President Obama: What Kind of Country Do We Want To Live In?
Yesterday in Reno, President Obama had a town hall meeting. During it, he answered qustions and described why the tax rates on those making over $250,000 should be returned to the rates of the...
View ArticleGUS Friday Morning Open Thread
Good morning, happy Friday. Hello to our labwitchy. GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a community support diary for Kossacks in the midst of quitting smoking. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive...
View Article#401 Transit Revolution will be Crowdsourced
Mount Pleasant, SC- We’re going to begin an attempt to crowd source performance data on the new #401 East Cooper Connector Route today as an interim approach to providing real time location data on...
View ArticleTalking Baseball - Power Ranking for 4/22/2011
I am a baseball fan and a statistian. I also played a lot of sports growing up so I don't believe the numbers tell all. But combining numbers and baseball is fun. Here is my first attempt at...
View Articlemy first diary: An Open Letter to Dr. Ellen Lewin, U. Iowa Professor of...
22 April 2011 Dr. Ellen Lewin, Professor University of Iowa Department of Anthropology ellen-lewin@uiowa.edu An Open Letter to Dr. Ellen Lewin, U. Iowa Professor of Anthropology Dr. Lewin, I wanted to...
View ArticleGood Friday 2011
I would just like to take a moment to do two things. First, I would like to recognize and celebrate the passion of Our Lord. Today is the day we recognize as the day Jesus suffered and died for all...
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IGTNT: 6 to remember.
Tonight, we honor five Soldiers and one Sailor. Four soldiers were out of Fort Drum and one from the 101st Airborne. All soldiers were killed in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). The sailor...
View ArticleWI: This What Democracy REALLY Looks Like OR What Invisible Woman and Mr....
Ah the glorious smell of democracy in action...even if that odor is courtesy of the mingled scent of laptop-generated heat, pizza with an undertone of sweat-borne passion and determination... it...
View ArticleTTFN
Poor you. I've been thinking all day. Now you get to endure the results. Has anybody noticed that blue jersey mom is gone? What kind of person do we want this community (and it sure doesn't sound...
View ArticleIt's All About nanobot!
Here Comes Meterorblades! Okie Dokie. I guess that comment is sufficient reason for banishment. The Heathers Are Strong At dkos n/t Oh yeah. It's perfectly clear why an offensive comment like that...
View ArticleBOOKS SO BAD THEY’RE GOOD: “COME, MUSE, LET US SING OF RATS!”
When I was a child, my mother would try to lull me to sleep by reciting poetry. Not nursery rhymes. Poetry. Real, genuine adult poetry. The earliest one I remember is Alfred Noyes’ The Highwayman,...
View ArticleIndustry and Infrastructure: A new group
I started this group (Industry & Infrastructure) to discuss happenings about domestic industry and infrastructure. There are so many misconceptions about industry and manufacturing in particular,...
View ArticleA lack of visibility for liberals
People judge what is normal by what they are exposed to most of the time. So the liberal perspective has a problem.
View ArticleSan Carlos CA to privatise fire dept.
So, even here in Ca, we've sunk so low that we're willing to forgo professional fire protection. The San Carlos city council is deciding on whether or not to go with a private company to save money...
View ArticleMarkos: Don't be a jerk
"Now might be a good time to take your meds?" Seriously Markos? Twice, in one diary? If that had been in a comment, I'd have HR'd it. And had the comment been by anyone but you, so would a large...
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Sunday Puzzle for beginners: make lunatics out of the GOP!
Sunday Puzzle is a regular weekly series. The puzzle party begins Sunday mornings at 9:30 am Eastern time / 6:30 am Pacific time, and you're invited. But the puzzles in the Sunday Puzzle series can...
View ArticleWhy Did this Happen?
If you are not familiar with it the disturbing video of a tentatively identified Transgender woman named Chrissy Lee Polis being brutally and repeatedly attacked, you may not want to watch it. But the...
View ArticleOur National Disgrace
My Mom is in the hospital right now. It's serious. She's going to need surgery. In the end she should be alright though. In fact, the doctors say she'll be much, much better than she's been....
View ArticleBy the incompetent at the expense of the stupid
As some of you may be aware, I recently posted my maiden post on Balloon Juice, in which I described my quick visit to see that nice Mr Cole and his lovely pets while I was on my way to New York on...
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Top Comments: Shakespeare's Birthday Edition
Top Comments strives to recognize and promote each day's outstanding comments through nominations made by Kossacks like you. Please send the comments you think should be recognized to TopComments at...
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