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Hello there, you delectable dumplings. Your old, fuzzy-headed friend Marko is back with another batch of photos. Entirely too many photos. As always, this is merely a little community open thread. If you’re looking for a spot to relax, a spot to rant,...
by Marko the Werelynx
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on Fri Sep 03, 2021 at 01:07 PM PDT
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“ BY RICK NATHANSON / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Published: Saturday, August 8th, 2020 at 10:31pm Updated: Sunday, August 9th, 2020 at 12:05am Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal the full article is here→ The full article Triggered by the recent...
by bluewill
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on Mon Aug 10, 2020 at 07:21 AM PDT
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The full article is here→ Full article “Seth Aldridge was at the tail end of a 12-hour night shift when he got the call at 6 a.m. The voice on the other end said he had just lost his job as an oil field pumper for Occidental Petroleum in the Permian...
by bluewill
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on Sun Apr 19, 2020 at 06:29 PM PDT
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To read the complete article it is here→ The complete article “Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal New Mexico’s oil and gas industry is teetering on a near-shutdown, slammed by plunging demand for oil and an unprecedented global market glut that’s...
by bluewill
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on Wed Apr 08, 2020 at 07:26 PM PDT
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It’s way, way too early to count chickens, but one prognosticator is already saying that you can put at least one House seat in the D column.
That would be Congressman Darrell Issa, who’s leaving the House of Representatives to hopefully live on a...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Tue Nov 06, 2018 at 12:38 PM PST
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7 GOP-Held CA Assembly Seats May Flip to Democrats This Year. Here They Are, Ranked By Flippability! Just about everyone in California politics knows it: there’s a Blue Wave coming. Regardless of what happens in elections elsewhere on November 6, 2018, the people of California are fed up with Trump and highly likely to elect Democrats in some...
by AWildLibAppeared
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on Mon Aug 13, 2018 at 06:07 AM PDT
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The political press has given much attention to the 7 California congressional districts that voted for Hillary Clinton for President in 2016 but have Republican incumbents—the Crooked Seven, as liberal podcast Pod Save America calls them. But did you...
by AWildLibAppeared
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on Mon Feb 26, 2018 at 07:40 AM PST
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The Living Desert State Park, just outside Carlsbad NM, is a combination of nature trail and zoo. Stretching for just over a mile, the walkway takes you through an area of natural desert, ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Thu Oct 06, 2016 at 12:01 PM PDT
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Carlsbad Caverns is famous for its bats. During the summer breeding season, over half a million bats from several different species (most of them Mexican or Brazilian Free-Tailed Bats) roost and ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Wed Oct 05, 2016 at 12:01 PM PDT
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Carlsbad police officers punching Cindy Hahn in the face during an arrest.
Cindy Hahn is the daughter of a retired police officer. She was on her way home from a birthday party with her children ...
by Jen Hayden
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on Mon Oct 05, 2015 at 08:19 AM PDT
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**Darrell Issa dials to RNC**
DARRELL ISSA: Hey guys, what's this Dave Peiser up to? I'm fine for re-election. 29% Democratic and 24% Independent Voter Registration in my district doesn't bother ...
by pipsorcle
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on Thu Jan 09, 2014 at 02:05 PM PST
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Prologue : And now for something completely different given the usual diaries that I post. I say 'unusual' without exaggeration, because this monument is conceivably the most singular in all ...
by richholtzin
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on Wed Mar 27, 2013 at 08:14 AM PDT
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I don't intend on making this much of a diary but this Washington Post article caught my attention in a weird way. Is Gavin Newsom going nuts?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/...
by pipsorcle
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on Wed Feb 20, 2013 at 02:54 PM PST
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Earlier today, Jerry Tetalman, Democratic candidate for Congress in California's 49th Congressional District held a news conference in Carlsbad, California, coming out against Rep. Darrell Issa's ...
by pipsorcle
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on Fri Oct 19, 2012 at 04:41 PM PDT
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Working the counter means you're the cashier and you're the checkout girl. Sometimes it's a checkout guy, but still, mostly it means you're the checkout girl.
I did my time behind the counter, at ...
by Miep
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on Sat Jul 02, 2011 at 08:35 PM PDT
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Day after day of no rain when we should have monsoonal rains, or at least often do. Or used to.
Highs around 105, relentless heat, so debilitating. 10 months of no real precipitation. My interior ...
by Miep
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on Sun Jun 19, 2011 at 10:52 PM PDT
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Well, yesterday. Or maybe the day before.
B-man got in there early, as usual.
by Miep
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on Mon May 23, 2011 at 07:53 PM PDT
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I am sitting here, with more computer fans on than I am comfortable with. When Fan #3 comes on, I shall go away in fear.
But, meanwhile.
by Miep
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on Sat May 07, 2011 at 04:34 PM PDT
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I worked out today what is greatly missing in my life, what I really need that has been missing...the obvious...I need a picker.
by Miep
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on Thu May 05, 2011 at 09:47 PM PDT
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I'm sure some of my dear and otherwise enterprising and beloved Kossack engineer friends here can explain why this is necessary, but down here in SE New Mexico, we are in a state of extreme drought, ...
by Miep
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on Wed May 04, 2011 at 06:50 PM PDT
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