Day: May 6, 2015

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What’s the Deal with the Cincinnati Red Stockings?

Guest Authors May 6, 2015

In olden days, a team called "Stockings" were looked on as something shocking ...

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Speakers in Art

Saul DeGraw May 6, 2015

The Avengers 2 "Prima Nocta" controversy and when audiences confuse artists and characters as the speaker

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Mother Goose On My Mind

Will Truman May 6, 2015

I found some great children's videos for Lain. Recommended for anyone with small kids, though only if...

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Alberta Lurches Left, Makes History

Will Truman May 6, 2015

Canada's most conservative province just elected its most liberal major party into power.

Dark Matter in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025almost twenty years after the Gazan withdrawal, I don’t think anyone can pretend the settlers aren’t…
Jaybird on Weekend Plans Post: Caffeine RitualsBack in 1997, William Topley went solo and came out with a really good album that nobody bought call…
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Dave has a thread! They’re trying to change the rules because I'm not currently breaking them. As we…
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025"Nut picking" Imagine, if you will, one of the Sunday shows in the US. This Week, maybe. Meet the Pr…
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Probably the worst part of Trumps inviterate idiocy is how well suited and situated the strongman st…
James K on Pope Francis Dead at 88As an outsider, both to Catholicism and to Christianity, what I found interesting about Francis was…
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Sure. And you can point at them and scream all you want. But they aren't in power, haven't been in p…
North in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Yes, and before the Vikings and their thralls settled it Iceland was empty. Those original settlers…
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025I haven't been following the protests. However we need to be careful not to read too much into them.…
LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Beijing calls out Trump's lie on the United States and China actively discussing tariffs. https://ww…