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M Bachand
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Ed Policy nerd, bumbling outdoorsperson, dad, husband, toaster oven enthusiast. Thoughts and views are my own, AFAIK.
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In a January 1939 speech that Hitler delivered to the Reichstag, in which he predicted that another world war would lead to the annihilation of Jews in Europe, he said, "France to the French, England to the English, America to the Americans, and Germany to the Germans." In a separate article in The Harvard Salient, Richard Y. Rodgers, the magazine's editor, said the similarity to the Hitler line was not intentional. He wrote that "neither the author nor the editors had recognized the resemblance and that the phrase long predates the Third Reich." The Salient article by Mr. Army also argued for values rooted in "blood, soil, language, and love of one's own."
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Definitely this one any time I have (or am tempted to form) a bad impression of any place.
Marge Simpson with her arms in a shrug saying “oh Homer of Course you’ll have a bad impression of New York if you only focus on the Pimps and the Chuds.”
October 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Annnd here’s the ESPN story that’s at the top of its page right now.
A picture of Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, waving his arms in jubilation probably sometime in 2024, but definitely not after Super Bowl 59, where he was a no-show like the rest of the Chiefs, getting pummeled by the Eagles 40-22. The headline is “Travis Kelce is chasing another ring: How he slimmed down for what might be his last ride.” Go Birds.
August 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Just need to rebrand this
A variety pack of Gerber’s Baby Food with chicken and beef. 12 jars, 30 ounces.
July 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I took HBO’s “which Deadwood Character Are You?” quiz. Click here to take the quiz.
Milhouse Van Houten from the Simpson’s, dressed in a cowboy outfit, on one knee with his hands out palms up.
June 4, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Heartbreaking clickhole.com/wp-content/u...
The bald, white man from the Clickhole article “Heartbreaking: the worst person you know just made a great point”
May 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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They know how to do it. Really just need the mecha-orca
A seal is lying on an iceberg like an F-18 on that carrier, when an orca pushes a big wave across the iceberg, and the wave sweeps the seal into the sea.
May 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Dude from the White Lotus, wearing a Duke shirt and staring off into the distance, as if Duke just went scoreless from the field over the last 9 minutes of a final four game and lost to Houston.
April 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Loudon County! That is just the icing on the very rich cake
The chart below depicts the 100 highest income counties in the United States by median household income according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey data for 2016-2020, in constant 2020 dollars. (21(3) Virginia has the most counties in the top 100 with 18 followed by California with 11; Maryland with 10; New Jersey with nine; Texas with seven, New York and Illinois with six each; Colorado and Massachusetts with four each; Georgia, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania with three each; Indiana, Ohio, Utah, and Washington with two each; and Alaska, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Kansas, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Tennessee with one each. The chart shows that Loudon County is the richest county in the US by median income Loudoun County Virginia: $147,111
March 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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What did we think Batboy was going to grow up to look like, though?
A photo of the tabloid character, Batboy. A boy in makeup that has large ears and pointed teeth.
February 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Post your favorite #DoctorWho. Wrong answers only.
Totoro, from the Studio Ghibli Movie Totoro, holding an umbrella on a white background
January 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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The strategy is…to let the GOP slap you on camera and go viral with the clips?
Quote from OP article: "In politics, it's always the right move to extend a hand," said Jared Leopold, a Democratic strategist and former DGA staffer. "And if somebody chooses to slap you in the face instead, you better make sure you catch it on camera.
December 18, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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Made my Christmas cookie. It’s the season.
A gingerbread cookie decorated with a white tank top, two eyes, one of which is red with blood and whose feet are bloodied and red. It is John McLean from Die Hard. The cookie is accompanied by a thought balloon that reads “yippee ki yay motherfucker”
December 15, 2024 at 3:51 AM
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Give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head
An image of the lead singer from the Sorels Band from the movie Streets of Fire. He is wearing a grey suit and sunglasses, singing into an old fashioned microphone. He’s singing the Dan Hartman song “I Can Dream About You”
December 12, 2024 at 4:31 AM
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No. The last thing I need is another to-do list
A screenshot of my “2024 Wrapped to-do list” from Spotify. It tells me to revisit my favorite songs from 2022 and 2023 and provides link buttonss for each
November 26, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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Ryan Gosling and two other actors from the show Young Hercules
November 20, 2024 at 12:27 AM
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Name a TV show you’re positive no one remembers but you.
The actors Michael Haymond and Donal Logue leaning on a white pickup truck, in a still from the TV show Terriers.
November 20, 2024 at 12:24 AM
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A portriat of actress Erin Grey from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
August 24, 2024 at 3:37 AM