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Taiwan Legislators Brawl

If you thought American politics have become overheated, check out the action in Taiwan, where lawmakers exchanged punches and threw water at each other ahead of an expected vote authorizing a referendum on whether to go ahead with the construction of a fourth power plant. The fracas pitted the pro-referendum forces of President Ma Ying-jeou’s ruling Nationalist Party against strongly anti-nuclear forces affiliated with the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).. More from The Telegraph.

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Pistol-Packin’ Debate

Things got hairy in a live Jordanian TV debate when the discussion turned to the civil war in Syria. After deputy Mohammed Shawabka fingered ex-deputy Mansour Seif-Eddine Murad as a “spy” for Syrian leader Bashar Assaf, Murad returned the fire, calling Shawabka “a Mafia thief.” Unhinged, Shawabka tossed a shoe at Murad and then drew a pistol on his opponent. No shots were fired, but authorities are now pondering whether to slap Shawabka with a charge of attempted murder.

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Mad As Hell

And he’s not going to take it anymore. Illinois State Rep. Mike Bost gets hot under the collar after the House Democrats try to ram through a new pension bill without discussion or debate.

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