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Thank God they're finally rescuing the folks who colonized South Africa. Been worried about them and whatnot. Fly 'em over here on that fancy new jet from Qatar. First class. About time they were treated nice.

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The Qataris don't need to give a Trump a 747 to spy on his plans. All they have to do is ask Pete Hegseth to add them to the group chat.

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1. The person was under 16 2. Multiple reports suggest there was more than one victim, including girls "12 to 14" 3. When asked about it Rose said, to a reporter, "It was 55 years ago, babe" 4. Children under 16 legally cannot consent. There is no such thing as "consensual sex" here 5. Fuck off

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This sounds like Houston mayor John Whitmire at every Houston city council meeting. If Whitmire can't blame Sylvester Turner for something he just ignores it.

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I don't know if going to war with Barbie is the best strategy. But what do I know?

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I think the important question about the new Pope is whether he's a Cubs or White Sox fan? You can't be both.

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It’s not that I want the Knicks to win so much as it is I despise the Celtics and really want them to lose.

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Oh good. Two nuclear powers sharing a border who hate each other. What could go wrong?

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If you are the head of a foreign government's spy agency, and you don't yet have access to all of the top secret communications from the U.S., you need to find a new line of work.

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Wow, the Knicks came back to win that.

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I'm hurt that I appear to be the only person who was not included in a Pete Hegseth Signal chat.

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Every Tuesday the Houston public gets a chance to speak to City Council and the Mayor. It has become my favorite reality show, especially when it veers toward General Jack D. Ripper territory, which often does, especially when it comes to fluoride. open.substack.com/pub/johnroya...

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Oh my god what an outstanding shot from Avery Patterson. #HoustonDash #NWSL

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I watched the George Segal movie The Terminal Man and that led me to have some thoughts on the problems I'm having with AI. open.substack.com/pub/johnroya...

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Just whenever I think the corrupt idiots who run this state can't get any worse, Ken Paxton stands up and says "hey, hold my beer..."

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Dear ESPN, shouldn't one of your prime NBA insiders (and the guy on just about every one of your programs) be watching the NBA playoffs tonight?

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Maybe we should have just one doll chosen by a sort of Central Committee pursuant to Five Year Plans.

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

Draymond following up some classic "my feet are here by accident and you can't prove their not" Draymond stuff by just whiffing an attempt to kick Tari Eason in the nuts. Hate to see a legend decline like this.

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Wake👏 up 👏 y’all “2-year-old U.S. Citizen deported without any meaningful process” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

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This is disgusting, and the people responsible for it should never see the outside of a jail cell.

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I have been to this museum and it is a marvelous combination of art and history. It whitewashes nothing yet is truly inspirational and gets to the heart and contradictions of being an American.

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OK, its not a question of whether the phone is compromised. If you are the spy chief of a major country's intelligence service and your people have not compromised this phone, you should resign and find some other line of work

submitted 23 days ago • 63 comments

I started by writing about Shakespeare and somehow veered into other topics touching on life today and a plea, I hope, for empathy. open.substack.com/pub/johnroya...

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Paid protestors? It sounds like Houston mayor John Whitmire is tired of playing the sticks and is taking his tired schtick to Broadway.

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I wrote about a foreign student I met at UH several years ago and wondered what things must be like for her right now in this current political climate. open.substack.com/pub/johnroya...

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