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IronicNews
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March 22, 2017
For the rest of the piece go here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/58d2bf57e4b099c777b9de28
"For years the National Institutes of Health have received bipartisan support. Unless the voting public has gotten distorted beyond the point of even faint recognition, political reality dictates that no congressperson can go back to his or her home district and proudly proclaim to have cut funding for medical research into grandma’s cancer, mom’s heart disease, baby’s developmental disorders and aour leader’s mental illness. The White House’s NIH cuts are likely to face stiff opposition from both parties. And it pays to remember that congress is the one who passes the budget.
Yet the question remains, if both parties support the NIH, whom is Trump representing when he cuts it? Big Pharma. That’s who."
As Trump Guts Science, Who Benefits?
For the rest of the piece go here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/58d2bf57e4b099c777b9de28
"For years the National Institutes of Health have received bipartisan support. Unless the voting public has gotten distorted beyond the point of even faint recognition, political reality dictates that no congressperson can go back to his or her home district and proudly proclaim to have cut funding for medical research into grandma’s cancer, mom’s heart disease, baby’s developmental disorders and aour leader’s mental illness. The White House’s NIH cuts are likely to face stiff opposition from both parties. And it pays to remember that congress is the one who passes the budget.
Yet the question remains, if both parties support the NIH, whom is Trump representing when he cuts it? Big Pharma. That’s who."
April 30, 2014
If you f@#king love science, you’ll love these scientific discoveries. We’re almost like the Discovery channel this episode, except we can make you laugh.
Absurdity Today is the award winning, independent news parody series hosted by political satirist Julianna Forlano.
If You F@#king LOVE SCIENCE and F@#KING LOVE LAUGHING. Absurdity Today, Ep. 51
If you f@#king love science, you’ll love these scientific discoveries. We’re almost like the Discovery channel this episode, except we can make you laugh.
Absurdity Today is the award winning, independent news parody series hosted by political satirist Julianna Forlano.
March 14, 2014
This is the latest video of Absurdity Today, the award winning political satire series. Watch and laugh as Julianna Forlano takes on the latest fools while giving you the latest in science, with jokes.
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A Comedian Finds the Answer to The Starfish Deaths!; Absurdity Today (Ep. 51)
This is the latest video of Absurdity Today, the award winning political satire series. Watch and laugh as Julianna Forlano takes on the latest fools while giving you the latest in science, with jokes.
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February 15, 2014
Comcast's bid to acquire Time Warner Cable, if allowed to occur, would be the 10th largest corporate merger in American history. The company is seeking approval from the FCC and the Department of Justice, who are charged with making sure the giant corporations aren't breaking any anti-trust laws. But they are already falling into the realm of anti-trust...as in "We the American people DO NOT TRUST this large corporation, whose main goal is to increase its own profit margin, to have our best interests in mind."
The media is focused on answering the question of what may happen to a user's service when they should be focused on what will happen to our rights and our democracy. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from making any law abridging the freedom of speech or infringing on the freedom of the press. If only our forefathers had included a dictum against market or business endeavors that have the secondary outcome of infringing on these areas. Instead, we are letting the loopholes of the 'free-market' decide just how much of our constitutional rights we get to maintain.
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Funny! Comcast Screws Up: Tells The Truth About Time Warner Merger. (Absurdity Today; Episode 50)
Comcast's bid to acquire Time Warner Cable, if allowed to occur, would be the 10th largest corporate merger in American history. The company is seeking approval from the FCC and the Department of Justice, who are charged with making sure the giant corporations aren't breaking any anti-trust laws. But they are already falling into the realm of anti-trust...as in "We the American people DO NOT TRUST this large corporation, whose main goal is to increase its own profit margin, to have our best interests in mind."
The media is focused on answering the question of what may happen to a user's service when they should be focused on what will happen to our rights and our democracy. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from making any law abridging the freedom of speech or infringing on the freedom of the press. If only our forefathers had included a dictum against market or business endeavors that have the secondary outcome of infringing on these areas. Instead, we are letting the loopholes of the 'free-market' decide just how much of our constitutional rights we get to maintain.
SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP THE MERGER:
http://www.freepress.net/
Absurdity Today is the award winning, independent news parody series hosted by political satirist Julianna Forlano.
SUPPORT THIS SHOW FOR JUST $1!
Go to:
SUPPORT.AbsurdityToday.com
or
http://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=441...
Follow Julianna on Twitter: @JuliannaForlano
On Facebook: Facebook.com/AbsurdityToday
January 25, 2014
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"Italian, Female John Stewart" Exposes the sordid backstory of Net Neutrality~ FUNNY
Did Verizon v. The FCC just end democracy, justice, AND cat videos in one swoop? Absurdity Today uses its trademark humor to expose the sordid backstory behind the fall of net neutrality.
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January 12, 2014
FUNNY: Chris Christie's TOP 5 Marginally Believable ALIBIS for BRIDGEGATE! Absurdity Today, Ep. 48
Absurdity Today with Julianna Forlano has the Governor's Top 5 Alibis for where he was while this corruption was unfolding. One or two are even marginally believable!
December 13, 2013
This comes from a report done by The Center for Public Integrity (www.PublicIntegrity.org) called Breathless and Burdened, a yearlong investigation examining how doctors and lawyers, working at the behest of the coal industry, have helped defeat the benefits claims of miners sick and dying of black lung, even as disease rates are on the rise and an increasing number of miners are turning to a system that was supposed to help alleviate their suffering.
Is this still Absurdity Today, the political satire and news parody series? Yes. What does humor have to do with this very serious injustice? Watch and find out!
Absurdity Today is the award winning, independent news parody series hosted by political satirist Julianna Forlano.
SUPPORT THIS SHOW FOR $1!
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Absurdity Today: This BAD SANTA Leaves Lumps of Coal in Your Lung Instead of Your Stocking
The Coal Industry is going to great lengths to screw it's formers miners, upon who's labor their fortune and success was built, out of their Black Lung disability benefits.
This BAD SANTA Leaves Lumps of Coal in Your Lung Instead of Your Stocking. Absurdity Today Ep. 47
This comes from a report done by The Center for Public Integrity (www.PublicIntegrity.org) called Breathless and Burdened, a yearlong investigation examining how doctors and lawyers, working at the behest of the coal industry, have helped defeat the benefits claims of miners sick and dying of black lung, even as disease rates are on the rise and an increasing number of miners are turning to a system that was supposed to help alleviate their suffering.
Is this still Absurdity Today, the political satire and news parody series? Yes. What does humor have to do with this very serious injustice? Watch and find out!
Absurdity Today is the award winning, independent news parody series hosted by political satirist Julianna Forlano.
SUPPORT THIS SHOW FOR $1!
Go to: www.support.AbsurdityToday.com!
Follow Julianna on Twitter: @JuliannaForlano
On Facebook: Facebook.com/AbsurdityToday
November 10, 2013
FUNNY: Sebelius Gets Free Gov't Health Service She Could Do Without;Absurdity Today Ep 46
Julianna Forlano wraps up the week's headlines -- hysterically.
September 13, 2013
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August 14, 2013
Absurdity Today: This is What Monsanto Considers 'Good' News Ep 44 with Julianna Forlano
Here's some 'good' news according to Monsanto, followed up with some actual good news, and a tip for how to deal with all the bad news. Brought you to by Absurdity Today!, the independent news parody series hosted by political satirist Julianna Forlano.
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