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Diaries published: 189 (39 days since last diary on Mon Oct 30, 2023 at 09:03 AM PDT)
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Most Recommended Diary: The "invisible" ageism all around us., 938 comments, 602 recommends
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I was stunned recently when I saw that October 30th marks the twentieth anniversary of me joining Daily Kos. The old saying is “Time flies when you’re having fun.” Well, it also flies when you’re immersing yourself in a community of proud and...
by jazzmaniac
 174 comments
on Mon Oct 30, 2023 at 09:03 AM PDT
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Herb Alpert may be the best known person…..that you probably don’t actually know. If the only thing his name conjures up in your mind is The Tijuana Brass...and as this website skews towards the older side (myself included,) I’m guessing that a lot of...
by jazzmaniac
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on Tue Sep 19, 2023 at 10:12 AM PDT
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The other day Tennessee state legislator Tim Burchett said “We're not going to fix” the problem of school shootings. In expounding on his ridiculous and repugnant position, Burchett said something that caused me to wonder if perhaps there is an...
by jazzmaniac
306 comments
on Wed Mar 29, 2023 at 12:16 PM PDT
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In a sad but perhaps not entirely surprising development, the Interior Department today added Snark to the Endangered Species List. The story of the Snark, a naturally occurring cross of the Snipe and the Lark first recognized by Lewis Carroll,...
by jazzmaniac
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on Mon Mar 13, 2023 at 09:40 AM PDT
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I recently published a story to DailyKos that although clearly tagged as #satire and featuring a governor advocating that cartoon ducks be required to wear pants, was nonetheless mistaken by many readers as being a legitimate news story. While some...
by jazzmaniac
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on Fri Mar 03, 2023 at 10:20 AM PST
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In a hastily called press conference, a visibly agitated Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida castigated the Disney corporation….one of his state’s biggest employers and tourist draws….saying it had been pointed out to him by Tucker Carlson that Mickey...
by jazzmaniac
217 comments
on Wed Mar 01, 2023 at 10:29 AM PST
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- Good Day, Gnusies! It’s great to be with you all on the first Tuesday in December! I was so inspired by Jessiestaf’s GNR intro yesterday and I wanted to carry on in a similar theme here today because I think this is a topic worth repeating (and you’ll...105 comments 149 Recs
- The Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats can add a few questions to the list for conservative Supreme Court fixer Leonard Leo, if they can get him to comply with the subpoena they approved last week.41 comments 165 Recs
- What a year this has been. What a past several years this has been, actually, and what a large part of my life it has been to share with the Daily Kos community. It feels like it has been a long time since I’ve said anything, and coming into the...61 comments 381 Recs
- A simple grammatical correction. The phrase should be “different from,’” not “different than.”40 comments 12 Recs
- I want to thank everyone who responded with empathy. I knew I wasn’t the only one, which is why I try not to complain. My heart goes out to all of us that deal with this. Maybe we should start a club. This is just a vent. I have long and short fiber...96 comments 115 Recs
- Today is 50th anniversary of my 13th birthday and getting into model rocketry. I was a flight-crazed tween fascinated by flying from biplanes to the moon landings and Skylab. I was going on thirteen and looking forward to being a teenager, which gets a...53 comments 76 Recs
- Durbin outmaneuvers Republicans at Judiciary hearing, subpoenas issued in Supreme Court ethics probeSenate Judiciary Committee Republicans tried to shut the committee down Thursday with histrionic fits and manufactured outrage over Democrats’ plans to proceed with subpoenas to GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow and conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo....149 comments 518 Recs
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