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Joe Boyko

@joe-boyko

Bartender, news hound, sarcastic skeptic, and amateur analyst of current events. I have a wide range of interests.

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Joe Boyko
@joe-boyko Jan 4, 2019, 6:22 AM UTC

Remember Back When People Weren't so Uptight:

Remember Back When People Weren't so Uptight: Remember the days when 'Seinfeld' was funny and not offensive? Remember when you could just laugh at the absurdity of our culture without being branded a…

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Joe Boyko
@joe-boyko Aug 17, 2018, 12:07 AM UTC

Why a Minimum Wage Increase Would Hurt Those Who it Claims to be Helping The Most:

"Raise the minimum wage!!!" "Power to the PEOPLE!!!" What a bullshit and shortsighted fucking concept... I have this stupid discussion with people on an almost daily basis. It doesn't matter if you r…

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Joe Boyko
@joe-boyko Jul 30, 2018, 10:55 AM UTC

20 Skills Every Man Should Know In Order To Be A Better Man:

20 Skills Every Man Should Have In Order To Be A Better Man: This is an example of an impressive stereotype Most people think of "manliness" as a negative stereotype. They get the image of some dick-…

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Joe Boyko
@joe-boyko May 16, 2018, 8:49 AM UTC

United States Entering Into a "Holy War"? An Editorial Opinion...

Trump making this decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem has allowed the United States to symbolically pick a side, in what is essentially, a religious war of the three largest Abrahamic religi…

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Joe Boyko
@joe-boyko Apr 19, 2018, 9:18 PM UTC

A Quick Observation About Arguing The Wrong Points on Foreign Policy

Eisenhower warned in his farewell address about the emergence of war profiteers dictating foreign policy for their own personal benefit... Everyone always pisses and moans about perpetual warfare, bu…

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Joe Boyko
@joe-boyko Apr 4, 2018, 11:39 AM UTC

Another Silly Observation from Another Silly Nobody:

Well, I thought I was over it, but I just got hit with the second round of this season's flu... To top it all off, I'm coughing like a patient in a tuberculosis ward, I noticed that my gut is getting…

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Joe Boyko
@joe-boyko Apr 1, 2018, 9:19 AM UTC

When "Fake News" Maquerades as Real News, You Get Something Like This

No, this isn't a clip from some up and coming movie with a plot that revolves around some dystopian, near future, Orwellian nightmare. This is the world you in which you currently live... The ultimat…

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Joe Boyko
@joe-boyko Mar 5, 2018, 5:54 AM UTC

The "Youtube Purge" is Just Another Example of Book Burnings Updated for the Digital Age:

Book burnings are nothing new. They've just changed formats. The "Youtube purge" is just a contemporary example of a historically common practice... book burnings... That's really what this is all ab…

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Joe Boyko
@joe-boyko Mar 5, 2018, 3:54 AM UTC

2016 Election Fraud Admitted to by Russians? Nope. But the NYC Election Board Did:

This is kinda old news, but I thought I'd just remind everyone who's still checking for "Reds under the bed", that actual election fraud did take place in 2016... Just not necessarily by who you thin…

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Joe Boyko
@joe-boyko Feb 16, 2018, 6:42 AM UTC

Black Panther: A Controversy about Nothing:

A whole lot of people are outraged about the new Marvel Superhero movie, 'The Black Panther'. I'm not, but I'll dive into that in a moment. Let me just address the people on the lunatic fringe on bot…

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