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This hope has been boosted by the general scientism (worshiping at the mantel of what is supposedly scientific) of American culture, and mythical -- often faked-up -- descriptions of identical twins reared apart who are perfect replicas of one another.

Stanton Peele: Human Genome Project: We Discover Much that Genetics Can't Tell Us

Not faked-up, politically self-serving scary, like the arguments Rove advanced in February to frame opposition to the stimulus package Obey crafted in the House.

GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness

We get the American Petroleum Institute creating and coordinating faked-up events in which energy companies bus their employees over for lunchtime rallies that masquerade as spontaneous outbursts of public enthusiasm.

Kevin Grandia: Bonner & Associates: The Long and Undemocratic History of Astroturfing

Now you've got me imagining a faked-up shooting of Palin or McCain supposedly by an infuriated Obama supporter, publicity from which sweeps them into office.

Palin Supporter To Black Sound Man: "Sit Down, Boy"

Not that that will stop them from shrieeeeeking about their trampled 'freedom to lie, make outrageous analogies, show faked-up gory pictures and shame and intimidate people'.

Told ya so, told ya so, told ya so ...

They plan to destroy London with orbital beam weapons (Goldeneye) or Los Angeles with artificially triggered earthquakes (A View To A Kill) or the entire Royal Navy in a faked-up war with China (Tomorrow Never Dies) or Istanbul with a hijacked nuclear warhead (The World Is Not Enough)!

Matthew Yglesias » A Touch of Swarth

The idea was that the Democratic candidates would be so busy fighting off the faked-up Swift Boat charges of voter fraud that they would lose the election, thus preserving the Land of Enchantment for the GOP.

Nothing to See Here-Move On Dot ARRGH

This Korean art exhibition explores the fictional anatomy of cartoon characters, with elaborate faked-up skeletons for Looney Toons characters, anatomical drawings of Mickey and friends, and many other artifacts from the study of toon anatomy.

- Boing Boing

But the real importance of Ted Kennedy tonight is it's the beginning of real events, as opposed to faked-up polls, instant analysis.

CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2008

Unlike the editor of Blue Peter when the programme was found to have faked-up a competition to name a new cat for the programme.

November 16th, 2007