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May 22, 20242 min read
Further Down the Slippery Slope -or- Beacon of Speech Conceptual Artists Part III
I haven't been able to make Beacon of Speech my full time job, meaning I still have an undisclosed day job. This week, I'm in...
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Fred
May 22, 20242 min read
The NBA's Jarrett Allen Problem
You don't know Jarrett Allen? I barely know Jarrett Allen. He's a graduate of the University of Texas. He's a member of the Cleveland...
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Fred
May 21, 20242 min read
GARY BETTMAN HAS FAILED
It's 9:07 PM where is the Oilers at Canucks game??? What do you mean 'puck drop' is moved to 9:15?? The Connecticut Sun and the Indiana...
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Fred
May 18, 20246 min read
Whiny American Journalists
Earlier this week, 2-Time Pulitzer Winning Journalist Nicholas Kristof said in his new book that the "press ‘shouldn’t be neutral’ with...
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Fred
May 13, 20242 min read
Russian Bot David Ca's Endless Propaganda
David Ca is a Russian Bot that delivers Russian Propaganda daily, but at least he's not a one-trick pony: Some days he talks about how...
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Fred
May 12, 20244 min read
Compliments to Dan Gilbert's Cleveland Monsters
My family and I watched an entertaining AHL game between the Cleveland Monsters and the Belleville Senators earlier this week. The...
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Fred
May 10, 20243 min read
You're Dead (Trans Edition)
Warning: We are going to be EXTRA insensitive today. Back in the mid-1980's, a hardcore musical group morphed together in the bowels of...
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Fred
May 10, 20242 min read
The Brain Game
I wanted to vote for RFK Jr. for president very badly. I just can't. In 1996, I voted for Bob Dole for President and haven't voted for a...
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Fred
May 7, 20242 min read
Another Pulitzer Free Day For Me
So they announced the Pulitzer Award in Commentary today and the winner was.... Not me. (We did enter.) But for once I wasn't upset. ...
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Fred
May 5, 20242 min read
Jordan > LeBron
I don't know what's wrong with my Facebook algorithm. I say over and over and over that I mostly dislike basketball, and almost every day...
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Fred
May 4, 20242 min read
The Greatest Singer You Never Heard of Died Yesterday....
Gary Floyd, the lead vocalist most associated with the bands The Dicks and Sister Double Happiness, died yesterday at the age of 71. A...
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Fred
May 1, 20243 min read
Back to Your Regularly Scheduled Rioting
When George Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin, riots spread like a virus across America. Both Minneapolis and Portland were nearly...
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Fred
Apr 26, 20242 min read
Go Ahead and Fire Terry Fontenot
Terry Fontenot is the General Manager of the Atlanta Falcons. Just a few months ago, Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins left his team via...
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Fred
Apr 25, 20242 min read
CNN's Daily Limit
Today anger and history are percolating across the United States. Former President Donald Trump is Facing a Historic Hush Money Trial The...
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Fred
Apr 24, 20242 min read
Pro-Palestinian Protesters VERSUS Anti-Israeli Protesters
This is going to be a short post, because things are very simple and hate-mongers want to muddy the waters. Last year we wrote the...
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Fred
Apr 21, 20242 min read
The WalMart-ization of the News
I stumbled across this article in the Atlantic: Right Wing Media Are in Trouble. As usual, the "media" was HALF right. Just a few months...
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Fred
Apr 21, 20242 min read
Zelensky MUST Redefine Winning Immediately
This was the headline at RT today: Right now, the Ukrainian Army is holding the line. For the 7th time since the invasion, Beacon of...
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Fred
Apr 20, 20242 min read
Probably NOT Working for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Here's the problem with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, which I have visited many times. When it was built, the residents of...
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Fred
Apr 19, 20241 min read
Don't Shoot Depressed Deer
According to the Daily Mail, 2 hunters died when they contracted Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) from eating contaminated deer meat. CWD in...
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Fred
Apr 18, 20241 min read
Arenna's Eclipse
Today I was listening to Molten Universe's YouTube Channel, specifically their Psychedelic / Stoner / Desert Rock - Playlist 01. All of a...
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Fred
Apr 17, 20242 min read
You Know Who's Funny? Salman Rushdie
In 1988, esteemed author Salman Rushdie released his 4th novel The Satanic Verses. Almost immediately, clerics in Iran found the novel...
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Fred
Apr 15, 20244 min read
Rolling Stone's Path to Oblivion
According to Rolling Stone Magazine, this is the Future of Music: Faye Webster Rolling Stone: "Humor with Hard to Pin Down Sound" I Know...
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Fred
Apr 13, 20242 min read
Technically, Justice was Done in the OJ Simpson Case
I was over at the Daily Mail and some media whore was claiming that now that OJ was dead, he could tell the world the TRUTH! What was...
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Fred
Apr 12, 20244 min read
Chris Quinn is a Modern Day Version of the Pseudologoi
Last week, cleveland.com's chief propagandist, Chris Quinn, came out and warned America that Trump is Hitler. You know how I know Donald...
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