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When a Feller Needs a Friend believe

When a Feller Needs a Friend

Clare Briggs December 18, 2024
Miracle on 34th Street would take another 35 years to come out.
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Are Republicans Waking Up? Are Republicans Waking Up?

Are Republicans Waking Up?

David Thornton December 18, 2024
The Republican Party is so intertwined with Trump that making Trump lose on any issue is going...
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Moving Picture of a Handy Man Around the House Briggs

Moving Picture of a Handy Man Around the House

Clare Briggs December 17, 2024
Scotch Tape was not invented until 1925
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Somebody is Always Taking the Joy out of Life quill

Somebody is Always Taking the Joy out of Life

Clare Briggs December 16, 2024
The old quill and gobble
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Panic! The Kind That Came From New Jersey Drones

Panic! The Kind That Came From New Jersey

Andrew Donaldson December 16, 2024
Blinking lights in the New Jersey sky is just what the engagement farmers, power-hungry pols, and fund-seeking...
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The Day of the Jackal: Serialized Escapism At Its Best The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal: Serialized Escapism At Its Best

SarahStook December 16, 2024
Is it unrealistic? Of course. The Jackal gets out of many situations that make you say ‘really?’...
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The Price of Good Fellowship jollygood

The Price of Good Fellowship

Clare Briggs December 15, 2024
Spend your holiday bucks wisely.
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The Real and the Unreal santa2

The Real and the Unreal

Clare Briggs December 14, 2024
Be a Goodfellow
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Balatro balatro

Saturday Morning Gaming: Balatro

Jaybird December 14, 2024
We have a problem.
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97th Oscars Projections: Post HCA Awards & Critics Choice/Golden Globes Outlook 4

97th Oscars Projections: Post HCA Awards & Critics Choice/Golden Globes Outlook

Luis A. Mendez December 14, 2024
With five weeks until nominations morning, this year’s race feels entirely unpredictable compared to last.
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The Girl Fight 2024-12-13 TDoRS C5341 (12.10.16)

The Girl Fight

Clare Briggs December 13, 2024
Days of Real Sport
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POETS Day! John Clare John Clare

POETS Day! John Clare

Ben Sears December 13, 2024
John Clare’s reputation rises and falls. There are claimed instances of a revival, but dispersed over the...
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Droning On In New Jersey Droning on in New Jersey

Droning On In New Jersey

David Thornton December 13, 2024
If anyone knows who or what is behind the drone infestation, they aren’t talking, and there are...
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Asian Voters Abandoned Democrats in Droves and Might Not be Coming Back Asian Voters Abandoned Democrats

Asian Voters Abandoned Democrats in Droves and Might Not be Coming Back

Hei Lun Chan December 13, 2024
Democrats need to figure out the reason for the exodus from their party by Asians and Hispanics,...
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Weekend Plans Post: Back Into the Swing of Things heaven

Weekend Plans Post: Back Into the Swing of Things

Jaybird December 13, 2024
Waking up at 5AM instead of 4AM is almost normal, right?
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Why Some Shopping is Late georgy

Why Some Shopping is Late

Clare Briggs December 12, 2024
There are only but so many hours in the day
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Thursday Throughput: RFK Jr Edition RFK Jr

Thursday Throughput: RFK Jr Edition

Michael Siegel December 12, 2024
Time to talk about RFK, Jr. who has been nominated to head one of the most powerful...
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Returning to Iceland gottfolk

Returning to Iceland

Jaybird December 11, 2024
Iceland was beautiful in the way that something that will kill you is beautiful.
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What Santa Brings for Boys santabrings

What Santa Brings for Boys

Clare Briggs December 11, 2024
When a Feller Needs a Friend
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Has Trump Already Lost the Trade War? Has Donald Trump Already Lost the Trade War

Has Trump Already Lost the Trade War?

David Thornton December 11, 2024
Vader-like ultimatums only work from a position of absolute power over adversaries. Donald Trump is not in...
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  • 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."
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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…
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