Month: May 2025

Atlanta Falcons Receive Fine for Prank Phone Call

Getting a prank phone call would often seem like a harmless annoyance for most, but the recent call made to Shedeur Sanders is being taken very seriously. The Falcons were punished by the NFL with a fine of $250,000, with the defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich being personally fined $100,000. The question on many football fans’ […]

GOP Wants an Impeachment

The political tensions are increasing day by day. Already passed Trump’s 100 days, people are beginning to be unsatisfied by the administration’s policies and actions. Among these critics are certain members of the GOP. There has been a divide within the Senate about Trump’s direction of the United States, and it has clearly gotten the […]

Donna

I’ll miss your smileAnd your beautiful face,Bringing a kind of joyNo one can replace. My Grammy, great grandmother,Five generations long—Leaving a legacyBoth fulfilling and strong. Christmas memories,Loving hugs, trips to Arizona,A trip to the Hub, always with ice cream,And family reunions in Minnesota. I’ll cherish it all, but my favorite joyWas watching my GrammyHold her […]

Restaurants Ditching Seed Oils

Make America Healthy Again – a slogan that has been pushed by Robert F Kennedy Jr. to correct public health. One of his recent changes has been rallying against seed oils, which includes canola, soybean and corn oils. The health secretary considers them harmful and detrimental – but without any scientific evidence to support that […]

FuboTV sheds subscribers

Already in the 1st quarter of the year, a streaming company took a hit. Sports streaming giant FuboTV reported it ended the quarter with 1.47 million paid subscribers in the United States. A decline compared to the third and fourth quarter of 2024, spurning out 1.61 million and 1.67 million, respectively. FuboTv has announced that […]

America Has a Protest Problem, But It’s Not What You Think

America Has a Protest Problem, But It’s Not What You Think

Rather than blaming protestors for unrest, we need to start blaming anti-protest laws and how political apathy is silencing democratic dissent. These laws regulate protests; they’re criminalizing them and deterring people from speaking out even when their rights are on the line. When the American government passes legislation that labels peaceful protesting as a threat, […]

Trump Signs Executive Order to Stop Federal Funding for NPR and PBS

Trump Signs Executive Order to Stop Federal Funding for NPR and PBS

Late Thursday night, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board of directors to “cease federal funding for NPR and PBS,” claiming that they had ideological bias, NBC news reported. The executive order said that neither NPR nor PBS presented a fair, accurate, and unbiased portrayal of events to citizens […]

Tunnel of Disappointment

When Mary Lou and Tommy went at it, neighbors with nothing else to do would lip-synch the argument. Each was cheating on the other. When the carnival came to town, they thought a ride through the Tunnel of Love would save the relationship.

“Tickets, please.”

But there, each kissed the other with poisoned lips.

When the ride ended, both were quite dead.

Police investigated. The other riders, largely teens, were annoyed.

Coitus interruptus.

By the time the stiff s were bagged, the teens were at Lover’s Lane.

Some continued where they left off.

An unfortunate few could not recapture the mood.

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