"Politicians, I’ve always believed, are the same jerks we hated in high school," posts Doug Clark/Clarksville. "Which is why I nearly swerved off the road at the sight of a large black-and-white sign that rose out of the weeds on the south side of I-90, near the Pines exit. “Vote for Jesus,” it read. Vote for WHO? I didn’t know the Lord was running for office. Government is the refuge of pimps, scalawags and weasels. What’s going on?" More here.

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• Shallow thinking/Arch Druid
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• Upper Priest Lake paddlers get cold reception/Outdoors
• Shadduck biographer part of database project/CdA Today
• March Madness is finally ready to go full bore/Grip on Sports
• Does your life partner want to hear re: your NCAA braket?/Slice

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