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Liberal, Yankees fan, municipal drudge in East Coast City, married with one daughter
Diaries published: 19 (241 days since last diary on Tue Apr 11, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT)
Comments posted: 3120 (6 days since last comment on Sat Dec 02, 2023 at 02:44 PM PST)
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Most Recommended Diary: FUN WITH PHONE SCAMMERS, 385 comments, 193 recommends
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You ask a good many people, “What would you do if you could travel through time and change things,” and they give you the obvious answers: whack Hitler or Stalin, find out who really shot John F. Kennedy, or attend the world premiere of Shakespeare’s...
by Nightflyer
 68 comments
on Tue Apr 11, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
with 27 Recommends
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So for the past 40 years, my younger brother and I have sat in various seats at the various Yankee Stadiums, exhorting the various Yankee teams to victory, in our Bronx/Washington Heights accents and phraseology. However, when it happens that Willie...
by Nightflyer
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on Mon Mar 06, 2023 at 11:23 AM PST
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For many years, I’ve read Scott Adams’ brilliantly-written and drawn comic strip Dilbert in my local newspaper and on my regular comics website. Last Saturday, it disappeared from the latter. Baffled, I did the usual web search and found out why. Scott...
by Nightflyer
33 comments
on Wed Mar 01, 2023 at 12:14 PM PST
with 16 Recommends
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One of the most depressing things about the COVID-19 crisis has been the refusal of numbers of African-Americans to take the various vaccines. It’s depressing to me because they are unlike the anti-vaxxers, who spout crackpot theories about COVID and...
by Nightflyer
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on Tue Feb 28, 2023 at 01:25 PM PST
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The phone rang in my home one evening years ago when my daughter was 17 years old. At the other end of the line was Gunnery Sergeant Snorkel of the US Marine Corps, who wanted to talk to my son Dennis (name changed). “I don’t have a son,” I said. “I...
by Nightflyer
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on Fri Jan 27, 2023 at 02:14 PM PST
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Nobody remembers US Marine Corps General Smedley Darlington Butler anymore, and that’s too bad, because he defined both battlefield courage and moral courage. His battlefield courage earned him the Medal of Honor. Twice. Not many American warriors can...
by Nightflyer
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on Thu Dec 08, 2022 at 02:15 PM PST
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- The 2022 Republican red wave never materialized. Three incumbent House Republicans lost their seats. A fourth, Lauren Boebert (R-CO), won by 546 votes — the slimmest margin in any House district. Now Boebert is looking at a rematch with her erstwhile...97 comments 259 Recs
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- The Senate Judiciary Committee met today to discuss “The Gun Violence Epidemic: A Public Health Crisis.” One of the witnesses was Dr. Megan Ranney of the Yale School of Public Health. One of her interrogators was Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA). No one who...290 comments 941 Recs
- Lachlan Murdoch, the new Fox Corporation CEO and News Corp chairman, has met in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who thanked the media mogul and called his visit “a very important signal of support at the time when the world’s...39 comments 128 Recs
- As we watch the Trump campaign prepare to replace 50,000 civil servants with fascist toadies if he wins the White House, it’s important to remember that Dwight Eisenhower was the last Republican president who believed in democracy, the rule of law, and...352 comments 941 Recs
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