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MrScorpio

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4. Satire

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 29, 2013, 08:11 PM

Jul 2013

The Daily Currant is just like The Onion

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Rick Santorum Files for Divorce, Blames the Gays [View all] iandhr Jul 2013 OP

Is this for real or satire? BainsBane Jul 2013 #1

Satire MrScorpio Jul 2013 #4

Not really. The Onion is clever The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #22

Are you seriously asking that question? oberliner Jul 2013 #5

Is this satire? Matariki Jul 2013 #2

You can't tell if this is satire? oberliner Jul 2013 #9

I read the headline and the first couple sentences Matariki Jul 2013 #10

Understood oberliner Jul 2013 #14

In all honesty, when it come to Rick Santorum & the Gays, you never can tell. William769 Jul 2013 #13

Yes you can oberliner Jul 2013 #15

Yes. William769 Jul 2013 #18

Poe's Law, Oberliner. n/t Scootaloo Jul 2013 #26

This sounds like an onion piece. shraby Jul 2013 #3

Gee I wonder why... oberliner Jul 2013 #7

The Daily Currant billh58 Jul 2013 #8

But not nearly as clever. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #21

I agree. n/t billh58 Jul 2013 #25

not real n-t Logical Jul 2013 #6

Santorum will keep most of the couple's wardrobe. DJ13 Jul 2013 #11

Is this has to be a spoof. I can't believe he actually is filing for divorce on these grounds. diabeticman Jul 2013 #12

The truth of the matter is he only wanted sex to procreate and she wanted more. Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Agschmid Jul 2013 #17

After the first paragraph, I was thinking WTF ! Then the second paragraph and I knew. BlueJazz Jul 2013 #19

Not again! Please, folks, stop posting Daily Currant's crap as news items. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #20

Please give Daily Current their due. longship Jul 2013 #23

I'm all in favor of good satire. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #24

Except that no-one is 'frothing with outrage' in this thread muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #29

Logan Circle. HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #27

Totally, totally lame. "The Onion" makes good satire seem so easy (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #28

Crap, I almost believed this davidpdx Jul 2013 #30

I wouldn't put it past him if it really happened sakabatou Jul 2013 #31

NOT TRUE. SATIRE. OldRedneck Jul 2013 #32

Daily Currant isn't the best out there, but when they get it, they get it NuclearDem Jul 2013 #33

Man, does the Daily Currant suck ever so very much. blogslut Jul 2013 #34

LOL! HappyMe Jul 2013 #35