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The Geogre's Profile
I am an academic in the south of the USA with an anti-capitalist bent. I study the 18th century and believe that our critiques can only be accurate, if they are honest, first.
Groups: Anti-Capitalist Meetup, Anti-Capitalist Chat, Readers and Book Lovers, Hydrant
Diaries published: 138 (328 days since last diary on Sat Jan 14, 2023 at 05:46 AM PST)
Comments posted: 45388 (1 day since last comment on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 07:59 AM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 6487
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Most Recommended Diary: Trump Vows to Kill the Johnson Amendment, 122 comments, 266 recommends
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I have tried, three times, to have a poll asking people how long they believed Kevin McCarthy would last as Speaker of the House. Twice before, when I published the article lost all of its formatting, and its poll. Therefore, I’ve given up on voting....
by The Geogre
 20 comments
on Sat Jan 14, 2023 at 05:46 AM PST
with 9 Recommends
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Duplication is a bad thing. I wrote a diary just like this a few days ago, but it got TARFU from coding gnomes. I wouldn’t care, except that the point of this is a POLL.
VOTE : How long will ...
by The Geogre
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on Sat Jan 14, 2023 at 04:00 AM PST
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McCarthyism is back. REM’s song is no longer a satire, only it’s “re-electing McCarthy” rather than exhuming him. The original Tailgunner Joe was in the Senate, but he was about as brave as the man Donald Trump called “MyKevin.” Let’s review the...
by The Geogre
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on Wed Jan 11, 2023 at 03:39 AM PST
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No one has ever voted for Herschel Walker. He has not been running for any political office, or, if he has, no one has noticed. Instead, there is an undetermined sign gathering votes. We all know that a sign is a signifier and a signified, frequently...
by The Geogre
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on Tue Oct 11, 2022 at 07:01 PM PDT
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What follows is occasioned by the accession of King Charles III and his mother’s choice of name. All my life, I’ve hated the fact that I didn’t get a nickname. Men named “John” get nicknames because there are too many johns in America. Men named...
by The Geogre
88 comments
on Sat Sep 10, 2022 at 04:37 AM PDT
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The word to learn in your Word Power program is “dilatory,” from “dilate”: to expand, esp. with respect to time, delaying. It’s the polite, legal word one uses for rejecting the Donald J. Trump lawfare when he’s guilty. When courts refuse to reject his...
by The Geogre
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on Tue Sep 06, 2022 at 03:45 AM PDT
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