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While alicubi.com undergoes extensive elective surgery, its editors pen somber, Shackletonian missives from their lonely arctic outpost.

Friday, July 10, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: CLEARING THE DECK IN MAINE EDITION.

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No, really, is that how you pronounce "kilometre"? We’re rid of Graham Platner at last . His removal comports with the widely-know...
Friday, July 03, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: WATERING THE TREE OF LIBERTY EDITION.

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I guess you’ve heard that, on top of his destruction of the Reflecting Pool (which he says is in great shape) and the debacle of the Great ...
Friday, June 26, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: EYE ON THE SPARROW Y'ALL EDITION.

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DANCE PARTY!!  It seems the closer we get to the big two-five-oh -- that is, the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence --...
Friday, June 19, 2026

FRIDAY ‘ROUND-THE-HORN: RETURN TO FORM EDITION.

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You know what, I never knew what this was called until this week. Well, looky here -- for the first time in weeks I got one of these R-T-H...
Saturday, June 13, 2026

SATURDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: SILVER LININGS PAYBACK EDITION.

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Nice cover, lovely sentiment. Sorry for the day of delay -- still healing up from the knee thing , and carrying a full load work-wise. Bu...
Saturday, June 06, 2026

SATURDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: A LITTLE SOMETHIN' EXTRA EDITION.

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Cool new(ish) shit. Thanks, Gabbie .  OK, so it’s not like last week when I was a month and a day late, but late is late so I apologize. I...
Saturday, May 30, 2026

SATURDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: BEEN AWAY, WHAT'D I MISS? EDITION.

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You should be satisfied, but it ain't quite right . A month between alicubi editions? So sorry! Been a busy, busy time, with surgery et...
Friday, May 01, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: NO, *YOU* SHUT UP EDITION.

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My phlebotomist was singing along to this. One of the key features of the second Trump administration (or, as I like to call it, Tubby II) i...
Friday, April 24, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: BACK IN THE SADDLE EDITION.

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Let's take the temperature down a bit. Yeah, been a few weeks since I did this -- sorry about that, life’s a bitch and sometimes it...
Friday, April 03, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: ANOTHER ONE JUST LIKE THE OTHER ONE EDITION.

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The original orchestrations are grand, but this is just irresistible. Pam Bondi’s departure is meaningless — Tubby has a huge crabbucket of...
Friday, March 27, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: PHONEY WAR EDITION.

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He looks like a high school science teacher but sometimes Michael Franks gets into Wesley Willis territory. One good thing about everythin...
Friday, March 20, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: WAR ARE THEY NOW? EDITION.

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Riddim. Remember “The Surge” in Iraq? Now, with Iran, we have multiple Surges -- of bullshit! From “ Regime Change ” to “ Imminent Threat ,”...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

ROY’S 2026 OSCAR PREDICTIONS (FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY)

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OK cats and kitties it’s OSCAR DAY! Feel the excitement!  I've been making Oscar predictions for years, peppered with what I used to cal...
Friday, March 13, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: I'D LIKE TO THANK THE LITTLE PEOPLE EDITION.

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Look, they can't all be winners. One of the neat things about human beings is, we can be suffering through horrific political and socie...
Friday, March 06, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: IRAQ BUT DUMBER EDITION.

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Doo-wop is such a deep well. It’s Drunky Pete Warfighter time! It’s a weird war for sure, done Trump style -- no warning, no reason, and esp...
Friday, February 27, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: TOO GRIM TO BE FUNNY & VICE VERSA EDITION.

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Ry Cooder doesn't get enough love. If the actions of this administration weren’t so harmful to actual human beings, I could enjoy them...
Friday, February 20, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: A TARIFF-IC REVERSAL EDITION.

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A little spring for your step. Tubby got defied by the usually compliant U.S. Supreme Court on tariffs , which just goes to show that in thi...
Friday, February 13, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: BIG FASH AND SMALL VICTORIES EDITION.

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Eatin' up suckers as if I was Pac-Man.  Even though they lie like they breathe and are still fucking shit up in Minneapolis , the adm...
Friday, February 06, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: LEMON, IT'S WEDNESDAY EDITION.

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Sabor. Here’s where I'd repeat the 30 Rock What A Week joke except I assume even people who never saw the show know that one by now bec...
Friday, January 30, 2026

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: IS IT FASH YET? EDITION.

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You better run. Tubby and his mob have been busy, seizing voting records in Georgia (presumably to manipulate in furtherance of his years-l...
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