Allan Tannenbaum, New York City, September 11th, 2001.
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It’s Wednesday! Hump Day.
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Sarah Palin Claims ‘Evil’ Sacha Baron Cohen Duped Her into an Interview by Posing as a Disabled Vet.
Now, I have a question, who the hell is Sacha Baron Cohen? I’ve never heard of her?Sarah Palin claims she was unwittingly interviewed by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for his upcoming Showtime series, Who Is America?, after he “duped” her into believing he was a disabled U.S. veteran.
In a lengthy Facebook post on Tuesday, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate wrote, “Yup — we were duped. Ya’ got me, Sacha. Feel better now? I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive, sick ‘humor’ of the British ‘comedian’ Sacha Baron Cohen, enabled and sponsored by CBS/Showtime.”
Palin said that she and one of her daughters, whom she did not name, were asked to travel across the country for the interview, where she claimed Cohen had “heavily disguised himself as a disabled US Veteran, fake wheelchair and all.”
She said she initially believed that the interview was a ” ‘legit opportunity’ to honor American Vets and contribute to a ‘legit Showtime historical documentary.’ ”
“Out of respect for what I was led to believe would be a thoughtful discussion with someone who had served in uniform, I sat through a long ‘interview’ full of Hollywoodism’s disrespect and sarcasm — but finally had enough and literally, physically removed my mic and walked out, much to Cohen’s chagrin,” Palin continued. “The disrespect of our U.S. military and middle-class Americans via Cohen’s foreign commentaries under the guise of interview questions was perverse.”
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About Texpat yesterday’s #68, I’ve been following that and I’ve been following Alan Gottlieb for about 40 years. He started The Second Amendment Foundation and I’ve been donating to it for years. This foundation is brilliant, what a lot of peope don’t know is that in the lower courts, most cases are settled using “case Law” that is, using an earlier finding as precedent to prove the case one way of the other. So, back in the 70’s Alan Gottlieb, discovered that one of the reasons that many laws about gun control had little if precedents to go on is that most of the more stringent laws were passed in the 60’s and later. With his foundation, he started challenging cases all across the country, Pro Bono, setting new precedents along the way. It took years, but it has paid off, as the Landmark Heller decision was settled using much of his work.
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My goodness, there is a very scary, extremely disgusting, picture over on Drudge,…Click if You Dare,….oh, and as vile as it is, it is SFW.
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Sacha is a Greek name for boys. Also, Sasha is a common Russian nickname for boys named Alexander.
Sacha Baron Cohen is an obnoxious celebrity from the UK whose claim to fame is playing pranks on public figures.
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#5, Texpat, I didn’t know that.
Well I’ve found my new Lawn Mower,..…and yes, I know, it’s a Honda, we’ll just have to overlook that.The Japanese manufacturer, also known for its cars, jets, motorcycles and marine engines, wants to reclaim its title for making the fastest lawn mower in the world. The original Mean Mower could hit 130 mph and set a Guinness Book record at 116.575 mph in 2014. The current record-holder, a modified Viking mower made by a Norwegian group, hit a top speed of 134 mph a year later.
Honda’s U.K. division and Team Dynamics are working on Mean Mower V2 and targeting a top speed of 150 mph. The new riding mower, a modified Honda HF 2622 lawn tractor, will have almost double the power of the original Mean Mower, using a 999cc four-cylinder motorcycle engine that generates more than 190 horsepower at 13,000 rpm.
And yes, the Mean Mower will still cut grass. The previous model was able to mow the lawn at speeds up to about 15 mph. Mean Mower V2 will sport carbon-fiber blades powered by electric motors.
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As seen over yonder; “Storing the Bodies” 😀
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#6 SD: I’ll bet Tim Taylor of Tool Time would approve. He’d prolly bolt on a V-8, however.
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We told you it would happen, and it finally has. Conservatives long predicted that feminism and transgenderism were ultimately incompatible, but for a long time it seemed like the LGBT movement might just hold them together. Well, on Saturday that movement burst open, as lesbians led the parade in attacking transgenderism.
“Transactivism Erases Lesbians!” read a banner that temporarily led the Pride in London march in the heart of Britain’s capital.
This banner naturally caused quite a stir, with London Mayor Sadiq Khan denouncing it in a statement. “Pride is about celebrating difference and London’s amazing LGBT+ community,” Khan’s spokesperson told PinkNews. “It’s about showing those round the world that in our great city you can be free to be whoever you want to be and love whoever you want to love. The vast majority of those present at today’s march respected and embraced that and the Mayor condemns the tiny minority who did not.”
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What Filippi implies here is the relevance of the link between his land, Emilia Romagna, and the product itself, a link embodied not only by the culinary excellence of Parmigiano Reggiano, but also by the small business realities producing it. These farms, symbol of the “family run made in Italy” for which the country is known around the world, have been associated with Parmigiano Reggiano production for generations. Making this cheese is not only essential for their finances, but it is also crucial for family identity and, more at large, for the identity of the whole region.
By keeping on accepting Parmigiano Reggiano wheels as a guarantee for loans, Credito Emiliano reaffirms its will to give a valuable hand to producers, thus ameliorating, little by little, the whole area’s economic growth. It also crucially highlights the importance of supporting the true “made in Italy,” often made of families, tradition, collaboration among generations and, central to it all, passion.
One last curiosity: where do Credito Emiliano keep all its wheels of cheese? Well, the bank has its own deposit, part of the Tagliate General Warehouse, where more than 300.000 wheels of Parmigiano are kept and taken care of. Better have good security, because their total value is close to 160 million euro.
It may not be, technically, gold, but Parmigiano Reggiano is well close to it.
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This is the best reason so far to explain the Kavanaugh pick.
According to Politico, Lisa Murkowski (R-AL) and Susan Collins (R-ME) were far less confrontational after Trump’s announcement Monday night than they had been with the possibility of Judge Amy Coney Barrett joining the Court.
Murkowski allowed, “Let’s put it this way: There were some who have been on the list that I would have had a very, very difficult time supporting, just based on what was already publicly known about them. We’re not dealing with that.”
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I drove out towards Katy for a meeting last night and got stuck in the rush hour traffic.
Good thing it was rush hour, and we were crawling along, because this dude in the truck in front of me found it impossible to keep his lane. I lost count of the number of times his wheels went over the stripes and cars had to swerve to keep from bumping him.
I tried to look in his side mirror, and either his eyes were closed or he was trying not to look like he had his head down to see his phone.
I was glad I was behind him, and that we weren’t going much more than 20-30 mph. If he was texting while driving faster than that….
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#9 Texpat – Lezzies vs Trannies
The Trannies call those Lezzies “TERFs”. Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists. They’ve been warring for quite some time. Near as I can figure, the trannies are telling the lezzies they need to check their vagina privilege because it’s discriminatory against “women without vaginas”. There’s an article today by a “TERF” over at The Federalist. The Raddy Trannies are guaranteed to be out in full force in the comments section.
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Morning gang. Well, it’s been over a day now since Kavanaugh was nominated to SCOTUS, and the world has not ended, at least out here in the Rockies. Trump is overseas, and NATO has not yet nuked us, nor have the Brits or the Germans. On the other side of the world, the Chinese are still selling us cheap crap, and the Russians seem to be relatively calm. Guess we’ll have to wait another day for the world to end with Trump in charge. Meanwhile, why not live today just like the world will end tomorrow Makes sense to me.
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Well, it’s been over a day now since Kavanaugh was nominated to SCOTUS, and the world has not ended
What are you talking about??? TWO BILLION AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE DIED!!!
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#9 from the comments on your link:
When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends.
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HEADLINE: THE MAXINE WATERS MARXIST MINSTREL SHOW
The above is a FrontPageMag article by Daniel Greenfield.
All of the SJW and Virtue Signalling disgusts me and reminds me of the passages in the New Testament when THE MESSIAH referred to the Pharisees as white washed sepulchers, yet full of dead men’s bones. Somehow I don’t think THE CREATOR has a very high opinion of the virtue signallers.
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Good morning, everyone.
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#9 Texpat – Lezzies vs Trannies
I wonder which team will get licked.
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😆
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#11 Texpat, Lisa Murkowski (R-AL) (likely a typo), represents Alaska not Alabama. In any case, that is a good explanation.
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I’ve heard Honda has kicked butt in the boat motor business and nobody else even comes close anymore.
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22 Super Dave
Politico had it right so it looks like Daily Wire made the mistake.
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Following requests for an investigation from Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Air Force has clarified that it is no longer spending $10,000 for a toilet seat cover used on military planes.
Instead, according to Air Force officials, 3-D printing now allows the Air Force to produce the spare part for just $300.
The $10,000 cover came to light during an interview that Will Roper, the assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, did with Defense One in May.
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I’ve heard Honda has kicked butt in the boat motor business and nobody else even comes close anymore.
Along those lines, when I was in Florida a couple weeks ago I was driving through St. Cloud and noticed the original Kiekhaefer Mercury facility is still there and occupied. Fairly recent news, Mercury returns to Lake X.
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No more Honda for me.
They jumped into the mud with Hoggwashed Boy when he went after Laura Ingraham.
Ya done real good, Hoggy.–It’s a real good thing you done.
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I’d be ticked too if he wouldn’t let me listen to Perry Como on my birthday.
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Stupid proggies. When will they ever learn.
“The Ingraham Angle” left competition in the dust as one of the top five cable news programs in total viewers and the demo despite another failed attempt by leftist-activist David Hogg to launch an advertiser boycott following Ingraham’s comments on the separation of children and parents at the U.S. southern border.
The network defended Ingraham, stating it would “never tolerate or give in to attempts to silence diverse viewpoints by agenda-driven intimidation efforts.”
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I’m a
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Gotta man crush on Trump? Ya should.
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Is Monica Beluga a Hottie for Trump?
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I think he out to double down on the tariffs too.
And calling out the NATO members……. whoohoo that is some good stuff right there.
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Hotties 4 Trump asked me to pose with them in my speedo, I had to respectfully decline. Lovely wife did not want all them wimminz pawing me.
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Trump is the first POTUS since Reagan that actually had the testicular fortitude to actually get something done. Trump has the added bonus of causing Libs to melt down.
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I do not understand so called “conservatives” that don’t like Trump because of his tweets. SAY WHAT? You are not going to get behind him and his programs which are working because of tweets? He’s not presidential they tell me. And I ask for a definition of presidential. (CRICKETS) so I try to give them a break and quote the qualifications via the Constitution. BUT his tweets!!! Bal blah blah. So you want Hillary I ask. (CRICKETS) NWOMT
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#26 Hamous, I didn’t know that!! I was so disappointed when they closed it down and I figured that by now, there would be hundred’s of home scattered around it.
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27 Phil
That episode ran again last night.
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Good afternoon Hamsters. Lots of good stuff already covered above. Rush was absolutely giddy relating what President Trump has been saying on the current excursion to NATO, etc. As in Germany’s solo deal with the Ruskies for an oil pipeline that only goes to Germany, nobody else in Europe. But we spend our money at the same time propping up most of NATO to protect it/them from Russian aggression. Duh. This does not compute.
And the Pres has strongly suggested the NATO nations under that umbrella start paying their fair share of the bill to be under that umbrella…. Yea. Ronaldus Magnus is cheering in his tomb.
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Lol Brother Squawk! There’s enough Trump love for the two of us.:)
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Brother Phil
Yup just the two of us.
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And I ask for a definition of presidential
Getting your butt kicked by the Newspeak Slimed Media day in and day out for 8 years like the Dizzy Crawford Dunce and never fighting back.
Now that was presidential.
That and creating what Dizz called
opportunity employments.
Sheez.
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i asked then what i ask now……
Trump espoused everything so called conservatives biotched about GW not doin. So what is there not to like about Trump? Oh yeah I forgot. His tweets. Never mind. -
I figured that by now, there would be hundred’s of home scattered around it.
That area basically a giant marsh. They’d have to do a lot of earth work. Plus, the guy that bought it from Mercury did so with the expressed purpose of keeping it natural.
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You watched it too?
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An Elvis classic, sung by someone with much better lips.
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45 Phil
I watched a little bit of it; the ending.
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You didn’t watch the whole thing? You’re a bad man! You’re a VERY bad man!
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Earlier today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo vowed to sue if the Supreme Court acts to roll back Roe v. Wade.
Bwahaha! He’s going to sue the Supreme Court??? Just when you think they can’t get any goonier…
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KHOU excitedly reporting on Heights library bringing in a drag queen to read to the kids during Story Time. The reporter said it happens all the time at the Montrose branch, but this was a first for the Heights.
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TeleSur is Venezuelan state-run television. They’re colluding with Bernie and the latest commie princess:
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Of course! That’s a prerequisite for fascists.
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Update:
Brussel Sprouts still suck.
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With a bunch of ketchup you can at least swallow them.
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Best way to eat brussel sprouts is to slice ’em up and saute them with chopped bacon.
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Mustard, lots of mustard.
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Re:29
The most-watched program in all of cable news, “Hannity,” averaged 3.4 million total viewers
I don’t get it. I just don’t get it. He’s like a retarded Bill O’Reilly.
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I used to hate brussels sprouts, until my sister made them. Roast ’em first, then make a cream sauce with sauteed onions and other stuff.
Man, I could eat those all day.
As for Hannity, I only listen for his guests. The guy is repetitive bloviating bore. His “inside sources” come from the Drudge report. He talks about how he’s “in danger” of being physically assaulted because he’s “the only one” willing to talk about [insert the most talked about current topic].
And when people call into his radio show and gush over him I throw up in my mouth.
I’ve been known to hit the mute button. Repeatedly. During one show.
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You could drown one Brussel Sprout in a gallon of BlueBell and it would still suck.
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Never cared for him much anyway but Hannity’s jump the shark moment for me came when he had Michael Moore on during the healthcare takeover debates. Hannity kept showing over and over again a video of an abandoned hospital in Cuba, no walls, just in ruins, trying to portray it was a working facility and this would what would to become of our healthcare system. Of course Moore went off asking where are all the people?! Pizzed me off he let Moore win that one big.
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Hotties 4 Trump asked me to pose with them in my speedo, I had to respectfully decline. Lovely wife did not want all them wimminz pawing me.
More like she doesn’t want anyone else realizing she married you.
On purpose.
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Apparently Facebook has become the Gallery Mac channel.
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And WB sneaks in late and wins today’s Internet!!!!!!
Crowd Roars.
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Getting some thunder here at the Dome.
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A tiny thunderstorm just popped up over the barrio.
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More like she doesn’t want anyone else realizing she married you.
On purpose.
Two times.
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#63
Yeah I know, everyday.
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I don’t get it. I just don’t get it.
Whatareyougonnawatch? The Mad Cow?
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32 Squawk
Is Monica Beluga a Hottie for Trump?
Monica is a universal, equal opportunity Hottie for Everyone. She’s very generous with her hotness.
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Whatareyougonnawatch? The Mad Cow?
I watch Special Report for the hard news and a little political commentary then I’m done with politics for the day. I can’t watch any of the opinion theater.
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46 Shannon
I’m really, really…all shook up. Mercy sakes alive.
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There’s a channel with all the Star Trek stuff at night…and I’m into season 4 of Andromeda on Prime.
That’s where I get my strange alien-people fix. It’s kinda weird to see them on the lefty protest lines that are highlighted in the news.
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#70 Texpat
Only for the males of the species, not the immediate world. 🙂
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We’re watching Star Trek Enterprise reruns, as somehow we couldn’t really get into that series when it was on broadcast TV, but now we find it interesting and wonder why we didn’t then.
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74 Adee
Heh.
It’s a biological thing. Assuming, of course, we’re all still binary around here.
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#73 Tedtam
Once an alien….
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I’m subscribed to a homes for rent/lease FB page, but it got to be a “bash the landlords” forum instead. Some of us landlords made some comments, e.g., “Why would I want to rent to any of these people?” There were long pointless discussions on Econ 101.
I just went and looked at the site, and the mods must’ve heard the complaints. Only one little squeaker post is up. All of the negativity has been removed and there are only legitimate postings of actual rentals and homes for sale.
Okay, I may stay subscribed. I was about to drop it. Or keep it so I could run a list of names for my “never in Hell” tenant list.
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#73 Tedtam
Once an alien….
I miss my home.
Wait..did I say that out loud? 😉
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There’s a lot of binaryness in this world.
For instance, sci fi people.
And the rest of us.
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My favorite joke:
There are 10 kinds of people in the world.
Those that understand binary, ….
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#62 Pyro
More like she doesn’t want anyone else realizing she married you.
On purpose.
Twice.
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I wuz late to the party tonight.
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#50 Shannon
Saw that on the 6pm news and also saw plenty of confused children in attendance. Exceedingly bad idea.
Montrose may as well be on a different planet.
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Got off the treadmill 20 minutes ago. BP is 104/70.
Surprised even me.
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I think Hannity’s TV time slot affords him the largest potential/available cable news audience. And though I no longer have cable, as I recall there is no credible competition.
The same is true during his radio time slot, no doubt.
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#s 46 & 72 – Whoa Elvis you have officially been bested!
DAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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Only WagonBurner will get this one...
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