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Having moved to the Carnival Island, I find it difficult to remain depressed while wearing a ton of face paint, florist ribbon and shimmer curtain while parading in front of the posh.
Groups: Cranky Users, Anti-Capitalist Meetup, Anti-Capitalist Chat, Readers and Book Lovers, ClassWarfare Newsletter: WallStreet VS Working Class Global Occupy movement, Whovians on DKos, Caucus, People Power National, The Political Revolution
Diaries published: 51 (110 days since last diary on Wed Jan 20, 2021 at 12:32 PM PST)
Comments posted: 13783 (3 days since last comment on Fri May 07, 2021 at 01:36 AM PDT)
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Most Recommended Diary: Atlantic Monthly needs you., 129 comments, 194 recommends
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A couple we know in the US is in dire straits. Watching them try to sell their household items, which they have spent a lifetime collecting, has been heartbreaking. Some people there have been sending them the occasional gift card but, aside from...
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on Wed Jan 20, 2021 at 12:32 PM PST
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The image says it all. I should write a long diary about how The Atlantic Monthly is a precious resource, cited often by diarists and read by many of us, but then you all knew that. They also make a lot of their stories free so those on limited income...
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on Wed May 27, 2020 at 01:08 AM PDT
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I read this article in La Repubblica by way of Google Translate that had some interesting results. Researchers tested everyone in a 3,000 pop. village of Vo in Tuscany and found out that 50%-75% of those tested were asymptomatic but were transmitting...
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on Tue Mar 17, 2020 at 07:20 AM PDT
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This diary will be extremely short because, by the time any reader has read the complete article, enough time will have been spent to justify the lack of introduction. The only comment I would make is that, given how long the article is, any critique...
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on Mon Aug 26, 2019 at 07:06 AM PDT
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Frankly, this is a drive-by post. It’s late at night in the UK and it’s generally pyjama time for me. However, the BBC had a story on a Canadian consortium that proposes to mine around hydrothermal vents in the deep sea around Papua New Guinea by...
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on Thu Dec 14, 2017 at 03:38 PM PST
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Right now we feel helpless in the face of what seems like overwhelming odds. The Overton Window is sitting on land that has been eroded from below and is in danger of crashing over the right hand side of the cliff. We probably have the most bizarre...
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on Tue Dec 20, 2016 at 05:09 AM PST
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- Color me naive, but when I first heard that Rep. Liz Cheney was in trouble over in the Republican Party, I had an instinctual sense of alarm. �It wasn’t based on anything with regards to any ...412 comments 513 Recs
- Last week, I bumped into an acquaintance I hadn’t seen since the pandemic shutdowns began. “I’m lucky,” she said. “I can work from home.” But, she fretted, “I’m losing my social skills.” Only partially in jest, I reassured her that if she can talk to...24 comments 79 Recs
- Well, for some of us, anyway. My kids got their first and second doses of the Moderna vaccine at the same time I did. And apart from a sore arm have apparently been perfectly fine. For which I am grateful. Me on the other hand, not so much. I had an...388 comments 214 Recs
- No Democrat loves Liz Cheney. Over the years she has consistently taken positions that were among the most conservative, most regressive, and most aggressive of any Republican in Congress. She is among those most protective of the wealthy, most willing...142 comments 239 Recs
- Google has replicated my 70’s world, but as always, with a slightly sinister twist.12 comments 17 Recs
- The United States has enough COVID-19 vaccine to cover every person in the nation—and then some. In every state, pharmacies and clinics are offering shots on a walk-in basis, no appointment necessary. States and localities are offering everything from...230 comments 319 Recs
- Los Angeles sheriff deputies frequently harass the families of people they have killed, including taunting them at vigils, parking outside their homes and following them and pulling them over for no reason, according to a new report from the National...88 comments 193 Recs
- Centrist New York Times commentator Thomas Friedman’s assessment of the domestic political environment will always be subject to a certain skepticism. After all, this is the man who famously insisted that the United States was always on the cusp of...120 comments 175 Recs
- I own a retail shop in the largest town in a rural county on the west coast. Our shop has a storefront, and an online store, with a mailing list approaching 10,000 people. A nice little business. I have three wonderful employees, but I often work the...83 comments 64 Recs
- You know what, I’m so fucking sick and tired of every transgender story being invaded by toxic transphobic assholes these days. DailyKos USED to be a safe space for us but obviously not any longer. Yes I know most of you are allies but enough is enough...733 comments 396 Recs
