Author: Perry

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Saying “goodbye” to Maine’s weirdest gun store

Gulf of Maine gunsmithing has closed. The shop, whose sign adorned U.S. Route 302 in Raymond (roughly halfway between Portland and the lauded Fryeburg Fair), operated for thirty-two years before shuttering back in May, but it wasn’t until recently that the sign was taken down for good. In 2019, Mainer described the sign as “Maine’s most hateful roadside attraction.” Here’s an excerpt from their article … Continue reading Saying “goodbye” to Maine’s weirdest gun store

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Brave Hero Rewarded With Prison Sentence

In 2014, an anonymous person leaked more than 150 pages of classified material that revealed a lot about the American drone program. That leak was reportedly the basis of The Drone Papers, an expose by The Intercept published the following year. The revelations in The Drone Papers shook America to its core in the way these things so often do: by being almost totally ignored. … Continue reading Brave Hero Rewarded With Prison Sentence

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Feature

Catching Up With (and Cleaning Up After) the Critical Race Theory Panic

On September 17th, 2020, Donald Trump gave a speech promoting “patriotic education” which aired conservative grievances about educators who dare to talk about the effects of race and class in America.  To those of us who came of age under a president who famously declared “either you are with us or you are with the terrorists”, a smug war criminal equating criticism of America with … Continue reading Catching Up With (and Cleaning Up After) the Critical Race Theory Panic

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With a final Instagram post, John McAfee went out as he lived: dumb, but in a way that some people might think was cool

This story contains several mentions of suicide. If you have thoughts of self-harm, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, available 24 hours at 800-273-8255. John McAfee, the reclusive software “genius” who was indicted for tax evasion last year, died by suicide Wednesday. McAfee faced up to thirty years in federal prison if convicted for tax evasion, something he had so far managed to avoid … Continue reading With a final Instagram post, John McAfee went out as he lived: dumb, but in a way that some people might think was cool

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30% of Republican voters are insane

As reported by The Hill, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds that 30% of Republican voters say it’s likely that former President Donald Trump will be “reinstated” as president later this year. You might recall that we’ve talked about this very concept at Pyramid specifically because it’s literally impossible without a coup d’etat, although admittedly it’s not like Republicans are necessarily opposed to that. If something … Continue reading 30% of Republican voters are insane

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Politics

After two decades, Congress is repealing the president’s nearly unlimited war power

9 /11 was, for those who remember it vividly, terrifying. It’s right there in the world “terrorism.” On that day, and in the days and weeks after, it was hard to fathom that this was the same year we were introduced to “Island in the Sun.” It was a different world – a scarier world. And Americans have pretty much just the one response to … Continue reading After two decades, Congress is repealing the president’s nearly unlimited war power

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COVID-19, Politics

Some Americans don’t want the pandemic to end. They have good reasons.

On September 4, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order temporarily halting residential evictions in the United States. The order, made under the Public Health Service Act, was intended to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus and was issued in part because states had different levels of protection against eviction. A few months later, Congress authorized billions in rental assistance. … Continue reading Some Americans don’t want the pandemic to end. They have good reasons.

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Politics, Quickie

Surprise, Mitch McConnell’s big pitch for the midterms is “I won’t confirm a Supreme Court justice”

Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader and close relative of Grimace, has his big pitch for why voters should support Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections. If you think that pitch is “we will work hard to improve things for the good of the nation,” you have been asleep for a few decades. No, no, McConnell says that he wouldn’t confirm a Supreme Court justice and … Continue reading Surprise, Mitch McConnell’s big pitch for the midterms is “I won’t confirm a Supreme Court justice”

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We’re here today to ruin Mothman

Politics is very complicated but if there’s one thing we can all agree on it’s apparently that we’d like the world to be run by cryptids. Bigfoot? Sure. Cthulhu? You betcha. Sasquatch? That’s kind of just Bigfoot under a different name but alright. A giant meteor? That’s not really a cryptid but we’re game for it. Cryptids – animals or pseudopeople that don’t exist, probably … Continue reading We’re here today to ruin Mothman

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