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Top Comments: In the year of the woman, meet Paulette Jordan Edition
Paulette Jordan wasn’t supposed to win the Democratic primary for governor of Idaho. I have nothing negative to say about her opponent, AJ Balukoff- he has a reputation for being a genuinely nice guy...
View ArticleA (hopefully non-offensive) question for the Jewish members here
First, I want to openly acknowledge that while I know the basics, I am woefully ignorant about the finer points of antisemitism. In fact, I had never even heard the epithet “s/he Jewed me” until I was...
View ArticleApropos of nothing, have you ever done an elimination diet?
I’m working on another heavier and meatier diet diary at the moment, but I’m having a hard time focusing because of my current diet.For those of you not familiar with the elimination diet, it’s not...
View ArticleDamn, I still miss my grandma
Twenty years ago, if you’d have told me that it’s possible to miss someone decades after they left, I probably would have been a narcissistic fuck and told you that you only missed a person because...
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538/Morning Consult Poll on first Democratic debates; the good news and the...
This is amazing if more polls show the same:Remember, this is only one poll — we’ll need to see other surveys to be sure we know how the debates affected voters — but Harris’s second-night performance...
View ArticleThe "straight pride" parade isn't a laughing matter, and we must quit...
As most of you are probably aware, a group of anti-gay bigots recently held a so-called "straight pride" rally in Boston. This stunt could not be more transparent: it wasn’t about “pride,” it was about...
View ArticleThe hardest part is that I never even knew her
This morning as I sat down to breakfast I got a text from my cousin: our grandma is on her deathbed and doesn’t have much time. Suddenly my veggie benedict felt obscene; I still haven’t finished...
View ArticleSigh. Tulsi Gabbard is "threatening" to boycott the October debate
Scare quotes around threat not because it’s a direct quote, but because I think very few people are actually worried that she won’t be on stage.“I am giving serious consideration to boycotting the next...
View Article..... It's also ok (and quintessentially American!) to be mediocre.
This will be short. Like many of you, I'm eagerly awaiting the SCOTUS decision about DACA (deferred action for childhood arrivals). I haven't delved into the legal oral arguments yet, but I have been...
View ArticleLOCAL ELECTIONS MATTER! Sanders dropping out doesn't mitigate the problem of...
Look, I am not a fan of Senator Sanders and I do think he should concede sooner rather than later. I’m really not interested in debating the pros and cons of that; as far as I’m concerned the...
View ArticleNotes on a pandemic: life in a small town epicenter of Covid-19
One thing that hasn’t changed since the first coronavirus cases were confirmed in Idaho is that Blaine County has consistently been home to about half of all cases. I predicted this a couple months...
View ArticleBreaking: earthquake in Idaho, details pending, a few updates
We just had an earthquake, and last I checked the news still hadn't reported on it.Trying to get details now, but through secondhand info the epicenter was north of me at 6.8; but people from North of...
View ArticleI'm on day "everything makes me cry" of the stay at home orders
My title pretty much says it all. The last few days, everything and anything makes me cry and it doesn’t matter what it is. Tears of joy? Had them. Tears of sadness? Check. Tears of disbelief? Strolled...
View ArticleThis one's for my mom
On this day in 1936, my grandmother was born. She was an amazing woman, as I’ve written before, and probably the most singular force in my life for the first two decades of it. She had a really rough...
View ArticleSomething hopeful for a Sunday afternoon
I don’t know if this has been posted here yet, but my wife just showed it to me and I set my deep cynicism aside for a moment and felt hopeful for a minute. It’s called The Great Realisation, and I...
View ArticleFalling Apart
Hi everyone,This doesn't matter. I think I just need to exhale deeply and I guess I'll do it publicly.I haven't been well for quite some time. My depression and anxiety have really sent me into a...
View ArticleAre the USPS protests a good idea?
I apologise in advance for this short post.But on weekend mornings I work at the local C store in my little community. The post office is just a few blocks away, and most of the postal workers stop in...
View ArticleI never thought it would come to this
Never in my life did I think I’d have to go to a food bank- and I have had some serious stretches of poverty. I moved out on my own at 16 and it took some work to make ends meet. By eighteen I had a...
View ArticleElliot Page comes out as trans
I don't have a lot to add to this, but:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a...
View ArticleSo long, 2020! My first Best-of list for the worst year ever
I’m usually not one for year end “Best of” lists- I will often browse the selections of my favorite critics but that’s about the extent of my engagement with them. But this year I, like many others...
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