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struggle4progress

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Wed Dec 30, 2015, 06:12 AM Dec 2015

2015 as predicted by ‘The Onion’

... we have this Onion item from January: “Area Man Willing To Give Up Any Of Muslims’ Rights Necessary To Feel Safe” ...

The Onion‘s rueful ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens was posted after the Isla Vista shootings in 2014, but regularly cropped up on Twitter, Facebook, and other social channels throughout 2015 as mass shootings reached epidemic status ...

The Onion, 2008: “Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequence” ...

Following the Charleston shooting at AME Baptist Church in June, discourse shifted from guns to the racial overtones of the Confederate flag. The Onion jumped on it with “Black Man In Support of Confederate Flag Triples His Media Appearance Rates” ...


http://fusion.net/story/247634/the-onion-2015-literally-unbelievable/
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2015 as predicted by ‘The Onion’ (Original Post) struggle4progress Dec 2015 OP
You will get more honest reporting from the Onion than the Wall Street Journal Scuba Dec 2015 #1
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