China says “Shut up and dribble!” The NBA complies.
In 2018, Laura Ingraham told LeBron James to “shut up and dribble.” It was a...
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Category: Popular culture
Completely random thoughts on why I love Rogue One…
Completely random thoughts on why I love Rogue One within the context of the larger Star Wars...
Read MoreBuT wItHOut GoVeRnMeNt We WiLl HaVe WaRlOrDs!!!
Yesterday, I lightheartedly1 tweeted that no matter who dies in the last episode of Game of Thrones, the only happy ending possible is no centralized authority and a completely free market. A statephile mockingly replied that...
Read MoreAnother Republican who wants govt to raise your kids for you.
According to a story in Business Insider [Republican] Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri plans to introduce a bill that would ban loot boxes — a random collection of items that players can buy in a game — and other types of...
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Game of Thrones, Season 8, Episode 3: Highlights and Notes
–No, internet, the Night King isn’t coming back. At the moment of death, his spirit did not...
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Game of Thrones S8, Ep2: Highlights and notes
Episode 2 opens with Daenerys telling Kingslayer1 Jaime Lassiter all the horribly violent things...
Read MoreDon’t get too far out there on that limb, Elizabeth Warren
Way to take a stand! “The World Needs Fewer Cersei Lannisters”
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Game of Thrones S8, Ep1: Highlights and notes
–“I always knew you were just another rich girl.” “You don’t know any other rich...
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Carolina and Dook hoops tonight
Tonight is the 46th time Carolina and Dook have met when both teams were ranked in the Top Ten. ...
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The incredible power of ignoring
The television show Taxi ran from 1978 to 1982 on ABC. During its five year run, it won the Emmy...
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If Sarah Palin was “Caribou Barbie,” what is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes?
As I noted on my Facebook page: The popular media derisively referred to Sarah Palin (@sarahpalinUSA) as “Caribou Barbie.” Does that mean they’d be cool with calling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
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Bluecarp on Twitter
This is a tragedy, but suspending them ALL is a knee-jerk authoritarian warrantless overreaction
"San Diego State University suspends all fraternities following student's death" https://t.co/QRizOYb2di
The NCAA suddenly has a huge problem: How Memphis could change everything | For The Win via @forthewin https://t.co/bjwnpZTqY9
"The Constitution is a compact enduring for more than our time, and one Congress cannot yield up its own powers, much less those of other Congresses to follow. Abdication of responsibility is not part of the constitutional design."
--Justice Kennedy
"No political truth ... is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty .... [than the separation of powers because] [t]he accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...
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