Union wins landmark court ruling on pensions
Pensioners' claims in corporate insolvency cases were given a boost in a precedent-setting decision by a Canadian appellate court: The United Steelworkers (USW) union has won a landmark legal decision...
View ArticleSearch for Progress 2.0
It all started with a random idea in early March of this year. The question was simple, "How can we come together to fund Progressive causes, for free?" The solution is amazingly simple. A single,...
View ArticleBye bye Buerkle, and maybe Gibson, too
Tea party Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, NY-25, got a photo atop a Politico story, which is normally a good thing, especially for an otherwise undistinguished freshman. Well, this was not a good story for...
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The Grieving Room: One Year Later
It’s been a little over a year since my dad died. The details surrounding his estate have been wrapped up, but most of his possessions still fill closets and shelves at my mom’s house. She suffers...
View ArticleIndigo Kalliope: Poems From the Left - Confusing the shadows, or what becomes...
Join us every Monday evening for drinks at the new Kos community political poetry club. Drop by and speak your mind in rhyme or blank verse. Let’s use language to scream our passion to the world....
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IGTNT: He was a wrestler
Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality. ~Emily Dickinson I Got the News Today (IGTNT) is a diary series intended to honor service members who have died as a result of the wars in Iraq...
View ArticleStop with the racist memes
There's another one on the Rec list, this time referring to Eric Holder as "lazy." Last time it was all about how Obama isn't management material. If critics of the black leaders in the Obama...
View ArticleFuzzy Jurisdiction
We complain a lot about the outrageous profits health insurance companies are making and their reluctance to pay claims. The companies are indeed making obscene profits and are indeed refusing to pay...
View ArticleProsser Will "Block" Recount
According to Talking Points Memo, David Prosser held a press conference today and claimed victory in the race for WI Supreme Court Justice between himself and Assistant State Attorney General JoAnne...
View ArticleDishing out Reality
No, this isn't a Pragmatic v. Progressive diary. I saw an amazing and thought-provoking interview on the Sunday talking head circuit yesterday and it has stayed with me so firmly that I just have to...
View ArticleSaving For SS and Medicare..Can We?
With all the talk about Social Security and Medicare, I started to wonder. If these programs were not in place as a fail safe, what would people do? Many people live paycheck to paycheck. Some can...
View ArticlePravda Presents A Russian View: Iran, Iraq, and Libya: Terrorists and...
From what I have read, journalists in Russia have about the same freedom to investigate and report facts as the MSM in the US. The exception might be that in Russia, journalists who embarrass their...
View ArticleA Shocker....Gov. Brewer Vetoes Birther And Gun Bill
I'm shocked. Gov. Brewer has finally done something that makes sense. http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/... Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill Monday that would have required presidential candidates...
View ArticleAnonthropology: Now 20% Scarier
There has been a tremendous amount of talk about Anonymous. It’s millions of people. No, wait, it’s over 9,000. No, wait it’s … One really smart hacker, a handful of cohorts, and a couple of...
View ArticleWork Smarter Not Harder: Gardening and Composting for a Busy Life
In these times of tight budgets and rising food costs backyard gardens have become a great way to help make ends meet and provide better food. Vegetables from our own gardens are more likely to get...
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This Is What Disenfranchisement Looks Like
We have a PAC, we have a van, we have loudspeakers, and we have a diverse crew of inventive and engaged street activists. We are The Playground Legends and we're harvesting signatures for the Recall...
View ArticleNow I Know How Piggy Felt
Now I know how Piggy felt when he got bashed with that rock. Lord of the Flies enough for ya around here lately? This diary is not about providing any suggestions for improving the situation. That may...
View ArticleOnce you're up shit creek without a paddle it's time to consider why you're...
People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages. In America you work your ass off for 45+ years, with the least amount of vacation in the world, and when done they...
View ArticleCan This Hypocrisy Go On?
Like Psychodrew, whose diary I admired and rec'ced, I will not name names. I appreciated his stance on what he deemed to be derailing and inappropriate remarks on LGBT diaries. Progressive types...
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"I will fight no more forever"
"Tell General Howard I know his heart. What he told me before, I have it in my heart. I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed; Looking Glass is dead, Too-hul-hul-sote is dead. The old men are...
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