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Art of
Steve Ditko, the Marvel Comics artist who gave the world the woven webs and soaring red-and-blue shape of Spider-Man and the other-worldly shimmer of Doctor Strange, has died, authorities said Friday. He was 90.
Ditko was found June 29 in his Manhattan apartment and was pronounced dead at the scene, police Lt. Paul Ng said. No further details were immediately available.…
He should have died a millionaire in a mansion. Thanks for the trip, Steve! You were a light in my youth.
Anthropology
…The earliest dog remains found in North America were buried nearly 10,000 years ago in what is now Illinois. By 7,000 years ago, other bones show that “we have lots of dogs all over the place…” But then, sometime after the 15th century, these ancient dogs disappeared.…
Now *That's* Funny!
It's the cops…
Flush the catnip!
Cats with captions
7:32pm CDT Sat 2018 Jul 7 :MW
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Breitbart is Here
…On this day in 1456 Joan of Arc was retried and acquitted heresy 25 years after she had been burned to death. People who want religious law in the US should not forget this kind of history.
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Well, better late than never, right, Joan? Vic's headlines start here today.
12:21pm CDT Sat 2018 Jul 7 :MW