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Carolina Headache for Number 45

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From The State, Charleston South Carolina

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
As Trump visits Carolina-Clemson game, billboards taunting him await. Here’s what they say
BY ANNA WILDER UPDATED NOVEMBER 25, 2023

 

One of eight electronic billboards broadcasting an anti-Trump message Saturday Nov. 25 as Trump makes his way into Columbia for the USC-Clemson game. PAUL OSMUNDSON

As former President Donald Trump makes his way into Columbia Saturday for the Carolina-Clemson game, traffic and tailgating may not be the only things he sees. Seven electronic billboards around the Midlands are rotating an anti-Trump message:

“You Lost.
You’re Guilty.
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Triple-Double-Bogey: PGA is now a Saudi Apologist

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[NOTE: Probably the only post on golf here . . . Unless the merger is squashed.]

Jessica Karl — Bloomberg Opinion

Saudi Sweat Equity

I am going to be honest with you: I am not a golf girlie. I wish I was! The outfits? So chic. The greens? Impeccable. The clubhouse quesadillas? Divine. But the one time I played nine holes, I got yelled at by some lady who was late for her poetry reading because I was going too slowly.

Source: Trung Phan, Twitter

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Scrabble Dictionary Adds New Words

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How adorbs: Scrabble adds 500 new words to official dictionary

Seventh edition dictionary includes terms popularised in slangm, current affairs, such as vax, and food items

The Guardian — Fri 18 Nov 2022 –  Gloria Oladipo

Board game stans rejoice, for the adorbs Scrabble dictionary has embiggened the number of playable terms.

This week, the Merriam-Webster dictionary released the seventh edition of its Scrabble Players Dictionary, the official referee on what words are eligible in the popular game, with 500 new words.

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