Daily Archive: August 16, 2024

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Linky Friday: The Content of Our Discontent

Some of the news that is fit to link and discuss in the Ordinary Times Friday tradition of ending the week with the content of our discontent

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There was a time when the falconer was the height of killing technology. We had projectiles, but they required attention and aiming.

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So, are we about to go into COVID-style lockdowns? Is MPox going to be The Big One? Not necessarily.

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Days of Real Sport

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InMD in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024I blame the availability of military style assault cars.
InMD in reply to DavidTC on Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024If they ban AfD it will only make their ongoing political crisis worse. The popular rebellion over t…
Mike Schilling on A Note from EmWhatever it is will pass, and we all look forward to that.
DavidTC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024...what an incredibly weird comment. It's impossible for you to honestly mean it, as you have spent…
Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024When was the Gabriella Miller Act passed by the House? According to Congress's own records, it says…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024One of the things taken out of the Continuing Resolution was money for Pediatric Cancer research. To…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024Good news! Joe Biden successfully got Congress to agree to a funding bill and it passed. Elon Musk a…
Michael Cain on The Church EntertainmentGrandpa drawings for holidays and birthdays seem to have become a tradition rather quickly. Here is…
Burt Likko on A Note from EmHave had episodes like you describe too. It's nothing you need to apologize for. The muse will sing…
Jaybird in reply to fillyjonk on Weekend Plans Post: The Ghost TownI know we say this every year but next year should calm down a little. And, yeah, this should be som…