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    Author Bill Bryson claims copyright on interview he gave more than 20 years ago

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    October 21, 2013

    A bunch of folks have alerted me to this bizarre story of author Bill Bryson, known for his "humorous books on travel," along with his publisher Transworld (a division of Random House), who are apparently claiming that Bryson holds the copyright on…


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    Should Trump be allowed back on social media?

    Kimmel ridicules Mike Lindell's new social media site as a gathering place for 'paranoia and mustache wax'

    Sarah K. Burris
    April 14, 2021

    My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell announced that his four-year project to create his own social media site that combines YouTube and Twitter, the two places he's been throw off.

    "That's right, come get lost in a world of paranoia and mustache wax," said Kimmel. "Why do I get the feeling Mike Lindell is going to be living in a motel soon?"

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    April 13, 2021

    Greg Gutfeld's new Fox News show was expanded briefly to weeknights but according to reporter Aaron Rupar, it disappeared Tuesday night. In Anthony Scaramucci time, that's just half a "Scaramucci," he remarked.

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    April 13, 2021

    Barry Brodd, a former police officer and so-called "use-of-force expert," was paid $11,000 to say that Derek Chauvin's actions were "justified."

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