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Groups: Repeal or Amend the Second Amendment (RASA)
Diaries published: 13 (1 day since last diary on Mon Apr 19, 2021 at 07:56 PM PDT)
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Most Recommended Diary: The Girl in the Kent State photo, 312 comments, 430 recommends
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This article in the Washington Post (or this one in Stars and Stripes, which is NOT behind a paywall) tells the story of the girl in the Kent State photo from May 4, 1970. She was 14! Her name is Mary Ann Vecchio. I was at NYU that day, protesting the...
by Bob Friend
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on Mon Apr 19, 2021 at 07:56 PM PDT
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The NY Times says the early data from Pfizer shows that their Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective. The article is behind a pay wall. As of early this morning the stock market is about to explode with the good news. This is a short...
by Bob Friend
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on Mon Nov 09, 2020 at 04:49 AM PST
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I was listening to the Brian Leher show on WNYC in NY today, and he had on 3 voting experts: one from NY, one from NJ, and one from CN. One of the things they discussed was the ability to track your mail-in (or absentee) ballot. I had...
by Bob Friend
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on Thu Sep 10, 2020 at 08:40 AM PDT
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Phil Murphy said today that any internet service provider doing business with New Jersey has to abide by Net Neutrality.
New Jersey joins New York and Montana as the only states so far with this policy.
by Bob Friend
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on Tue Feb 06, 2018 at 07:24 AM PST
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The first story was in today’s New York Times.
Joakim Noah, the Knicks center, said he had skipped a team dinner at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., on Thursday because he is against war.
I found this short article...
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on Sat Oct 01, 2016 at 10:53 AM PDT
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A voter in Rutland, Vt. has about 30 times the clout in the US Senate as a voter in Washington County, NY, just a few miles down the road. Both places have a population of about 60,000.
A voter in ...
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on Mon Mar 11, 2013 at 08:29 AM PDT
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- Back in 1971, a group of high school kids in San Rafael, California used to meet every afternoon at 4:20PM, next to a statue of Louis Pasteur, to get high. They called their meeting the “4:20 Louis.” That shortly morphed into using four-twenty as a...332 comments 133 Recs
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- [Edit: Response to some comments below] Some of the comments have pointed out that the gun pictured is only an AK-47 knockoff, or some other kind of gun that doesn’t shoot as many bullets or as fast as the real thing. That misses the point: This person...298 comments 342 Recs
- Let us be clear. Republicans do not want an infrastructure bill at all for two reasons: it will put the final nail in the coffin of their “government spending destroys the economy” mantra they have used (and, official Washington has more-or-less...44 comments 96 Recs
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