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155 Pre-Election Misdirection & Vivisection
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Every week, Sami Shah (ABC, The Gadfly)—comedian, journalist, and award-winning writer of words—copies the news stories off of a website then pretends like he wrote them himself, then starts a debate about who actually does own the news, while claiming he didn't copy, just take inspiration very very literally.
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Election Shenanigans!
Also, India and Pakistan rattle sabres!
And, Canada votes, no one cares!
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“It’s American culture without the calories and chronic diarrhoea.” – On Australia’s election season cosplay chaos
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