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In the 1997 film, Jim Carrey’s character’s son makes a wish that his dad (Jim Carrey’s character, who has a penchant for making promises to his son that he never keeps) cannot lie for a 24 hour period. Carrey’s character, for whom lying is second only to breathing and eating (not always), suffers through a life revolution with the obligatory truth-telling, resulting in him learning to appreciate and love his son, whom he had neglected and disappointed so often.

This morning’s paper had an article about South Carolina Senator (I use the term very loosely) Tim Scott, and his contention that the GOP (by which he SEEMS to mean the Republican Party) offers a way out of poverty. Hard to imagine for those of us in a reality-based community, but there it is.

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