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The Sopranos episode entitled “Christopher” which was written by Michael Imperioli, who plays Christopher, was called the worst episode of the entire series by Vox's Dylan Matthews. The whole opening scene (which, like the rest of the videos linked here, is sadly not embeddable but can be seen here) amounts to a clunky attempt to cram background on the Columbus controversy into dialogue.

Seems like decades of cutting funding for public education is paying off for Republicans in a big way. Far too many people will believe almost any conspiracy theory. Via the New York Times: A meteorologist based in Washington, D. C., was accused of helping the government cover up manipulating a hurricane.

Federal emergency response personnel this weekend had employees operating in hard-hit Rutherford County, N. C., stop working and move to a different area because of concerns over "armed militia" threatening government workers in the region. Via the Washington Post: Around 1 p.m. Saturday, an official with the U. S. Forest Service, which is supporting recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, sent an urgent message to numerous federal agencies warning that "FEMA has advised all federal responders Rutherford County, NC, to stand down and evacuate the county immediately.

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