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• Dennis Byrne

  1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  In reply to Aquinas wired:
  I’m not saying that Florida is better than “everywhere else.” But it’s certainly better than Illinois and a buch of…
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• Richard Davis

  4 hours, 27 minutes ago

  In reply to Aquinas wired:
  Come on, man! We have wanted Leftists to give it a rest about how great the festering urban dystopias that…
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• Aquinas wired

  6 hours, 10 minutes ago

  Why are you so obsessed with the idea of Florida’s ascendancy over everywhere else? Give it a rest.
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• Get out of IL now!

  23 hours, 37 minutes ago

  The ultimate contradiction, Where does the charging electricity come from? Fossil and nuclear fuels. And the limited lifespan of electric…
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• Get out of IL now!

  1 day ago

  Can’t see why the author isn’t considering make the move permanent. NY’s crime, taxation policies, schools, are not going to…
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