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    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

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    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

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    High School Student Robert E. Lee Voted Most Likely To Secede

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Reed Thurston Feb. 1, 2017 High School Student Robert E. Lee Voted Most Likely To SecedeFAUQUIER COUNTY, VA — In a landslide victory at Virginia’s Eastern View High School, local student Robert…

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    Desperate Jeb Bush Adds Second Exclamation Mark to Logo

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

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    Royal Academy of Arts Vienna Lowers Admissions Standards

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

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    Trump Nominates Unborn Fetus to Supreme Court

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

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    University Administration Announces New Bullshit, Half Thought-Out Change With No Prior Consultation

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

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    A One-Star Review of My New “Bad Cop” RA

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

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    The worst thing about having celiac disease is that it’s fake

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

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