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Netflix show targets political intrigue

I鈥檝e recently learned about a Democratic Congressman who鈥檚 among the most disgusting public servants to ever take any oath of office. That鈥檚 right, he鈥檚 a Democrat. And yes, I鈥檓 about to slander him. Sue me. I don鈥檛 care.The Majority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives -- ...

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Did You Know?These days, I make frequent calls on a telephone that I鈥檝e never even seen.When I drove my new Buick off the car lot last year, it came equipped with what鈥檚 known as a 鈥渉ands-free鈥 phone.All I have to do is push a button and tell it the number I鈥檇 like to call. And it ...

The Stupid Party admits it actually is stupid

I鈥檝e always resisted calling Republicans 鈥渟tupid.鈥滻 might disagree with their politics and call those Republicans who advanced them dim-witted, dunder-headed, simple-minded and other hyphenated stuff -- but never 鈥渟tupid.鈥 That鈥檚 about to change. One of the Republican Party鈥檚 more ...

Kicking the canard down the road

The day after they gave in on the fiscal cliff, Congressional Republicans vowed to hold the line on the debt limit.They鈥檝e already backed down. Just 22 days after some Republicans hinted they鈥檇 even go so far as to try to shut down the government rather than to pay the nation鈥檚 bills -- ...

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Back on Jan. 28, 1959 there were probably a lot of skeptical newspaper readers who opened their editions of the Uniontown Morning Herald and read the headline: 鈥淪cientists See Man on The Moon in 10 Years.鈥漇uch an optimistic prediction, especially when manned-space flight was still a few ...

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Long before he became known as 鈥淭he Father of our Country,鈥 long after he, as a young military officer, gave way to the French at that place he named the 鈥淔ort of Necessity,鈥 and just one year before the brother of Uniontown鈥檚 founder (Henry Beeson), Jacob Beeson, named the street ...