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dewtx's Profile
I am a retired Professor of Physics and a US Navy veteran. I live in Houston, Texas. My darling wife is from Colombia, I have a 21-year-old grandson, use Macs for my computing, and read a mix of mysteries and classics for pleasure.
Groups: Readers and Book Lovers, DKos Military Veterans, Military Community Members of Daily Kos, TexKos - Takin' Back Texas!, Houston Area Kossacks, Beto for Democracy
Diaries published: 49 (118 days since last diary on Sat Aug 12, 2023 at 10:23 AM PDT)
Comments posted: 12697 (1 day since last comment on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 12:14 PM PST)
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Total Recommends: 69770
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Most Recommended Diary: A view from the heart of corn country. Art Cullen of the Storm Lake Times says Trump should beware., 240 comments, 565 recommends
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That is the title of an article in today’s Houston Chronicle from their Austin bureau. I sh*t you not! To support Gov. Greg Abbott’s deadly orange buoys covered in razor wire in the international boundary waters of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass,TX,...
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on Sat Aug 12, 2023 at 10:23 AM PDT
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This will be a short diary. The above photo was in today’s Houston Chronicle with a short article. The photo was of orphaned mountain gorilla Ndakasi as she lies in the arms of her Democratic Republic of the Congo caregiver Andre Bauma shortly before...
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on Fri Oct 08, 2021 at 02:52 PM PDT
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As I was reading Britain’s The Guardian today online, as I do every day, there were two side-by-side interviews with authors Margaret Atwood and Martin Amis. These were wide-ranging interviews which also included some interesting...
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on Sat Sep 12, 2020 at 11:12 AM PDT
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As I do every day, I was reading The Guardian online and noticed that there was a new article there by Iowan Art Cullen. Art Cullen was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing (notably on agriculture), is the editor of the Storm Lake Times,...
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on Sun Aug 30, 2020 at 10:20 AM PDT
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Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, my wife and I have been spending more time indoors reading and listening to music. And making lists. So I thought I would list my favorite songs and books, which are listed here for those who might be interested. Note...
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on Sat Aug 08, 2020 at 05:25 PM PDT
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On the front page of today’s Houston Chronicle was the headline above, with the subhead: “Officials ask feds to set up field hospital in the Valley”. Here are the first three paragraphs of the story about this huge turnabout (or in Republican-speak...
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on Sat Jul 11, 2020 at 09:29 AM PDT
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- Justice Samuel Alito: A refusal of recusal As plaintiffs seek to fundamentally alter U.S. tax law, Justice Samuel Alito stands as the justice most sympathetic to their case—even more so than the far-right stalwart Clarence Thomas. Could it be that...10 comments 82 Recs
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- Pop the cork gang—Kevin McCarthy has decided to take his toys and go home by the end of the year! Democrats are glad, Republicans are mad, but guess who is pissed off the most: Gaetz! That’s right, the guy with the massive eight-head (yah know, as...120 comments 373 Recs
- A new report from progressive UK.-based think-tanks IPPR and Common Wealth says profiteering played a major role in jacking up prices far above the rise in costs, reinforcing a previous but narrower study showing such an impact. Among other things, the...132 comments 422 Recs
- So we decided to flee Indiana. For background, my name is Alexis, I'm a nonbinary trans person, married to my trans husband Ian, and we have 2 kids, Felix, aged 12, and Zinnia age 9. Indiana is currently attempting the "Florida Speedrun" insofar as it...92 comments 287 Recs
- The suspect in the deadly shooting at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, had a list of targets at the school and at East Carolina University in North Carolina, police said Thursday. Three faculty members were killed and a fourth was wounded by the...28 comments 73 Recs
- House Speaker Mike Johnson has—gasp!— compromised again . The latest version of the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act, unveiled late Wednesday, does not include Republican measures ...46 comments 158 Recs
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