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How Difficult is it to Take Off Your Shoes? Briggs

How Difficult is it to Take Off Your Shoes?

Clare Briggs March 17, 2025
I get the feeling that he had a fight about this the day before.
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Spaghetti on the Wall: Autopens and Out to Lunch Presidents Autopen

Spaghetti on the Wall: Autopens and Out to Lunch Presidents

Ben Sears March 17, 2025
Per the Constitution, a barking madman elected to the presidency is a barking mad president. That’s for...
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Appetizers appetizers

Lies, Damn Lies, and Appetizers

Andrew Donaldson March 17, 2025
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Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, and Protest Expectations Mahmoud Khalil

Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, and Protest Expectations

Issac Faulk March 17, 2025
What is clear is none of the students actually thought they’d be in the world of counterterrorism...
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Gems in the Steam Spring Sale Steam Autumn Sale

Saturday Morning Gaming: Gems in the Steam Spring Sale

Jaybird March 15, 2025
There are a bunch of good games with seriously good discounts.
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A Flock of Ball Players Passed Last Night redsox

A Flock of Ball Players Passed Last Night

Clare Briggs March 15, 2025
A Spring Training joke, maybe?
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Nature is Healing: A (spoiler-laden) Review of Novocaine 132042662_228cb0106a_shotgun-wedding

Nature is Healing: A (spoiler-laden) Review of Novocaine

Jaybird March 14, 2025
It's a fun, dumb (but smart-dumb), action-comedy-body horror movie that is, seriously, rated R.
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Tragedy of Steak ‘n Shake French Fries Steak'n Shake French Fries

Tragedy of Steak ‘n Shake French Fries

Issac Faulk March 14, 2025
All this effort to have a new grease to fry them in seems empty and pointless when...
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The Skein skein

The Skein

Clare Briggs March 14, 2025
Saleratus is baking soda.
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POETS Day! Lascelles Abercrombie Lascelles Abercrombie

POETS Day! Lascelles Abercrombie

Ben Sears March 14, 2025
Abercrombie was known for big dramatic pieces that read like plays, plays more so than poetry, and...
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Weekend Plans Post: Ice Cream Theory bbdr2

Weekend Plans Post: Ice Cream Theory

Jaybird March 13, 2025
Dr Pepper Float? Like, vanilla ice cream swirled with Dr Pepper sherbert? Okay fine. And I brought...
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Cut and Dried from the Training Camps 2025-03-13 Baseball C0213 (03.30.15)

Cut and Dried from the Training Camps

Clare Briggs March 13, 2025
A Who's Who from 1915.
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Posing, Posturing, & Positioning: 2028 Democratic Presidential Candidates 2028 Democratic Presidential Candidates

Posing, Posturing, & Positioning: 2028 Democratic Presidential Candidates

Andrew Donaldson March 13, 2025
Our friends of the Loyal Order and Party of the Donkey begin the marathon process to a...
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The New Suit newsuit

The New Suit

Clare Briggs March 12, 2025
When a Feller Needs a Friend
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Of Amtrak, AI, and Arguing About Trains on the Interwebs Amtrak

Of Amtrak, AI, and Arguing About Trains on the Interwebs

Andrew Donaldson March 12, 2025
Trains are wonderful modes of transportation. Trains also have to follow the laws of physics and realities...
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Movie of American Gent Worrying over European War littlesomething

Movie of American Gent Worrying over European War

Clare Briggs March 11, 2025
Prohibition didn't start until 1920, but a buncha states were dry prior to that. Or maybe a...
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When the Friend Wife Leaves for a Week hats

When the Friend Wife Leaves for a Week

Clare Briggs March 10, 2025
How does she deal with you batchin' it?
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The Trump Crash The Trump Crash

The Trump Crash

David Thornton March 10, 2025
In less than half a hundred days, Trump and MAGA have forgotten the most basic political maxim:...
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Do-or-Die Time for al-Sharaa and Syria Al-Sharaa and Syria

Do-or-Die Time for al-Sharaa and Syria

Issac Faulk March 10, 2025
Now the good-time vibes of the holidays and new Revolution have turned into the reality of the...
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So Let’s Put Together a Democratic Party Ad Campaign Democratic Party Ad Campaign

So Let’s Put Together a Democratic Party Ad Campaign

Jaybird March 10, 2025
The Democrats have had a rough couple of weeks. I can see what they were going for...
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