Palindrome

[victor steinbok]

Didn't we have Palingenesis in the winter following the elections? It
even came with its own Levi.

VS-)

On 7/22/10, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> A Palinode would be much more upbeat. She and her writers are upbeat.
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> 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!
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> JL
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> 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
>> from
>> 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
>> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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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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>> > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com>
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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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>> > > If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
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