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President Biden announces $3.3 Billion investment by Microsoft in Wisconsin, apologies if someone else diaries this, didn’t see one In the exact location in Racine where (7 years ago) Dump promised a supposed $10 Billion project by a company called...
by Ozarkblue
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Something I never knew, and when I wondered if it were worth sharing, I thought of Jeremy. Known here by many as BFSkinner, and later as CameronProf. His passing was noted and mourned by many here. I was speechless, something about myself I’ve come to...
by McGovern78
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WELCOME TO THE EVENING SHADE YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS AND EVEN MORE CRITTERS THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CRITTERS EVERY PERSON WHO COMMENTS WILL GET A CRITTER RULES IN THE DIARY WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING in...
by Nanny Ogg
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Texas brings a pedophile pastor to justice A Wichita Falls, TX. jury found Pastor Ronnie Allen Killingsworth, 79, guilty of six counts of indecency with a child. He intimately fondled three young girls, now adults, between 2000 and 2011. His lawyer and...
by TheCriticalMind
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If/when Trump violates the gag order, just put him in custody every Wednesday during the trial. He’s 'Christian enough'. The systemic-threat problem. A lot of media coverage obscures the purely systemic threat Trump poses. To take just one example,...
by annieli
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WAPO has just reported that President Biden has revealed in an interview on CNN to be aired later tonight that “he will cut off offensive weapons if Israel invades Rafah.” POTUS acknowledged that offensive weapons have been used by Israel to kill...
by AvoidAmnesia
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I’ve been reeling over the fact moisture content in the atmosphere is accelerating. If you haven’t yet read it, you can find it here. Southern Brazil has been hit hard by record rainfall for weeks. There has been a pause as the rain bands moved and...
by Pakalolo
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If you’re a cynic like me who thinks most protest movements involving foreign countries is probably 90% people angling for clout, well, the return of this lame is probably not gonna change your mind. With "Hind's Hall" Macklemore finally delivers an...
by satanicpanic
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In July of 2017, Donald Trump made a big deal out of an announcement that Foxconn, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, would be building a new factory in Wisconsin. This project was touted by Trump as "the eighth wonder of the world," that would...
by News Corpse
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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Judge Cannon’s luxury gift scandal grows. Then, on...
by justiceputnam
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One of the enduring puzzles of current politics is why evangelicals continue to support Von Schitzinpants after all the revelations about his sexual habits, his crudity, his cruelty, his inability to properly cite a verse, much less a book, of the...
by Dan K
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The flaws of the US Constitution not only prevent us from taking needed action on urgent crises, they also distort our self-image as a country. The first post in the Fixing the Constitution series on ChangeShapers.blog. When we dare to peek between our...
by Erik of Mpls
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Some sixteen years ago, two future U.S. presidents stood on the same debate stage, engaged in a spirited discussion. Barack Hussein Obama, a young and talented United States Senator based in Illinois, was one of them. The other future president was...
by Eihenetu
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The UK has ordered the expulsion from the country of Russia’s defense attache. Cleverly also announced the U.K. was removing diplomatic status from several Russian-owned properties, "including Seacox Heath house, a Russian-owned property in Sussex, and...
by quaoar
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I am not a frequent diarist, but sometimes a topic comes across that is so in my wheelhouse I can’t help myself. My day job is risk assessment and mitigation, so when I first hear about the Man or Bear question, I immediately understood why women were...
by blueMN
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For those less enamored with my long, convoluted diatribes—where I finally circle around to get to the point—here is the skinny: America loves winners, and Trump is a loser. Ah, you say, but Trump lost the last election and almost half the country...
by Stephen Dreyfus
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There was another hearing with the House Education Subcomittee today (oxymoron). Today it was the heads of K-12 programs to face the music. We know the Ivy League Presidents didn’t fare well facing the Republican Clowns (looking at you Stefanik). How...
by TomFromNJ
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In the last twelve months, 1114 people were killed by the police in the United States, according to data from the Washington Post. Since 2015, 9,593 people have been killed by the police. These killings have a clear racial dimension: although African...
by ringspin
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Helping Humpday is the Wednesday Street Prophets Coffee Hour. It was created for us by bfitzinAR and was taken over by Dixiecollie, who also left suddenly. Now it’s njm5000 who keeps the list of Kossacks in need. Helping Humpday is still here, the...
by Aashirs nani
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Reagan has always been wrong -- government is not the problem. Jamaal Bowman schools Congress on hate in antisemitism hearing. New York Times editor Joe Kahn shows he is willfully delusional in Semafor interview. Jamaal Bowman nails it on hate. Watch...
by Egberto Willies
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