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God to Talarico: “This is getting tedious” (opens the original)
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When last we heard from James Talarico, God had informed him he was going to lose his U.S. Senate race in Texas to Ken Paxton. Talarico has been having a hard time grasping that, especially since the polls show him with a slight lead. So, he reached out to God again.Talarico: God, about that bit about me losing. Uh, the polls show me beating Paxton. Uh, I know you’re God and everything, but how do you know? I mean, it hasn’t happened yet.Curtice Mang - The Rights, er, Writes o
California, you’re no Minnesota (opens the original)
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The state slogan for Minnesota used to be The Land of 10,000 Lakes. No more. The state is changing its official slogan to The Land of Millions in Healthcare Fraud following a new analysis from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network that named Minnesota as the top healthcare fraud state in the nation. While California had the highest amount of healthcare fraud in the country, per capita, Minnesota was the clear winner.Curtice Mang - The Rights, er, Writes o
New trend in baseball - managers firing themselves (opens the original)
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Professional sports are full of copycats. Once one team does something different and has some success, pretty soon everybody else is doing it too. Football teams no longer huddle to call plays. Basketball teams no longer take shots inside the three-point line.Now, the Seattle Mariners have introduced a new trend - managers who announce their own firings. After a disappointing 76-86 season, the Mariners front office decided to relieve Dan Wilson of his duties as manager of the team.Curtice M
NJ candidate thinks church is no place for Republicans (opens the original)
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Let’s begin with a confession: We here at The Writes of Man(g) haven’t spent a whole lot of time in church. We’ve always been concerned we might pick up good habits. (It turns out that in many cases we had very little to worry about there.) Nonetheless, we appreciate those who do go to church.Yet, it turns out Rebecca Bennett, a Democratic congressional candidate in New Jersey, had a curious reason for why she stopped attending church. It seems that the church she used to attend had people who w
News of the Week - Last Ditch Effort edition (opens the original)
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Breaking News - Some people are nutsCertain people just don’t want to let go of the past. A Massachusetts lesbian bar learned this recently. The Last Ditch Bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts, still clings to COVID-era mask requirements. In an effort to move slightly beyond that, the owner of the bar decided to make one Saturday night a “mask optional” night. The regular patrons of the establishment reacted in a very clam and reserved manner…by accusing the owner of killing people and hoping the pl
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