This Happened To Me Once:

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Shirley
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Why would anyone live where you constantly have to worry about hurricanes, Burmese pythons, and bear attacks?

“As democracy is perfected, the president represents, more & more closely, the inner soul of the people. Someday, the plain folks will reach their heart's desire at last & the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

H.L. Mencken (1920)
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Asian American professor wrongfully accused of spying for China is suing University of Kansas

...Tao was falsely accused in 2019 of economic espionage, making him the first professor arrested and jailed under the contentious Trump-era China Initiative. The since-shuttered national security initiative was widely criticized for racial profiling and targeting Asian American scholars. It was amid his yearslong case that Tao, who was acquitted last year, alleges in the complaint that the school collaborated with the Justice Department to “persecute” him...
“As democracy is perfected, the president represents, more & more closely, the inner soul of the people. Someday, the plain folks will reach their heart's desire at last & the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

H.L. Mencken (1920)
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Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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yikes

Spectator Killed After Athlete Throws Hammer into Crowd During Track and Field Meet in Colorado: Reports
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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KUTradition wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 4:41 pm yikes

Spectator Killed After Athlete Throws Hammer into Crowd During Track and Field Meet in Colorado: Reports
Thoughts and prayers?
“ i don't know what he is talking about. but it sounds good.”
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