Palindrome

[Jonathan Lighter]

A Palinode would be much more upbeat. She and her writers are upbeat.

Palingenesis I'm not sure about.  Perhaps it means the official dawn of the
New America.  As a term in philosophy it's pretty complicated. The New
America will not be complicated!

JL

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:18 PM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:

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> And a Palinode would be a song in which she refudiates herself, retires
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> the TP circuit and joins a nunnery?
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> Palingenesis - Her soul migrates to Rush Limbaugh's body and of an overdose
> they die as one?
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> That's about all I got. Anyone else?
> DAD
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> If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
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> It would have to be outside The Beltway, though.
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> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > Isn't that the new airport the ruling Tea Party plans to build near D.C.
> in
> > 2013?
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> > JL
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> > > If you pronounce Palindrome with a long a, does it mean equally stupid
> > > forwards and backwards?
> > > DAD
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