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Vendee, Armia Krajowa, Never Trump Provisional Wing and Philadelphia sports. One of these things is not like the other.
1,024 players, 149 referees and 'draining the swamp': Explaining Turkey's betting scandal
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The horrific scandal in Turkey is pretty indicative of the natural end point of this. People always thought it was corrupt, but not *that* corrupt
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The horrific scandal in Turkey is pretty indicative of the natural end point of this. People always thought it was corrupt, but not *that* corrupt
Austria, always: There is no trouble our poor political choices can get us into that our culture can’t get us out of
The civilized world in 1946: You welcomed the Anschluss! No
Austria: “The hills are alive….”
The civilized world: See your point, gosh those Germans were horrible
The civilized world in 1946: You welcomed the Anschluss! No
Austria: “The hills are alive….”
The civilized world: See your point, gosh those Germans were horrible
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Austria, always: There is no trouble our poor political choices can get us into that our culture can’t get us out of
The civilized world in 1946: You welcomed the Anschluss! No
Austria: “The hills are alive….”
The civilized world: See your point, gosh those Germans were horrible
The civilized world in 1946: You welcomed the Anschluss! No
Austria: “The hills are alive….”
The civilized world: See your point, gosh those Germans were horrible
Third game, Kalgan 1946, never got traction
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Third game, Kalgan 1946, never got traction
I blame Banner
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I blame Banner
Why Adam, why? Why surface such pain and loss?
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Why Adam, why? Why surface such pain and loss?
Finally the Dispatch will have a handcrafted full sized Mahan worthy Fleet in Being with trained crew?
October 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Finally the Dispatch will have a handcrafted full sized Mahan worthy Fleet in Being with trained crew?
Philadelphia and San Francisco say no. And Nyet, nicht, nie, non.
October 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Philadelphia and San Francisco say no. And Nyet, nicht, nie, non.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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well done Sir
a crowd of people in a stadium with their hands in the air
ALT: a crowd of people in a stadium with their hands in the air
media.tenor.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
well done Sir
progress is a lie
October 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
progress is a lie
That reason would be parochial idiocy. Hit the potion lads, we’re going to the publishers…
October 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
That reason would be parochial idiocy. Hit the potion lads, we’re going to the publishers…
the publisher needs to get a visit from a certain large figure carrying a Menhir and doped to the gills on magic potion
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
the publisher needs to get a visit from a certain large figure carrying a Menhir and doped to the gills on magic potion
wait what they changed it?
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
wait what they changed it?
(mother sighs) (puts velvet underground on the 8 track)
October 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
(mother sighs) (puts velvet underground on the 8 track)
Get-a-fix sticks in my mind as a particularly brilliant translation example (it also led to my Mom having to explain heroin to me at like age 9)
October 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Get-a-fix sticks in my mind as a particularly brilliant translation example (it also led to my Mom having to explain heroin to me at like age 9)
*excellent point*
October 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
*excellent point*
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I've repeated this quote before, but Stanley Rosen is reputed to have once said in a grad seminar at BU: "You liberal grad students think postmodernism is cute, but just wait until the right gets a hold of it."
March 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I've repeated this quote before, but Stanley Rosen is reputed to have once said in a grad seminar at BU: "You liberal grad students think postmodernism is cute, but just wait until the right gets a hold of it."