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Sober; worried about the environment and free speech.
Real Name: Andy Ternay
Gender: male
Location: Dallas, TX
Groups: Community Fundraisers, Dallas Kossacks, DK Texans for Bernie
Diaries published: 307 (3 days since last diary on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 12:57 PM PST)
Comments posted: 5710 (3 days since last comment on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 12:57 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 9398
Total Comment Ratings: 21099
Most Recommended Diary: UPDATE x 2: Missing Daughter... and You Can Help!, 176 comments, 968 recommends
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Sometimes despair falls on you, gently and softly like an inverted snowstorm of dusky, shadowy flakes, silently accumulating in the mind. These flakes do not reflect the light; they absorb it; slowly stealing away all color and texture. As the layers...
by AndyT
5 comments on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 12:57 PM PST with 17 Recommends |
If I have any superpower it is writing. The most important thing I learned in college and law school was effective, clear and (even in supposedly viewpoint neutral documentation - persuasive) writing. I will share a fictionalized account about the day...
by AndyT
64 comments on Fri Nov 24, 2023 at 11:46 AM PST with 231 Recommends |
It’s hard to imagine that any human activity could bring peace to the I/P conflict. But I believe human activity will bring peace to these lands; the most awful peace possible; a peace that will render all of the conflict today into violence without...
by AndyT
17 comments on Wed Nov 08, 2023 at 01:00 PM PST with 15 Recommends |
TRIGGER WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS FRANK AND UNCOMFORTABLE DISCUSSION OF SUICIDAL IDEATIONS. THIS MAY UPSET SOME READERS. 1983, Day 1 Sometime between August and November of 1983, I tried to hang myself. If I recall the instigating incident was that...
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88 comments on Tue Oct 31, 2023 at 03:10 PM PDT with 118 Recommends |
Religion/Faith/Spirituality only becomes a problem when it’s adherents decide they know what is best for others than those actual others do, and attempt to gain power and control over those others. History is lousy with this nonsense and there are...
by AndyT
272 comments on Fri Feb 17, 2023 at 04:15 PM PST with 193 Recommends |
Trump appointed Federal District Judge Carl Nichols is no liberal. Nichols has shown more sympathy than most federal judges towards Jan. 6th defendants by rejecting charges of Obstruction of Congress against defendants — something other federal Judges...
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208 comments on Mon Jul 11, 2022 at 01:25 PM PDT with 397 Recommends |
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- The captain has illuminated the seat belt sign. Please return your trays to the upright position. That’s a damn shame about your electric infrastructure. This is reportedly a factory that produces transformers and other electrical equipment. That’s a...24 comments 322 Recs
- This is the highway directly south of Krynky. If this proves to be correct (fog of war and all that), this would be a promising advance. There is a forest between Krynky and this highway, making it easier for Ukraine to advance than across the open...104 comments 554 Recs
- Ukraine launched a large drone attack against targets in eastern Crimea. Naturally Russia claims to have shot them all down. An interesting thread on what it will take to knock out the Kerch Bridge. The gist is that to destroy the bridge, you have to...111 comments 433 Recs
- A one-two punch from FPV drones takes out a Russian T-55 tank. Big Bavovna. Is this what passes for basic training in Russia? The Russian Army will likely send those guys to Ukraine anyway. WARNING: The video shows the Russians being hit by a car. A...74 comments 424 Recs
- On Friday, Russian state media reported that�dictator Vladimir Putin had ordered the size of the Russian military to increase by 170,000 active members. This is the second time in a year that Putin ...198 comments 605 Recs
- You would have thought that the Russians — having just seen a massive inferno wipe out their train tunnel — would have checked the bypass line to make sure it wasn’t booby-trapped before sending another train with fuel cars down that line. But...79 comments 478 Recs
- Like the previous time, I want to thank the Daily Kos staff and community for the excellent daily coverage of the Russian war against Ukraine. As a Ukrainian, I consume tons of information about this war on all levels. Even though I am a civilian...67 comments 403 Recs
- Just the other day Ukrainian President Zelenskyy hinted that Ukraine would make some long-range strikes against Russia soon. Last night Ukraine delivered, blowing up a fuel train inside a tunnel that is the main rail line between Russia and China. The...189 comments 612 Recs
- Jezebel has been purchased by Paste Magazine! Paste Magazine buys Jezebel weeks after closure with aim to ‘push boundaries’ Less than three weeks after the feminist US news site Jezebel was shuttered, news has emerged that the site has been acquired....25 comments 169 Recs
- Reposted from my Substack. As many as 24 former Trump staff members are now openly opposing his re-election campaign including Mike Pence, John Kelly and others. CNN — There is a long list of one-time allies and aides who have either turned against...197 comments 485 Recs
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