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Let's drop the big one... (Original Post)
Lodestar
Jul 2014
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DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)1. This place is nuts.
Lodestar
(2,388 posts)3. sar-casm -
Definition - the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say especially in order to insult someone, to show irritation, or to be funny.
By all means, stay clear of a publication called The Onion....
ballyhoo
(2,060 posts)5. Overuse of this technique desensitizes the mind and
makes it think what is being said or written is really what the speaker or writer wants. I don't go to the Onion anymore, but I did when it first came out. But, then, to each his own.
longship
(40,416 posts)2. "Political Science" by Randy Newman.
From his immortal Sail Away album.
The title tune:
Newman, great social commentary.
kaiden
(1,314 posts)4. Love Randy Newman.
I bought this album way back in the 70s when it first came out. Great political commentary!
yuiyoshida
(41,818 posts)7. Not sure why it was many people hated this song..I thought it was cute.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)6. Drop it now!
ActiveTen28
(51 posts)8. There is always enough blame to go around, I suppose.