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WAYWO: Basic Sewing
What Are You Working On is a community diary series for all things crafty, in a variety of mediums and techniques. You may volunteer to guest host by signing up at this yahoo group, which I check from...
View ArticleTalking with Tennessee Republicans
This pretty much sums it up. I just really don't have anything else to say about it. This is so typical.
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Anti-Capitalism and Intersectionality: Race Class Gender Meet-Up
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and...
View ArticleSongs about mothers
Today is a very sad day for me, as I lost my mother in 2005 at the age of 68. I've tried to avoid all the mother's day celebrations until now, when I thought I'd do a diary dedicated to all the...
View ArticleRepubs and the Death of OBL
I have seen (amazingly) a fair # of Repub politicians actually criticizing Obama for orchestrating the killing of OBL. I have zero doubt that practically all would have praised Bush for doing the...
View ArticleAnti-capitalist meet-up signpost
Today's diary by Soothsayer99 is an excellent discussion of the intersecting oppressions of race, class and gender. Come over and join the meet-up: http://www.dailykos.com/...
View ArticleGen Hayden Admits, Torture Didn't Get Bin Laden
Not that he says so in so many words, but listen closely to when he talks about what happened when they asked KSM about the courier.
View ArticleOn Mother's Day, I contemplate motherhood
For those of you who don't know, I do have children. I didn't have the joy of carrying them in my womb, but they are no less my children for it. Some of them carry my DNA, some do not. I am not their...
View ArticleA Democratic Texas
On my last Texas map I simply wanted to respect communities of interest and create a few new Hispanic districts. This map, however, has totally different goals: 1) Maximize Democratic opportunity. 2)...
View ArticleInnovation isn't profitable enough for the plutocrats
If you're looking for innovation by American companies to save us, don't hold your breath. Sure there are innovators and companies started by them. The problem is that they are not instantly...
View ArticleLiveBlog: 60 Minutes BHO on UBL
Live blog option for those with multi-tasking disorder, The President interviewed by 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft on US television channel CBS. updates below the fold
View ArticleShould we have declared war on Osama bin Laden, or on Al Qaeda?
And shouldn't we indict Anwar al-Awlaki? Al Qaeda seems to "fall between the cracks" between being a criminal organization and a foreign nation at war with us. If we'd declared war, it clearly would...
View ArticleVideo: The Nation's Greg Mitchell Talks WikiLeaks and the Questions About...
Traditional media organizations, especially those in the United States, are afraid of WikiLeaks. It threatens their position in society. The new "leaks portal" launched by the Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleSic Seniors on GOP
From The Progressive Populist House Republicans voted April 15 to turn Medicare into a voucher program that would deny seniors the guaranteed benefits that have made it a lifeline for older Americans....
View ArticleEffective 10-3 GOP map NC
The weakest district here is 54.7% McCain, so I think this map should be reasonably safe for Republicans. Shuler, Miller, McIntyre and Kissell should all be out of Congress with this map in 2012.
View ArticleFlorida to Pass NRA-backed law to Censor Free Speech of Doctors; Claims...
It seems that now the Second Amendment trumps the First Amendment. At least with respect to Pediatricians in Florida: A pending law in Florida would make it illegal for pediatricians to ask families...
View ArticleSCOTUS: rape victim must pay for refusing to cheer her rapist.
Outrageous: Cheerleader must compensate school that told her to clap 'rapist'. Wednesday, 4 May 2011. A teenage girl who was dropped from her high school's cheerleading squad after refusing to chant...
View ArticleHappy & Sad Story
I just got off the phone with my mother. Now I love my mother. She rocks. I've written entire Diaries here about how cool she is. As our call ended I said, "I love you Mom." Things went downhill from...
View ArticleHerman Cain's Big Problem
Herman Cain is about the make the biggest mistake of his life.
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Sunday Train: States Rights to Living Transport
Burning the Midnight Oil for Living Energy Independence Cap'n Transit Rides Again wrote about "Getting People Out of their Cars by Not Subsidizing Roads], which perplexed Yonah Freemark at The...
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