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Provider of mediocre weather information since late 2009.
I used to run The Vane. I run my own blog now. I wrote a book. It's good. You should buy it!
Real Name: Dennis
Gender: Male
Location: North Carolina
Groups: Pink Clubhouse, PWB Peeps, SciTech, State of the Skies, Severe Weather Liveblog, Moose On The Loose, Youth Kos 2.0, Virginia Kos, Hurricane Kos, Weather For Kossacks
Twitter: wxdam
Diaries published: 511 (2592 days since last diary on Wed Nov 02, 2016 at 11:11 AM PDT)
Comments posted: 11369 (1378 days since last comment on Sat Feb 29, 2020 at 01:35 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 72330
Total Comment Ratings: 37359
Most Recommended Diary: How F**king Dare You., 373 comments, 1121 recommends
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Though we’re surrounded by stories of the Republican Party’s systemic voter suppression efforts, most of us are (to some degree) removed from the physical effects of those laws. This year more than ever I’ve recognized my extreme privilege of being...
by weatherdude
 98 comments
on Wed Nov 02, 2016 at 11:11 AM PDT
with 272 Recommends
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Don’t you love election night every fourth November? That quadrennial night is a political junkie’s dream. The awesome election music, the hyper analysts, the flood of data and rainbow of colors flashing on the screen. Crowds cheering in one room and...
by weatherdude
413 comments
on Mon Jun 06, 2016 at 10:31 AM PDT
with 357 Recommends
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For years now, we’ve watched with seething horror as one Republican-controlled state after another passed voter suppression laws under the guise of trying to protect our sacred system from rampant voter fraud they see lurking around every corner. And...
by weatherdude
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on Tue May 17, 2016 at 01:50 PM PDT
with 81 Recommends
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The two primaries this year are a case study in how the two political parties are little alike and the folks who claim otherwise have the political sophistication of a tuft of moss. The Republican primary is a hot mess of terrifying extremism swirling aro
by weatherdude
895 comments
on Sun Mar 13, 2016 at 05:17 PM PDT
with 320 Recommends
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Are you ready for hurricane season? Monday is June 1 (how'd that happen?) and the start of hurricane season in the Atlantic basin. It's only May and we've already seen one tropical storm-- Ana ...
by weatherdude
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on Fri May 29, 2015 at 03:43 PM PDT
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Welcome to DailyKos' second annual liveblog of the television movie disaster/disaster movie Sharknado. This year's sequel is the cleverly-named Sharknado II: The Second One . The movie begins at ...
by weatherdude
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on Wed Jul 30, 2014 at 05:56 PM PDT
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- Over the past 14 years, some of the things I’ve written at Daily Kos have been informational, some were done for groups; some were eaten in a conversion or another, and some mean a lot to me because of what they meant at the moment. They weren’t...189 comments 568 Recs
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- One of the frustrating aspects of the current intra-party flareup is the fact that ideologically, we’re pretty much all on the same page. And our side won that ideological battle. Minimum wage. See headline today: “Democrats unveil plan for a...1744 comments 467 Recs
- On Nov. 6, 1990, Democrat Ann Richards defeated Republican Clayton Williams to become the 45th governor of Texas. She won by a 50-47 margin, capitalizing on the arrogance and abhorrence of her GOP ...214 comments 141 Recs
- Think of it as a prodigal daughter story: She starts as a lurker here, begins commenting, gets caught up in the heat and passions of this platform and takes a break, launching into the wide, wide world of social media, where she becomes a Twitter...99 comments 299 Recs
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