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Going Dutch. Listing to TV starboardom
I’m really concerned about that 14 year-old Dutch girl Laura Dekker who wants to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. How long can a Dutch kid like that go without sex? The...
View Article"There is a time to let things happen...and a time to make things happen."...
I know it's a little belated, but I just got back from Madison and wanted to post about what I saw. Lots of pictures, some anecdotes, including our random encounter with Mayor Dave, and more. I hope...
View ArticleIs an Injury to One an Injury to All? (w/some pics + poll)
(Well. I just saw the news. So I guess this diary is worthless. But I figured I'd post anyway. Fuck. What now?)Whether you're familiar with the labor movement or not, odds are that you have at least...
View ArticleGENERAL STRIKE!
It's easy for me to say--I'm not a Wisconsinite (although many of them have made me feel like one over the last couple weeks), and I'm not a WI public worker that would have to make the sacrifice....
View ArticleFourteen cents a week!
Here's a classic radio comedy bit by Bob and Ray about the Great Lakes Paper Clip company, which pays its workers 14 cents a week. It's hilarious and sad, too.
View ArticleUpcoming March Birthdays (Reasons to Celebrate)...
Friday was the 13th. The second Friday the 13th in a row (because February has 28 days). Two months in a row! Saturday the 14th was a very historical pi day. Sunday the 15th (today) is the Ides of...
View ArticleHow Josh Marshall as a Jew views Trumpism - see updates at end
Joshua Micah Marshall, founder of Talking Points Memo, did a twitter storm. It began with this tweet:x1: Jews are one of the most consistently Democratic voting groups in the country, going back many...
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November 14, 2016 Open Thread; Day of the Colombian Woman
November 14 is the 318th day of the year. There are 47 days left. Today's number is 1414 is the product of 2 primes, 7 and 2Alrighty. If 14 = 7 x 2, then x/14 = x/(7x2). As we learned in last Monday's...
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This short post is for the Constitutional Scholars. I am not one and welcome the discussion. As I understand the concept of Amendments, they override what the document meant before they were...
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Monday Open Thread; August 14 is Social Security's Birthday
August 14 is the 226th day of the year. There are 139 days left.-Today's number is 14-14 is the product of 2 primes, 7 and 2Alrighty. If 14 = 7 x 2, then x/14 = x/(7x2). As we learned in last Monday's...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: May 14th is what you make it.
May 14 is the 135th day of the year, there are 231 days left-Tis Prickle-Prickle, Discord 61, 3184 YOLD for the discordians amongst usToday's number is 14- -14 is -14 is the product of 2 primes, 7 and...
View ArticleTrump’s GOP Coup and the Impeachment Trial
It’s amazing, how Trump has transformed the GOP into his own image. True, it is occasionally riven ideologically between extreme far right and merely mildly racist conservatives, and between...
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