http://lindaghill.com/2023/06/09/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-10-2023/

The Black Sox Scandal was a Major League Baseball game-fixing scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Soxwere accused of throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money from a gambling syndicate led by Arnold Rothstein. As a response, the National Baseball Commission was dissolved and Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landiswas appointed to be the first Commissioner of Baseball, and given absolute control over the sport to restore its integrity.

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Nebraska or the Twilight Zone? 6-9-19

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, middle America circa 1950s, exists today in small town Nebraska. My daughter and her three oldest daughters traveled from Denver to Omaha to see a play in the antique Orpheum theater. During the eight hour trip, they stopped for lunch.

The restaurant had great reviews and they walked up to an outside window to order. The sliding window was slammed shut after taking their order. They walked inside to wait for the order, and to use the restroom. They were told there was no restroom. The “busy with families” clientele stopped eating and stared at the four strangers entering– absolutely stopped talking and stared the entire time the young women waited for their order.

After fifteen minutes of complete silence and staring, my granddaughter remarked “screw this” and grabbed her sister’s hand and said, “we need to make those wedding plans.” (I’m told she takes after me, Yeah!)

The family is used to being stared at, being diverse, and having handicap members, but not to this extreme. Luckily we’ve all adopted–pun intended, a handy sense of humor!

When they received their order, they left and ate their lunch at a park across the street.

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Fandango’s Flashback Friday — June 9th

“Republican Rep. George Santos of New York, who was indicted on charges of wire fraud and money laundering, has lost his effort to keep the public from learning the names of the people who co-signed his $500,000 bond, according to court records.”

“Santos was released on bond and ordered to surrender his passport after pleading not guilty to 13 federal charges, seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives. He is required to get permission to travel outside of Washington, DC, New York City and Long Island.”

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It’s now out there I suppose

Written in truthful prose

The politician is exposed.

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https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/06/08/three-things-challenge-m353/#more-97125 Your three words today are:PROSE SUPPOSE EXPOSE

TLT 8 Jun 2023

We were born six years apart

Became friends right at the start

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This older wiser friend of mine

Always thought of me as “thine”

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Years pass by with disconnect

Back together with latest tech

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Both now older and wiser still

Hold to each other, a lifetime skill.

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http://dversepoets.com/2023/06/08/mtb-when-we-writes-poetry/

“Undecided” is a popular song written by Sid Robin and Charlie Shavers, published in 1938.The first recording was made by John Kirby and The Onyx Club Boys on October 28, 1938, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 2216, with the B side, “From A Flat to C”. Ella Fitzgerald recorded this many times but I like the faster version with the Ames Brothers or this one.

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Your Weekly Prompt – Untouched – June 6, 2023. Go where the prompt leads you. It can be any variation of the prompt and/or image.

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Untouched

4 line stanzas, as few as one stanza and up to as many as you like.

8 syllables or less per line

Rhyming is AAAb. The second stanza would be CCCd.

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flowering pinks settled in here

their scent is coming through so clear

dahlia, rose, lilac too, are dear

combined for an afternoon tea

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enjoying a garden cherished

nothing planted that is garish

neighborhood envy fair-ish

soothed by the sharing of flowers

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http://cyranny.com/2023/06/07/june-7th-1minfiction-challenge/