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Diaries published: 82 (2122 days since last diary on Thu Jun 28, 2018 at 09:35 PM PDT)
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Most Recommended Diary: Morning D'Oh! : The Scarborough Swansong. A Retrospective, 475 comments, 518 recommends
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I used to write on this site a lot. My only recced diary, I think, was a tribute to the word “douchebag”, so take anything I have to say with a grain of salt. I used to use humor to capture what I was feeling about John McCain and Sarah Palin. At the...
by zeiben
 20 comments
on Thu Jun 28, 2018 at 09:35 PM PDT
with 28 Recommends
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I've been pretty quiet this cycle. And pretty much every cycle since 2008. I was stoked with the Obama win. Happy and satisfied that we had a smart, classy, passionate philosopher president in the white house, slowly and carefully letting the GOP eat...
by zeiben
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on Tue Jul 26, 2016 at 08:08 AM PDT
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Twas Wassilig, and the emptious twirk
did spouff and mimble on the wane
all bigotty were her twitterimes
and her logity ...
by zeiben
17 comments
on Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 07:43 AM PDT
with 12 Recommends
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According to an unnamed source familiar with Timothy Geithner's movie preferences, the Treasury Secretary plans to push hard for US adoption of the Toonie, a 2-dollar coin popular in Canada.
"He ...
by zeiben
45 comments
on Fri Jul 16, 2010 at 10:53 AM PDT
with 16 Recommends
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This'll be long
What. The. F*CK?
I get that traditional print media is dead or dying. I get that we're somehow expected to pay $500 for an e-reader and another $100 a year or so for subscriptions ...
by zeiben
24 comments
on Wed Feb 10, 2010 at 11:03 AM PST
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There's been a lot of whinging on this site about the current senate HC bill and its mandate that we all buy insurance or be forced to pay a fine.
Some have called it a bailout of the insurance ...
by zeiben
60 comments
on Sat Dec 19, 2009 at 12:16 PM PST
with 7 Recommends
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- Tonight I got a typical fundraising e-mail for Sen. Gillibrand, a candidate for President. The e-mail focused on her successful effort to remove her colleague, Sen. Al Frankin, from the Senate because of his record of sexist jokes and junior high...1465 comments 481 Recs
- A rant. During the run-up to the election victory of Doug Jones, there were a slew of news articles, and pun-idjits pontificatin’ about black voters in Alabama, and would they show up ...yada, yada yada—ad nauseam. If you think black people are...852 comments 775 Recs
- I am a life-long progressive democrat who strongly supported Hillary, but I am now ashamed of the irrationality of the senatorial cabal that doesn't consider perspective and context in assessing Al Franken's actions. Knee-jerk responses for alleged...671 comments 176 Recs
- My half sister, Irene, was abused/raped by my biological father. I was nine years younger, and she married and left me behind at about 11 to sink or swim on my own in a home so riven with strife it will take at least a book to express it. When she...182 comments 202 Recs
- We did it with Al Gore. We did it with Dan Rather. We did it with Merrick Garland. We’re doing it with Al Franken. Folks, we are being absolutely STUPID here. We have massive legislation coming up before the end of this month and we need...968 comments 634 Recs
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is wrong about this moment. This moment is the beginning of an important conversation about sexual harassment. The “clear message” she asks for today is supposed to come after the conversation, when we have decided which...736 comments 415 Recs
- I have a question: is there a place for me on Daily Kos or in the progressive movement? What should be done with me? I’m asking because I am guilty of the following actions: Throughout my teens/twenties and into my thirties I have made...278 comments 218 Recs
- Let me start by saying that I respect the needs and reasons of those who have cut their cable off and those who have done without TV for years and are happy doing so. I honestly understand that we all find our way when it comes to which media and...77 comments 24 Recs
- ***SUPPORT HILLARY CLINTON*** Donate Today! For more coverage of Hillary Clinton at Daily Kos, visit the Hillary Writers Circle For breaking news, follow First Amendment Look for Hillary-friendly open threads and hangouts throughout the...442 comments 222 Recs
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