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As I read over the Google headlines, the usual reports came up—natural disasters, wars, murders, the daily GOP fear mongering, lies, hatred, paranoia, and discontent. But then, a great headline caught my eye: “Our Trump reporting upsets some readers,...
by laraine
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on Thu Apr 04, 2024 at 06:09 AM PDT
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I spoke before about the Warhammer settings, specifically the Chaos Gods that have made the setting what is is. Now, however, we dive into Warhammer 40,000 specifically, and some fo the most recognizable hooligans this side of a Manchester United...
by Flyboy254
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on Sat Feb 17, 2024 at 06:45 AM PST
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*Dusts off the series* Well, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? If anyone was following this series before, I apologize for dropping off. Life decided to be Life, and well, you know how it goes. But in digging back into the media I loved growing up, I...
by Flyboy254
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on Sun Feb 04, 2024 at 10:12 AM PST
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“Small government” is the antithesis of the creeping authoritarianism that can be readily seen within the Republican Party Republicans have claimed to favor “small government” for decades, but their policy positions contradict that assertion. Ronald...
by frankfaiola
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on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 05:53 AM PST
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Hope can be a terrible thing. Our history has seen many stalemates. The natural solution to stalemates is a compromise. What destroys one's will to compromise? Futile hope. The belief that absolute victory is possible. That's why all of us are guilty....
by HiFromIndia
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on Thu Nov 23, 2023 at 03:38 PM PST
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"Why are Indians pro-Russia?", asked the Texan bus driver. He gave his front mirror a quick glance, perhaps to catch a glimpse of what my immediate reaction might be. India is a secular nation. Or so we were. We face high levels of corruption today;...
by HiFromIndia
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on Fri Nov 17, 2023 at 11:51 PM PST
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Using every metric allowable, Speaker Johnson and I do have a few things in common. We are both male, we’re both very spiritual in our faith, And we are both Americans. That’s where the similarities end and any commonalities diverge, going off on some...
by KLWhite
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on Sat Nov 04, 2023 at 02:12 AM PDT
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A deep dive into the mind of Donald Trump with mental health experts: In � June of 2023 , Hillary Clinton suggested former President Donald Trump was the leader of a cult. This was not the first ...
by frankfaiola
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on Mon Oct 23, 2023 at 09:00 PM PDT
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Briahna Joy Gray: “Biden can be ten times better than Trump… I’m not voting for him.” — 2023 Briahna Joy Gray, 38, is an American political commentator on Rising from The Hill, a former corporate lawyer, and political consultant who served as the...
by frankfaiola
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on Sun Oct 22, 2023 at 07:48 PM PDT
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Thomas B. Edsall, an American journalist and academic, wrote an outlandish opinion piece in the New York Times that claims small-dollar donations to political candidates are the real problem, not big money in politics. His piece was titled “Small...
by frankfaiola
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on Sun Oct 22, 2023 at 03:28 PM PDT
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The Wall Street Journal has been a respected newspaper for a long time and it has always been clear their editorials have a conservative lean. It is sad to say that many of their editorials and opinion pieces are simply not fact-checked, some can even...
by frankfaiola
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on Sat Oct 21, 2023 at 08:41 PM PDT
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Dr. John Mearsheimer is a famous political scientist who specializes in offensive neo-realism (structural realism) in the field of international relations. He currently teaches at the University of Chicago. Structural realists believe that the...
by frankfaiola
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on Sat Oct 21, 2023 at 10:53 AM PDT
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According to a recent study, there is a perception among Americans that college campuses exhibit a greater degree of friendliness towards those with liberal ideologies compared to those with conservative ideologies, particularly in relation to the...
by frankfaiola
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on Sat Oct 21, 2023 at 10:18 AM PDT
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I tend to believe that just about any issue can be debated, Just about any issue can be looked at from multiple sides. Different people from different perspectives can come to different conclusions on the same basis of facts. But there is a point in...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Mon Sep 04, 2023 at 05:12 PM PDT
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I just want to get this on the record. And these are just my predictions. Had a discussion today on who Donald Trump is going to pick as his running mate when he wins the nomination for the GOP. It’s very bad, but don’t worry, they’ll lose in the end....
by SemDem
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on Fri Aug 25, 2023 at 03:32 PM PDT
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Via LGM I bit the bullet and subscribed to the NYT. Let's fisk this POS (the linked piece, not David Brooks) "Donald Trump seems to get indicted on a weekly basis." Let's begin by distorting the reader's sense of the passage of time. "What’s going on...
by Amillenial Fisking King
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on Thu Aug 10, 2023 at 10:03 AM PDT
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A bit dramatic of a title, but bear with me. My second diary, because I have a lot of thoughts and opinions. It starts with a story, and I forewarn will be a bit of a rant at times. In my thirties and painfully underemployed (There’s a good record for...
by Angry Pidgeon
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on Sun Jul 30, 2023 at 03:43 AM PDT
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Been reading Daily Kos on and off since the Bush Era, but this would be my first ever actual diary post! I’m on on the neurodivergent spectrum, and haven’t been able to get an adequate mileage of answering a thought that came to mind. This has driven...
by Angry Pidgeon
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on Fri Jul 28, 2023 at 07:01 AM PDT
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I was first taught how to crochet a double-crochet stitch by one of my sweet mommy’s aides. A lovely woman, named Gisele, who took such excellent care of my mother for around two years, right up until Covid hit. From there, I taught myself how to...
by mlwalton13
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on Thu Jul 06, 2023 at 07:21 PM PDT
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There is a time and a place, yet yesterday someone took the precious time to tell the rest of us that, hey, Affirmative Action polls really badly, so we need to move on. It’s unpopular. We should drop the fight. I’d like to have seen someone come in...
by novapsyche
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on Fri Jun 30, 2023 at 06:04 PM PDT
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