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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · 9h

That's not a fair comparison.

To be fair you need to compare 8-track sales.

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going with "Douche Nozzles"

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · 1d

Subscribe to "The Guardian." They aren't afraid to use the word "lie."

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · 1d

Our Washington Post annual subscription expires today.

Happily took the money we had budgeted and signed up for "The Guardian."

They aren't afraid to speak truth...they actually use the word "lies" when they talk about things DJT says.

IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · 27d

I hope that's not because they are being forced to close!

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · 29d

Outstanding. Love the sharp contrasts.

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Sep 6

P.S. I'm sure they'll use the Ride of the Valkyries soundtrack, too. Stephen Miller must love notorious anti-Semite, Richard Wagner, and his music.

IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sigh....How I long for the good old days when only colorization was giving heartburn to we cinephiles.

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Has anyone alerted Homeland Security that there is a terrorist threatening to Napalm a major American city?

Oh, wait. Homeland Security is part of the threat...

Never mind.

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Jul 26

What a beautiful piece.

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Jul 24

These days, if you read books on a tablet, you rarely see the covers. A physical book, you see the title and author every time you pick it up. That’s my excuse for not remembering the titles of the last ten books I’ve read.

Although I know I read a great book by Sally Rooney.

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Tetamaria @tetamaria.bsky.social · Jul 11

Please share everywhere

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Jul 10

A great actor and a talented singer, artist and author/illustrator of children's books. Radioman on a submarine chaser in WWII. President of the Harvard Lampoon during college.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Gw...)

Fred Gwynne - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Jun 27

I'm embarrassed to say it was most of side two...what I assume(d) were satirical takes on pop rock music:
"Wowie Zowie"
"You Didn't Try to Call Me" through
"Any Way the Wind Blows"

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Jun 27

My first double album purchase... although it was probably 1969 before I knew of its existence and 1970 before I stopped thinking "WTF?!?" and bought it.

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Jun 22

Trump losing his war against the Hispanics. There is sympathy for hard working families being torn apart.

Bomb Iran. Muslims are now the enemy.

ICE starts deporting Muslims...ICE meets quotas!

Nobody cares after 24 years of post-9/11 antipathy hammered home on TV, radio, blogs and news media.

IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Jun 22

Trump losing his war against the Hispanics. There is sympathy for hard working families being torn apart.

Bomb Iran. Muslims are now the enemy.

ICE starts deporting Muslims...ICE meets quotas!

Nobody cares after 24 years of post-9/11 antipathy hammered home on TV, radio, blogs and news media.

IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Jun 12

Blue Jays: My grandfather used to shoot at blue jays. They'd warn deer when that he was there hunting. (He never hit them)

Cardinals: I watched a male cardinal fight his own reflection in my window while the female looked on, seemingly bemused.

Blue Jays: 1 Cardinals: 0

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Jun 7

That is outstanding work. Beautiful!

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Jun 7

It wouldn't be hard. Sentences don't have to make sense when it talks. You only need to teach it about a 50 word vocabulary. It's flesh doesn't need to look particularly realistic, just that sunkist orange color. The body shape means you can pretty much fit all the machinery you need in it.

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · Jun 7

Let me be among the first to say that if the Epstein list reveals any well known members of the Left I'll be the first to condemn their despicable behaviors along with the MAGAs.

But I guarantee you the MAGA crowd will make excuses or scream "LIES" for any of their lot. Especially orange boy.

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · May 24

A sex Scotch Tape

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · May 23

Trump is calling this missile defense system he dreamed up the “Golden Dome for America.” But he can’t use the acronym “G.D.F.A,” because we’re already using it when we describe him.

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · May 11

These look good, but when did colored sprinkles become "gourmet toppings?"

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IllinoisAreaMan @illinoisareaman.bsky.social · May 6

I got an email from WaPo today touting “their” two Pulitzers and offering a “special rate” on a subscription. I cancelled my subscription back when Bezos pulled the Kamala endorsement.

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