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An Ostensibly Funny Commentary* of the Recent News and Events. (* warning! may not actually be funny or a commentary. Also, since I am not quite sure what "ostensibly" means, it might not be "ostensibly" either.) Blogging at listofx.com

10 Countries That Refused To Grant Political Asylum To Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden, the famous Booz Allen Hamilton national security contractor turned whistle-blower  has been living in the transit zone of a Moscow airport for the last few days. During this time, he has been busy applying for political asylum to nearly … Continue reading

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10 Reactions To The Supreme Court Decisions On Gay Marriage And Voting Rights Act

This Wednesday, Supreme Court has overturned the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), essentially granting married same-sex couples the same federal benefits that were previously available only to heterosexual couples.  The groundbreaking decision followed a much more conservative Tuesday’s ruling that … Continue reading

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10 Republican Proposals To Reform Immigration

For several months, Senate has been working on a bill to reform the immigration system and is now getting ready to vote on it.  While Republicans aren’t exactly excited about giving out American citizenship to anyone other than older white … Continue reading

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10 Ways How The Government Is Spying On You

The biggest story of the last couple of weeks has been the leak by a National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who had disclosed the details of the extensive spying programs that the United States government has been running for … Continue reading

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10 Conspiracy Theories Explaining Lipstick On Barack Obama’s Collar

Last week, Barack Obama appeared in public with an obvious lipstick smear on his shirt collar. While in the last few years, any Obama-related story would have generated a lot of noise from the people seeking to peddle their conspiracy … Continue reading

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10 Reasons Why Senator John McCain Snuck Into Syria

According to news reports, this weekend Senator John McCain made a clandestine visit to Syria and met with representatives of Free Syrian Army, one of the rebel factions fighting the regime of Bashar Al-Assad.  This development had raised a few … Continue reading

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10 Ways How Apple Dodged Taxes On Its Profits

This week, United States Senate held hearings to investigate how Apple, Inc. managed to shelter tens of billions of dollars in profits from the IRS, and pay only a relatively small amount in US taxes.  (According to unconfirmed reports, the … Continue reading

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10 Reasons Why Republicans Keep Investigating The Benghazi Attack

Since September 11, 2012 attack on American consulate in Benghazi in which four Americans have died, the Republican party had made it their number one priority to investigate the attack in Libya and the suspected conspiracy cover-up by the Obama … Continue reading

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10 People Who Will No Longer Have Access To Nuclear Launch Codes

Earlier this week, CNN reported that the United States Air Force made an extraordinary move of taking away the access to nuclear missile launch codes from 17 Air Force officers because of their poor performance and concerns that these launch … Continue reading

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10 Axioms Of The Conservative Scientific Wisdom

Several Republicans on the House Science Committee are planning to propose legislation that would require Congressional oversight of all scientific research sponsored by the National Science Foundation, which proves that there are federal regulations that Republicans can actually support.  This … Continue reading

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