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kimbutgar

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8. A guy I knew in high school is a balloon artist

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 09:43 PM

Jan 28

And he had gigs at the Kennedy center to do his balloon magic and he cancelled the dates. He stated he can not in conscience perform at the renamed center.

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And restored in such a way as that it's no longer under control of the Federal government. cstanleytech Jan 29 #16

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"Commonsense programming", aka... reACTIONary Jan 28 #10

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