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Clare Briggs November 16, 2024
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Jaybird November 16, 2024
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Clare Briggs November 15, 2024
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POETS Day! The Dreaded Poet Voice The Dreaded Poet Voice

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Ben Sears November 15, 2024
The trick to a good reading of most poetry seems to be in courting but not abusing...
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Issac Faulk November 15, 2024
If North Koreans can be moved to Russia they can be moved to Syria or Africa. Two...
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Jaybird November 14, 2024
Let's say Garlic is Coca leaves. Toom is Cocaine.
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Clare Briggs November 14, 2024
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An Electorate in the Delphi Jury Box Delphi Jury

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Em Carpenter November 14, 2024
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The Four Stages of Post-election Cruelty Post-Election Cruelty

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Andrew Donaldson November 14, 2024
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David Thornton November 14, 2024
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Clare Briggs November 13, 2024
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The Month in Theaters September 2024 Month in Theaters September

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Clare Briggs November 12, 2024
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Issac Faulk November 12, 2024
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  • Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025The status quo is fine. Israel gets stronger, the Palestinians choose to not. If things really get o…
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  • Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025It appears the courts won’t let Congress abdicate their responsibilities to check the executive afte…
  • LeeEsq in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025To be blunt about, the Anti-Israel people could argue that the Palestinians and their allies are goi…
  • LeeEsq in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025I'm generally inclined to agree with that but that leaves us with the problem without a solution pha…
  • Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025The Palestinians and their allies seem to think that a negotiated deal with Israel is too horrible t…
  • Dark Matter in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025You take a few hours off and take over the library. That doesn't have to affect your studies at all.…
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