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The Potemkin Candidate

Will Durst | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Elections 2012, 2012 Election, Redroom, Comedy News
Will Durst

Mitt Romney doesn't have what you might call an actual distinct personality. He's more of a virgin canvas. A good-looking blank slate onto which any number of convictions and philosophies can be believably projected. He's the coloring book and we voters, the crayons.

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And Lukewarm Was His Name-O

Will Durst | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Rick Santorum, Gordon Gekko, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Seamus the Dog, George W. Bush, Michael Douglas, Redroom, Political Comedy, Satire, Political Satire, Comedy News
Will Durst

You don't need a psychoanalyst to detect the latent theme running through the endorsements currently showering Mitt Romney like broken rain gutters pouring down on a concrete toadstool. And that premise is ennui.

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Evoluting Fabulously

Will Durst | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Hugh Jackman, Gay Prank, Gay Marriage, Obama Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Satire, Comedy, Redroom, Comedy News
Will Durst

Rush Limbaugh jumped into the fray accusing Obama of waging a "War on Marriage." Everything's a "war" with this guy. Bet he calls breakfast a War on Pancakes.

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Precisely Pivoting Polls

Will Durst | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Presidential Polling, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Satire, Political Satire, Comedy, Redroom, Comedy News
Will Durst

The two campaigns are poised to pivot like a fat kid on roller skates clutching an expiring candy store coupon based on whatever data they receive from their intensely studied focus groups of potential voters.

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Shaking the Fleas off the Dog

Will Durst | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, War on Women, Etch a Sketch, Lilly Ledbetter, Barach Obama, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Elections 2012, Redroom, Comedy News
Will Durst

We're entering general election territory, so anything Mitt Romney might have said up during the primary... no longer applies. We're beginning anew. Reshuffling the deck. The winter of our discontent has been made glorious summer by this Son of Dork.

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Obama Care Bears & Walruses

Will Durst | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Scotus, Obamacare, Rush Limbaugh, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Redroom, Comedy News
Will Durst

Due to the rarified air of the highest court in the land, the arguments were solemn, dignified and incisive. "Obamacare Sucks!" "Does not." "Does So." "Does Not." Like that, only in elevated lawyer language.

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Romney Inc.

Will Durst | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Romney Inc, Etch a Sketch, Newt Gingrich, Romney Etch a Sketch, Redroom, Romney Republican Primary, Comedy News
Will Durst

All those allusions to the front runner being a distant android or impassive cyborg or corporatized zombie have been shelved because one of his own staffers offered up a more perfect crystallization: the Etch-A-Sketch candidate.

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Not So Super Tuesday Report

Will Durst | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Super Tuesday, Rick Santorum Super Tuesday, Redroom, Mitt Romney Super Tuesday, Comedy News
Will Durst

All Mitt Romney has been doing for five years is training to run for President. How much better can he get at this? Pretty sure his learning curve has used up all its bendy parts.

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A Tone-Deaf Tin-Eared Borg

Will Durst | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Gordon Gekko, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump, Redroom, Comedy News
Will Durst

It's a rash that erupts only when Willard's name tops the national polls. A serious knee-buckling case of Buyer's Remorse. Of course the clueless plastic smile of an aged Ken doll hasn't acted as a sufficient antidote either.

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Barack H. Obama 2012 State of the Union Drinking Game

Will Durst | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Obama State of the Union, Lit'l Smokies, Redroom, Comedy News
Will Durst

Every time Barack uses phrase "offshore banking accounts," clasp a Lit'l Smokie between the teeth and swordfight others. Losers drink 3 shots of beer and eat sausages. Winner can spit his out.

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Meditate on Your New Year's Resolution for Greater Success

Susan Morales, M.S.W. | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Meditation Techniques, New Year's Resolutions, Meditate, Guided Meditation, New Year's Meditation, Healthy-New-Year, Mediation, Meditation, Mindfulness Meditation, Redroom, Resolution Meditation, Healthy Living News
Susan Morales, M.S.W.

We all know habits are hard to change, but each year it's a tradition on Jan. 1 to try to do something differently. Our intentions are heartfelt. We've thought through what we want. We're motivated by our suffering or our desire to be better in some way.

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Frequently Asked Questions About The Iowa Caucuses

Will Durst | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Iowa Caucuses, Humor, Redroom, Political Humor, Comedy News
Will Durst

Q. What precisely happens at the Iowa caucus? A. Nobody knows. The process is sort of like musical chairs without the chairs. And no music.

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A Meditation For Reinventing Yourself In The New Year

Leslie Davenport | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Meditation Techniques, Guided Meditation, Healthy-New-Year, Personal Reinvention, New Year's Resolution, Meditation, New Years Resolution, Mindfulness Meditation, Self-Improvement, New Year Resolution, New Years Resolutions, Meditation Practice, Redroom, Healthy Living News
Leslie Davenport

There is always an open door to reinventing yourself. If we move with the events of life, holding on to our memories but letting go of the past, and plan for the future but meet openly whatever arises, we discover that our life is more vibrant and free than anything we imagined.

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How To Find Inner Freedom

Sandra Ingerman | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Balance, Personal Transformation, Consciousness, New Year Resolutions, Redroom, Freedom, Healthy Living News
Sandra Ingerman

For many of us on a spiritual path we go back and forth between separate states of consciousness and divine states.

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2011 Top 10 (or 15) Films

Brad Schreiber | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Bradley Cooper Limitless, Jonah Hill Moneyball, Senna Movie, 2011 Movies, Moneyball, Midnight in Paris, The Conquest, Brad Pitt Moneyball, Best Movies 2011, Limitless, My Week With Marilyn, Redroom, Year in Review, Entertainment News
Brad Schreiber

Everything said about Michelle Williams's portrayal of Marilyn Monroe on the British set of The Prince and the Showgirl is true. She magnificently captures the insecurity, caginess and sultry manipulation of a Hollywood icon.

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How To Keep Pets Safe Through The Cold Winter

Amy D. Shojai, CABC | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Cats Hypothermia, Pet Cat Health, Dog Health, Dogs Frostbite, Redroom, Dogs Hypothermia, Pets Health, Pet Health, Healthy-People-Healthy-Pets, Dogs Health, Pet Care, Animal Health, Cats Frostbite, Pet Dog Health, Pet Health Care, Healthy Living News
Amy D. Shojai, CABC

People fight the cold with heavy coats, long underwear and wooly mittens. And if it's too cold for people, a fur coat won't protect pets from weather extremes, either.

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9 Natural Ingredients For Better Skin In The New Year

Svetlana Feller | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Skin Beauty Tips, Crushed Geranium, Strawberries, Beauty and Skin, Skin Tips, Coconut, Bananas, Natural Health, Olive Oil, Redroom, Healthy Skin, Eggs, Yogurt, Natural Ingredients, Oats, Glowing Skin, Slidepollajax, Beauty Tips, Tips for Skin, Lemon Juice, Skin Care Tips, Healthy Living News
Svetlana Feller

I have put together a list of foods (that you likely have in your kitchen) for their nutritional benefits. They do wonders for your skin -- both internally and topically!

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10 Simple Ways To Combat Holiday Stress

Fritz Strobl, M.D. | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Hanukkah Stress, Christmas Holiday Stres, Stress, Holidays Canada Survival, Family Holiday Stress, Holiday Stress Management, Christmas Stress, Holiday Stress Relief, Slidepollajax, Stress Free Holiday, Holidays Canada, Holiday Stress, Redroom, Holiday Stress Tips, Holiday Tips, Healthy Living News
Fritz Strobl, M.D.

Holiday stresses are well-known to all. The problems are many. We have high expectations for a holiday time where everyone is together, happy and getting along. How to you rise above this and keep your stress in check?

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Will Dur$t'$ 2011 Xma$ Gift Wi$h Li$st

Will Durst | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Scott Walker, Mitt Romney, Grover Norquist, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Redroom, Comedy News
Will Durst

Those of us who have been washed prone by the gushing holiday faucet of red and green greed and are dreading the repurposed solstice celebration as it drips down the gutter of melancholy revealing the regurgitated fruitcake of gloom and despair could use a nice wish list.

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Identifying Your Emotional Type For Good Health

Kala Ambrose | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Mind Body Spirit, Mind Body Spirit Connection, Emotions and Health, Emotional Intelligence, Redroom, Emotional Wellness, Healthy Living News
Kala Ambrose

A new book reveals how chronic conditions are intrinsically linked to certain emotional types and how these ailments are best treated by choosing a healing therapy in line with your type.

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The Day I Lost God

Dori Hartley | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Losing Faith, Religion, Disbelief in God, God, Atheism, Non-Religion, Haiti, Theology, Redroom, Spirituality, Religion News
Dori Hartley

On this one particular day, I saw something that was unintentionally broadcast, a flaw in the message, an undercover revelation. I witnessed a crack in the invisible something.

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Politics And Poetry: Do They Really Ever Meet In America?

Dean Rader | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Geoffery G. O'Brien, Bay Area Politics, San Francisco Poetry, Poetry and Politics, Brenda Hillman, Robert Hass, Bay Area Poetry, Redroom, San Francisco News
Dean Rader

For Pablo Neruda in Chile in the 1930s, a poem was a more powerful vehicle than a newspaper, but in America in 2011, a prose piece in the Times gives not only a wider audience but a level of credibility a poem might not.

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Giving Gifts Of Joy: Animal Sponsorships As Holiday Presents

Maya Gottfried | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Mindfulness, Giving Back, Healthy People Healthy Pets, Healthy-People-Healthy-Pets, Animal Shelters, Gift Ideas, Holiday Gift Idea, Gift Idea, Sustainable-Animal-Gifts, Redroom, Animal Sponsorship, Holiday Gift Ideas, Impact News
Maya Gottfried

With all of the wonderful sponsorship opportunities offered by rescue organizations this gift giving season, there's no need to try to guess what your assistant will like or what size your aunt wears. Just think of all of the joy you can bring to humans and animals alike!

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Sherry Jones:: "Blog" Rhymes With "Slog," And With Good Reason

Red Room | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Historical Fiction, Social Media, Book Marketing, Redroom, Blogging, Books News
Red Room

After finishing my novel Four Sisters, All Queens, I did what most writers of historical fiction seem to do: started thinking of ideas for blog posts about my characters.

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Two Hats For Today's Writers (and 10 Awful Truths)

Christopher Meeks | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Steven Piersanti, Social Media, Book Publishing, Christopher Meeks, Book Marketing, Writing, Tim O'Brien, John Locke, Book Sales, Creative Writing, Darcie Chan, Redroom, Raymond Carver, Books News
Christopher Meeks

Today's writer needs to wear two hats: those of the artist and of the marketer.

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