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POETS Day! The Dreaded Poet Voice The Dreaded Poet Voice

POETS Day! The Dreaded Poet Voice

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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North Korea Is Still In Russia Trying To Kill Ukrainians North Korea is still in Russia

North Korea Is Still In Russia Trying To Kill Ukrainians

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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Weekend Plans Post: Garlic (Specifically Toom) toom1

Weekend Plans Post: Garlic (Specifically Toom)

Jaybird November 14, 2024
Let's say Garlic is Coca leaves. Toom is Cocaine.
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Kelly Pool – He Had Two Pills nooooo

Kelly Pool – He Had Two Pills

Clare Briggs November 14, 2024
The Long No goes back a ways.
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An Electorate in the Delphi Jury Box Delphi Jury

An Electorate in the Delphi Jury Box

Em Carpenter November 14, 2024
Learning from our mistakes is not historically our strong suit, but will we this time? Jury is...
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The Four Stages of Post-election Cruelty Post-Election Cruelty

The Four Stages of Post-election Cruelty

Andrew Donaldson November 14, 2024
Much post-mortem election caterwauling is less analysis and more flagellation of the electorate that didn't vote the...
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Welcome to the Idiocracy Idiocracy

Welcome to the Idiocracy

David Thornton November 14, 2024
To paraphrase H.L. Mencken, Americans voted for Trumpism and they deserve to get it good and hard....
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Subject to Change: The Trump Cabinet So Far Trump Cabinet

Subject to Change: The Trump Cabinet So Far

OT Editors November 14, 2024
As President-elect Donald Trump continues to fill out his administration, much attention is being paid to his...
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When a Feller Needs a Friend groceries

When a Feller Needs a Friend

Clare Briggs November 13, 2024
A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter.
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The Month in Theaters September 2024 Month in Theaters September

The Month in Theaters September 2024

Russell Michaels November 13, 2024
I managed to get to the theaters thirteen times in September with nine movies otherwise, including one...
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Movie of a Hard-Boiled Shirt shirt

Movie of a Hard-Boiled Shirt

Clare Briggs November 12, 2024
The past is another country.
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3 Headed Monster of the New Trump Diplomatic Machine: Cerberus with a hand shake. the New Trump Diplomatic Machine

3 Headed Monster of the New Trump Diplomatic Machine: Cerberus with a hand shake.

Issac Faulk November 12, 2024
A 3-front fight where two are already hot looms heavy over the horizon. Brace yourselves.
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97th Oscars Projections: The Awards Season Kickoff 4

97th Oscars Projections: The Awards Season Kickoff

Luis A. Mendez November 12, 2024
The fact is that elections' results have, and will, affect what Academy voters' tastes are like for...
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Series! Recap of World Series of the 2020s recap of World Series

Series! Recap of World Series of the 2020s

Mike Schilling November 12, 2024
It's time for our quinquennial recap of recent World Series.
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Friend Wife bday

Friend Wife

Clare Briggs November 11, 2024
To be fair, this *IS* kinda how it works.
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Trump’s Ace in the Hole democraticdonkey

Trump’s Ace in the Hole

Jaybird November 11, 2024
I guess I knew that, someday, I'd be around to watch the 250th birthday of our country...
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Did You Ever Play Rubberneck? It’s a Bowling Game. rubberneck

Did You Ever Play Rubberneck? It’s a Bowling Game.

Clare Briggs November 10, 2024
I can't find *ANYTHING* about this game online...
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The Ravages of Time before

The Ravages of Time

Clare Briggs November 9, 2024
What a difference a year makes!
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Saturday Morning Gaming: F.E.A.R. fear2

Saturday Morning Gaming: F.E.A.R.

Jaybird November 9, 2024
Remember the whole thing with The Ring and The Grudge? Let's do that with a video game!
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Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feeling? taunt

Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feeling?

Clare Briggs November 8, 2024
The day after an election!
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