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Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by to talk about music, your weather, your garden, or what you cooked for supper…. Newcomers may notice that...

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  • April 10, 2021

x German ad for a soda with zero calories…it says: “two zeros, one tastes good” Bro… pic.twitter.com/T3wlxdigBf — Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) October 17, 2020 x INBOX: I shit you not, @realDonaldTrump has signed a presidential proclamation for “National Character Counts Week.” pic.twitter.com/dW9Kc1rcHD — Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 17, 2020 x...

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  • October 18, 2020

An Oregon developer of a proposed gas station next to a creek and wetlands has withdrawn his application. In short:  Victory! Withdrawn App, how sweet the sound, Saving trees … thirty feet around. They were doomed on this place, but now are saved, thanks to Grace. The nearby neighborhoods’ coveys...

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  • September 4, 2020

Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by to talk about music, your weather, your garden, or what you cooked for supper…. Newcomers may notice that...

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  • June 6, 2020

The Christmas season is upon us and even the decorations get politicized.  I saw a commercial of Be Best Melania walking through her decorative WH theme this year.  I have to admit she did so much better than the bloody trees and spooky decorations of Christmas Trump past.    I...

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  • December 2, 2019

President Trump's first visit to Chicago was met with protests. https://t.co/r7WHL1QgEA — Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) October 28, 2019 Malört “tastes like pencil shavings and heartbreak.”[16] I met WWII veteran at protest. Told him that my Papa George was also a WWII vet. I thanked him for all he has done,...

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  • October 29, 2019

During this Kattywampus year, my latest garden oddity is the tasty, and a two-week-early Bartlett Pear harvest.  The trick is to harvest them immediately before, or just after they fall.  Refrigerate them for a few days,  and they will finish ripening nicely. I’m especially happy because the pear tree had...

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  • August 25, 2019

He may not be a “billionaire,” but Michael Strahan does pretty well for himself. The former New York Giants great and NFL Hall of Famer seamlessly transitioned from a standout football career to a couple of pretty decent broadcasting gigs, and as such he has a few nickels to rub...

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  • January 16, 2019

GQ has a great piece out about the upcoming runoff election in Mississippi between U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R. MS) and Mike Espy (D. MS). The piece highlights her idiotic, racist dog whistling “lynch mob” remark and how that could hurt her. The piece also highlights the differences and similarities between...

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  • November 14, 2018

One of the least surprising news stories of all time concerned a group of researchers who were forced to abandon a controlled study on the effects of porn because they couldn’t find a single man who had never watched it.  So, yeah, we know people watch porn. And maybe they sometimes drift...

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  • August 31, 2018

Nestled in the cloudy, forested crevices of the Oregon Coast is Tillamook County, home to a hundred small dairy farms that work together cooperatively. The Tillamook County Creamy Association (TCCA) has been thriving for a hundred years, and some members of the original families still belong today. One of the...

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  • August 30, 2012