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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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POETS Day! Stephen Crane Stephen Crane

POETS Day! Stephen Crane

Ben Sears January 17, 2025
An adventuring war correspondent with a predilection for ladies of the night and a life-long love of...
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Greenland Won’t Be Red, White, and Blue Greenland won't be

Greenland Won’t Be Red, White, and Blue

David Thornton January 17, 2025
One of Donald Trump’s signature new policies is a good representation of what I expect from his...
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Weekend Plans Post: One Single Good Song in 2024 albums

Weekend Plans Post: One Single Good Song in 2024

Jaybird January 16, 2025
"If someone can show me one good song from 2024 I'll give you a million dollars" challenge...
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The Snow Bank blow

The Snow Bank

Clare Briggs January 16, 2025
The Days of Real Sport is going to have some wet socks, you bet.
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The Shakedown The Shakedown

The Shakedown

Michael Siegel January 16, 2025
As we ramp up to the second Trump Presidency, corporations are lining up to throw money at...
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The Gig Economy breath

The Gig Economy

Clare Briggs January 15, 2025
When a Feller Needs a Friend
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Moving Picture of a Cartoonist Concocting a War Cartoon skull

Moving Picture of a Cartoonist Concocting a War Cartoon

Clare Briggs January 14, 2025
What is it good for?
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The Jack Smith Report: Read It For Yourself The Jack Smith Report

The Jack Smith Report: Read It For Yourself

OT Editors January 14, 2025
Read the Jack Smith report for yourself and discuss
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All Dressed Up and No Place to Go newcar

All Dressed Up and No Place to Go

Clare Briggs January 13, 2025
We used to be a country. A proper country.
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Short Status Report on the Abilities of AI DALL·E 2025-01-13 13.51.22 - A silk-screen style painting depicting a serene night scene on a wide, calm river. The setting features small wooden boats with soft, glowing lamps ha

Short Status Report on the Abilities of AI

Jaybird January 13, 2025
When it comes to the AI debate, we're stuck with either moving the goalposts or admitting that,...
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Happiness is a Warm Brick 2025-01-10 TDoRS C5006 (01.09.16)

Happiness is a Warm Brick

Clare Briggs January 11, 2025
The Days of Real Sport
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Cryptmaster riddle

Saturday Morning Gaming: Cryptmaster

Jaybird January 11, 2025
A little bit of horror, a little bit of wordle, a little bit of typing. Cryptmaster is...
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The Month in Theaters December 2024 In Theaters For December 2024

The Month in Theaters December 2024

Russell Michaels January 11, 2025
For the final month of 2024, I managed to see twelve movies in theaters and sixteen otherwise...
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Trump Sentenced to Unconditional Discharge in NY Criminal Case Trump Sentenced to Unconditional Discharge

Trump Sentenced to Unconditional Discharge in NY Criminal Case

Andrew Donaldson January 10, 2025
The case against Trump that resulted in 34 felony convictions is over, with Judge Juan Merchan handing...
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POETS Day! Skipwith Cannéll’s “Nocturnes” Skipwith Cannéll

POETS Day! Skipwith Cannéll’s “Nocturnes”

Ben Sears January 10, 2025
I tried to give the new poem an unbiased look, but was bothered in the first sentence....
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Weekend Plans Post: The Swing of Things snooze

Weekend Plans Post: The Swing of Things

Jaybird January 10, 2025
Getting Back Into It
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It’s a Sad, Sad World cigar

It’s a Sad, Sad World

Clare Briggs January 9, 2025
An oldie but a goodie.
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A Society of Shame Attached to Everything Shame Attached to Everything

A Society of Shame Attached to Everything

Merrie Soltis January 9, 2025
The problem with nagging people all the time in an effort to better them is that eventually...
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When a Feller Needs a Friend ow

When a Feller Needs a Friend

Clare Briggs January 8, 2025
Folk remedy for nigh-frostbite.
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  • North in reply to Jaybird on Weekend Plans Post: Unimaginable WealthI'm quite interested in them. I love dates.
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  • North in reply to Derek S on Air Traffic Out-of-ControlThanks for providing the circular and self contradicting view on the subject from the left Philip. O…
  • North in reply to Jaybird on Weekend Plans Post: Unimaginable WealthHow did they turn out?
  • Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Weekend Plans Post: Unimaginable WealthHere's the process... I thought that the figs were too small so I made "fig sandwiches" with the stu…
  • Jaybird on Weekend Plans Post: Unimaginable WealthYep. Went back today and, once again, said "That can't be right."
  • Philip H in reply to Derek S on Air Traffic Out-of-ControlAh yes - let’s go back to trashing all the rule. We won’t need fair market value in eminent domain o…
  • 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…

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