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FINNEY’S 5: New product slogans for the new America
RC Cola: When your family has just enough money to avoid buying the store brand, but not enough to buy something that tastes good.
4 hrs ago • 
Daniel P. Finney
FINNEY’S 5: Suggested shows to replace Kimmel
“The Art of Boiling Water”
Sep 22 • 
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Fall of Colbert, Kimmel was 40 years in the making
Decades of deregulation and dwindling broadcast viewership left late-night hosts exposed to greedy corporate hustlers and political interference
Sep 22 • 
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FINNEY’S 5: Jokes approved by the Trump administration and his goons
Read this now. Who knows how long before its taken down?
Sep 20 • 
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FINNEY’S 5: Things you can say and do and be president, but not host a light night talk show or hold any other job
Insult a Gold Star family.
Sep 18 • 
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FINNEY’S 5: Annoying scientifically proven truths about life
If you drop a piece of toast, it will always land buttered side down.
Sep 17 • 
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FINNEY’S 5: Robert Redford’s best movies
The movie star, director, and champion of independent film died Tuesday
Sep 16 • 
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FINNEY’S 5: Signs I might be suffering delusions of grandeur
Still believe I will be romantically linked to an A-list celebrity in the tabloids.
Sep 16 • 
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Facebook is worried about my mental health
The platform that allows lies and cruelty to flow freely wants me to take its warning messages seriously. Please.
Sep 14 • 
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FINNEY’S 5: Songs on public school teachers’ playlist
Alice Cooper is on here, but it’s not the song you think it is.
Sep 10 • 
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FINNEY’S 5: Doctors whose health advice I would trust before RFK Jr.
Dr Pepper
Sep 9 • 
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Confessions of a smart alec: A former class clown’s apology to his middle school teachers
A former reporter turned teacher reflects on ADHD, grief and the lessons after the jokes.
Sep 7 • 
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