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Bah-da bah-da-da-da Bah-da bah-da-da-da Bah-da bah-da-da-da Monday, Monday So good to me…. I�miss Mama Cass and her mates who made up the wonderful 60’s band The Mamas and the Papas. ...
by vjr7121
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 05:00 AM PDT
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I just received a solicitation from the Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC) in regards to the violence in Gaza. I share the concern over the horrible conditions & events in Gaza & Israel but I am curious regarding the details & perspectives of such a...
by dlsamson
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on Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 07:18 PM PDT
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From This Week in Freudenfreude: Surprise! This is Naz Hassan: As you can presumably infer from the photo, she's adorable, very young (4 years old), and a big fan of Halloween. True enough. I’d call her unreasonably adorable, but all 4 year-olds are...
by Dalbert
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on Fri Nov 10, 2023 at 09:49 AM PST
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A congregational reading of these words was part of my church’s worship service this morning: Q. What does God forbid in the eighth commandment? A. God forbids not only outright theft and robbery, punishable by law, but in God’s sight theft also...
by EvanJellicoe
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on Sun Jul 30, 2023 at 12:32 PM PDT
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This is a profound and extremely moving video in my view. It's the best such video I have ever seen. I found it literally took my breath away several times. Anything I have to say is better said in the video. The more people who watch it, the better. Wow.
by Dem
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on Tue Mar 07, 2023 at 10:00 AM PST
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My opinion is mine. I do not speak for anyone else. I believe I am right but I admit I could be wrong. “Should we tolerate intolerance? Tolerance is a virtue. Without tolerance, society could not function and we would descend into anarchy. But should...
by DailyDavidEOliver
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on Tue Aug 09, 2022 at 02:11 PM PDT
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I have Asperger’s syndrome. I’m on the Autism Spectrum. I’m considered a high-functioning Aspie with all the associated traits. A poll posted here at dKos a few years ago implied that about a third of the people here who participate in that poll are...
by ynohtnA
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on Mon Apr 11, 2022 at 06:37 PM PDT
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At a different time, during a different type of conflict, Lincoln called for charity for all. As we battle the deadly disease of Covid and one another over policy positions, we need to learn from his lesson and create policies that are based on...
by stevescoop
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on Sat Jan 22, 2022 at 05:39 AM PST
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www.independent.co.uk/… All hostages at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue are “out alive and safe,” said Texas governor Greg Abbott and police confirmed that the suspect is deceased. A gunman had taken hostages at a synagogue in Texas and was...
by ca cokz
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on Sun Jan 16, 2022 at 01:39 AM PST
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The anniversary of the January 6 riot found me at a talk radio station owned by one of my clients. I had heard President Biden’s speech on an NPR station on the way up, but the station I was visiting did not carry it, but had a local program on. In the...
by necturus
137 comments
on Sat Jan 08, 2022 at 08:48 AM PST
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Do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. It’s an oft-cited quote, but one that is easily forgotten. It seems that the mainstream media is doing to Joe Biden what they did to Jimmy Carter. They are holding Biden to a standard of perfection,...
by ahl
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on Mon Jan 03, 2022 at 08:06 AM PST
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“The White liberal must see that the Negro needs not only love, but justice. It is not enough to say, “We love Negroes, we have many Negro friends.” They must demand justice for Negroes. Love that does not satisfy justice is no love at all. It is...
by TroyNMiller
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on Sun Sep 26, 2021 at 08:18 AM PDT
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Please help out those among us who may not move as quickly as you might like on things like pronouns I recently received a change.org petition from someone who attends Berklee College of Music who felt slighted because their professors could not keep their pronouns straight in identifying the person according to their desires. They were petitioning in...
by dlsamson
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on Sun Sep 19, 2021 at 08:14 PM PDT
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Megan King was pulling a double shift at her waitressing job last Sunday, and was halfway though it, when the customer was seated. A quiet, elder woman. As Megan told Newsweek, “She came in about halfway through my 17-hour shift, and it was on Sunday,...
by Tevye
131 comments
on Sat Jul 24, 2021 at 01:41 PM PDT
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Lately, I’ve noticed a once barely-audible voice in my head growing louder, more persistent, and sadly, more influential. It’s a fussy, curmudgeonly fragment of my personality I’ve derogatorily dubbed “the Old Man.” In early episodes, the Old Man...
by R Camp
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on Sun Jul 25, 2021 at 08:00 AM PDT
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Yesterday, my diary was about the remarkable level of straight acceptance of Pride Month I witnessed at IKEA. Today, something came over my transom to remind me that straight acceptance is not yet universal—indeed, there is still a long way to go. We...
by gizmo59
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on Sun Jun 06, 2021 at 07:02 PM PDT
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Let me preface this by stating that I am Jewish, not Catholic. Although some of my good friends are Catholic (Current and former) I am ignorant of the Catholic theology….so if I make an error please forgive me. This story focuses on a woman that...
by CameronProf
31 comments
on Tue Jan 05, 2021 at 12:00 PM PST
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May the world’s 3 largest religions find common ground. (Whoops.. I misspelled ‘holiday’.. wow, just noticed. Well you know what I mean...)
by Hilmbrown
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on Wed Dec 23, 2020 at 05:38 PM PST
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Today is day 320 of the Gregorian Calendar year,
Setting Orange, The Aftermath 28, 3186 YOLD
And let us not forget 13.0.8.0.7 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)
by enhydra lutris
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on Mon Nov 16, 2020 at 06:06 AM PST
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The First Amendment makes clear that Congress shall make no laws creating a religion (which can also be interpreted as backing a particular religion or belief system), impeding ones ability to practice their religious beliefs in any way they see fit....
by dickkscott
7 comments
on Fri Oct 09, 2020 at 08:11 AM PDT
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