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Interviewer: "What is al Qaeda?"
Interviewee: "Al Qaeda is a group, a suicide group in Israel in the the Middle East. They do suicide bombs and stuff. And the president of it is Yasser Arafat - everybody knows that."
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Posted by JT on 26 Sep 2009.
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Well, Jews have been blamed for a lot of things over the years. But at least accusing Israel of being Islamic fundamentalists led by a dead Palestinian is unique.
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Posted by JT on 26 Sep 2009.
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This is that idiot from the CNNNN report. It's the best part of the whole report. How the hell did he get his facts right so badly and then falsely justify them.
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Posted by Tiger on 5 Nov 2009.
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Well, I.. I.. I'm speechless.
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Posted by Moosh on 14 Nov 2009.
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"They've been treating these chimps as less than human..." (US senator speaking on animal rights)
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Posted by JT on 4 Oct 2009.
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...while they should have obviously been treated as the superior creatures they are.
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Posted by Socky on 4 Oct 2009.
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Chimps? Superior? You're thinking of orang-utans!
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Posted by JT on 5 Oct 2009.
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"They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan." (US Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin)
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Posted by JT on 26 Sep 2009.
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We are still negotiating with the great nation of Belgium to stop the terrible wars raging in the Low Countries.
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Posted by Socky on 26 Sep 2009.
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Interviewer: "Which Iraqi is most responsible for the country's upheaval?"
Interviewee: "Barack Obama."
Interviewer: "Barack Obama? Why?"
Interviewee: "Uhh - because I've heard his name before."
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Posted by JT on 26 Sep 2009.
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Signs displayed recently by US far-right supporters:
"English is our language. No excetions. Learn it."
"Respect are country - speak English."
"This is America and our only lanaguage is English."
"Obama has a crisis of competnce."
"Make English America's offical language."
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Posted by JT on 23 Sep 2009.
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Maybe the Obama administration should respond by choosing a suitably obscure language and deeming it "offical" :)
How about one of the languages from the bottom of http://www.yourdictionary.com/elr/nat... which are only spoken by 1 person?
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Posted by Wrongfellow on 23 Sep 2009.
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Where can I sign up to learn Kikapoo?!
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Posted by JT on 24 Sep 2009.
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US senator: "Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, ‘Thank God, I'm still alive.’ But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again."
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Posted by JT on 16 Sep 2009.
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"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." (Bill Clinton, testifying before a jury)
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Posted by JT on 16 Sep 2009.
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"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
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Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.
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What did we decide re. a politics category in the end?
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Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.
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Not sure we did decide anything :)
I'll put one in - but we're rapidly running out of horizontal space on my screen so I'd rather not keep adding loads.
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Posted by Wrongfellow on 15 Sep 2009.
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I've been giving the categories some thought, actually - I think what we have now pretty much covers everything.
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Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.
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"When my sister and I were growing up, there was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so."
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Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.
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