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West German Witchcraft Allegations

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Whether this can help us understand Qanon or not, I have no real opinion. But this story of the West German witchcraft allegations of the early 1950s is downright fascinating and I knew absolutely nothing about it. Doing research in a branch of the state library...
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King and the Modern Left

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A thought provoking discussion here about what the legacy of Martin Luther King, and in particular his late life move toward democratic socialism and anti-imperialism, should mean to a modern left that is getting its feet underneath it but which also suffers from some very real...

NCAA Tournament Results

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That Baylor-Gonzaga game, following hard upon one of the best Final Four semifinals in recent memory, was surely a grim bit of business. RANKBRACKET, OWNERR64R32S16E8F4NCGCHAMPIONTOTALPCT1sherparick1espn37309253220140120160320320Baylor128097.22*thefxc72 1thefxc72240200120160160320Baylor120095.22*ESPNFAN4283319095 1ESPNFAN428331909522010080160320320Baylor120095.24Chalk PartyLaShotoG220140160160160320Baylor116094.55Drumpf's jockstrapmathguy10152101602002403200Gonzaga113093.86*Chippy Gaw.

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Crime pays

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Well it does if you're Ken Starr: From wikipedia: Patrick Dennehy was a junior forward who transferred to Baylor University following his sophomore season at the University of New Mexico (UNM) in 2001–2002.[1] In the summer of 2003, Dennehy and his new teammate Carlton Dotson indicated that they were concerned about their safety....
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Culture wankers

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Bari Weiss's ShakeShack, in its mission of putting the spotlight on some of America's least interesting thinkers and writers, has found a real winner here: Alas, this is a virtually verbatim paraphrase: We know who’s to blame for this surreality: the True Believers. The children of...
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