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When you have a blog that hardly anybody reads, the obvious next move is to start a video blog that hardly anybody will look at. So here we are. Yesterday, The 3:13 on Politics launched its first installment. In this case a semi-rant against the idea...
by RickElia
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on Sun Jun 18, 2023 at 06:33 AM PDT
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I finally, after literally years of dithering, set up a website. It’s primarily going to be devoted to medieval quilting and my research into same, but I’m going to start cross-posting my Books So Bad They’re Good diaries there in the next few weeks....
by Ellid
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on Wed Mar 30, 2022 at 02:47 PM PDT
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I thought it might be interesting to present the views of someone outside of the USA — about as far outside as it’s possible to get. I’ll be doing my best to cast a critical eye over the stories here and others in the news regarding American politics...
by Trollheart
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on Fri Dec 17, 2021 at 01:42 PM PST
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Back in January, Donald Trump was permanently banned from Twitter after he doubled down on the lies that generated the violence on Jan. 6 by both continuing those lies and praising the insurgents. Facebook has since continued Trump’s temporary...
by Mark Sumner
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on Wed Jun 02, 2021 at 10:31 AM PDT
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A few nights ago I noticed a blast of stories posted to the top of the blog edition that had been posted earlier in the day. I only use the blog version — I truly and deeply hate the new Daily News-style all-pictures content-free clickbait home page....
by K S LaVida
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on Mon Oct 05, 2020 at 06:43 AM PDT
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THE CON FACE BOOK PAGE Wall Street Docuseries 'The Con' Set for Virtual Premiere (Exclusive) Abramorama will use ABCinemaNOW for a live-streaming premiere on Aug. 5. Abramorama is set to give the five-part financial crime documentary series The Con a...
by bluewill
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on Sun Jul 19, 2020 at 10:31 PM PDT
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I write books. And my Freedom Fighters book series of 4 titles began in 2016 right after we were forced to endure a bad case of the DT’s (aka “delirium tremens” — an alcoholic’s rapid onset of confusion — but also aka “Donald Trump” — a rapid onset of...
by Lady in Blue
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on Mon Oct 21, 2019 at 05:34 AM PDT
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During my periodic searches through the internet for arcane and interesting (to me at least) blogs, I came across one by someone named Jason Colavito entitled interestingly ‘Jason Colavito.’ (http://www.jasoncolavito.com/). I do not know much about...
by Trenz Pruca
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on Tue Aug 13, 2019 at 11:41 AM PDT
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Doubts about Mayor Pete’s electability are fading fast.
Pete Buttigieg is having a moment.
At least, that’s what CNN and The Guardian are saying. And the rest of the mediascape seems to agree.
Ebony, the African-American culture...
by Ben Chapman
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on Mon Mar 25, 2019 at 10:42 AM PDT
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Your action link to find where marches and rallies are in your area: march.womensmarch.com
Even if you cannot attend a march, keep your vibration high and happy and positive, knowing that collectively we are evolving humanity away from the old...
by Lady in Blue
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on Sat Jan 19, 2019 at 07:28 AM PST
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Let’s get ready to march. Here’s a collection of chants we’ve used in the past two years in the various marches and protests against the Trump Administration.
Add to it in the comments area!
DT uses Twitter all the time to spread his message of...
by Lady in Blue
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on Tue Jan 15, 2019 at 04:59 PM PST
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If you go to this playlist link —freedomfightersvideos.com — you can watch a series of videos including one I made for #womensmarch #indivisible with the following affirmations:
Love Affirmations for Freedom Fighters
Love does not witness...
by Lady in Blue
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on Fri Jan 11, 2019 at 04:57 PM PST
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Today hundreds of US news organizations are participating in the Boston Globe's press freedom initiative. The Globe challenged editorial boards across the nation to publish op-eds promoting freedom of the press.
The campaign is in direct response to...
by Mark Taylor Canfield
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on Thu Aug 16, 2018 at 05:38 PM PDT
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Last year around this time, I made a very bad financial decision, which cost me around $70,000. My wife and I tried to fix the problem, but we had missed a crucial deadline, and it was too late. We did get some of our investment back, but not all. In...
by gigiarny
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on Sun May 20, 2018 at 07:26 PM PDT
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I wanted to do a quick bit of self-promotion here. Most of my posts here have involved data and poll analysis, but given the environment (and how quickly things fall off the page), the longer reads and more detailed calculations may not be that...
by DrFrink
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on Fri Feb 16, 2018 at 11:38 AM PST
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1. The United States is not a Christian nation, and the Bible is not the cornerstone of our law.
It may be hard for some to comprehend, but the founding fathers were acutely aware of the potential damage to society that all religion is capable of...
by bier4u
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on Mon Dec 18, 2017 at 11:21 AM PST
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Hat tip to ole hippy dude:
End of Stream.
My original post:
I am watching and might start live blogging Ajit Pai sell out democracy to his paymasters. His main premise is that the plan for Clinton and the Telecoms in the 90s should be our...
by Patience John
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on Thu Dec 14, 2017 at 09:49 AM PST
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It's been a wild month of news stories, especially for breaking news featuring the Mueller investigation of members of Trump's campaign team/cabinet officials and their connections with Russian officials.
It all started when WikiLeaks released...
by Mark Taylor Canfield
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on Wed Dec 13, 2017 at 10:16 PM PST
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The last time words from my mind found their way onto this web site, I was using the pen name “Captain January”. Which is cool , because my birth name is Andrew January Grundy III—or Andrew Grundy III as it appears everywhere I interact on the web. ...
by Captain January
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on Sun Jun 25, 2017 at 06:54 PM PDT
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Donald Trump using government as his own personal piggy bank. Whether it’s costing taxpayers millions to golf or having his own State Department promote Mar-a-Lago for financial gain, this is how this corrupt administration functions.
Here’s the...
by First Amendment
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on Mon Apr 24, 2017 at 02:28 PM PDT
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