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rfall's Profile
A long-haired conservative in the 70's; a short-haired liberal in the 80's and on. Just can't seem to get it exactly right. And what happens when I have no hair?
Groups: Overnight News Digest, PACFAQ, The Daily Kos Atheist Cult, SciTech, SFKossacks, Kossack Air Force
Twitter: rfallDK
Diaries published: 434 (1405 days since last diary on Wed Jul 05, 2017 at 02:02 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 16090 (201 days since last comment on Wed Oct 21, 2020 at 08:14 AM PDT)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 10637
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Most Recommended Diary: My take on the Walker/"Koch" tape, 97 comments, 218 recommends
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Being on the losing side of this battle—so far—we progressives and our fellow democrats understand all too well how the GOP has gained so much control over statehouses and in Congress.
Partisan gerrymandering is at an all time high, and the upcoming...
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The skull of the 'real' Pooh Bear goes on ...
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Ancient mass extinction led to dominance of tiny fish, ...
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- Direct fossil evidence found of meteor impact that ended the Cretaceous Period ... and the dinosaursDirect fossil evidence of the cataclysmic meteor impact that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago has been found. The last hours of the Cretaceous Period. The actual paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...274 comments 454 Recs
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- I know similar comments have been posted before, but this is the most comprehensive list I’ve seen: A Trump supporting Facebook friend told Scott Mednick, "We suffered for eight years. Now it’s your turn.” Scott wrote a brilliant response asking...313 comments 650 Recs
- A Columbia professor named Mark Lilla has been getting a lot of air time blaming "identity politics" for the Democrats' losses in 2016. In a New York Times editorial called " The End of Identity ...242 comments 77 Recs
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