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NeoConsSuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-05 05:54 PM
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What's up with the Onion today?
I know the white house is in a hissy fit because of the presidental seal. Are right wingers pulling some sort of attack on the site?
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Nitrogenica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-05 05:55 PM
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1. Clap.
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mark0rama Donating Member (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-05 06:40 PM
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6. Probably an onslaught of traffic from people who just heard of them
The story was the NYT's number-one e-mailed story today. The Onion got a metric assload of publicity out of the news.
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-05 05:56 PM
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2. Links to and/or articles about it are posted all over. CNN and
Edited on Wed Oct-26-05 05:58 PM by rzemanfl
MSNBC's websites, Olbermann's e-mail to viewers, probably more. More free advertising than you can shake a stick at.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-05 05:57 PM
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3. the site is running way slow
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YDogg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-05 06:01 PM
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4. Fark it.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-05 06:17 PM
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5. Yeah, I couldn't get connected at all.
Homeland Security!!
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