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Eddie C's Profile
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have little." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Groups: Photography, New York City, Birds and Birdwatching, New York State, In Support of Labor and Unions, I follow Michael Moore @ the Daily Kos, DKOMA, The Durban Daily, Camera
Diaries published: 598 (2421 days since last diary on Sat Apr 22, 2017 at 08:35 AM PDT)
Comments posted: 25851 (384 days since last comment on Fri Nov 18, 2022 at 05:22 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 36148
Total Comment Ratings: 230480
Most Recommended Diary: Nobody Wrote a Diary About John Kerry Today?, 493 comments, 916 recommends
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This morning just around the corner from my usually very quite apartment I heard a lot of noise. When I went out to investigate, this is what I saw.
I never made it past my building...
by Eddie C
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on Sat Apr 22, 2017 at 08:35 AM PDT
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Big news here in the nation where coal was first used to generate electricity commercially, it is looking like Britain’s first “Day Without Coal” since the industrial revolution.
A National Grid spokesman said the record low is a sign of...
by Eddie C
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on Fri Apr 21, 2017 at 10:41 AM PDT
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A far more important talking point than Donald Trump’s taxes and the small businesses he has screwed is not getting much notice, the fact that Trump had an initial public offering in his name in 1995. When someone is the CEO of a publicly traded...
by Eddie C
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on Thu Oct 06, 2016 at 04:07 AM PDT
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Had John Lennon lived he would have been eligible to convert his green card to a US citizen application in 1981. After Bernie Sanders coming back from a twenty point deficit and the huge victory in Michigan, my first thought this morning was "Who Would Jo
by Eddie C
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on Wed Mar 09, 2016 at 02:45 PM PST
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Happy New Year! I managed to publish one photo from each day in 2015 and all of those pictures ended up in monthly diaries here. These thirty-one photos completes the mission.
It’s December in Ne
by Eddie C
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on Fri Jan 01, 2016 at 07:06 AM PST
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I’ve posted a diary covering a photo a day throughout 2015 and this is the next to last entry. It has kept me out of trouble and usually gotten me out of the apartment during my first year of retireme
by Eddie C
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on Mon Nov 30, 2015 at 03:00 PM PST
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- Senator Elizabeth Warren said today on CNN that she believes that the DNC was "rigged" in favor of former Hillary Clinton during the 2016 primary: "We learned today from the former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile that the...1231 comments 237 Recs
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- So Markos told us why we can’t unify. It’s the “Bernie-Bros,” the “Sanders deadenders,” and the “alt left. “ Phony, dishonest and divisive. I made the mistake of thinking Kos was sincere about unity. But it was just a set up to attack the left again. ...899 comments 273 Recs
- Let’s start with Donald Trump’s own statements about his relationship with Vladimir Putin. Watch this short clip and see how many different positions Trump takes on whether he knows Putin: DMITRY RYBOLOVLEV AND THE INCREDIBLE, TOO GOOD TO BE...252 comments 417 Recs
- I wrote this as a comment on the Planned Parenthood article, but I think this information might benefit others as well who may want to contact their representative, senators, or even the President, but are leery that emails just get deleted and don’t...51 comments 137 Recs
- This year is a rebuilding year, simply put. By now, you should have accepted that we lost—by 70,000 votes—the Electoral College, which means we lost the presidential election even though we did win the popular vote by some 3 million votes. We can go...57 comments 104 Recs
- I’m embarrassed for you, kos. The more I think about the title of your latest work and the mean-spirited words that follow it, the more I wonder who we are and what we stand for. Is your diary intended to make us all feel better because we’re...1498 comments 643 Recs
- In this year of change this type of exchange with a Trump voter, is the reason many believed Bernie Sanders could reach the Mid-Western voters. Chris Hayes placed four Trump voters on the stage at ...953 comments 479 Recs
- I read Kos’ article, “Yes, I'm angry.”, the other day and it struck a nerve. I’ve been wandering in a sort of dreamlike haze, that I would wake up one morning and this was all a bad dream. But reality has set in and with it anger. That’s not a bad...526 comments 239 Recs
