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Baratunde Thurston - Comedian (C)

Baratunde Thurston
"comedian, author, vigilante pundit"


Registered on: 01/31/07
Location: MA
URL: http://www.dailycomedy.com/u/Baratunde

Biography:

Baratunde was nominated for the Bill Hicks Award for Thought Provoking Comedy, was a regional finalist in Comedy Central's Open Mic Fight and is an original member of Laughing Liberally. He has appeared in media outlets such as C-SPAN, The Washington Times, public radio and Fox News Boston. He performs regularly in New York and Boston, blogs for Huffington Post and is the author of three books, the most recent of which is Thank You Congressional Pages, For Being So Damn Sexy.

If you are a fan of Al Franken, Jon Stewart or the Bill of Rights, you will love Baratunde Thurston. He is not just an alternative to mainstream media. He's an antidote.
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Retiring to Mexico

Submitted: Aug 16, 2007
Category: News  Staff Pick!

According to USA Today, many American seniors are retiring to Mexico due to its improved climate and lower cost of living. Seems like a fair trade to me. America gets the young laborers and Mexico gets our tired, our poor and our huddled masses. Nice.

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Soldier shoots himself

Submitted: Aug 16, 2007
Category: News  

A US soldier paid $500 for someone to shoot him in the leg so he would not have to return to Iraq. Too bad the Iraqi people don't have that option.

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Homegrown Terror

Submitted: Aug 16, 2007
Category: News  

An NYPD study on homegrown terrorism concluded that "average citizens who band together and adopt radical ways pose a growing threat to American security." Forget al Qaeda. It's the Amish we gotta watch.

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From China with Death

Submitted: Aug 16, 2007
Category: News  

Chinese manufacturers have shipped nearly 19 million lead-tainted toys to America's children. Thus begins the invasion.

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Giuliani's Daughter

Submitted: Aug 15, 2007
Category: Political  Staff Pick!

Rudy Giuliani's daughter supports Obama for president. What they haven't told you is that she also supports Obama for "Dad."

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McCain Makes Promises

Submitted: Jul 26, 2007
Category: Political  

Sen. John McCain said if he’s elected president— well, it doesn’t really matter what he said after that, now does it?

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Man Finds Fried Mouse in Chips

Submitted: Jul 26, 2007
Category: Weird  

A Montana man claims he found a fried mouse in his bag of Frito-Lay potato chips. The company explained he had merely found one of its limited edition “Ratatouille Flavored” chips as part of a Pixar promotion.

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O'Connor Urges More Civics Education

Submitted: Jul 26, 2007
Category: Political  

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor called for increased civics education in America’s schools to help citizens appreciate the separation of powers among the executive, legislative and judicial branches. Conservative critics accused O’Connor of judicial overreach.

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Bush is Cancer-Free

Submitted: Jul 26, 2007
Category: Political  

Doctors found no cancer in the five small growths removed from President Bush’s colon. The polyps were, however, packed with large amounts of bullshit, like “Mission Accomplished,” “We have to fight them over there so we don’t fight them here” and “I do solemnly swear that I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

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Couple Wins "Wrongful Birth" Suit

Submitted: Jul 26, 2007
Category: Weird  

In a so-called “wrongful birth” case, a jury awarded $21 million to a couple who claimed a doctor misdiagnosed a birth defect in their son, leading them to have a second child with similar problems. The couple sued the doctor because there was no address on record to send a subpoena to God.

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