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Cedric the Entertainer Crashes Blazers Post-Game Press Conference, by Chuck Strom

After the Portland Trailblazers’ win over the Indiana Pacers last Thursday night, comedian Cedric the Entertainer got up from his courtside seat afterward and took Coach Terry Stotts’ place at the podium for the postgame press conference: Thanks to the graciousness of the Trailblazers, I’ve been in that briefing room a couple of times. Usually, …

When Pigs Fly – and Other Orwellian Nightmares, by Dylan Van Keef

Oh hell nah’. This 1984 sh_t is so depressing. Does law enforcement have to battle robots? Why do they need these robots peering in our windows and hounding us like bleated foxes their masters will precautiously choke to shreds? https://www.goskagit.com/news/skagit-county-sheriff-s-office-deploys-new-aerial-unit/article_d33ad8dd-8025-54e1-92bc-7565917337e4.html Crime has been dropping since 1994. I would rather be less safe. But that’s the …

A Relevant Defense of Paying for Investigative Journalism, by Davin Michael Stedman

Articles like this one, are why paying $20 a month for The New York Times is a nice investment. Maybe the news we get for free is typically hot garbage for primarily that reason. Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program – https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html Why pay for news? Because this story about the …

Adam West – The Thing

Golly, the late Adam West had some superb comedy cameos in the later years of his life– the mayor on Family Guy, appearances on The Simpsons and King of Queens come to mind– and this song for an upcoming Dr. Demento recording is another humdinger of comic brevity for TV’s classic Batman. Give it a …