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West Virginia from my point of view. Here you'll find my funny writings, both fiction and political, and articles discussing how to become a better storyteller.
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Show Your Faces Racists (opens the original)
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If I was a white supremacist my mother would be embarrassed for me. If I was a white supremacist who wore a mask while marching in public my mother would be thoroughly flabbergasted. She would say, “You have your First Amendment right to believe what you want to believe, but if you are too ashamed of your views to show your face in public, then you are a coward.”Here is a picture of my face. (Lookin’ good, Lepp!)<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fet
WV House Speaker Corndog Hanshaw Strikes Again (opens the original)
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House Bill 2014, passed by the West Virginia Legislature in 2025, allows data centers to be built in West Virginia whether citizens want them or not. The law does put some restrictions on the size of the centers, and on pollution outputs. The restrictions put on the data centers are considered too lenient by many citizens in the areas where the data centers are being built. I would not be surprised to learn that corporations benefiting from this law helped write it.Now there is a new wrinkle. Fu
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