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Ukraine hit the Belbek Air Base in Crimea for the second night in a row. Your US tax dollars being put to good use. It’s a pity there is no video. We might have seen another appearance by Ammo Dump Jesus. I know an even better way — fly them back to...
by quaoar
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It baffles me why Democrats and the media are ignoring the most devastating act of Espionage in US history, by a long shot. The timeline of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago “mishandling of classified documents” is a series of inexplicably indifferent decisions to...
by charleytx
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Hi everybody! I hope you can stand a diary featuring nothing but pandas, ‘cause that’s what we have today :-) I totally missed out on my dream job... Welcome to PWB Theme Thursdays! If you’ve never visited or commented in a PWB (Pootie/Woozle/Birdie)...
by userexists
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MTG has another seductive idea in terms of luring you(rself) into right-wing persuasions by claiming that Fico was somewhat shot by the WHO. www.rawstory.com/… The Georgia Republican shared an X post that claimed Fico was shot Wednesday in response to...
by ccoaler1
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Democrats may be in the minority in the Missouri Senate, but you wouldn't know it after they staged an epic filibuster that just forced Republicans to abandon a cynical ploy to undermine direct ...
by The Downballot
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I am considering Arizona and Florida together because of the effort to get constitutional amendments protecting Reproductive Freedom and see them pass in November. Reproductive Rights has been “a defining issue in this campaign season.” Right now, at...
by snowbored
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I’ve been delaying writing about John’s trip to visit little Gofred until the situation was more settled but in the meantime other things are happening and I thought I should make some effort to keep everyone informed on those as well. John is my...
by McCrowlerr
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Soldiers were threatened with court-martial for trying to scratch them off their weapons with a penny. A father — himself a Baptist minister — of one soldier sent rolls of thin black duct tape to his son’s unit to cover them up. On one message board, a...
by ChrisRodda
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By David Glenn Cox Joe Biden to debate Donald Trump twice? Why? What for? Whose idea was that? What’s to be gained by that? See, I’m smarter than that guy? (Who isn’t?) Mark Twain advised to “never to argue with an idiot because from a distance you...
by This Carbon Based Life
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There’s a supporting blogpost and transcript about this cartoon here; I’ll also post the transcript in comments. We can keep making these cartoons because of lots of supporters pledging low amounts - $1-$3 - and that's just how I like it! Please peruse...
by Barry Deutsch
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It should be clear to all that the human species is in the midst of a great change in energy sources. This has happened before. It started with wood which was readily available in most parts of the world. Though bulky, wood provided modest heat and...
by T C Gibian
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. When some government program fails utterly, you’d think top officials would consider transferring at least part of the taxpayer...
by TomDispatch
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Yesterday, Mother’s Day Sunday, was the last move-out date for freshmen. Now the campus is eerily quiet. The only noise comes from riding lawn mowers, and a supporter of the protest – not obliged to follow its policies – who is standing outside the...
by AliceT4
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Climate chaos is here. So I’m posting questions or topics, one per week, about something every one of us is likely to face. Let’s see if we can work together to figure out ways to survive. Week 1’s question was Do You Stay or Do You Go? Week 2: What Is...
by birches
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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy � is � Now Open! � 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our � especially special Daily Specials, Me tro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!
Starting off in the Bistro C afe , ...
by justiceputnam
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Welcome to the New Day Cafe! This is an open thread.
It’s not exactly white, but I’m giving a shout out to this song.
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by samanthab
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In the chicken slaughtering industry, the term “cadaver” has a different meaning. Also called “red birds,” “cadaver” refers to chickens who drown in scalding water during the slaughter process. It’s easy to tell when this happens because when birds are...
by Zoe Rosenberg
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www.bbc.com/… Almost six months after Dutch anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders won the Dutch election, he and three other party leaders have agreed a provisional agreement to form a right-wing government. A final decision has not been made on the...
by ccoaler1
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Part One is here.
Part Two is here.
As I mentioned in Part One, the ...
by funningforrest
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Amanda Marcotte’s article at salon.com goes some considerable way towards answering the question a number of us have been asking: “Why do people still work for Trump when he treats them so badly?” “At that time I was knee-deep into the cult of Trump.“...
by DR Lester
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