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Lifetime activist, leftist, agnostic and socialist since the 60s.Spent 6 months in the stockade in 1968 for refusing to go to Vietnam. Spent 12 years in Catholic Schools, an experience which rivaled the jail time in the army in many ways.
Diaries published: 226 (4 days since last diary on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 02:13 PM PST)
Comments posted: 1966 (1 day since last comment on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 09:19 AM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 92
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Most Recommended Diary: BBC EXPOSE: Mass Starvation in North Korea, 160 comments, 515 recommends
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Rarely in politics does someone get as savagely ripped apart and exposed as DeSantis was at his debate with Gavin Newsom. If you missed it in its entirety, and rather die than watch anything on Fox news, you’ll have to settle for highlights from...
by psychusa
 87 comments
on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 02:13 PM PST
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This article is not intended as a prediction of disaster. But I believe we should not approach the campaign by being overconfident. Nor should we assume that Trump will be the opposing candidate. This list is an acknowledgement of some of the factors...
by psychusa
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on Thu Nov 30, 2023 at 03:03 PM PST
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I was 15, in Xaverian, an elite Catholic high school in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge community in my junior year. It’s on Shore Road, which runs from 69th Street to the Verrazano Bridge, and at the time was littered with some of the wealthiest private homes in...
by psychusa
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on Tue Nov 21, 2023 at 02:07 PM PST
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This is an article few will enjoy. One I didn’t really want to have to write. But it has become crystal clear that the industrialized, fossil fuel dependent capitalist system, which still runs the show on our planet, has defeated the international...
by psychusa
71 comments
on Fri Nov 17, 2023 at 02:09 PM PST
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It’s a safe bet that most readers did not think this article would feature a picture of Chuck Berry. I also considered a photo of Elvis “the pelvis” Presley as the lead photo. The Early 50’s So you’re probably asking, what in the world do they have to...
by psychusa
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on Fri Nov 10, 2023 at 02:20 PM PST
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Commenting on the KOS article, Moms for Liberty sounds like an American chapter of the Iranian sex police or yet another Republican front group, or both. A 17 year old girl has more in common with an adult than a child, selecting her to make their...
by psychusa
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on Thu Nov 09, 2023 at 03:21 PM PST
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- 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
- It is pernicious and widespread — the conflation of criticism of Israel and its vile far right government with anti-semitism. They are not one and the same but the tactics of some desperate to insulate Netanyahu and his thugs from criticism is to link...675 comments 318 Recs
- I am from Israel. What I’m about to share is how many of us feel. It also confuses (some) people, sometimes angers them. But I wanted to have this voice out there. Out here. The thing is, none of what is happening over there is binary, and none of it...172 comments 778 Recs
- 14-year-old Connor Halsa of Moorhead, Minnesota was fishing with his family on Lake of the Woods, a massive lake straddling both sides of the US/ Canadian border. “We were doing a walleye drift, so we stopped the boat, put some spinners on, and just...123 comments 629 Recs
- A recent report published by two members of the Federalist Society has reignited calls for Trump to be disqualified from running for office or holding office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Legally, there is no doubt that Trump should be...169 comments 366 Recs
- Begin Rant: I know, I know. But I swear to fucking god, if I hear one more liberal talking head say one more goddam time how all this is nothing to be to happy about, I’m gonna rip out all my remaining hair and, along with the attached bits of my...275 comments 661 Recs
- Robert Reich, Sec. of Labor under Clinton and longtime advocate for the poor and working class, published a barnburner of an essay on Monday on his Substack. Read it. Seriously, read it. He starts with YouTube phenom Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Man North of...285 comments 340 Recs
- Three independent studies say that blood platelet factor PF4 prevents and reverses cognitive declineAlthough the percentage of older people with dementia is thankfully decreasing, from 13% to 10% in those over 70 from 2011-2019, the absolute number of people with dementia is actually increasing. That’s because the share of the U.S. population that is...259 comments 736 Recs
- S2E15 of the Countdown podcast is up. Omny.FM link (which also links to his previous podcasts) ivoox also carries his podcast. YouTube: Still no preview. A-Block (2:02) SPECIAL COMMENT: America is NOT divided over the prosecution of Trump. The latest...18 comments 73 Recs
- Saw this on NPR.org “He was a top church official who criticized Trump. He says Christianity is in crisis”. Russell Moore apparently has been on the outs with the Southern Baptist convention for awhile now. He is the editor in chief for “Christianity...315 comments 422 Recs
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