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Michael Moore, slimmed down and looking fit as a Funyun, has premiered his newest piece of agitprop to adoring audiences at Cannes.


Michael Moore Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , slimmed down and looking fit as a Funyun, has premiered his newest piece of agitprop agitprop

Political strategy in which techniques of agitation and propaganda are used to influence public opinion. Originally described by the Marxist theorist Georgy Plekhanov and then by Vladimir Ilich Lenin, it called for both emotional and reasoned arguments.
 to adoring audiences at Cannes. Sicko sick·o  
n. pl. sick·os Slang
A deranged, psychotic, or morbidly obsessed person.



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, his documentary about the evils of American health American Health Inc. is a company that manufactures health supplements. It is located in Holbrook, New York. One of its products is labeled the "Chewable Original Papaya Enzyme" with the attached registered trademark, "The 'After Meal Supplement'".  care, involves a stunt that has made his movie famous, and infamous, well before its wide release. He accompanied a group of ill Ground Zero workers to Cuba to receive the health care they've gone wanting in America. It's a win-win situation: Our 9/11 heroes get treatment in a country where Pepto-Bismol is a black-market product, and Moore gets some needed publicity. There's nothing quite like taking health advice from the fat man from Flint, except perhaps taking your cues on health care and good governance from one of the world's worst dictatorships.
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Title Annotation:The Week
Publication:National Review
Date:Jun 11, 2007
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