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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/31/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    apparently I am in the minority, but I love Joe Biden! I think he's like the lovable Steve Urkel of the White House. He comes in, says stupid stuff, knocks shit over, and is like "Did I do that?" Oh Joe. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Joe Biden is everything thats wrong and fucked up with congress. This dope won his seat in the Senate when he was 29 and has never had another job until being VP. He has learned about as much about how the country works from his perch in DC as Palin learned about Russia from staring at it. He is walking proof we need term limits.

    And he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Why is it that I feel compelled to defend Gawker's subject matter against the editors/writers at least once a day lately?

    Either this new crop of staff writers is utterly fucked, or the editorial direction has taken a nosedive, or both.

    Is there some negative correlation between the quality of stories and the quality of AJAX/CSS? #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: From where I'm standing, it would appear to be a positive correlation. It's a good day when I get tripped up by fewer than five unresponsive scripts, infinite waits for comments to load or what have you. #joebiden
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/30/09

    @romulus: The site gets prettier, and the content gets lamer. Just callin it as I see it. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: Oh yeah, I didn't mean to quibble. I agree that the site gets fancier all the time, but features seem to break often. I should have added before that it could well be my OS and browser causing headaches most readers don't experience. And in all fairness, I haven't been reading long enough to judge contemporary content against the past. #joebiden
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    Image of meerkat meerkat
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Not sure what point you're trying to make, Amrita... that you think Cheney's worldview makes some sense? That Cheney was initially popular, before everything he did brought his popularity rating to a low of 28%? I love it that Biden is willing to call a moron a moron. This is a ridiculous post. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Oh, and if you're trying to poke fun at Vice Prez Biden for weeping during the debate when he spoke about his first wife and baby daughter who died, well then, that's just messed up. #joebiden
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    10/31/09

    @Conchie Birdie: One might argue that it was the worst kind of political hackdom for him to bring them up expressly to show his "empathy" side and try to squeeze a tear out of his plastic-surgeryized eye slots. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    I'm absolutely NOT a supporter of ANYTHING Dick says... but, Good Lawwd, Biden, Bin Laden will always BE a part of the issue. I'm sorry, I guess if you had the prez saying this I could understand... but, uh, Joe? Nope.

    That being said, why are we posting crap from Fox News anyway - I thought we weren't supposed to take this stuff seriously?
    #joebiden
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    Image of RachelSklar RachelSklar
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    I lived in Sweden for six months. In winter. Good Lord, those people are hot.
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    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    In my Swedish-American household, the fiscal policy I was taught consisted of "That's expensive put it BACK." So I think the Swedes would make a fine model for our times. Pepparkakor for all!
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    02/18/09

    @Noun-Verb-7-Eleven:


    Oh that sounds dirty... pepparkakor...

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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    the swedish bikini team was not actually made out of swedes. it's a fucking american beer invention and you should be ashamed of yourself. TRY HARDER NEXT TIME:


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    02/18/09

    @allyzay: "lol i am swedish i forgot to wear a bra lol"


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    Image of Pareene Pareene
    02/18/09

    @allyzay: maybe i think an old milwaukee ad campaign from 20 years ago is FUNNIER than some regular boring naked swedish ladies DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT?
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    02/18/09

    @Pareene: dude if you wanna be all fabulous do it on your own time, now if you'll excuse me i'm off to the bathroom.
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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    Haven't you had the Swedish meatballs at Ikea!?!
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    Image of TheHonJudgeSmails TheHonJudgeSmails
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    Our country could return to solvency if we were only willing to accept all IKEA furniture, all the time.
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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    02/18/09

    @TheHonJudgeSmails: We'd have to have a screw loose to do that.


    GET IT? I MADE A PUN! BECAUSETHATIKEAFURNITUREALWAYS........

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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    02/18/09

    @saythatscool: Just like in America, the Swedish constitution guarantees the right to assembly.
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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    02/18/09

    @SidAndFinancy: Ha!
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    02/18/09

    @SidAndFinancy: Thank you, Prime Minister Allen Key.
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    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    If there's one industry that doesn't need a bailout in these lonely, stressful, confidence-killing times, it's got to be porn.
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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    02/18/09

    @skahammer:


    Didn't stop them from asking:


    [www.huffingtonpost.com]

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    02/18/09

    @ADismalScience: Noted and interesting.


    I forgot about RedTube...guess I should have done a competitive strategy analysis before I opened my big yap.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    Didn't Sweden have the leading rate of growth in European, in 2007?
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    The food in Sweden is very good.


    Also, Pareene, you had the chance to show us some half-naked boys (which your female and a good deal of your male readers would prefer) and you blew it. Fail, darling.

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    02/18/09

    @BookishLookish: Only red-blooded straight guys read and understand articles on finance, see?
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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    02/18/09

    @BookishLookish: Don't listen to Bookish, Pareene. Where else can us straight males go to catch a break if not Gawker? HHmmmmm?
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    Image of Pareene Pareene
    02/18/09

    @BookishLookish: here is a photo of famous hot swedish man dolph lundgren:
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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    02/18/09

    @Pareene: I must break you.
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    02/18/09

    @Pareene: and here's swedish heartthrob stellan skarsgard!


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    02/18/09

    @Pareene: I must break the waves with you.
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    Image of Pareene Pareene
    02/18/09

    @BookishLookish: hello ladies, i'm swedish hottie max von sydow!


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    02/18/09

    @Pareene: Ming must break Flash.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    02/18/09

    @Pareene: Photos of hot Swedish economists, please. Like the one that helped Paul Krugman get his nobel prize please. Woof.
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