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Some day I hope to be able to type and spell correctly.
Groups: Chicago Kossacks
Diaries published: 34 (1868 days since last diary on Fri Oct 26, 2018 at 05:47 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 4840 (10 days since last comment on Mon Nov 27, 2023 at 04:01 PM PST)
Diary frequency: seldom
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Total Recommends: 529
Total Comment Ratings: 15083
Most Recommended Diary: It is all my fault, 66 comments, 182 recommends
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This diary contains descriptions of death and dying. It is intended to be a cautionary tale, and should make you think about talking about death with your family. No matter where you are in life, you should make your wishes clear. Note, the story...
by jimraff
 76 comments
on Fri Oct 26, 2018 at 05:47 PM PDT
with 149 Recommends
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After a few days of watching the total screw up of arresting a kid for bringing a clock to school, I started to think of all the things that went wrong in that situation. So, the school screwed up, ...
by jimraff
13 comments
on Mon Sep 21, 2015 at 05:49 PM PDT
with 2 Recommends
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Back in May 2012, I read a couple articles that posed opposite opinions on the understanding of the 1%, or the .1%. Wendell Berry is a champion of many things including the environment, sustainable ...
by jimraff
7 comments
on Fri Jun 20, 2014 at 11:44 AM PDT
with 6 Recommends
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I am a middle aged white guy, living in middle America working in a middle level job in a middle sized company, I guess that makes me middle class.
I consider myself a pretty far left democrat. ...
by jimraff
66 comments
on Wed Jul 31, 2013 at 07:08 PM PDT
with 182 Recommends
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Todd Aiken is ass. But he is not alone. His comment about rape was horrifically wrong. His comments about abortion were over shadowed in the twitter storm. Even though many republicans are ...
by jimraff
2 comments
on Wed Aug 22, 2012 at 06:40 PM PDT
with 11 Recommends
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There has been a lot of discussion and punditry around the shooting in Arizona and trying to place blame. I firmly believe that blame rests solely on the perpetrator. Could things been done to ...
by jimraff
7 comments
on Wed Jan 12, 2011 at 06:16 PM PST
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- We met 20 years ago. At a bar. On my birthday. Those were pretty dark times for both of us, each going through a divorce; mine involving children and hers with a big building she’d ended up owning. She worked in the exhibits department at a major...35 comments 225 Recs
- Autoimmune disorders — where the immune system mistakes something harmless in the body for a pathogen or threat — are not much fun for the people who are stuck with them. And these disorders have been gradually increasing in prevalence over the last...251 comments 712 Recs
- Our Sweet little Fiona is very ill, and while We have the money to hospitalize her, she has Cat Diabetes and has gone into diabetes mellitus and is currently suffering from Diabetic Ketoacidosis. The Diabetes is not curable, and so we are looking at...122 comments 146 Recs
- and since the crab is the zodiac sign of cancer, hence that image. But let me explain. I noticed some blood in my urine. I note I have a somewhat enlarged prostate so I reached out to my urologist for a check. He decided to do a cytoscopy on me and...92 comments 262 Recs
- The Voyager 2 spacecraft, traveling on its own for over 46 years, now 19.9 billion km away, managed to call back home today and let us know that all is well. The announcement from www.jpl.nasa.gov/… — The agency’s Deep Space Network facility in...160 comments 698 Recs
- B.F. finally ditched us.� He said he would but he never did and now he has.� Goodbye friend. They’re all awful.� Just like you liked. � "I like telling Dad jokes. Sometimes he laughs!" � �"...59 comments 366 Recs
- RIP BFSkinner, CameronProf www.dailykos.com/… www.dailykos.com/... (Jeremy Margolis) m.facebook.com/... His prother has posted a diary about Jeremy below Fulfilling a promise78 comments 391 Recs
- In the latest salvo in the Republican War on Transgender People, the Republican-led Montana Legislature voted to bar Missoula Rep. Zooey Zephyr from the House, just as they did with the Two Justins in Tennessee. Rep. Zephyr, the first openly...128 comments 176 Recs
- PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS TOO WIDELY, I’M STILL FEELING OUT COMING OUT TO EVERYONE IN MY LIFE Yes, I know it’s a popular public site and has a wide audience, just let me pretend I’m not leaping out of the closet so my anxiety doesn’t strangle me. This...171 comments 371 Recs
- On April 20, Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr was censured by Republican lawmakers for speaking up against a bill that seeks to ban gender-affirming care to transgender children. Those Republicans demanded Zephyr be silenced after she told them if they...39 comments 195 Recs
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