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Welcome to DKos Asheville EST 2/13/2011 This space appears each weekend to share links to news and opinion from Asheville and Western North Carolina. The floor is open for comment and discussion. ...
by randallt
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on Sat Sep 14, 2024 at 10:00 AM PDT
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President Joe Biden hosted nearly 1,000 survivors and women’s advocates at the White House Thursday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act . The legislation, originally ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Sep 12, 2024 at 04:15 PM PDT
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The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is generally considered to be the world’s first truly modern fighter: it had all-metal stressed-skin construction, a mono-wing design, enclosed cockpit, and retractable ...
by Ojibwa
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on Fri Sep 13, 2024 at 07:15 AM PDT
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MAGA world denizens are in their feelings after megastar Taylor Swift announced her endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris shortly after the conclusion of Tuesday night’s presidential debate. ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Sep 12, 2024 at 06:00 AM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com . To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here .
When is it my turn to retire? That question represents both a distinct ...
by TomDispatch
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on Tue Sep 10, 2024 at 07:00 AM PDT
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I hope this does not get taken down. I am going to educate some folks just how bad racism was and not a great deal better now with White Nationalists wanting to go back there and rhyming we were brought up with not only in school but just playing with...
by Vetwife
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on Tue Sep 10, 2024 at 07:34 AM PDT
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The 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago celebrated the 400 th anniversary of Columbus’ first voyage to America. The event drew over 27 million visitors during its six month run. The ...
by Ojibwa
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on Tue Sep 10, 2024 at 07:15 AM PDT
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This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. There’s a transcript and blogpost about it (featuring Becky’s thoughts on drawing it and some of her research photos) here. I’ll also post the transcript in comments. If you enjoy our cartoons and can spare it,...
by Barry Deutsch
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on Fri Sep 06, 2024 at 11:44 AM PDT
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In 1937, the German Opel was the world’s seventh largest car company, making more than 130,000 cars. During World War II, the Opel Super 6, a luxury car, was used to transport high-ranking German ...
by Ojibwa
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on Sun Sep 08, 2024 at 11:15 AM PDT
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Following the death of Spanish King Charles II in 1700, a war broke out between France and Spain regarding who should succeed him to the Spanish throne. The French King Louis XIV wanted his grandson ...
by Ojibwa
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on Sun Sep 08, 2024 at 07:15 AM PDT
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Fort Stevens began in 1863 as a Civil War fortification guarding the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon. In 1904, Battery Russell, named for Civil War Bvt. Major General David Russell, was ...
by Ojibwa
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on Sat Sep 07, 2024 at 07:15 AM PDT
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It’s a new day, which means it’s time to watch yet another video of Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance attacking Americans who don’t have children! The latest gem to surface courtesy of ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Sep 04, 2024 at 11:00 AM PDT
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On Tuesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre fielded a question that represents a new low from the right-wing media. “Since when does the vice president have what sounds like a ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Sep 03, 2024 at 04:00 PM PDT
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In 1936, German physicist and engineer Hans von Ohain (1911-1998) designed the first turbojet engine which could power an aircraft. Seeing the potential of the turbojet in military aircraft, the ...
by Ojibwa
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on Fri Sep 06, 2024 at 07:15 AM PDT
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Happy Labor Day! The cast iron stove above was made in Troy, but the Kate Mullany National Historic Site there recognizes a different type of iron work: ironing the popular detachable collars that were invented almost 200 years ago by a Troy housewife....
by CorpFlunky
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on Mon Sep 02, 2024 at 05:03 AM PDT
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Labor Day is traditionally celebrated with a day off from work, end-of-summer picnics, and Presidential speeches. In a 1902 Labor Day speech in Rutland, Vermont, President Theodore Roosevelt told the assembled crowd, “The law of successful national...
by Alan Singer
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on Sun Sep 01, 2024 at 02:39 PM PDT
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During the nineteenth century the United States aggressively pursued a policy of manifest destiny to expand between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. By 1874, the coast-to-coast expansion was complete, but conflicts with many Indian nations...
by Ojibwa
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on Tue Sep 03, 2024 at 07:15 AM PDT
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The First Labor Day From the Los Angeles Public Library : Labor Day has officially been a national holiday in the United States since 1894 but was celebrated for some time before that. The first ...
by ramara
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on Mon Sep 02, 2024 at 10:00 AM PDT
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The Pioneer Village, which is a part of the Cashmere Museum in Cashmere, Washington, consists of twenty cabins whose furnishing illustrate pioneer life. Included in the Village are the Jail, the ...
by Ojibwa
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on Mon Sep 02, 2024 at 07:15 AM PDT
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Donald Trump’s unpopular running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, attempted to do some damage control for his boss—and himself— Friday morning on CNN. Host John Berman kicked off the interview by ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Aug 30, 2024 at 01:30 PM PDT
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- You have to take a deep breath at the audacity of Trump’s derangement. If it isn’t enough evidence of his severe cognitive decline that he is continuing to tout the malicious and baseless claim that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Ohio, he is now...310 comments 605 Recs
- This is the promised follow up to yesterday’s story about Doug Emhoff coming to The Villages of Florida, as deep red a MAGA stronghold as there is anywhere. The story of Emhoff’s trip is one of fellowship, a party, some secrecy, and even a dash of a...232 comments 968 Recs
- Yesterday and this morning (and I’m sure I may have missed some) Mika Brzezinski, Nicole Wallace, and this morning Ali Velshi directly addressed the fact that Trump is really batshit crazy and whatever nuanced position Kamala Harris may or may not have...152 comments 641 Recs
- The candidacy of Donald Trump for president is historic in many respects, none of which are actually respectable. For instance, he is the first candidate to have had three wives, all of whom he cheated on, including with a porn star whose silence he...106 comments 271 Recs
- There was another prisoner exchange today. This time 103 Ukrainians returned home. Some prisoners just heard the news about the Kursk operation. Meanwhile, in Kursk, Russia’s offensive on the western side appears to have culminated. Ukraine still...29 comments 204 Recs
- Many times we see assassinations, fires, huge explosions, train derailments and other assorted acts of sabotage in places far removed from the front lines of the Russo-Ukrainian war and we can’t help but wonder … how in the heck did that happen?...4 comments 58 Recs
- My father was an immigrant. He came here from Canada. He was a white man. Soon after arrival, he got rid of his Prairie accent and therefore blended in perfectly with other white folks around him. No one ever asked him where he was from or questioned...70 comments 349 Recs
- You know, fellow Kossacks, I hope you appreciate the sacrifices I make for you. I have been following the nauseating Laura Loomer/Trump relationship, so I decided to dive into the full depths of the LL cesspool. I thought there was such a thing as a...39 comments 93 Recs
- Sofia Nelson wrote a column on MSNBC that is really disturbing: My former friend JD Vance has aligned with something far worse than MAGA. Most Americans haven’t heard of the post-liberal right, the small but influential group of conservative, mostly...161 comments 259 Recs
- Matt Gertz/ Media Matters: Why the MAGA movement can’t cut loose toxic liabilities like Tucker Carlson and Laura Loomer What it takes to get kicked out of the MAGA movement Right-wing media ...518 comments 564 Recs
- www.yahoo.com/… Kamala Harris has increased her lead over Donald Trump from 1% pre-debate to a more solid 4% among likely voters, according to a YouGov/Yahoo survey released today. But the new poll of 1,755 U.S. adults — one of the first conducted...84 comments 184 Recs
- Raw Story is out with an expose of the Springfield, Ohio woman who has now come forth to apologize for all the ‘chaos’ caused by her posting of a random rumor on Facebook, based on a report from NBC: According to the report, Erika Lee, a resident of...291 comments 605 Recs
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- Ok so immigrants and food have been in the news lately, in a negative way, and I thought it might be good to talk about the positives immigrants bring.. especially the food! I believe one of Trump’s rants (I try not to follow them closely) referred to...1 comments 0 Recs
- Question: What is named Francis, wears a dress and refuses to have children (not sure about cat ownership)? Hint: Someone who thinks Kamala and the Donald are nearly equal evils to be reluctantly chosen between. Second hint: Someone who is also the...1 comments 0 Recs
- Well, my last diary was a real bummer and things haven’t improved, they’ve gotten a bit worse so here’s a bunch of roller coasters I would love to ride. Iron Menace- Dorney Park in Pennsylvania Mystic Timbers at Kings Island Park, Ohio Tiana’s Bayou...4 comments 1 Recs
- ½ of Floridians did not vote in 2022, combined with a heavily gerrymandered map we saw an extreme red tide in Florida’s elections. Which unfortunately led to extreme red tide (pollution from dead fish) in Florida’s environment. Extreme MAGA republicans...1 comments 3 Recs
- I have been volunteering for presidential campaigns since 1992… Bill Clinton’s was my first campaign… Health reasons kept me from volunteering for Obama’s 2 campaigns… In 2016, I volunteered for Hillary. I thought I had seen excitement. I was wrong…3 comments 4 Recs
- “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” — Mark Twain (attributed), Benjamin Disraeli (possibly) Far-right media, internet trolls, MAGA politicians, and their toadies make stuff up. They have no moral filter. Every utterance...1 comments 2 Recs
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- Before we moved into town, our old place had a couple of apple trees. The big one, pictured above, made the best apples we have ever tasted. I don’t know what kind they were; the tree was there ...24 comments 12 Recs
- I do not think we are talking about this enough. Anti-immigrant (and never stop telling people that the Haitians in Springfield are here legally; this is not an issue of undocumented individuals having entered illegally) hatred from our lessers on the...8 comments 8 Recs
- I saw this last month here while the whole Biden → Harris story was in full swing and it immediately made sense of these times. I am 78, one month younger than the old man VP Harris is pushing out of the way and a little over 4 years younger than the...1 comments 4 Recs
- Welcome to another Saturday night ofmusic, memories, and conversations. Last week we went on the campaigntrail. �This week, let's get back home, and post music from artistsfrom your home town, region,64 comments 16 Recs
- Many times we see assassinations, fires, huge explosions, train derailments and other assorted acts of sabotage in places far removed from the front lines of the Russo-Ukrainian war and we can’t help but wonder … how in the heck did that happen?...4 comments 58 Recs
- Here is something to provide a diversion and a change of pace in this hectic news cycle about the clash between the Prosecutor/Public-servant and the felon/fraudster. Last week on Wed Sep 4, the ESA BepiColombo spacecraft performed its 4th flyby of...22 comments 88 Recs
- Like so many others, I experienced huge relief when Vice President Kamala Harris emerged as the Democratic candidate for President in the forthcoming election. Watching her reveal her strengths as a competent politician, experienced leader, and...3 comments 8 Recs
- Trump has got to spend money in Florida….No doubt about it. A new poll shows former President Trump leading Vice President Harris by only 2 points in Florida ahead of what could be a tighter-than-expected race in the red state in November. Trump leads...30 comments 56 Recs
- Trump embodied the depths of humiliation. He was meek and lowly of heart and he did all things for the approval of his father. Trump’s humiliation encompassed his entire earthly existence, spanning from conception and birth – through his entire life,...5 comments 14 Recs
- You know, fellow Kossacks, I hope you appreciate the sacrifices I make for you. I have been following the nauseating Laura Loomer/Trump relationship, so I decided to dive into the full depths of the LL cesspool. I thought there was such a thing as a...39 comments 93 Recs
- PDR Posse’s poet laureate, Tom Czarnik, recited his latest prescient limerick about the latest racist conspiracy Trump is promoting about Haitians eating cats, dogs, and other pets in their community in Springfield, Ohio. Tom Czarnick Limerick: Trump...1 comments 2 Recs
- I am giving away a Harris/Walz car magnet to the first 25 who subscribe to my blog: The View From Here. That’s an $8 value plus free shipping! I will send your Harris/Walz car magnet via First Class Mail at no cost to you anywhere in the continental...3 comments 6 Recs
- One of the biggest victories by a coalition of environmental, climate justice, indigenous and community groups against Big Oil in California took place this June when the oil industry withdrew their deceptive referendum to overturn health and safety...5 comments 17 Recs
