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Is the Logjam About to Break? logjam

Is the Logjam About to Break?

David Thornton September 20, 2024
The presidential election has so far been characterized by a very close race that has been a...
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Weekend Plans Post: The Return to the Office bliss2

Weekend Plans Post: The Return to the Office

Jaybird September 19, 2024
We're back.
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Clare Briggs: Isn’t it the Truth? Screenshot 2024-09-19 085033

Clare Briggs: Isn’t it the Truth?

Clare Briggs September 19, 2024
They'll do it every time!
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How Israel Got Hezbollah’s Pager Number Hezbollah's pager

How Israel Got Hezbollah’s Pager Number

Andrew Donaldson September 19, 2024
A digital Trojan horse, but suckering Troy into buying the horse online instead of left outside the...
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Clare Briggs: When A Feller Needs a Friend ink

Clare Briggs: When A Feller Needs a Friend

Clare Briggs September 18, 2024
As bad as it is when they're noisy, it's always worse when they're quiet
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Clare Briggs: Movie of a Man with a Mosquito Bite on his Ankle mosquito

Clare Briggs: Movie of a Man with a Mosquito Bite on his Ankle

Clare Briggs September 17, 2024
All Day Long
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The Unspoken Truth About The Trump Assassination Attempts Trump Assassination attempts

The Unspoken Truth About The Trump Assassination Attempts

David Thornton September 17, 2024
We should all be disturbed and alarmed by this second assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
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Clare Briggs: Friend Mother whuppin2

Clare Briggs: Friend Mother

Clare Briggs September 16, 2024
They'll do it every time!
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97th Oscars Projections: The Mid Fall Festivals Outlook For The Best Picture Race MMR Headline Graphics (4)

97th Oscars Projections: The Mid Fall Festivals Outlook For The Best Picture Race

Luis A. Mendez September 15, 2024
The 97th Oscars Best Picture race might arguably be even more competitive than the ongoing presidential campaign.
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Clare Briggs: Supposin’!! supposin

Clare Briggs: Supposin’!!

Clare Briggs September 15, 2024
A Don Quixote/Polo Remix
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Returning to Old Games and Rediscovering Who You Used to Be Assassin's Creed® III Remastered_20240902110246

Saturday Morning Gaming: Returning to Old Games and Rediscovering Who You Used to Be

Jaybird September 14, 2024
I keep discovering new things and new trophies that, for some reason, I didn't get back in...
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Clare Briggs: Yes, A Few Weeks Make a Difference ataboy

Clare Briggs: Yes, A Few Weeks Make a Difference

Clare Briggs September 14, 2024
Mathematically Eliminated
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Missing the Forest for the Trees on Springfield Springfield Haitians

Missing the Forest for the Trees on Springfield

Michael Siegel September 14, 2024
These stories can go from neo-Nazi liars to presidential candidate's mouth in days. The wall between fringe...
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Clare Briggs: Sody Water sody

Clare Briggs: Sody Water

Clare Briggs September 13, 2024
We have a Skin-nay appearance (off-stage)
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Anatomy of a Conspiracy Theory Springfield, Ohio

Anatomy of a Conspiracy Theory

David Thornton September 13, 2024
The facts are that there are Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, but there is no evidence that...
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POETS Day! The Other Side of James Hogg James Hogg

POETS Day! The Other Side of James Hogg

Ben Sears September 13, 2024
Wordsworth wrote that Hogg “was undoubtedly a man of original genius, but of coarse manners and low...
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Weekend Plans Post: Brisk. Finally. bettersb

Weekend Plans Post: Brisk. Finally.

Jaybird September 12, 2024
One of my friends moved out from Denver to Florida a couple of months ago and he...
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Clare Briggs: Skimble Skamble Stuff stove

Clare Briggs: Skimble Skamble Stuff

Clare Briggs September 12, 2024
When I first tho't of this here idea, I tho't it kinda funny but now I've don't...
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Debate Recap: Harris Played the Tune and Trump Danced To It Debate Recap

Debate Recap: Harris Played the Tune and Trump Danced To It

David Thornton September 11, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump took to the stage last night for their first and...
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Clare Briggs: When a Feller needs a Friend whuppin

Clare Briggs: When a Feller needs a Friend

Clare Briggs September 11, 2024
When a feller needs a whuppin'.
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