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nmprogressive's Profile
Progressive nerd. Lover of xeric plants. Enslaved by corgis.
Diaries published: 8 (452 days since last diary on Mon Sep 12, 2022 at 12:04 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 159 (3 days since last comment on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 07:14 AM PST)
Diary frequency: seldom
Comment frequency: often
Total Recommends: 244
Total Comment Ratings: 0
Most Recommended Diary: Justice Roberts ... I think you're a bit confused, 11 comments, 29 recommends
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During a recent speech to the 10th Circuit Bench and Bar Conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Chief Justice Roberts stated: “You don’t want the political branches telling you what the law is. And you don’t want public opinion to be the guide of...
by nmprogressive
 11 comments
on Mon Sep 12, 2022 at 12:04 PM PDT
with 29 Recommends
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This should be every Democratic candidate’s campaign commercial this fall: Introduction: 20 Seconds Real images of convicted rapist’s mug shots play, 2 seconds each. All rapists are from the state of the candidate. Images have brief captions of their...
by nmprogressive
14 comments
on Tue May 03, 2022 at 01:16 PM PDT
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I seem to recall that the Commander in Chief has the power to reappropriate military funding as he or she sees fit so long as it is in defense of the nation. Something about a wall...a big, beautiful wall. The best wall. And there were caravans of...
by nmprogressive
19 comments
on Fri Jan 14, 2022 at 12:18 PM PST
with 8 Recommends
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Leader Schumer: One can't be done without the other — Speaker Pelosi: That’s right — Leader Schumer: — we all agree to that. Leader Schumer: We can’t get the bipartisan bill done unless we're sure we're getting the budget reconciliation bill done. We...
by nmprogressive
25 comments
on Mon Dec 20, 2021 at 12:46 PM PST
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Please let Kyrsten Sinema’s staff know how you feel about her decision to defend the filibuster even if it stymies the Biden agenda. Please be polite. We need to change hearts and minds, not harden them. Her local offices are (per her official website)...
by nmprogressive
10 comments
on Wed Jun 02, 2021 at 06:09 PM PDT
with 11 Recommends
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I have been following the farcical saga of the Biden administration’s attempt to find bipartisan compromise in crafting an infrastructure bill.� I want sparkle ponies too.� I do, I do, I do.� I ...
by nmprogressive
7 comments
on Fri May 28, 2021 at 05:00 AM PDT
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- Secretary Austin on a winning strategy in the Gaza War: “The lesson is not that you can win in urban warfare by protecting civilians. The lesson is that you can only win in urban warfare by protecting civilians,” "In this kind of a fight, the center of...13 comments 30 Recs
- Well, I went and picked up another old tool that I will use only rarely.� This time it’s a 1 ½�inch wide framing chisel, made by the Greenlee Tool Co .� Greenlee was founded in 1862, based on a ...67 comments 245 Recs
- A lot has been written about the current conflict in I/P but some key issues and facts have been left out, ignored, or mischaracterized and a lot of hoary old myths have been trotted out to justify the unjustifiable. How did it get to this disastrous...189 comments 75 Recs
- Kitchens across America are bustling with Thanksgiving dinner prep: Turkeys brining, rolls and pies baking. But for millions of households, the holiday highlights the grim reality of hunger. The end ...14 comments 108 Recs
- I am gifting this OpEd by Senator Sanders, via the New York Times. Gifting means that you can read the full article without subscribing. My subscription allows this, up to 10 articles per month. I would comment, as is the norm here, making this a...96 comments 85 Recs
- This is going to be a bit long, so bear with me, but I’ve been thinking recently about how my 80-something evangelical mother views the world and how it provides some much-needed context for a lot of the nonsensical arguments tossed around by...485 comments 805 Recs
- At each monastic meal in Soto Zen Buddhism, we recite the Mealtime Verse: “We must think deeply of the ways and means by which this food has come; We must consider our merit when accepting it; We must protect ourselves from error by excluding greed...4 comments 18 Recs
- OK, this is another tool that I definitely did not need, but I went ahead and got it anyway.� Yet another hand plane.� I probably need therapy, but I’m mostly harmless..� Anyway, back in Colonial ...109 comments 307 Recs
- My 13-year-old kitty, Anubis Maukat, has passed the rainbow bridge. Anubis was born a feral kitty about August 2010. He was euthanized at about 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 9, 2023. I was there with my face rubbing his face and telling him how much...278 comments 284 Recs
- Back on October 14, I posted a diary where I expressed strong anti-war sentiments in response to the situation between Gaza and Israel. My anti-war stance is long-standing and I expressed it in those terms. Several people considered me well-meaning but...706 comments 413 Recs
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