Donald Trump's (a la Sarah Palin) Disastrous NBC Interview
I never thought I would say this, but Donald Trump is far more clueless when it comes to domestic and international issues than even Sarah Palin, as unbelievable as this might sound. My jaw has not...
View ArticleNo Certs
Grrrrr – this makes me angry! “If you and your service dog become certified with NSAR, both of you are immediately protected under federal law (ADA).” If you have a service animal, you are already...
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Cranky Users: PermaFrost
Greetings, Cranky Users! This is a short diary today, because I took off yesterday to finally get my taxes done, and now my work inbox is piled with stuff to do and I cannot be as indolent allot as...
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Agriculture: The Unlikely Earth Day Hero
Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet. For over 40 years, Earth Day has served as a call to action, mobilizing individuals and organizations around the world to address...
View ArticleListen to Murder Victims' Families – Not in Our Name!
By Tanya Greene, Advocacy and Policy Counsel, ACLU Center for Justice When I was a child, my cousin was brutally murdered. As far as our family knows, the police never found his killer.
View ArticleHero or Monster: Ayn Rand and William Hickman
So I was listening to the Thom Hartmann Show this morning in which he did a horrific segment on William Hickman, a cold blooded child murderer, whom Ayn Rand idolized. In her journal circa 1928, Ayn...
View ArticleA 4/19 tragedy that many don't remember
The Oklahoma City bombings and the Columbine shootings weren't the only awful events that happened on the nineteenth day of the fourth month of the year. 22 years ago on this day, the famed battleship...
View ArticleSafe trans community on dKos?
Trans people on dKos have been accused of wanting TransAction to be an "echo chamber" because we would like to have a safe, supportive community space here for ourselves and our allies. We need such a...
View ArticleAncient America: 1,500 Years Ago
A thousand years before the Spanish invasion of the Americas began, American Indians were living throughout North America. Furthermore, they had lived on this continent for many thousands of years...
View ArticleFRONTLINE tonight: "Silence" the Catholic sex-abuse scandal and Native...
WGBH in Boston produced this compelling report that will air tonight on your local PBS affiliate. In Chicago that time will be 9:00PM CST. Check your local listings to see when you can watch....
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Black Kos, Tuesday's Chile
Photo: Darryl D. Smith / Black College Wire Going Forward to 2012 and beyond. Educating our youth vote. Commentary by Black Kos Editor Deoliver 47 I got up this morning to reexamine Meteor Blade’s...
View Article2011 PayWatch: Average CEO Salary--$11.4 Million
While 25 million unemployed and underemployed U.S. workers are drowning, CEO pay skyrocketed by 23 percent, for an average salary of $11.4 million in 2010, according to the AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch....
View ArticleDisturbin' Durbin: A Unity Diary
That's right -- I'm calling this a unity diary. If I've done my job right, then by the end of this diary, people of all stripes of support and opposition for Administration policy will wind up...
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Tales from the Larder: Charcuterie
Throughout my life people have asked me this question: "if you were to have your last meal on Earth, what would be it be?" My answer has remained the same, a study in muted consistency: a large...
View ArticleI'm Not McLoving It
Thank You Governor Dayton, Thank You Governor Dayton, Thank You Governor Dayton, Thank You Governor Dayton...Oh and yeah, Thank You Governor Dayton! Where are the jobs that the newly elected...
View ArticleThe Amazing 50 Mile Walk to Olympia
We Are Washington organized a four day 50 mile walk from Auburn to Olympia Washington "in response to draconian cuts in health care, disability, life line, housing, public safety, education, and...
View ArticleGetting ready for 4/20, and other News.
And by getting ready, I mean mostly highlighting some news and happenings tomorrow. Long gone are the college days where we'd wander over to Patel's dorm room on April 20th, using his handheld sports...
View ArticleBob Greenstein is wrong on Rivlin-Domenici
After Obama's speech, Greenstein gave an analysis of Obamas deficit reduction plan which I completely agreed with. However, he qualified his praise for Obama's deficit plan by saying that, while to...
View ArticleSenator Manchin protecting healthcare
Cross posted from West Virginia Blue Last week Sen. Joe Manchin (D) did something I thought was so clever and deserving of credit that I doubted whether I had interpreted it correctly.
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