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deleted scene from Revenge of the Sith where Anakin uses his tablet communicator to place a parlay on "Number of younglings killed tonight: >100" and "Mustafar mining efficiency wk/wk: <50%" while walking to the Jedi Temple.

I will never stop being stunned at the number of people who treat their vote as a precious little piece of performance art. Yes, this would be better than voting for Rogers. It would, however, be worse than behaving like a responsible and decent adult who understands what voting is meant to do.

NYT: A coalition of Michigan Jewish leaders is encouraging voters who do not support either Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for Senate, or Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate, to write in Emma Lazarus, the Jewish poet whose words about welcoming “the huddled masses” are displayed at the Statue of Liberty.

my neighbors were watching the valks game in the street and some teens trick or treating asked if lebron was playing and that’s how I saw a grown man almost throw hands at a teenage boy dressed as a cow

There used to be a huge amusement park and beach at the end of this street, 3 blocks away. It had a ferry to San Francisco and was served by the Southern Pacific railway. The Coney Island of the West. Now it's a soulless generic strip mall. God bless California.

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wait wait WAIT ..... JB Pritzker is going to be the first Jew to ever get voted IN FAVOR OF by the Bishop of Rome

After observers lawfully filmed ICE in a public parking lot, the agents followed their car, boxed them in, and slashed their tire in retaliation. The observers bravely caught the whole thing on video.