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Zorro

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Thu Feb 4, 2016, 11:51 PM Feb 2016

Shkreli Miraculously Makes Nation Side with Congress

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a feat that some observers called nothing short of miraculous, the embattled pharmaceuticals C.E.O. Martin Shkreli single-handedly made the American people side with Congress on Thursday morning.

According to polls taken after his appearance before the despised legislative body, Shkreli’s smug, smirking, and utterly douchey performance had the effect of temporarily transforming members of Congress into marginally sympathetic figures.

The University of Minnesota’s Opinion Research Institute, which tracks the American people’s attitudes toward the legislative branch, said that after Shkreli’s appearance Congress’s approval rating surged from eleven per cent to fourteen per cent.

“A three-per-cent gain may not seem like a lot, but I think everyone in Congress is popping champagne corks today,” Davis Logsdon, the pollster who supervised the survey, said. “Martin Shkreli is the best thing to happen to Congress in years.”

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/shkreli-miraculously-makes-nation-side-with-congress

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Shkreli Miraculously Makes Nation Side with Congress (Original Post) Zorro Feb 2016 OP
Evidently Shkreli is not hated enough. Lifelong Protester Feb 2016 #1
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