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Basura: Let’s investigate those teen vixens in Alabama
Breaking News: Leeanne Tweeden has accused Sen. Al Franken, D-MN, of kissing her in a way she didn’t like and staging a photo of her when she was asleep, with…
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One Small Voice: ‘You can’t always get what you want…’
On a bright Sunday morning in 2017, outside a church in Arizona, two little boys are staging a foot race around a makeshift track created by the church landscaping. At…
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Army Bob: Marijuana harmful, but legalization inevitable
“Marijuana smoke contains about 50% more benzopyrene and nearly 75% more benzanthracene, both known carcinogens, than a comparable quantity of unfiltered tobacco smoke (Tashkin, 2013). Moreover, the deeper inhalations and…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Local Dems dream impossible dream
"To dream the impossible dream. To fight the unbeatable foe." Watching Democrats battle Republicans in the Allegan County political arena is like watching the Washington Generals battle the Harlem Globetrotters…
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The Subterranean: Native Americans’ genocide by attrition
A Review of “Wind River” ***1/2 out of five stars Currently available on video by Walter G. Tarrow Genocide by attrition. You wait long enough and the Native Americans will…
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Ranger Rick: Are youth being brainwashed by educators?
In a recent survey released by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, 58% of millennials (ages 18–34) would rather be living under some form of collectivist system than the free…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Actions speak louder than words
Virtually everybody agrees that actions speak louder than words, yet so many of us somehow have fallen for the false promise that what famous people say matters. The media provides…
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Basura: Things don’t look good for naughty Roy Moore
“It takes a young girl to make an old man cry” — BB King The allegations against Roy Moore are unproven. He’s not been charged with a crime. Legally, he is…
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Guest column: Mary Ann’s ’30 things that suck’ and don’t
EDITOR'S NOTE: Mary Ann Otis Mattingly is assistant manager at General RV in Wayland and lives with her husband, Ted, and family in Shelbyville. Ted is facing serious health challenges.…
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Army Bob: The definition of fascism a matter of debate
What exactly is National Socialism? “Fascism /ˈfæʃɪzəm/ is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce that came…