This is from the Onion. Thanks to Mamie Krupczak Allegretti for posting it.
Mike Pence expressed his dismay at the men who let their wives and daughters march on Saturday.
Humor and art will get us through these next four years. That, and outrage and activism.
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I took it seriously and with outage. It’s hard to satirize some people.
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I also thought it was real at first.
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Certainly is in character.
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Hi Deb…the Onion is often close to truth and it is challenging to discern their satire at times. But It is probably a real scenario for some…as are the women who wait to find out who they are voting for when told by the husbands. Hard to believe in the US today, this still exists. Hope you are doing well…have not seen comments from you lately and miss your wisdom.
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The Onion is a satirical publication.
The problem today is that what is happening in D.C. is so absurd that it is hard to satirize.
As people often say, you can’t make this stuff up!
A reality show star as president? A rock-ribbed evangelical as vice-president? A president who praises Putin while showering disrespect on our European allies? A president who wins the applause of the KKK? This cannot be.
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“A reality show star as president?”
or
“A B-Movie star as president?”
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Duane– Speaking of B-movie stars/ former CA govrs, Arnold Schwartzenegger is taking over Trump’s spot on Celebrity Appentice. Stay tuned…
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Pence clearly is part of the alternative universe.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/mike-pence-smoking-doesnt-kill-2017-1?client=safari
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The post is humor, my link is dead serious.
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I do not like to read outright lies about people who are serving in our government. This does not help our children in public schools. I would like to see the cause of our community public schools to be a cause that is looking for support from both political parties, playing one against the other, until our children in public schools are the beneficiaries of Federal and State actions and not being harmed/burdened by them at least not to the extent that they are today.
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If you needs something about Pence that is the truth, consider this. Pence went to Iraq during the Bush administration. He wore full body armor and was protected by over 200 ground troops and at least two helicopters. After visiting a market he declared it to be “as safe as any market in Indiana”. The following day over 75 people from that market were found slaughtered.
Remind me not to go to the market in Indiana. Mission accomplished, I guess.
The only thing more frightening than “President Trump” is “President Pence” Heckuva an insurance policy, Brownie.
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Thank you for posting the Iraq story. Disgusting man!
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How about outright lies BY people in our government? I know what Trump/Spicer/Conway claimed about the size of the crowds at his inauguration versus Obama’s 2009 one is a lie; I was there. Besides Donna, the Onion has been around since 1988. Everyone knows it’s satire. Not a big deal.
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Donna,
I would love to be bipartisan, but Trump wants to spend billions on charters and vouchers. I can’t support that. He sneers at public schools.
Also he is a pathological liar and egomaniac.
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I think this guy wouldn’t have wanted his wife/girlfriend to march: https://safeshare.tv/x/sLtCVDmZnm
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This is fake news. Check snopes.
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What about “The Onion” don’t you understand?
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GregB:
What you said.
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“The Onion” isn’t a news source- it’s comedic methods are satire & irony.
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“For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable – what then?” Orwell
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This is fake news. Check snopes. We need to be vigilant always…
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“Don’t be so overly dramatic about it,(Sharon ). What– You’re saying it’s a falsehood. And they’re giving the( Onion ) , our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that. But the point remains– KC
Don’t ruin my day. I was enjoying the thought of a half million women returning to Washington with sheep shears.
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HELLOOO earth to Sharon. The Onion is not new. It is a comedic and satirical twist on issues. Sometimes it is just good old fashioned fun fiction-my favorite is a piece about the inefficiency of a ” cat congress” who because they were basking in the sun or cleaning themselves, hocking hairballs, or high on catnip,were unable to get anything done. Would you snopes that too? You may see that it was a funny comparison to the actual human congress getting nothing done. Get a sense of humor. As for Pence- while he did not say that- it is funny because as most Hoosiers like myself know, he is NOT a friend of women, their rights, and if he had it his way, would order us all into the kitchen barefoot and perpetually pregnant. If you would have looked to the Onion itself you would have realized this, instead your panties get in a wad because clearly you have a thing for the man. Another reason why a great many of the baby boomer crowd need to brush up on history and acknowledge at one time your parents did not know what was going on in the world and it may have frustrated you. We sadly become our parents and while that isn’t always bad, when it comes to being in touch with reality and having a skewed nostalgia for a time long passed, it’s dangerous. We are looking down the barrel of a totalitarian state. One in which begins with dissemination of lies by the government, then attack on all media that does not stroke their agenda. Any dissent is considered lies. They attack the media, shut it out, and like we saw with Sean Spicer and Kelly Anne Conway yesterday and today, the spokespeople of the highest office, tells obvious bold faced lies to the American people because the truth hurts the new Furhers ego. Our eyes and people there do not lie. It is one terrible things for a government to hide issues from the people, but to tell obvious lies – that is nothing to be taken lightly. They may not be coming for you in particular or your personal rights yet, but don’t count yourself out. If you do not tow their line and support their dangerous and earth destroying narrative, any dissent will become to them, an act of terror. We must be vigilant you are correct, but most of us are smart enough to check multiple sources before making a decision. We should be vigilantly
Watching this administration and looking out for the most vulnerable- not wasting time getting upset about the Onion.
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He’s a bigger AH than I thought.
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For God’s sake people, the Onion has been around since August of 1988. It’s a well known satire site based in Madison, WI. Good grief.
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hahahahahhahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahah!
Clueless!
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This is not fake news. The Onion is alternative facts.
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That was a very good one!
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Check out the Betsy DeVos reader:
https://mail.google.com/mail/ca/u/0/?ui=2&ik=9b89281042&view=fimg&th=159c955bdd4a866a&attid=0.1&disp=inline&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ9N_VEFguHRTtC7HqcrOhKUGSgAkbQsr7BGA-y-1GrlnfLr24mRnWl4SKdEfOVZPtyD1y9bWZxHLFd4szRdwxz7BlH4Kp_EWpaSRhwLcU8f12VIT1r4ZTRKrhQ&ats=1485141867068&rm=159c955bdd4a866a&zw&sz=w1920-h943
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Wrote an article today called The New Normal is Alternative Facts. Should be published in a few days so will post it here after the news source cyber media prints it.
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BTW…it is NOT satire.
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Mercedes Schneider, teacher of HS English, has a great blog post on alt-facts promoted by Kelleyanne Conway, law degree from Georgetown University, and master apologist for all things nonsense and dangerous from Trump, and his Republican cheerleaders.
Even the editors of the Wall Street Journal were embarrassed by Trump’s performance at CIA headquarters standing in front of the memorial wall, a tribute to those who died while serving in the CIA?
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Some physicists believe what is called the “many worlds” hypothesis that all possible histories and futures take place in “parallel” universes.
So what is fake news in one universe might be real in another.
Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. And sometimes it actually IS fiction!
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Whoa that’s pretty New-Agey, used to read about parallel universes in the “Seth books”, ‘transcribed’ by my fave ’70’s medium Jane Roberts. Didn’t know some physicists were on board! 🙂
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He s a control freak!
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The Onion – and SNL should run a full paper and 1 1/2 show 100% with REAL stories, respectively with quotes, and clips – and the kicker is that they would be as funny and outrageous as their April fools-like stories and skits. Except that they would be real by the most powerful seat in the world.
Imagine a month ago SNL doing a skit with T**** supporters at his inauguration hearing him talk about building things in America and wearing Make America Great hats, then checking the labels, and seeing their Make America Great hats were made in Viet Nam. Would have been a great skit. Lots of laughs.
Oh wait, that’s a true story.
Or a skit with a press secretary saying the crowd at inauguration was larger than march on Washington with side by side pictures of the two clearly illustrating the opposite. Would get a lot of laughs. Almost Chevy Chase like news.
Oh wait, that’s a true story. The guy actually stood there and said it.
Or a skit showing John Lewis 50 years ago bloodied and the Pres-elect saying the guy is all talk and no action.
Oh wait, that’s true. He actually said that.
And on and on and on. How many times can we hear, “Oh, he didn’t mean it” or “Here’s what he meant” or… or… or…
It’s not funny anymore.
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Jonathan…if Barrack is on one more show to explain what his dear pal, Drumpf, really said, I will toss my cookies. He too is shameless like the wind up doll named KellyAnne, even though he has a full vocabulary, smiles without snide innuendo, and can make sense, but that sense in not what his leader said to the world.
How many Trojans does it take to interpret Donald Drumpf? As many as he can intimidate and/or pay off..
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Great summation of signs at Marches: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/womens-march-dc_us_58837044e4b096b4a231ee7e
I really liked the one from Hawaii: Stop Pissing Off My Wife!
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Men who LET their wives. Did he just wake up from prehistoric cave man times?
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Ugh. It’s “public schools suck!” week. The anti-public school lobbyists in DC will be fanning out to promote charters and vouchers.
Many of them are on the public payroll, so I get the pleasure of paying these people to oppose public schools.
Not one word in the DC debate on the 85% of kids who attend public schools. They’re all wholly consumed with crafting vouchers. Thousands of public employees, not one of them working for kids in public schools. 100 Senators and we get one question on public school funding at the DeVos hearing.
DeVos herself did not mention a single public school, although she found time to promote private and charter schools. Not one. It’s as if public schools don’t exist.
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Go to the website of the Network for Oubluc Education.
IT’S SCHOOL TAKEOVER WEEK!
RESIST!
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With Betsy DeVos in charge, here’s what we can all look forward to, nationwide. http://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2017/01/20/michigan-school-closings-list/96818968/
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I’m sorry, I somehow posted my comment on the wrong article. I was going for the Sen. Alexander post. Dumb smartphone. 😅
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You will like this:
http://edushyster.com/betsy-devos-alternative-facts/
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Wow! He is living under a rock…permission, the heads of the household…sicko
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How could you post something that was so egregiously false? Deeply disappointed !
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Andrew,
So sad!
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Love the sarcasm there, Andrew!
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Check the source. I was outraged until I saw it was in the Onion, and it’s political satire. I’m so aware of fake news now, I’m checking sources all the time. It’s imperative, and we need to teach our students to do the same.
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Darn those wacko right wingnuts, they’re so out-there it’s impossible to successfully satirize them! What are we going to do for laughs over these four years?!
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