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Next! On To Elgin! 2024-08-27 CDT C1211 (08.22.11)

Next! On To Elgin!

Clare Briggs August 24, 2024
A road show with a twist...
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Linky Friday: Vibes, Real and Imagined Edition veterans day

Linky Friday: Vibes, Real and Imagined Edition

Andrew Donaldson August 23, 2024
Your vibes are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your vibes, or...
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POETS Day! Anthony Hecht Anthony Hecht

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Ben Sears August 23, 2024
When Anthony Hecht's unit liberated Flossenbürg concentration camp, he was ordered to collect stories and information. It...
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Weekend Plans Post: The New Grocery Store thegoodyoghurt

Weekend Plans Post: The New Grocery Store

Jaybird August 23, 2024
Remember Wild Oats? Way back when, back in the oughts, Colorado Springs didn't have a Whole Foods...
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Box Car Journeys 2024-08-09 TDoRS C5221 (08.13.16)

Box Car Journeys

Clare Briggs August 23, 2024
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The DNC Republicans the DNC Republicans

The DNC Republicans

David Thornton August 22, 2024
A large share of the people who worked alongside Donald Trump have either said he is unfit...
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Delegate At An Exciting Convention 2024-08-22 Movie C8235 (06.15.16)

Delegate At An Exciting Convention

Clare Briggs August 22, 2024
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Disney’s Arbitration Maneuver: A Real Mickey Mouse Operation Disney's Arbitration

Disney’s Arbitration Maneuver: A Real Mickey Mouse Operation

Em Carpenter August 21, 2024
Apparently, Disney has realized the idiocy of their argument-- or, rather, have shied away from the bad...
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Can I Get a Convention Ticket? 2024-08-21 W&P C7872

Can I Get a Convention Ticket?

Clare Briggs August 21, 2024
I'm from Lincoln!
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Why on Earth Would Trump Plan This Speech At This Location At This Time Trump Rally in Howell

Why on Earth Would Trump Plan This Speech At This Location At This Time

Tod Kelly August 20, 2024
Trump has no obvious traditional strategic reason to hold a rally in Howell. There is, however, a...
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Onward To Baltimore 2024-08-20 Chicago C4010 (1912.06.23)xr

Onward To Baltimore

Clare Briggs August 20, 2024
Site of the 1912 Democratic National Convention
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Gormless in the Machine: On Running AI and Meat Avatars For Elective Office On Electing AI

Gormless in the Machine: On Running AI and Meat Avatars For Elective Office

Andrew Donaldson August 19, 2024
"Meat avatars to the AI system" just doesn't have the same je ne sais quoi as "Land...
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Conservatives for Kamala Conservatives for Kamala

Conservatives for Kamala

David Thornton August 19, 2024
I think David French is at least partly wrong here. I don’t think voting for Harris will...
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Bill Poster 2024-08-19 W&P C7867

Bill Poster

Clare Briggs August 19, 2024
The main event!
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When The Home Team Wins 2024-08-18 Baseball C0160 When the Home Team Wins (07.26.08)

When The Home Team Wins

Clare Briggs August 18, 2024
Joy in whoever Mudville was playing.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Deeper into Assassin’s Creed 2 Assassin's Creed The Ezio Collection_20240817080622

Saturday Morning Gaming: Deeper into Assassin’s Creed 2

Jaybird August 17, 2024
Surprised to find that Assassin's Creed 2 and its immediate sequels hold up.
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When The Home Team Loses 2024-08-17 Baseball C0158 When The Home Team Loses (07.24.08)

When The Home Team Loses

Clare Briggs August 17, 2024
No joy in Mudville
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Linky Friday: The Content of Our Discontent linky friday

Linky Friday: The Content of Our Discontent

OT Editors August 16, 2024
Some of the news that is fit to link and discuss in the Ordinary Times Friday tradition...
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POETS Day! Useful Lines and a Favorite from Pound Useful Lines

POETS Day! Useful Lines and a Favorite from Pound

Ben Sears August 16, 2024
There was a time when the falconer was the height of killing technology. We had projectiles, but...
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Throughput: MPox Redux Edition MPox

Throughput: MPox Redux Edition

Michael Siegel August 16, 2024
So, are we about to go into COVID-style lockdowns? Is MPox going to be The Big One?...
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