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Conservative blogger covering local politics, urban planning, and, frequently, western swing. Anglospherophile. Israelophile. ืฆึดื™ึผึ–ื•ึนืŸ ื‘ึฐึผืžึดืฉึฐืืคึธึผึฃื˜ ืชึดึผืคึธึผื“ึถึ‘ื”

 Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Replying to @OkiePolls
So where are the actual polls @OkiePolls? Corvallis?
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Replying to @GabeGwoolley
The hotel tax hike also nearly doubles the amount of money the worthless Chamber gets for "convention and tourism" services. batesline.com/archives/2026/โ€ฆ
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Replying to @coldorangina
Prof. Harald A. T. O. Reiche, Institute Professor of the Humanities at MIT.
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Last week a Tulsan received this postcard, customized with a photo of a meth-addict relative who lives on the streets. (I've pixelated the relative's face and the address.) Has anyone else gotten a postcard like this, from a group called Oklahoma Decides?
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Replying to @BatesLine @ZitoSalena
Meanwhile (Sep 14, 1926), an Atlantic City hairdresser fretted that a perm would cause Norma Smallwood to "lose her personality." newspapers.com/article/pressโ€ฆ
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Replying to @BatesLine @ZitoSalena
Sep 17, 1926, Omaha Evening Bee reports a telegram from Miss America praising Lorenzo of Omaha for the perm he created for her. newspapers.com/article/the-oโ€ฆ
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Replying to @BatesLine @ZitoSalena
Sep 14, 1926, Pittsburgh Press reported Smallwood would get a perm the following day at the National Association of Hairdressers convention in Philadelphia. newspapers.com/article/the-pโ€ฆ
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Replying to @BatesLine @ZitoSalena
Oct 1, 1926, Tulsa World, mentions rumors that Smallwood got a $2,500 perm, but says "her long hair was as straight as a WCTU platform yesterday." newspapers.com/article/tulsaโ€ฆ
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Sen. Henry Dodge "disregarded the mandates of [federal] officers, threw up a stockade fort, provided himself & neighbors with several hundred guns, and announced that if the... regular Army desired to expel him they could come and try it."
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I saw the ruins of the Coliseum today without leaving #Tulsa.
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