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  • i can't imagine making my own phyllo, so i guess i'm going with store-bought. at the risk of sounding like the biggest phillistine ever, this looks like a delicious gourmet hot pocket.

    have you been strudeld lately? myriam 2008

  • I am a freakin’ genius, and you guys are all a bunch of phillistine jerks! ray l love says:

    Matthew Yglesias » ARRA and Density 2010

  • These are but two examples of writing that blow your’s out of the water, ON THE VERY DAY of your pitiful attempts at striking a blow against the phillistine blogosphere.

    Firedoglake » Reliable 2006

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