What is a "Trusted User" her at Kos
I got a message from someone saying I was now a "trusted user" of Daily Kos and was asked whether or not to block the person who sent it to me. I thought this was some "trust" Kos was putting on me...
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Green Climate Fund: Another World Bank Victory
It's official. South Africa's Planing Minister Trevor Manuel will co-chair the 50-member committee to design the $100 billion Green Climate Fund! Acceptable Losses: Which scenario do you anticipate...
View ArticleBenton Harbor Rallies Against Emergency Financial Manager
About 300 people crammed into the library in Benton Harbor, Michigan on Wednesday afternoon to protest the emergency financial manager, Joe Harris. The meeting started out with a prayer, but the...
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Perry - Rubio 2012
This is the GOP ticket no-one is talking about. All the discussion about GOP contenders like Trump, Bachman, Romney, Palin are all laughable distractions. Here is a CBS story on the Top GOP...
View Article"Free Bradley Manning"
In Free Bradley Manning by William Rivers Pitt in Truthout, Pitt argues that if Manning committed the crimes he is accused of, then Manning followed the constitution and the precedent set by the...
View ArticleThe Aging Process
Grow old along with me The best is yet to be. sang poet Robert Browning. He must have been dreaming. Don't let me discourage you but being old is not that much fun....
View ArticleWanted: Better Transportation Options
Gas prices continue to dominate the headlines this week, as they will for months to come, I'm sure. No one but Big Oil likes a story lead of "Pump Prices Continue Relentless Climb" - that relentless...
View ArticleJust remember, you disapprove
You think, “I am trying to help. I did not cause this”. And you think that, for an ongoing crime. Make no mistake. You are a friend. When President Obama said that those who were trying to kill...
View ArticleJim Crow is alive and well
I am appalled that the President of the United States has had to stoop so low as to prove his right to be in the office he's occupied for two years. I can't believe what is happening in this country....
View ArticleSam's Club: NIMBY
Last night at the Village Board of Trustees meeting in Glen Carbon, IL a proposal to create a special business district and hand over seven million dollars in local sales tax revenue in order to build...
View ArticleObama's UFO Mistake
During the Cold War one of the biggest arms races in human history went largely unnoticed. Many focused on the build up of nuclear warheads, while ignoring delivery systems. While the potency of...
View ArticleThe thuggery of Martin Luther King and heroism of bigotry?
I'll preface this by expressing in the strongest terms possible, the title is a heavy dose of snark, but is the necessary corollary of some of what is being said here, in the media and by the first...
View ArticleKosability: When a teenager gets sick - Part 2
Last week, in this diary, I described my son's journey over the last four years with Ulcerative Colitis. As I was putting the finishing touches on that diary, I found more information on one of the...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Blocks Consumer Access to Courts
Today the United States Supreme Court issued an incredibly disturbing opinion for United States consumers (i.e. all of us). In AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion the Court held that corporations can ban...
View ArticleTrump Releases Long Form Dick Certificate
freshrant.com — Billionaire real estate tycoon and Busey-Meatloaf Brat Pack member, Donald Trump arrived in the all-important primary state of New Hampshire to take credit for forcing one of "the...
View ArticleThrough the Birther Fog
Yesterday, my school held its annual spring concert, bringing everyone outside for a day and night's worth of fun in what was impossibly nice weather. The school year is winding to a close,...
View ArticleHow I, a Birther, can be convinced (Reposted from July 2009)
This is a repost from July 2009, when I thought that we had reached peak Birther, but it seems that this is where the Birthers are actually going to go. I am proud to believe that Barak Obama is not...
View ArticleI don't intend to apologize for not liking the president
Why? Because it's not my job to like the president--this one or any other. Of whatever race, creed, color, gender, or sexual orientation. Unless I happen to be in love with him or married to him, in...
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Moderation Is In Shambles, Kos Attempts To Fix With Mean Message
This is the new message box TU's are now receiving when they move to Hide-Rate a comment.
View ArticleThe anti-birth certificate discussion: Music video solution
I am tired of reading about birth certificates, so consider this the opposite diary of such nonsense. Sit back, put your feet up and watch some videos about learning and science. Have a favorite...
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