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A progressive anthropologist living in the rural red sea of central Missouri My avatar is Auguste Rodin’s sculpture ‘The Thinker’ - Dante at the Gates of Hell, the casting at the Cleveland Museum of Art bombed by anti-war protesters in 1970
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Location: Missouri
Groups: History for Kossacks, Infrastructure Kos
Diaries published: 231 (81 days since last diary on Thu Feb 18, 2021 at 04:51 AM PST)
Comments posted: 1440 (60 days since last comment on Thu Mar 11, 2021 at 11:26 AM PST)
Diary frequency: frequent
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Total Recommends: 420
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Most Recommended Diary: Trump signed an Executive Order today that is sure to kill my job. I doubt it will save yours., 125 comments, 444 recommends
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The emergence of Donald J. Trump as the Republican candidate for president in the 2016 election included a concerted overt and covert campaign to undermine his opponents with real and imaginary scandals and various slurs intended to tarnish their image...
by ARodinFan
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on Thu Feb 18, 2021 at 04:51 AM PST
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How do things look in your backyard? February 2021 is one cold snowy month here at Mo river mile 115 Its unusually cold and snowy just about everywhere in the county this week. I thought I’d take a break from political and social commentary and share the view from our backyard, overlooking the Missouri River at river mile 115. We’ve been...
by ARodinFan
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on Wed Feb 17, 2021 at 12:29 AM PST
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I am heartbroken and dismayed by the dismal end to Saturday’s Senate impeachment trial, but today I also realize that a failure to convict by the Republican Senate is largely a symbolic loss. History cannot be gaslighted. The...
by ARodinFan
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on Mon Feb 15, 2021 at 02:39 AM PST
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45 Ostriches, all with heads in the sand - droning, nah nah nah - We don't need no stinkin witnesses We don’t need no stinking witnesses. That seems to be Republican’s answer to House Impeachment Managers motion to call witnesses — those who could clearly demonstrate the Xpresident’s state of mind during the 1/6 Capitol Riot...
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on Sat Feb 13, 2021 at 08:13 AM PST
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The perversely casual way in which some Republican senators are shirking their constitutional oath’s during the second impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump should not pass without notice or comment. Be assured, I have no desire whatsoever...
by ARodinFan
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on Thu Feb 11, 2021 at 06:12 AM PST
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Change is possible It may take longer than we like but eagles nesting in my ZIPcode are living proof By some strange quirks of fate, I have found myself living in central Missouri near the unofficial geographic population center of the country. As determined by the 2010 census, the tiny town of Plato Missouri, about 100 mile...
by ARodinFan
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on Mon Feb 08, 2021 at 05:45 AM PST
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- Douglas County, MO February 17, 2021 We are experiencing a break in the action, but not the cold. It was -12 degrees this morning when I took the cover photo. We have about 4 inches of snow so far,146 comments 36 Recs
- Norman Eisen /USA Today: Impeachment: The Senate is on trial along with Trump. Will 33 senators do the wrong thing? In Trump's 2019 impeachment trial, Romney was the only Republican who voted to ...484 comments 267 Recs
- Watching Stacey Plaskett, the Democrat delegate representing the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) in the House, prosecute the case against Donald Trump as one of nine impeachment managers had me cheering. When I saw her name trending on...316 comments 525 Recs
- What is to come in this diary will likely be painful for some, bizarre for others, or just plain hilarious and maybe even let off some much needed pressure after a long four years. Who knows? All I know is, I’ve been just itching to post...80 comments 28 Recs
- When Jared Kushner wasn’t solving the crisis in the middle east, or saving us from the COVID-19 pandemic, or telling Black Americans that they needed to “want to be successful” in order to live the American dream, he was making money. In fact, he was...116 comments 299 Recs
- Introducing the DKtionary! The community pages and comments of Daily Kos are full of in-jokes and jargon that can be confusing for people who are new to the internet and/or new to political commentary. Is there a term or an abbreviation you see all the...403 comments 291 Recs
- Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week. Jake Johnson at Common Dreams writes— As DeJoy Readies New Assault on Postal Service, Pressure Grows for Biden to '...80 comments 173 Recs
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- In what must be a coincidence, news that Rep. Lauren “Boebert paid off the last of nearly $20,000 in state tax liens that had accumulated on her restaurant since 2016” comes just a day after The Denver Post reported that Rep. Lauren...239 comments 368 Recs
- Once every couple of years, Mars and Earth get into a position where probes launched from planet #3 can get to planet #4 with a minimum of time and energy. The last time that happened, in 2020, three different probes from three different nations all...156 comments 200 Recs
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