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Welcome, Fellow Gardeners! December is here, so is snow in some parts of the country. And after the Holidays, many gardeners spend the next few months of bleak weather curled up with garden porn, ...
by Rexxmama
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on Sat Dec 09, 2023 at 06:00 AM PST
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The once vibrant city of Bakhmut is virtually gone. A city of over 73,000 is practically erased… These newly released satellite images from Maxar Technologies show the senseless destruction. What appear to be apartment blocks and possibly a school or...
by Brubs
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on Wed May 17, 2023 at 05:58 PM PDT
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Russian Relentless Destruction Of Ukrainian Cultural Houses Continues Unabated, Targets Purely Civil Russia launched a missile strike on a community center in the town of Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast, Suspilne television reported. At least seven people, including an 11-year-old-child, were injured in the attack. Located 60 Km from the war front, the...
by Gravity News
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on Sat May 21, 2022 at 08:59 AM PDT
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The Ukrainian made Antonov 225, the biggest plane in the world, has been destroyed. It can’t be a coincidence of war, I’m sure it was high on putin’s list of targets. I don’t know much about aviation, but Ukraine has a better aviation industry than...
by joeschmeaux
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on Sun Feb 27, 2022 at 12:45 PM PST
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Sen. SCHUMER. It is very, very difficult to put into words what has transpired today. I have never lived through or even imagined an experience like the one we have just witnessed in this Capitol…. Unfortunately, we can now add January 6, 2021,...
by dmhlt 66
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on Tue Feb 09, 2021 at 03:16 PM PST
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For brief descriptions of and links to recent posts, click here. For an inverse-chronological list with links to all posts after January 23, 2017, click here. For a subject-matter index to posts before that date, click here. Sometimes a...
by dratler
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on Sat Jan 23, 2021 at 05:41 PM PST
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Donald Trump's closing argument to the American people has come down to this: Yes, you can run, but you cannot hide. Far from viewing his No. 1 duty as protecting the citizenry, Trump appears convinced his real responsibility is making people...
by Kerry Eleveld
188 comments
on Tue Nov 03, 2020 at 05:52 AM PST
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I think spiritual ecstasy might be related to love and team spirit. �I remember like a decade ago when the Lakers won a championship in the Staples center, the fans went nuts, burning cars and ...
by SolarKitty
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on Sun Sep 20, 2020 at 09:05 AM PDT
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Trump has told us over and over what's most important for the American people is to praise him and thank him for his leadership. Trump is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being to ever be President. He is the sun, the moon, and...
by 888guy
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on Wed Aug 26, 2020 at 07:18 AM PDT
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My uncle Gerry is a brilliant, retired ad man and manufacturing executive, a political lefty, and an excellent writer, to boot. He has published a couple of diaries here (the last one about 10 years ago), but he is posting here again! This is his...
by ericlewis0
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on Mon Jul 20, 2020 at 11:03 AM PDT
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2 Little 2 Late: Facebook removes 190 accounts tied to hate groups who crashed George Floyd Protests Facebook only acts after the damage is done? Shame on those greedy oligarchs! Facebook removes nearly 200 accounts tied to hate groups By DAVID KLEPPER Facebook has removed nearly 200 social media accounts linked to white supremacy groups that planned...
by Lefty Coaster
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on Sat Jun 06, 2020 at 01:34 PM PDT
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I got an email from a devoted Kossack yesterday. She does so many IGTN diaries. This is what she was so upset about and I understand. Civilians get killed by Landmines. More civilians than the people America is at war with. Landmines kill and kill and...
by Vetwife
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on Mon Feb 03, 2020 at 12:13 PM PST
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OMFG. Another day another act of senseless insane vandalism by the CREEPS in the White House. Facing climate catastrophe and crashing species these FOOLS want to log in the last intact temperate rainforest in America. Damn these people. Is there...
by Colorado Blue
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on Tue Oct 15, 2019 at 12:51 PM PDT
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MUCH WORSE.
Consider these 4.
1 Picture a large demonstration against Trump. Trump orders the National Guard to fire to KILL, not to maim, and to keep on firing until everyone is down on the ground or gone. Picture the massacre shown in the...
by 888guy
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on Fri Dec 21, 2018 at 05:11 PM PST
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Climate change presents itself in various ways across these United States. Devastating hurricanes, droughts, blizzards, and floods are pummeling communities from coast to coast, and it’s horrifying to see the carnage. The wildfires that challenge the...
by Jessica Sutherland
161 comments
on Fri Nov 09, 2018 at 02:11 PM PST
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what’s your favorite institution?
House of Representatives
Senate
Presidency
FBI
Justice Department
Supreme Court
EPA
State Department
Department of Education
Department of Homeland Security
After only two years...
by mattinjersey
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on Sun Oct 07, 2018 at 03:49 PM PDT
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The private, for-profit US healthcare system is quite destructive. Here are 8 reasons why.
Siphons off huge portions of our incomes
According to recent studies, Americans are spending as much as 10% — 25% of their incomes on healthcare, which is...
by Hoboraiders
64 comments
on Thu Aug 02, 2018 at 09:10 PM PDT
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Donald Trump is his base’s global warming: they refuse to admit that he is damaging them and the world, and they continue to vote to enable him. Eventually he will destroy them — their jobs, their homes, their planet — and they have brought it on...
by Anjuli McDonald
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on Sat Jul 21, 2018 at 08:45 AM PDT
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After nearly four days of battling 22 wildfires raging across California, a Cal Fire deputy chief gave the first glimmer of positive news to those living in wine country on Thursday morning...
“The fires grew a little last night, but nothing as...
by jpmassar
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on Thu Oct 12, 2017 at 10:36 AM PDT
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And it appears that it will get worse, potentially much worse:
The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for the North and East bays starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday and midnight on Thursday respectively.
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by jpmassar
172 comments
on Wed Oct 11, 2017 at 02:12 PM PDT
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