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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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Asking a Little Peach To Your Party 2024-08-16 TDoRS C5212 (08.06.16)

Asking a Little Peach To Your Party

Clare Briggs August 16, 2024
Days of Real Sport
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Weekend Plans Post: Reacher Reviewed Reacher Reviewed

Weekend Plans Post: Reacher Reviewed

Jaybird August 15, 2024
If you liked the movies, you'll love the show. Well, you might. It's awfully violent.
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The Rise and Fall of the Giant Smile 2024-08-15 Baseball C0293 (08.24.12)

The Rise and Fall of the Giant Smile

Clare Briggs August 15, 2024
The season takes its toll.
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Clues To A New Election Scheme? Election scheme

Clues To A New Election Scheme?

David Thornton August 14, 2024
The new rule in Georgia, passed less than 90 days before the election, does not give them...
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Opportunity Lost 2024-08-14 Feller C6137 (08.07.16)

Opportunity Lost

Clare Briggs August 14, 2024
When a feller needs a friend.
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JD Vance and Yawgmoth’s Bargain bargain

JD Vance and Yawgmoth’s Bargain

Jaybird August 13, 2024
JD Vance admitted to having played Magic: The Gathering and Yawgmoth’s Bargain was his favorite deck. So,...
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Signs of the Times? sign of the times

Signs of the Times?

David Thornton August 13, 2024
Harris’s crowds are real, but I’d caution Democrats the same way I responded to Trump supporters: Rallies...
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