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markc9503's Profile
I teach physics and astronomy at Boulder High School in Boulder, CO. I first voted in the 1984 Illinois Democratic Primary (for Gary Hart) and have only missed one election since then.
Real Name: Mark
Location: CO, 80021
Occupation: Teacher
Hobbies: Motorcycling, Photography
Diaries published: 9 (276 days since last diary on Tue Jul 18, 2023 at 07:17 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 3673 (3 days since last comment on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 02:29 PM PDT)
Diary frequency: seldom
Comment frequency: frequent
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Most Recommended Diary: The Navy Gets Serious About Vaccinations, 112 comments, 198 recommends
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This story was in today’s Denver Post, reposted from the New York Times. In-N-Out will now require employees to get a doctor’s note to wear a mask at work. In-N-Out management has disgraced itself several times due the pandemic, this is just the latest...
by markc9503
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on Tue Jul 18, 2023 at 07:17 PM PDT
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On November 6 the Navy christened the USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206). The ship is the newest John Lewis class Underway Replenishment Oiler and will be operated by Military Sealift Command with a civilian crew. LTJG Harvey Milk was a diving officer and...
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on Mon Nov 08, 2021 at 12:47 PM PST
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Here on DK I often seen comments from people who feel that nothing is being done as fast as they feel that it should be. Governmental entities tend to be ponderous beasts and change comes slowly to them and the military perhaps most of all. But change...
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on Sat Oct 16, 2021 at 09:20 AM PDT
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State Representative John Mark Windle, who represents Overton, Jackson, and part of Fentress county in East Tennessee, has proposed that a statue be erected on the grounds of the state capitol in Nashville honoring Dolly Parton. That statue would...
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on Thu Jan 14, 2021 at 10:31 AM PST
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There has been some discussion of late as to who should be commemorated in the renaming of army bases currently named for oath-breaking traitors. My suggestion is to name a base for Captain Silas Soule (it’s pronounced “Soul”) of the 1st Colorado...
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on Fri Jul 24, 2020 at 08:21 PM PDT
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I have a direct link to slavery. My paternal grandmother’s family ran a slave wholesaling business in Nashville prior to the Civil War and grew quite wealthy on selling excess ‘inventory’ down-river to the plantations of Mississippi, Alabama, and...
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- House Republicans really wanted an impeachment of … someone. President Joe Biden, preferably, or his son Hunter, or maybe Hunter’s laptop, or perhaps Hunter’s dog walker. They decided on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who didn’t commit...132 comments 399 Recs
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- Donald Trump’s estranged and highly insightful niece, the psychologist Mary Trump, has said and written much about her sociopathic uncle and his mental state. Her book is quite something to read. And she has spoken often about Trump and narcissistic...729 comments 897 Recs
- Axios is reporting President Biden told Netanyahu in a phone call on Saturday evening that the U.S. will neither support nor participate in any counterattack against Iran. With both Israel and the U.S. having intercepted 99% of the drones and missiles...278 comments 484 Recs
- A lot has already been written here and elsewhere about the many red flags with Donald Trump’s bond for the $464 million judgment against him in the NY falsifying documents case. Like how the bonding company, Knight Specialty Insurance Company, doesn’t...225 comments 699 Recs
- The Dean of the Faculty of Law at Berkeley, Professor Erwin Chemerinsky and his wife, Professor Fisk, out of the goodness of their hearts, invited student members of the graduating law class to their home for a celebratory dinner. Professor Chemerinsky...407 comments 236 Recs
- It’s not like Trump hasn’t said this before in each election when he led the polling, but as Election Day approaches the J6 specter appears more ominous for the 666th richest person in the world. More Shtick. During his poolside speech at the “Border...217 comments 501 Recs
- So, according to this USA TODAY article, some young voters are “willing to see a trump win, if ‘Dems ‘learn-a-lesson’ from it : Young voters aren't warming up to Biden. They know it means Trump could win again. Don’t these young voters have “Aunties”...369 comments 592 Recs
- Trigger warning: discussion of sexual assault There’s a big reason survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault often go years before coming forward, if they come forward at all. When they do so, they often face smearing, shaming and blaming of...45 comments 153 Recs
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