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The sense that we lost our country had been overwhelming before the current crisis. Painfully obvious almost immediately upon occupying the White House, it’s clear that Trump is never going to ...
by Darmok
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on Thu May 14, 2020 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Conservatives love to think of themselves as the poster children for all that is right (read: straight, white and male) in the world. They successfully parlayed the ever-present fear of the other into a Trump victory in 2016 and they’ve been acting as...
by Darmok
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on Sun Dec 30, 2018 at 11:57 AM PST
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Love, Simon , the long overdue gay version of, say, John Hughes’ Sixteen Candles , came out — no pun intended — when one could argue that the world passed it by. When millions protested ...
by Darmok
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on Mon Mar 26, 2018 at 06:00 AM PDT
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As a birthday present for myself last year, I got one of those DNA testing kits. Which — the results didn’t match up so well with what I know of our family history so that was money probably not well spent. (Either that or no one had the heart to...
by Darmok
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on Fri Jan 12, 2018 at 11:54 AM PST
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I’m essentially republishing a diary from yesterday because I think the subject deserves as many eyes as possible.
The latest directorial effort by John Ridley — who probably needs no introduction here — is airing tonight, Friday, April 28 on ABC at...
by Darmok
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on Fri Apr 28, 2017 at 07:14 AM PDT
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I’m republishing today because I’m hoping as many people get a chance to see this as possible.
The latest directorial effort by John Ridley — who probably needs no introduction here — is airing tonight, Friday, April 28 on ABC at 9/8c. It’s called...
by Darmok
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on Thu Apr 27, 2017 at 10:44 AM PDT
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- As always, if � you find value in this work I do, please consider helping me keep it sustainable by joining my weekly newsletter, � Sparky’s List! � You can get it in your inbox or read it on ...53 comments 378 Recs
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- Not too long after attempting to pick a literal fight with Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien at a Senate committee hearing Tuesday, Sen. Markwayne Mullin appeared on the Oklahoma-based podcast “Undaunted Life: A Man’s Podcast.” And Mullin and...81 comments 96 Recs
- This is a vital, powerful revelation. It is more than that. It is a necessary detailing of the situation inside Israel. The abject failure of rightwing extremism and Netanyahu. The dire situation they put everyone in– every child, woman and man in the...23 comments 17 Recs
- Antisemitic hate crimes on American college campuses are nothing new. But things have gotten much worse since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in which Hamas raped, murdered, and kidnapped civilians in Israel—overwhelmingly Jews, but those of other...451 comments 233 Recs
- The US House of Representatives voted yesterday to censure the only Palestinian-American member of Congress. The vote was 234-188, with 22 Democrats joining Republicans to support the move. Four Republicans joined Democrats in opposing it. I stand with...1060 comments 381 Recs
- www.salon.com/… I encourage everyone to read Heather Digby Parton’s column on Salon that I referenced. She starts out with this: “Over the week-end Democrats celebrated their biennial tradition of hand wringing and panic about the election a year...567 comments 549 Recs
- Just a lighthearted cartoon about some imaginary aliens on a distant planet, of no relevance whatsoever to current events. Sigh. As always, if � you find value in this work I do, please consider ...53 comments 297 Recs
- Earth Matters: U.S. wind takes some blows; Mike Johnson thinks the Rapture will solve climate changeTwo-and-a-half years ago, President Joe Biden announced plans to jumpstart an offshore wind industry in the United States, calling for 30 gigawatts of electricity-generating capacity to be installed by 2030. That would be enough to power 10 million...143 comments 228 Recs
- For a guy who’s supposedly a multibillionaire, Donald Trump sure spends a lot of his time scrounging for ha’pennies with which to stuff his gross, linty, panko breading–lined pockets. That reality was on lurid display this week as his real estate...53 comments 243 Recs
