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Fun fact: The Mormon church effectively barred Black Americans from the religion until 1978.

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Mitt Romney is widely regarded by those in both parties as the quintessential “flip flopper,” having run as a liberal Republican in Massachusetts and now doing everything he can to appeal to an increasingly conservative Republican base.

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Compare to the Crooner in Chief:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6uHR90Sq6k

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Underneath his dad pants pulled up too high are Romney’s temple garments, which essentially cover the entire body, down to the floor.

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Delivering a 16-bar verse without “punching in” vocals.

He may also be referring to punchline-oriented lyricism (or “hashtag rap”) that a lot of mainstream artists like Lil Wayne rely on.

Or it could be a double entendre as well. “Punch” not only means “punching in” vocals, but can also refer to “punch” drink that many kids drink for school lunch.

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Released by Scion A/V on June 5, 2012, “Grown Up” came pre-edited, so it’s a little like a Mad Lib: fill in the blanks with your own favorite expletives.

The song was produced by Party Supplies, and samples Gorillaz’s “Tomorrow Comes Today” for the main beat.

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Fun Fact: Goldman Sachs Tower is the only structure on earth built with the power of smiles and nice feelings.

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Greg Smith is a super wealthy Wall Street guy who for 12 years confused Goldman Sachs with a humanitarian organization with a fantastic culture of service and humility. Unlike every single corporation and bank in the history of capitalism, Goldman Sachs was just a bunch of great guys just trying to do good in the world. They didn’t even keep track of how much money was being made–they were too busy with their “spirit of humility” to trifle with things like profits.

Then some new guys came around who had these crazy ideas about maximizing profits at any and all costs–they called it “economics.” Here is Smith’s account of how it all went wrong.

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Mishka is the NYC music label/clothing line/Williamsburg store that released Exquire’s Lost in Translation mixtape.

“Mishka” means “bear” in Russian.

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