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by Lady Nutmegger
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on Sun Nov 13, 2022 at 04:01 PM PST
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Hello all, hope your Father’s day was excellent. We here at Casa Rose did Dad’s favorite form of socializing these days —�playing poker with my late Mom’s brother and sister, Andy and Karen.�
by Rosebuddear
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on Mon Jun 21, 2021 at 10:45 AM PDT
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“Hey Maybelle !” “Hey, Peggy Joy !” “Girl, I love your Face Mask !” exclaimed Peggy Joy. “Did you make that yourself ?” “Sure did. Drew out the pattern on some of my ‘ole art parchment paper, and the rest is history,” Maybelle replied matter-of-factly....
by Leah Sellers
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on Mon Apr 06, 2020 at 09:02 PM PDT
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In The Ecology of Money , Richard Douthwaite explains that our money system encourages dishonesty, in part because our money is not a good store of value. Molly’s Game , based on a true story, is ...
by Alonso del Arte
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on Tue Mar 17, 2020 at 05:00 AM PDT
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High-profile #MeToo headlines have pretty much stopped dominating the news cycle. Of course, the issue has not gone away.
The matter of gender discrimination high up in corporate circles also continues unabated.
Is it even possible to rid the...
by Marjorie Frank
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on Fri Aug 17, 2018 at 09:12 AM PDT
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They have no more chips and no more options. They ran out of ideas at voter suppression, repeal everything Obama did, and tax cuts. Their voters want only one thing--stick it to anyone not like them--i.e., anyone not an angry, fearful, unimaginative,...
by Gaurang
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on Tue May 16, 2017 at 08:36 AM PDT
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When one looks for similarities between Martin Luther King Jr. and Black Lives Matter, it may be suggested that both are disruptors.
The comparisons do not end there. There are also similarities
by harryreardon
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on Thu Jan 21, 2016 at 09:09 AM PST
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If we want reconciliation in the human family, we need to acknowledge and abandon impediments to this reconciliation. Somewhere between the highly dysfunctional human family and the small units, ...
by Galtisalie
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on Wed Sep 10, 2014 at 10:06 AM PDT
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I thought I could come up with more songs than I did about playing cards, I could come up with only five, but I have a feeling that you guys can come up with a lot more than i did.
Your challenge, ...
by BFSkinner
66 comments
on Wed Mar 19, 2014 at 04:55 PM PDT
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A daily series, Connect! Unite! Act! seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups ...
by Azazello
124 comments
on Tue Mar 11, 2014 at 07:30 AM PDT
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I can’t say that I was ever really serious about becoming a gambler, but I did fantasize along those lines when I was young. As a child in the late 1950s, I watched Maverick , a television ...
by disinterested spectator
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on Fri Feb 14, 2014 at 05:00 AM PST
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Michael Matthew Bloomer, October 9, 2013.
As of this afternoon,[http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/paul-ryan-i-havent-dropped-obamacare-98062.html if Paul Ryan's too liberal] for the Tea Party, ...
by latestbloomer
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on Wed Oct 09, 2013 at 02:48 PM PDT
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And I mean worst, as in Peter King , R-NY and Smokey Joe Barton , D-TX.
The Lucky 113th Congress has turned its bleary eyes onto the subject of internet gambling by Americans. The Senate held a ...
by LeftOfYou
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on Sat Jul 20, 2013 at 03:50 PM PDT
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But First, A Word From ...
by Steven Payne
116 comments
on Sun Sep 09, 2012 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Ahh... Thanksgiving. The time a year where 2 glasses of wine makes everybody an expert on politics and why you're still single... And naturally, Occupy Wall Street will be a topic of conversation: ...
by bex
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on Wed Nov 23, 2011 at 10:11 AM PST
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Thinking about what the President has to deal with today and over the weekend, I thought back to how he acted in the days before we took our Osama bin Laden. As you may recall, the President acted ...
by Msanger
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on Fri Jul 29, 2011 at 01:25 PM PDT
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...President Obama just crushed the table.
by localroger
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on Sun Jul 24, 2011 at 07:41 AM PDT
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NOTE: This diary will simultaneously publish to and inaugurate the new group, DK Gambling Law Forum , discussed more ...
by LeftOfYou
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on Sat Jul 02, 2011 at 03:30 PM PDT
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Do you or does someone close to you ever - - Buy a lottery ticket?
Go to the horse or dog races?
Play cards for money with friends?
Play charity bingo at church or the VFW hall, etc.?
by LeftOfYou
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on Sat Jul 02, 2011 at 03:31 PM PDT
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DAM , just won my 71st poker tournament on Friday night and before I could figure out how I can dodge Rail Bird Row ( if you play live -you know what I mean ) I began ...
by laserhaas
85 comments
on Mon Apr 18, 2011 at 11:38 AM PDT
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