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Groups: An Ear for Music, Shamrock American Kossacks, Religious Freedom Day, The Political Revolution, Fighting and Defeating the Neo Nazis, Classic Poetry Group, FreeWriters, KOS Art Expo
Diaries published: 356 (465 days since last diary on Tue Aug 30, 2022 at 04:18 AM PDT)
Comments posted: 30800 (389 days since last comment on Mon Nov 14, 2022 at 12:59 AM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 7749
Total Comment Ratings: 2883
Most Recommended Diary: “It was absolutely my pleasure to crush a white nationalist insurrection", 171 comments, 522 recommends
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So who am I to tag Sen. Lindsey Graham with the epithet of “Lyncher”? Who am I to place such a vile label on an elected member of the US Senate? How dare I? Well to put it plain, while Graham and I are leagues apart politically, we are both white boys...
by WB Reeves
 198 comments
on Tue Aug 30, 2022 at 04:18 AM PDT
with 497 Recommends
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If you've found yourself wondering how so many people seem to have become utterly convinced of absolute rubbish, here's a possible, partial answer. For more background check here. Most of us are aware that the internet is a primary channel of Right...
by WB Reeves
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on Thu Dec 02, 2021 at 06:23 PM PST
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In 2015-2016 I wrote a few diaries here warning that there was a very real possibility that Donald Trump could win the Presidency. A lot of people here hooted at the suggestion. After HRC was nominated, I wrote a few more diaries stressing the urgent...
by WB Reeves
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on Fri Sep 03, 2021 at 12:10 AM PDT
with 40 Recommends
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Stupidity is all the rage in our present political and social discourse. Most obviously in the case of Covid19 denial and vaccination resistance but also in the general issues arising from the GOP’s dissolution into the politics of open Fascism. A day...
by WB Reeves
300 comments
on Sun Aug 08, 2021 at 10:57 AM PDT
with 204 Recommends
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Comedian and Commentator John Oliver gives a graphic illustration of why Unions and the Labor Laws that support them are necessary. Such abuses in the Meatpacking business are nothing new. Over a century ago Upton Sinclair likewise ripped the lid off...
by WB Reeves
12 comments
on Mon Mar 15, 2021 at 08:12 PM PDT
with 35 Recommends
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These days the title of a George Orwell novel keeps ringing in my head: Coming Up for Air.
by WB Reeves
13 comments
on Sat Mar 13, 2021 at 06:10 PM PST
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- It’s remarkable how right-wing authoritarians like Donald Trump and his white-nationalist handmaidens are able to successfully market themselves as “populists”—men of the people, who stand up for ordinary Americans, etc. etc. But anyone who pays close...488 comments 485 Recs
- My great-aunt’s real name was Helena, but everyone called her Lenie. I don’t know much about her — like many of my relatives, she passed long before I was born — so it’s hard to judge what she was really like. The one photograph I have of her, taken...35 comments 35 Recs
- I recently unearthed some of my early writings, and boy oh boy, was it� bad.� I’m not talking about the fanfic.� Most of this�was admittedly terrible —�I literally had no idea of how to convey ...33 comments 16 Recs
- Due to a combination of circumstances that is a) complicated, b) silly, and c) a bit beyond my control, there will be no diary tonight. I will be back next Saturday, though, for a look at two very silly works that purport to give a nice amusing...8 comments 19 Recs
- Time is a funny old thing. Just ask any child on a road trip. Whether it’s half an hour or half a day, five minutes in Junior or Janie will start asking when you’ll stop for lunch, or when you’ll arrive at your destination, or why is it taking so long...88 comments 30 Recs
- From the Daily Beast: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at age 91, Russian state media reported on Tuesday. Long before he died, the final Soviet leader had been consigned to near political oblivion in Russia. After losing power in...129 comments 155 Recs
- “Your compromised immune system is interfering with your cancer treatment.” But you’re a fighter…. I was diagnosed with early-stage (stage 2) breast cancer in August 2019. I received surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation treatments from Sept. 2019...180 comments 192 Recs
- As always, if � you find value in this work I do, please consider helping me keep it sustainable by joining my weekly newsletter, � Sparky’s List! � You can get it in your inbox or read it on ...41 comments 220 Recs
- “What… no tax evasion charges? I knew Al Capone. Al Capone was a friend of mine. You, Donald Trump, are no Al Capone.” — With love, America’s Former Mayor, Rudy G. But Trump was ready for the FBI. He acted surprised at first but deep down, he knew that...350 comments 592 Recs
- There are some dangerous people�in science fiction fandom. This should not surprise anyone who’s ever been to an actual SF convention, and no, I do not mean the cosplayers.� From what I’ve seen,70 comments 27 Recs
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