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Bons Mots
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Dec. 19, 2013
Rob Ford Has Mastered the Timeless Art of Gift-Giving
“Women love money. Give ‘em a couple thousand bucks and they are happy.”
By
Dan Amira
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Nov. 1, 2013
Michele Bachmann Has Low Self-Esteem
“God, I’m a loser.”
By
Dan Amira
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Oct. 25, 2013
President Obama Confirms That Brooklyn Is ‘Blowing Up Right Now’
There’s a new arena and everything.
By
Dan Amira
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Oct. 23, 2013
Prospects for Fixing Healthcare.gov Soon Sound Promising
“No one has ever seen these kinds of errors before.”
By
Dan Amira
Sept. 30, 2013
Metta World Peace, Like Many People, Finds Beds to Be Comfortable
“I’m not going to lie.”
By
Dan Amira
the sports section
Sept. 19, 2013
Metta World Peace Vaguely Aware of These So-Called ‘Brooklyn Nets’
“Honestly, I don’t even know who’s on their team.”
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Aug. 2, 2013
Tells Us How You Really Feel About the Tea Party, Charlie Rangel
” … those white crackers … “
By
Dan Amira
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July 23, 2013
Louis C.K. Is Not a Fan of the
Rolling Stone
Cover
“F*** them.”
By
Dan Amira
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July 3, 2013
Hillary Clinton Shares Thoughts on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
“[Expletive] the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.”
By
Dan Amira
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June 28, 2013
Senator Suggests Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Edward Snowden
“He ought to have to stay in the Moscow airport forever.”
By
Dan Amira
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June 12, 2013
Father of Edward Snowden’s Girlfriend Is Kind of Shocked, Kind of Not
“It kind of makes sense.”
By
Dan Amira
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June 12, 2013
Edward Snowden Has an Opinion on the ‘Hero or Traitor’ Debate
“I’m neither traitor nor hero.”
By
Dan Amira
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June 11, 2013
James Clapper Is Taking This NSA Business Very Seriously
No, he’s not.
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
June 7, 2013
Mayor Bloomberg Tells Kids to ‘Speak Good Grammar’
Good advice.
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
June 6, 2013
Woman Who Let Powerball Winner Cut Doesn’t Mind
“It could have been us, but things happen.”
By
Dan Amira
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June 3, 2013
Rob Ford Thinks His Crack Scandal Might Be Good for Toronto
“Any time you can get Toronto on the map.”
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
May 30, 2013
George W. Bush Expresses Thoughts on Immigration Reform, Bushily
Do the right thing.
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
May 28, 2013
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Is Doing ‘Absolutely Fine’
“My wounds are healing.”
By
Dan Amira
May 22, 2013
Boston’s ‘Saudi Suspect’ Finally Speaks Out
“I was looking [at] them like, is it because of the color of my skin or is it because of the name of my country?”
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
May 1, 2013
Tennessee Official’s Awful Islamophobia Defense
“I’m prejudiced against anyone who’s trying to tear down this country, Muslims, Mexicans, anybody.”
By
Dan Amira
Apr. 26, 2013
Serving As Hitler’s Food-Taster Had Its Pros and Cons
Cons: Constant threat of instant death.
By
Dan Amira
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Apr. 26, 2013
Michele Bachmann Kind of Quoting Shakespeare: ‘Thou Protestest Too Much’
On a loop.
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Apr. 25, 2013
Cabbie Was Shocked by Weight of Tsarnaev Brother’s Backpack
“I don’t know what you got in there, but hey, have a nice day.”
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Apr. 17, 2013
Stepsister: Anne Frank Would Be a Belieber
“They make a lot of fuss about everything that is connected with Anne Frank.”
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Mar. 28, 2013
Mitt Romney Thinks His Grandkids’ Names Are Ridiculous
“When I heard Winston and Eleanor I thought,
It sounds like two English bulldogs
.”
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Feb. 26, 2013
John Boehner Loses the Grammarian Vote
He wants the Senate to “get off their ass.”
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Feb. 19, 2013
Manti Te’o Makes Understatement
Twitter has “been a distraction for me.”
By
Dan Amira
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Feb. 11, 2013
Georgia Lawmaker Supports Freedom of Speech As Long As You Say Nice Things Only
No mean Photoshops, for sure.
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Jan. 31, 2013
49ers’ Chris Culliver Apologizes, Oddly
Interesting apology.
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Jan. 22, 2013
City Council Candidate Didn’t Mean to Offend With Condescending, Sexist Remark
“What’s a pretty girl like you doing reading those?”
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Jan. 15, 2013
Man Completely Unimpressed by Box of Eighteen Human Heads
“Everybody here is ‘Oh my gosh, you got a box of heads’ … “
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Dec. 12, 2012
Cambodian Prime Minister Makes World’s Best Appeal for Gay Tolerance
It has something to do with “racing vehicles.”
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Nov. 21, 2012
Fox News Pundit Finds the Silver Lining of Having Almost No Money for Food
“Do you know how fabulous I’d look?”
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Nov. 13, 2012
The GOP War on Big Bird Continues
Bobby Jindal doesn’t want the GOP to be the party of “big anything.”
By
Dan Amira
master debaters
Oct. 23, 2012
Schieffer Had No Idea He Mixed Up Obama, Osama
“What are you going to do?”
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Oct. 8, 2012
Distant Romney Relative Is Surprised
“It’s a surprise really. Quite a surprise. Big surprise.”
By
Dan Amira
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Sept. 21, 2012
Mitt Romney Appreciates Cloud
“Look at those clouds.”
By
Dan Amira
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Aug. 22, 2012
Sarah Palin Refuses to Gloat
“I was right.”
By
Dan Amira
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Aug. 20, 2012
Presidential Trash Talk
What Obama said to a friend of Marco Rubio’s.
By
Dan Amira
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Aug. 6, 2012
What Mitt Romney Bought at the Hardware Store
“Hardware stuff.”
By
Dan Amira
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July 26, 2012
Mitt Romney’s Overseas Trip Begins With Brutal Sassing by British Prime Minister
What was that about understanding our special relationship?
By
Dan Amira
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July 17, 2012
George W. Bush Describes the Presidency
“Eight years was awesome and I was famous and I was powerful.”
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
May 21, 2012
Barney Frank Won’t Let Anyone Ruin His Wedding
Not even POTUS.
By
Noreen Malone
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May 17, 2012
Sassy Nancy Pelosi One-liner of the Day
Sorry, Cubs fans.
By
Dan Amira
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Apr. 12, 2012
Barbara Bush Not Totally Interested in Escalating the ‘War on Women’ Debate
“Whatever.”
By
Dan Amira
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Apr. 10, 2012
George W. Bush Learning to Cope With Traffic Once Again
“It’s inconvenient to have to stop at some stoplights coming over here.”
By
Dan Amira
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Apr. 6, 2012
Carl Paladino Has Some Thoughts on GE CEO Jeff Immelt
They aren’t nice!
By
Dan Amira
bons mots
Mar. 14, 2012
Rick Santorum Charms Them in Puerto Rico
No more Spanish!
By
Dan Amira
lady business
Mar. 8, 2012
Man Does Not Hate Women
Man’s thoughts on Syria and Iran less clear.
By
Noreen Malone
bons mots
Mar. 7, 2012
A Little Tip From Barack Obama
“You’ve always got to eat before you stand for a long time. That’s a little tip.”
By
Dan Amira
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