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And it takes several dozen song to reach that foregone conclusion.

Sarah Palin is already calling people "Comrade."

Sarah Palin will show them how easy it is to see Russia from her backyard.

It’s an organic version of Ozempic. They put it on the shelves and you don’t want to eat.

Succinct!

Confabulation: "a filling in of gaps in memory through the creation of false memories by an individual who is affected with a memory disorder (as Korsakoff syndrome) and is unaware that the fabricated memories are inaccurate and false." (Thanks to Merriam-Webster). It will be the word of the year.

Me when someone starts talking about fantasy football.

Rapture to follow.

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If you skip all the stories with headlines like "Fears that..." or "Worries grow...," you'll get through the news ever so much faster. And you won't have missed a thing.

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Theatre in Review: Gene and Gilda (Penguin Rep Theatre at 59E59) - Lighting&Sound America Online News Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner were two of the most indelible, outsized comic personalities of the 1970s -- he an explosive bundle of nerves that made him a star in the Mel Brooks universe, and she a .....

Off Broadway: A bio play ought to make its subjects interesting...

www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.a...

He looks like he’s passing a kidney stone.

Well, livelier anyway.

Plan 9 From Outer Space = 2001: A Space Odyssey

Your followers are in a torment of suspense...

?!?!?! When was this?

Yep. A real headline from today's edition of the Glasgow newspaper. It can't be disseminated too much:

Theatre in Review: ta-da! (Greenwich House Theatre) - Lighting&Sound America Online News The new show at the Greenwich House has a cast of one, but it's the story of a close, even tortured, relationship -- between a man and his screen. "Standup is bullshit," Josh Sharp announces, ...

Off Broadway: Josh Sharp makes plenty of things hilarious, starting with typography:

www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.a...

That would apply to Hattie McDaniel, no?

ICE Releases Deaf Mongolian Immigrant After Holding Him for Months Without interpreter. By Wendy Fry, @calmatters.org

They "had not provided him access to anyone who spoke his language, which his attorney equated to holding him in solitary confinement." Google Translate yielded specious results.

Trump claims new CBS owner will gift him $20m worth of airtime after $16m settlement President says he has been promised ads and programming days after network cancels Stephen Colbert’s show

The cost of this bribe keeps rising:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Also, the musical treats the nuns like cute housepets instead of people.

This is a classic. If every other Dem copied this approach, calling the opposition on its bullshit, we would have a much happier world.

There was a fascinating interview in the Lincoln Center magazine, I guess when they did Awake and Sing! All about Odets hating Hollywood, wearing heavy wool suits in defiance of the climate shunning the social scene. But he had overhead, thanks to so many dependents, and Broadway didn't pay enough.

If they ever announce a Mame revival, head for the bunker, because it will be a sign of the Last Days.

Donald Trump Sues WSJ, Rupert Murdoch Over Jeffrey Epstein Birthday Letter Story Donald Trump sues Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal for defamation over Jeffrey Epstein birthday letter story.

We're going to need extra popcorn:

variety.com/2025/biz/new...

Did you ever read his 1940 journal, published in the late '80s as The Time Is Ripe? I've rarely come across anyone as deeply unhappy and so willing to blame others for it.