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Gotcha Game: Kennedy questions Roberts

Massachusetts blustering blowhard Senator Teddy Kennedy wants to slime Roberts as a racist[*1] who might just try to repeal the Voting Rights Act. Perhaps he’s confusing Roberts with Dem icon, former KKK member, and dubiously reformed white supremacist Robert Byrd[*2] . Roberts? Robert? Well, maybe Teddy’s easily confused, especially when conscious. Thus, Roberts is unfit to be on the Supreme Court. I guess.

Kansas City’s Fringe Festival

Kansas City is holding a Fringe Festival this weekend. What’s a fringe festival? kcfringe.org[*1] has the answer:

Our roots trace to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, which spontaneously erupted in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1947. Eight groups, not invited to perform in the larger Edinburgh Festival of the Arts, created makeshift theatres on the outskirts – or “fringe” – of the established festival. Soon the Fringe Festival gained a large and loyal following, outstripping the mainstream festival.

Fringes around the world have adapted a simple formula that was created in Edinburgh. The main principles were to provide all artists (both emerging and established) with the opportunity to produce their play no matter the content, form or style, and to make the event as affordable and accessible as possible for the members of the community, empowering audiences with the ability to decide for themselves the truly great productions from the good, the bad, and the gloriously disastrous.

Western collegiate wrestling conference to form

Seven schools meet[*1] in Fargo, ND today to discuss forming a new collegiate wrestling conference. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader article:

South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, Utah Valley State, Northern Colorado and Wyoming are expected to send representatives to the Fargodome today. Fresno State (Calif.) and Air Force Academy also have indicated a commitment.

The five wrestling members of the Big XII (Iowa State, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State) have approached this new league with a merger proposal.