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O Say Can You Please Entry 10: White Rabbit Down     Before we begin, let’s take a moment to pay respects to the victims of two recent mass shootings. Between these events, at least 31 people were murdered in cold blood in incidents of domestic terrorism. Therefore, we must not only keep them and their families in our thoughts, but we must do more… Welcome back to O Say Can You Please, the punk take on current events! Yes, I finally have a tagline, but that’s not the important part. We got a story the size of a red giant star for you today, so settle in. The story is that Jeffrey Epstein is dead. Back in Entry 8, I mentioned that I’d keep an eye on this case. I have, and when I found out he killed himself, I immediately knew that the Internet conspiracy theorists would have a field day. However, I’m going to sum all of that up after I tell how this all happened. Basically, some time after his arrest, Epstein was found in his cell with marks on his neck from either ...

O Say Can You Please Entry 9: Debate Mile     Another two days of debates have come and gone, and at this point, I think it’s fair to say that the Democratic presidential field deserves another ranking. By now, many of the viable candidates have proven themselves in some way, while the rest will flame out soon because of tougher rules for the next debate. It was a now or never situation for some candidates, and  while some somewhat capitalized, many just didn’t gather enough momentum. However, the more viable candidates didn’t all nail it, either.      Now, some ground rules are in order. For one, only those in the second round of debates will be ranked. Second, the candidates will be in tiers based on viability and debate performance.  Therefore, a less viable spoiler candidate will be as high as a more viable candidate that doesn’t contribute all that much. I am doing this because the likely Republican nominee, President Trump, falls f...