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Lefty Mark's avatar

June Thomas is a left-winger??

I've had Slate up on my screen for, like 48 hrs./day for the past 17 years and I never knew that!

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Vienna Woods's avatar

I like to have a paper copy, and the subscription is a lot cheaper. Finish reading it, rip off the label so I know it's done, and then take a huge pile to the hospital eventually. There must be people sitting there who prefer it to Readers Digest or whatever.

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Vienna Woods's avatar

No, no there was not. And try to imagine kids being enthralled by those production values today, but we were. I can still play the theme song on my recorder.

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Vienna Woods's avatar

Too bad. I keep the covers I like. But I like to think that the articles might while away the looong hours sitting in emerg.

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Vienna Woods's avatar

Even they've given up on Glee.

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Vienna Woods's avatar

Damn right!

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

but that trick never works...

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bobbert's avatar

Outstanding.

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The Quirk's avatar

Captioned, "Christ, what an asshole."

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The Quirk's avatar

I should think "selling copies of a magazine" was the goal of ALL publications.

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

which is why it won't be raised by any of these idgits- just by us

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

I understand argle and bargle are shacking up too these days

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WA Bishop's avatar

Or at least <i>Maddow</i>.

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diogenez's avatar

I swear - people need to LIGHTEN THE FUCK UP.

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