Killjoy on a Boat

by Clare Briggs · September 13, 2021

Tags: Fishing Somebody's Always Taking The Joy Out of Life

Clare Briggs

Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.

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CNN Takes Bold Action In Firing Chris Cuomo On A Saturday Night

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CNN has fired prime time anchor Chris Cuomo four days after "suspending" him and acknowledging "additional Information" had come up.

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Parents of Oxford High School Shooter Apprehended, Charged

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The parents of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley were apprehended late Friday night and now are in the same jail as their son.

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Stopgap Spending Measure To Avoid Government Shutdown Agreed On

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Government shutdown theater might be getting a curtain call before it really gets going for the 2021 season.

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Friend of the site Gabriel Malor live-tweets the oral arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health

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A great thread that covers (dispassionately, as far as I can tell), the oral arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health.

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Rafael A, Mangual compiles list of cities with record homicide rates in 2021

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Rafael A. Mangual has compiled a list of stories from multiple media sources regarding the murder rates of multiple cities hitting either record homicides or the largest homicide rates in decades.

The entire thread is harrowing:

Them: “Relax. Things aren’t nearly as bad as they were in the 1990s.”

Philly: “They’re worse, here.”https://t.co/w08ZjmhiyK

— Rafael A. Mangual (@Rafa_Mangual) November 29, 2021

The thread starts there and covers:
Philadelphia, Louisville, Cincinatti, Columbus, Baltimore City, Trenton, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Austin, Memphis, Tuscon, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Portland, Jacksonville, Rochester, Tulsa, Seattle, Chicago, Denver, Colorado Springs, Albuquerque, Fort Worth, Fayetteville, Jackson, Greensboro, Wichita, Lansing, and Shreveport.

(Featured image is "Black and white .22 caliber bullet" by JinglyJon is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0)