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On Saturday, Donald Trump told a Richmond, Virginia, audience that the MAGA movement is not a minority grouping of the Republican Party but “96% maybe 100%” of the GOP. “We’re getting rid of the Romneys of the world,” he said, adding that, “we wanna...
by Walter Einenkel
on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 11:45 AM PST
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Almost the entire nation watches the Super Bowl. It unifies us by creating moments and memories we all share while analyzing advertisements and eating chili. In the old days, three or maybe four news networks told us basic facts about our world. As...
by The Tell with Christine Axsmith
on Tue Feb 13, 2024 at 06:46 AM PST
with 1 Recommend
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(Author’s note: If you read this story straight out, you may be tempted to dismiss it. But what attracted me to attempting this speculative narrative is that almost every past-tense statement in here is true. For instance, Thomas’s wife, Ginni, really...
by announ
on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 06:50 AM PST
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Dating back centuries, regional rancor should never be glossed over. All the more, though, it floats my boat from Charleston to Galveston to see strong, in-your-face blowback against our most execrable ex-POTUS stand tall in the Deep South’s founding...
by Inspector Clueso
on Tue Nov 28, 2023 at 11:57 AM PST
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I reckon this is what they call ‘survivors guilt’. Their names and faces are burned into my minds eye, as their pictures adorn a wall in my study. Today, as I do semi regularly, I stand in front of each one and close my eyes, in remembrance and prayer....
by Tevye
on Sat Nov 11, 2023 at 03:52 PM PST
with 290 Recommends
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There is a great little restaurant in New Castle, Pennsylvania, called Hugger Mugger. It’s a family friendly, casual dining place, featuring all American diner food. (Love their French fries.) They offer both Coke and Pepsi. They also have televisions...
by MeJean
on Thu Oct 12, 2023 at 03:06 PM PDT
with 12 Recommends
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I have been alive for 22 different American presidents and vice presidents. Is it a coincidence that of all 22, though I have honestly loved several of the men who held these offices, I have only felt that one truly spoke for me? Is it a coincidence...
by rflctammt
on Sun Oct 15, 2023 at 10:43 AM PDT
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The way for many to show their rebellious streak as a child is to knock on a door or ring a doorbell and then run away. Yes, it probably results in some being disturbed from their dinner or whathaveyou, but all- in- all it’s harmless. The classic...
by Tevye
on Sun Oct 01, 2023 at 03:39 PM PDT
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She and her husband Bertram were relieved about her impending early retirement from politics, and excited of what the future was going to bring. Bertram was a neurologist and doing very well thank you very much, and Dianne was digging deep on what the...
by Tevye
on Fri Sep 29, 2023 at 07:39 AM PDT
with 275 Recommends
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This is the time of year to look back over things that have gone before, to consider what one has done and the mistakes that have been made, and to hopefully make a few amends and to try to prepare to do better in the future. The year is not yet dead,...
by McCrowlerr
on Sun Sep 24, 2023 at 08:11 AM PDT
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The abused stray didn’t have a name when he was first brought into the Antrim County Animal Shelter in Bellaire, Michigan. Someone had shot him with a pellet or BB gun, which the shelter staff could feel under his bottom lip. He also displayed other...
by Tevye
on Sun Sep 24, 2023 at 03:28 PM PDT
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14-year-old Connor Halsa of Moorhead, Minnesota was fishing with his family on Lake of the Woods, a massive lake straddling both sides of the US/ Canadian border. “We were doing a walleye drift, so we stopped the boat, put some spinners on, and just...
by Tevye
on Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 03:22 PM PDT
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Hi friends. I am now in Somerset, PA. I will be attending the services tomorrow, a dozen or so miles away at the Flight 93 National Memorial, for the third year in a row. Being in the presence of and offering my condolences to the families and friends...
by Tevye
on Sun Sep 10, 2023 at 02:14 PM PDT
with 332 Recommends
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This is a follow up to meteoric rise of Anthony Oliver on the music charts #1 Itunes, first person to open at #1 on Billboard without any previous chart history. Please review the twitter video in original post. Talk about not seeing the Forest for the...
by ProLiberalDemocracy
on Sat Aug 26, 2023 at 07:14 AM PDT
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Well this is not going to be a popular post. But this needs to be said. Anthony Oliver’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” is going on 30 million views and as of this posting still sits at #1 on the Itunes chart. Why?? Well I suggest checking out the...
by ProLiberalDemocracy
on Mon Aug 21, 2023 at 12:07 PM PDT
with 12 Recommends
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Joe Schilling was known by many names in his home of West Maui. He was known by locals as Maui Joe, and Uncle Joe. He had many hobbies, and accumulated a large collection of bullet shells that he searched for on the beaches and in the forests. And...
by Tevye
on Sat Aug 19, 2023 at 03:02 PM PDT
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It started when a concerned neighbor saw a group of very young puppies thought to be from the same litter near a storm drain in the Spring Branch section of Houston. The area has become known as the area for ‘puppy dumping’, which is as odious as the...
by Tevye
on Sun Aug 13, 2023 at 03:32 PM PDT
with 350 Recommends
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In his seventh year as a police officer with the City of Hapeville Police Department, Officer Eric Colleran knows that many investigations are far different in reality than from the many calls that are reporting suspicious activities. And we as a...
by Tevye
on Sun Aug 06, 2023 at 03:01 PM PDT
with 961 Recommends
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On July 7th, 17-year-old Emily Dickerson and her school choir of 200 from Council Bluffs, Iowa, were just nearing the end of a week-long tour of San Antonio, Texas. They had just finished performing at Texas Six Flags, and were going to finish the day...
by Tevye
on Sun Jul 30, 2023 at 04:08 PM PDT
with 111 Recommends
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From 7/13/-7/17, Quinnipiac University polled Dems’ Presidential preferences. Meanwhile, a new video clip appeared. In it, a dour scion of Camelot smarms (in the pseudo-authoritative passive voice), “There is an argument that….Covid 19 is targeted to...
by Inspector Clueso
on Sat Jul 29, 2023 at 01:52 PM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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