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Skin-nay’s Folks are Moving Away bye

Skin-nay’s Folks are Moving Away

Clare Briggs January 24, 2025
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POETS Day! Poems Found While Reading an Essay by Anthony Hecht Essay by Anthony Hecht

POETS Day! Poems Found While Reading an Essay by Anthony Hecht

Ben Sears January 24, 2025
I found “Beauty Extoll’d” as an alternate title so I put it in brackets, but Hecht says...
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Weekend Plans Post: Was Last Year This Cold?

Jaybird January 24, 2025
Good golly, it's *COLD* This weekend should be a little less cold before cold snap #2 comes...
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Mr. Goodfellow Returns

Clare Briggs January 23, 2025
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Trump Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Lawlessness Trump lawlessness

Trump Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Lawlessness

David Thornton January 23, 2025
Donald Trump is already making the same mistake that Biden made in assuming that a narrow win...
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“There’s a Lot of Sickness in Town” sickness

“There’s a Lot of Sickness in Town”

Clare Briggs January 22, 2025
When a feller needs a friend
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The Truth Is All Right If You Can Get Away With It blackeye

The Truth Is All Right If You Can Get Away With It

Clare Briggs January 21, 2025
You should see the other guy.
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Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders Trump executive orders

Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders

OT Editors January 21, 2025
As promised, the second Donald Trump administration featured a cavalcade of executive orders on a wide swath...
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Lady McBiden, Pelosi First of Her Name, and the Struggles of American Royalty the Struggles of American Royalty

Lady McBiden, Pelosi First of Her Name, and the Struggles of American Royalty

Bryan O'Nolan January 21, 2025
Inflated sense of importance is rife among our social, political and economic so-called betters and the press...
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Our Busy Burg dixie

Our Busy Burg

Clare Briggs January 20, 2025
Sometimes your boss wastes time.
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Ordinary Times Watchalong: The Inauguration of Donald Trump Untitled

Ordinary Times Watchalong: The Inauguration of Donald Trump

OT Editors January 20, 2025
Watch and comment to the festivities as America once again does pomp and circumstance around the peaceful...
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Mister Baseball Bob Uecker

Mister Baseball

Mike Schilling January 20, 2025
There is no doubt that Bob Uecker was a very funny man. It's hard to count the...
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97th Oscars Projections: Final Nomination Predictions MMR Headline Graphics (2)

97th Oscars Projections: Final Nomination Predictions

Luis A. Mendez January 20, 2025
Luis Mendez gives his final nomination predictions for ALL 23 categories, a total of 120 nominations in...
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From TikTok To ERA, Biden Leaves Taxpayers A Mess Biden leaves Taxpayers a mess

From TikTok To ERA, Biden Leaves Taxpayers A Mess

Michael Siegel January 20, 2025
Biden's performative nonsense on TikTok "ban" and Equal Rights Amendment will create years of angry debate, protests,...
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The Solitaire Fiend cards

The Solitaire Fiend

Clare Briggs January 19, 2025
"Holy cow, your little brother has a Super Nintendo?!?", but in 1911
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As Long as the World Goes Round skate

As Long as the World Goes Round

Clare Briggs January 19, 2025
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Curse of the Dead Gods curse

Saturday Morning Gaming: Curse of the Dead Gods

Jaybird January 18, 2025
Chasing the Dragon between Hades and Hades II. Is Curse of the Dead Gods as good as...
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Some Friday Happiness booze

Some Friday Happiness

Clare Briggs January 17, 2025
The 1912 version of just staring at your phone.
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President Biden Affirms the Passage of the ERA 6307374507_d946b4e9df_m_smoking

President Biden Affirms the Passage of the ERA

Jaybird January 17, 2025
A story 102 years in the making.
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SCOTUS Upholds TikTok Ban: Read It For Yourself SCOTUS Upholds TikTok Ban

SCOTUS Upholds TikTok Ban: Read It For Yourself

OT Editors January 17, 2025
In a 20-page unsigned order the Supreme Court ruled that the law requiring TikTok to be banned...
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  • Jaybird on Weekend Plans Post: Unimaginable WealthYep. Went back today and, once again, said "That can't be right."
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  • Derek S in reply to Chris on Air Traffic Out-of-ControlWhy can't American Governments build anything? Here is one thought on it. https://www.msn.com/en-us/…
  • North in reply to Marchmaine on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketYeah I agree odds are excellent Roberts upholds Trump being shooed out of tariffing everything in si…
  • Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/26/2025Most of those seem fairly straightforward. Well, except for the one about "I own my actions". Hey. I…
  • Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/26/2025Jodi Ernst is apparently a believe in the Five Rememberances: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upajjhat…
  • Marchmaine in reply to North on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketWell sure, I did write "Trump is an idiot and I have no confidence in his ability to navigate intern…
  • Dark Matter in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 5/26/2025I'm sure he would prefer good publicity, but for a New York real estate guy there is no such thing a…
  • Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on Weekend Plans Post: Unimaginable WealthDude. I will do this *TONIGHT*. THANK YOU!!!!
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