let’s roll!’ heroes..or the people who helped clean up after, it would be appropriate to [...]
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MSNBC Infighting? Lawrence O’Donnell Vs. Donny Deutsch: Health Care.
What a great thing to wake up to on a Monday morning. Mr. Finkelstein @Newsbusters caught MSNBC uber-liberal Lawrence O’Donnell and Donny Deutsch having a little back and forth over health care. A wounded Deutsch retorted: “He’s already called me stupid today . . . you basically said, if only you had the knowledge base that I [...]
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Tom Friedman: Hey, You Know China Gets Things Done With Its System Of Government.
As Mr. Finkelstein [H/t] at Newsbusters points out: Yes, just dream of what America could be be if only Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi had the power to push their enlightened ideas through like President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao can! Yes, think about what sort of sweeping changes would be made. A fundamental reshuffling of [...]
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Jake Tapper To Anita Dunn: It’s Been A Year, Why Do You Still Have To Sell This Bill!?
Ha, kudos to Tapper for saying something that should have been said a long time ago.Around 7:20 in. Jake Tapper: You’re making the case for the bill, I don’t begrudge that. That’s one of the reasons why you’re here, you’re making the case for this bill. But it’s a year later, why do you still have [...]
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