First Post: Wednesday, November 27, 2013

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Baruch ata adonai…

All right, all right, ya Maccabeeansz. Tonight’s your big night. May all your spins of the dreidel end up on gimel. Never shin. Or something like that. Now, where’s them latkes?! Continue reading

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Tuesday Sniping: Wintry Mix Edition

Stay cozy, East of the Mississippi! Continue reading

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Monday Boxing: One Month Out Edition

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That’s a Lotta Ballsz!

On the other hoof, our Hebrew brothers and sisters need wait only two more days. Mazel! Continue reading

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First Post: Sunday, November 24, 2013

All right, all right, ya Pac-Man-loversz! Mannie did the right thing this time, keeping that glass-jaw Rommey (Rommey!) out of his prefight dressing room. Last night in Macau, Mannie had a true competitor as a visitor before he stepped into the ring: David Beckham. David Beckham > Rommey (Rommey!). Continue reading

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First Post: Saturday, November 23, 2013

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Movin’ Out

Today marks the final time Tulane will play an American Gridiron Throwball game inside the Louisiana Superdome. Continue reading

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Nocturnal Submission: Freestanding Edition 35

Booth killed in a theatre and fled to a warehouse. Oswald killed from a warehouse and fled to a theater. The man Oswald killed was the 35th President of the United States. Coincidentally, on the 50th anniversary of Oswald’s killing of this 35th President, this is ‘Nocturnal Submission: Freestanding Edition 35’. How is this possible? Let the conspiracy theories commence! Continue reading

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First Post: Friday, November 22, 2013

O Dallas you shine with an evil light
O Dallas you shine with an evil light
How’d you turn a billion steers
into buildings made of mirrors,
and why am I drawn to you tonight?

O Dallas you shine with an evil light
Don’t you know that God stays up all night?
And how did you turn a billion steers
into buildings made of mirrors,
and why am I drawn to you tonight?

Poor as a mouse every morning
rich as a cat every night
Some kind of strange magic happens
when the city turns on her lights

—From “Dallas”, by Silver Jews

Top article here…

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/opinion/sunday/dallass-role-in-kennedys-murder.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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First Post: Thursday, November 21, 2013

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50 Years Ago Today, Still Alive…

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First Post: Wednesday, November 20, 2013

For the archives! Continue reading

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Tuesday Sniping: Four-Score-and-Seven Seconds To Go Edition

Ever been in line behind the guy with the laundry list and the cigar dangling from his lower lip? Continue reading

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