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Whether you do or don't observe Easter, I hope everyone is basking in a beautiful day, with peace and tranquility of mind. For me personally, this day uncovers a simmering pot of a range of emotions that bubbles to the surface, one after the other. I...
by Audreybeardsley
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on Sun Mar 31, 2024 at 09:36 AM PDT
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This weekend will mark 10 years since I officially joined Kos as a member- I had been a long time lurker dating back several years previously. over those past 10 years, I’ve posted over 21000 posts, 110 diaries(including this one), and have enjoyed...
by MorrellWI1983
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on Fri Sep 15, 2023 at 01:19 PM PDT
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Hi friends. I am now in Somerset, PA. I will be attending the services tomorrow, a dozen or so miles away at the Flight 93 National Memorial, for the third year in a row. Being in the presence of and offering my condolences to the families and friends...
by Tevye
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on Sun Sep 10, 2023 at 02:14 PM PDT
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As I sat to write tonight, I knew that Canadian music once again had to take a backseat (soooorrry Canada!) because I’d had such a good weekend I forgot to work on the diary. Yesterday was K1’s ...
by brillig
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on Mon Jun 19, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
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NORTH CAROLINA OPEN THREAD Sunday, June 4th, 2023
WEEKLY EDITION �#419 �
Eight years ago I was asked to start publishing a weekly blog covering North Carolina. I accepted the invitation and began ...
by randallt
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on Sun Jun 04, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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As part of a historic nationwide wave of protests, a number of Chicago activists went to McCormick Place to protest a controversial vote held twenty years ago today — June 2, 2003. On June 2, 2003, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3 to...
by msszczep
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on Fri Jun 02, 2023 at 03:51 PM PDT
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After Seeing Rachel's Dead Body, I Threw My Yarmulke In The Dirt. Muslim Boy Put It Back On My Head. As part of my desire to keep the memory alive of a fallen comrade… a true champion of the downtrodden.... I post a diary here every year on the day of her murder, so my brothers and sisters can also know her, keep her and protect her in their hearts....
by Tevye
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on Sat Mar 18, 2023 at 02:25 PM PDT
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February 24th will mark the one year anniversary of the start of the war. I thought we might start a thread both collecting different events but also a chance for DailyKos people to make a sub-gathering at these events if people wished to. To add a bit...
by Peter Olandt
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on Sat Feb 11, 2023 at 08:25 PM PST
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Happy Kansas Day. The State of Kansas turns 162 today. My neighbor has his full size state flag flying from his porch. The state entered the Union as a Free State that day, after fighting the de facto Civil War for almost a decade already . . ....
by Dead Eyed Suburbanite
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on Sun Jan 29, 2023 at 05:54 PM PST
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The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol incited by former President Donald Trump marks its second anniversary on Friday and this year, the occasion arrives amid a far different and far more informed backdrop than the one that couched the nation’s very...
by Brandi Buchman
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on Fri Jan 06, 2023 at 04:27 AM PST
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Ten years ago today, a white supremacist walked into a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and opened fire, leading to the death of seven and several injured. While six people were killed on Aug. 5, 2012, during the incident, a priest later died of...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Fri Aug 05, 2022 at 02:41 PM PDT
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Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary today. How about that? President Carter is one of the most well-liked politicians in modern history, not because of his sabotaged tenure in office, but...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Jul 07, 2022 at 04:09 PM PDT
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4 years ago I was a very, very sad guy. Cash, the brother of Tango and my constant companion, crossed over the rainbow bridge. Not a day that goes by that I am not in someway reminded of the Brothers. Tango, my very outgoing furball who helped me...
by CameronProf
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on Sun May 29, 2022 at 09:59 PM PDT
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Explaining the Title: You see Lewis H. Latimer carbonized the lightbulb, which gave us indoor lighting and the 2 Cities of Light: Las Vegas and Paris. By being the sole inventor of indoor lighting, this allowed everyone working in Science and...
by Kaizar
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on Wed Feb 09, 2022 at 11:58 AM PST
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Days of Remembrance I remember the observance of Memorial Day at a time when some still called it “Decoration Day.” I was a child. It was a solemn day set aside for remembering and honoring the dead. My father would gather me up in the early morning...
by vjr7121
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on Tue Jan 04, 2022 at 04:48 AM PST
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Where is Churchill when the world REALLY needs him? “Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, (born November 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England—died January 24, 1965, London), British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister (1940–45,...
by Telly Caneesis
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on Sun Jul 18, 2021 at 07:39 PM PDT
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All the News It was 14 years ago today that� Magnifico �posted the first Overnight News Digest. It has been posted every night at 9:00 Pacific ever since,�making it one of the longest running Daily ...
by side pocket
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on Mon Apr 19, 2021 at 01:26 PM PDT
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After Seeing Rachel's Dead Body, I Threw My Yarmulke In The Dirt. Muslim Boy Put It Back On My Head. In this one i venture deeper and rawer.... because of the growth shared with this community. On this, the 13, 14, 15, 16,17, 18th anniversary of her death. It's part of my grieving process, which seems to be getting more emotional as the...
by Tevye
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on Tue Mar 16, 2021 at 02:18 PM PDT
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James Dean began his last drive on September 30, 1955, from Hollywood California to Salinas, California in order to participate in a car race. He did not make it as he was hit by a truck (or he hit a truck) near Cholame, California, and killed....
by jtg
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on Mon Feb 08, 2021 at 08:17 AM PST
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A day of both quiet gratitude but combined with sadness. Today is our 35th wedding anniversary, which sadly because of the pandemic we will not celebrate with a dinner out. Still we are grateful for one another. The sadness is because yesterday...
by teacherken
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on Tue Dec 29, 2020 at 05:45 AM PST
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