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Octafish

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24. Scroll up toward 1984 at beginning of book...

Reply to marym625 (Reply #22)

Mon Sep 14, 2015, 09:07 PM

Sep 2015

The column is about being printed in two papers. Guy roasts Murdoch and predicts what was ahead.

I'm on my phone, too. Can't scroll or anything on this thing.

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Mike Royko said it best: "No self-respecting fish would want to be wrapped in a Murdoch paper" [View all] marym625 Sep 2015 OP

I always loved National Geographic. Kath1 Sep 2015 #1

It's just never going to mean the same thing it always has in the past. marym625 Sep 2015 #2

I agree. Kath1 Sep 2015 #3

This is terrible! Is there any way to stop it? suede1 Sep 2015 #4

not unless you have the money to buy it. marym625 Sep 2015 #5

I've canceled my subscription. My feelings for Murdock are indescribably psychopathic. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #6

Have to agree with that! marym625 Sep 2015 #7

Yeah Royko quit his job at the Chicago SunTimes when murdoch bought it and he mucifer Sep 2015 #8

Mike Royko rocked! marym625 Sep 2015 #9

He was a big homophobe. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2015 #10

Really? ProfessorGAC Sep 2015 #12

I personally remember one of his columns during the Illinois domestic violence... Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2015 #14

Wow, That's A Bummer ProfessorGAC Sep 2015 #15

I do remember the kerfuffle over his DUI arrest when he pulled a Mel Gibson. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2015 #16

yikes! marym625 Sep 2015 #20

I didn't remember that marym625 Sep 2015 #17

Royko was a member at Ridgemoor Country Club AngryAmish Sep 2015 #13

I'm sorry, marym625 Sep 2015 #18

My point was Royko liked to drink and Ridgemoor was well suited to it. AngryAmish Sep 2015 #25

Thank you. marym625 Sep 2015 #26

This is something I hope all people on this site will agree on. 20score Sep 2015 #11

can't fathom they don't. marym625 Sep 2015 #19

Good. You never know, though. 20score Sep 2015 #23

sadly, marym625 Sep 2015 #27

Royko pegged ''The ALIEN'' Octafish Sep 2015 #21

Thank you! marym625 Sep 2015 #22

Scroll up toward 1984 at beginning of book... Octafish Sep 2015 #24

Thank you! marym625 Sep 2015 #28