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Driving down the Pacific Coast Highway the other day, we saw Brennan’s, which proclaimed itself “Home of  Turtle Racing Since 1972,” complete with a flashing neon turtle line. Some internet research established that it is not only still the home to weekly turtle racing but is also the preeminent Broncos bar in Marina Del Ray. […]

The Warhead Gap!

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On December 24, 2016

Trump’s call for more nuclear weapons, reported NBC News, “boggle[d] nuclear experts“: While President Barack Obama has proposed a multibillion-dollar plan to modernize the aging U.S

Armada!

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On December 24, 2016

If you’re anything like me, you enjoy spending your Christmas Eve remembering massive military offensives of years’ past: Japan’s massive offensive to conquer Southeast Asia began to unf

On the latest Foreign Entanglements, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Dan Drezner have a conversation about Nick Kristof: Nicholas Kristof’s shocking claim that academia is a liberal echo chamber 7:25 Dan fears the marginalization of academics in the marketplace of ideas 7:15 Why academics have trouble dealing with populism 9:58 A coming wave of research on “the […]
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This is unfortunate. The Rocketts are being dragooned into performing at Trump’s inauguration, an event that is becoming a hilarious embarrassment for Emperor Tangerine because no one will participate. Many of the Rockettes members don’t want to perform. The job of their union in this situation should be to help them in their goal. Or […]
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Democracy in action

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On December 23, 2016
A Trump voter from a rural Kentucky county in which Trump won 82% of the vote: The insurance we had before, we ended up paying about $1,200 a month for a family of five. It just kept going up each year. So we ended up dropping it. We didn’t have health insurance. And we went […]

Evening Mic Drop

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On December 22, 2016

There is nothing more to say on December 22, 2016. Band That Hung Out With Charles Manson Unsure About Trump https://t.co/eSonxKbLmN — Kashana (@kashanacauley) December 22, 2016 The Beach Boys C

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