Write On! Not just the facts, ma'am
Hello, writers. Recently I looked a piece of fiction that was technically correct. All the sentences were grammatical. There were no spelling errors. But it had all the verve and appeal of a Red Cross...
View ArticleWhy Teenagers Are Growing Up So Slowly Today
I was excited to see this piece titled “Why Teenagers Are Growing Up So Slowly Today”, not so much because it was new information for me, but because it was good to see this wake up call to parents...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rightist Judicial Activists Wack Consumers
Two weeks ago, I spent a frustrating afternoon shopping for a new cell phone. The salespersons were not very forthcoming with facts. I had to drag information out of them. There were all sorts of...
View ArticleWisconsin Recount: Day 2, Prosser Modifies Denial of Walker Meeting
I can't give any new numbers, as you will read below, but Day 2 of the recount in Wisconsin's April 5th election for Supreme Court reportedly continued without any major ballot issues on Thursday....
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IGTNT: A Career Soldier, An Army Nurse and A Tough Marine
I Got The News Today (IGTNT) , which is among the oldest continuous series on Daily Kos, provides members of this community a venue to pay their respects to those who have died as a result of the...
View ArticleAll-Star lineup at NN health policy panel
You're disappointed with the state if healthcare in the richest nation on the planet--so am I. Netroots Nation will be your opportunity to lay it all on the road. Obama did what he promised? It's...
View ArticleHighest pay counterproductive. Please spread meme for free.
There's a video I want you to see. Actually there are two or three, at least. If you don't have the time right now, save them for later but if you can, watch the first one now. Everything that...
View ArticleEye Candy in Popular Culture
Earlier in a diary I was asked if I would ever make an eye-candy diary, the best looking actors, entertainers or “public people” out there today. I thought long and hard about it and I realized that...
View ArticleTroolz: Mojo, TU, and Recycling
How Many TUs are there? 8394 as of today, approximately.
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Walking Around Portland: Just Some Signs And Stuff
Greetings from 45°31′12″N, 122°40′55″W, or thereabouts. Better known as Portland, Oregon. It's been a bit of a rough week, but it's ending soon enough. Took a walk around town last Saturday, it was...
View Article'Station Blackout' at Browns Ferry - Update
An in-depth article in this week's Rolling Stone - America's Nuclear Nightmare - author Jeff Goodell offered a prophetic warning about the actual dangers those 31 antiquated GE Mark I and II reactors...
View ArticleHey Tornado Victims - Quit Sucking on the Public Teat
Yeah you heard me. It's time you gave up your addiction to Big Government coming in to help you pick up the pieces of your life. You're just making things harder for yourselves, and America can...
View ArticleWhat's Behind the War on Class Size
Cross-posted from Campaign for America's Future, ourfuture.org. To all those out there who are clamoring for "market-based"approaches to education reform, please tell me this: What kind of a business...
View ArticleRight-Wing Seniors Group Spreads Lies, Doubletalk On Medicare-Gutting Ryan Bill
I loved Rachel Maddow's excellent report last night about the tons of money right-wing groups are spending in an effort to stifle the well-deserved criticism of Paul Ryan's morally irresponsible...
View ArticleWho Do We Want As President?
Four years ago we were asking this very question. We decided upon a senator who before entering the Senate was a state senator and constitutional law professor. At the time we were nearing the end...
View ArticleAdvertiser boycott of NBC's "The Apprentice" begins
The beginnings of an advertiser boycott of race-baiting Donald Trump's NBC show "The Apprentice" is taking shape. Today Groupon announced that it will block its advertisements from appearing on The...
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Chronic Tonic: Not Crazy About Crazy
CHRONIC TONIC posts on Thursdays at 9 p.m. EST, it is a place to share stories, advice, and information and to connect with others with chronic health conditions and those who care for them. Our...
View ArticleHuman Rights Diary Rescue: 3 Must-Reads on Gitmo, Bagram, and War
There were a few excellent diaries written this past week that I wanted to highlight for their incisive and informative analysis of issues pertaining to civil liberties and human rights abuses....
View ArticleCA Dem Convention this weekend: Are you going?
Hi there, The CA Dem convention is this weekend, starting tomorrow, thought I would find out if any other Kossaks are attending, I will be there early afternoon on Friday, leaving Sunday afternoon. If...
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Yup.
Via PoliticuUSA: Baritone Julian Long, a gay man, worked during his student days in Trumpets Restaurant, interior-designed by Trump’s then wife Ivana Trump. Julian reports that Donald Trump as a...
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