But lest ye think conspiracy-mongering is isolated to the House side of the Oklahoma Legislature, state Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, is here to disabuse you of that notion. While “Agenda 21” might sound like some villainous plot to rain down chaos on the order of cats and dogs living together, it’s actually a nonbinding set […]
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Cliff hanger
“He was pilloried by many within his own party who said that taking Cole’s approach amounted to surrendering before the fight had even started. More than a month later … it turns out that Cole was, in the main, right,” wrote The Washington Post‘s Chris Cillizza. “It’s the difference between tactics (a series of one-off […]
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Hand job
The OKC-based Lips issued an emergency tweet Jan. 4 via its Twitter account, although the concise wording sure sounded like it had come from the elegant quill of Coyne: “Fuck!!!!!! Someone stole Laser Hands!!! Please please please!! At South Bound Festival !!!Fuck!! Help us!!!” Concert organizers even got in on the search, offering an award […]
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Sierra Club kudos
Credit: Brad Gregg But we all know the list America has been waiting for … Best civic infrastructure, of course! Oklahoma City’s Santa Fe Intermodal Station has edged out the Gangnam Style Boardwalk, the Binders Full of Women Carpool Lane and the Claire Danes Cryface Light Rail to become the No. 1 transportation project of […]
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The great cover-up
Credit: Brad Gregg If not, a quickie recap: The ostensible scandal occurred on Sept. 11, 2012, when terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Early public statements by White House officials incorrectly attributed the violence to a protest against an anti-Muslim video. A recent […]
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Please sign here
Credit: Brad Gregg “It was the greatest feeling,” said Glenn, a Norman resident, recalling when he had the former NBA great sign his right arm so that a tattoo artist could make the signature a permanent fixture. And while Rodman’s badboy persona might not seem like a good symbol of family values, Glenn said the […]
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Snow job
Credit: Brad Gregg And so it was on Christmas Day that children and adults alike woke up and rushed to the window for a glimpse of that winter wonderland … only to find things exactly as they’d left them the night before. While parts of Oklahoma did receive significant snowfall that day, the flakes that […]
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Under-handed
Credit: Brad Gregg But guilty of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn.? Say it ain’t so! Unfortunately for Underwood (and for the principle of common decency), a leader of the Westboro Baptist Church named Margie Phelps did say it. Referencing Underwood’s recent vocal problems, Phelps took to Twitter to write (using both opposable thumbs, one assumes), […]
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Off-court courting
Credit: Brad Gregg But drama and rivalry appear to surround the minxy R&B songstress. In fact, hoopsvibe.com goes as far as to call her the Yoko Ono of the NBA, obliquely suggesting that James Harden’s departure from the Thunder prior to the season had something to do with a love triangle between him, Ibaka and […]
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Their lips were sealed
Credit: Brad Gregg Former OSU student Nathan Cochran was arrested Dec. 12 after being charged with three charges of sexual battery for allegedly groping and performing sex acts on other male students as they slept. One of the victims reported an incident to OSU officials Nov. 12. After a total of five victims came forward, […]