The Inconvenient Species.
The Clean Air Act dodged a bullet in last night's budget agreement when GOP-sponsored riders to the budget were removed from the final agreement. However, the Endangered Species Act wasn't so lucky....
View ArticleThe Miracle of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Last night, while I was watching a live episode of Real Time With Bill Maher on HBO, Bill Maher interrupted his show to announce that he got word that there was a last-minute compromise between the...
View ArticleDaily Kos in Full Meltdown over "Obama's Cave"
Oh my goodness, oh my goodness. There is a crisis at Daily Kos! I took an early afternoon scroll around this site and people, these liberals are going nuts over what is now affectionately called...
View ArticleBreaking News About Our Competitors
If you’re at all like me then you don’t take cable news seriously. Despite what CNN, MSNBC and FOX want you to think, not a whole lot of Americans pay them much mind either. They average in the low...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We Are Ohio -- SB5 repeal rally (photo diary)
Buses and cars from all over Ohio converged on the Statehouse in Columbus today for the "We Are Ohio" rally for repeal of Senate Bill 5, the union-busting bill signed into law by Gov. Kasich last...
View ArticleI'm Going to Visit the Washington Monument. Thank You President Obama.
Thanks to President Obama and his hard work reaching a budget agreement, we're going to visit the Washington Momument. And buy stuff.
View ArticleThe losing mentality
We are losing election after election I don't see any recognition of this simple fact from the most progressive members of this community and I don't see any long term strategy to change that.
View ArticleObama allowing another lifeline to be taken away?
It appears a campaign by the White House Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (the "IP czar") is working to block Americans from buying their medicines online from reputable...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kossack Reader 2.0 for iPhone — Now Live In The App Store
Apple has just approved an update to Kossack Reader, the unofficial, native iPhone application for DailyKos, which is now available in the app store. What's new in this version: * Fixed to work with...
View ArticleA Modest Proposal for DC Statehood: Abolish the Federal Government
Politico has named Washington, DC as the biggest loser in the government shutdown farce. As a long-time DC resident, I am tired of being tread upon. I think it's time to take concrete steps to seize...
View ArticleNot sure if the cancer is returning
I posted a dairy about a year ago regarding my wife's breast cancer. The day my world changed. My wife was diagnosed with stage II IDC breast cancer back in 2008. We traveled to Santa Barbara to an...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v.5.37 - Spring has Sprung!
in Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious the little lame baloonman whistles far and wee and eddyandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it's spring when the world...
View ArticleBargaining...
Bargaining. Can someone please teach this administration how do it? As RJ Eskow points out on , HuffPo We're being told we should celebrate a "compromise" in which Democrats gave up $38.5 billion in...
View ArticleFocused on re-election, Obama caves on budget cuts
From Robert Scheer in Truthdig: Instead of taxing the superrich on the bonuses dispensed by top corporations such as Exxon, Bank of America, General Electric, Chevron and Boeing, all of which managed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Rachel Maddow Show - Apr. 11, 2011
The guy who was my date for my senior prom turned 40 yesterday; GET OFF MY LAWN!
View ArticleThey're Waiting 15 Hours Outside To Get Their Kids a Few Minutes of Health Care
I decided to take the twenty minute drive down to the Oakland Coliseum today to see what I could see. This last weekend, today, and tomorrow, Remote Area Medical is holding a free health care clinic...
View ArticleThe Truth About the Confederacy
Cross-posted from CorrenteWire. The 150th anniversary of the Fort Sumter bombardment that formally began the Civil War is tomorrow, and wrong-wingers throughout the South and the rest of America are...
View ArticleShame, Shame, SHAME!
Yes, I'm calling out some members of this community here for posting these nasty comments attacking a member of this kossack's family. This issue was already resolved between this kossack and Meteor...
View ArticleDamn, I am the reason the government is going broke.
I paid into Social Security for over 15 years and I have been collecting Social Security Disability and Medicare benefits for over 10 years. I don't need a CPA degree to do the math and show that I...
View ArticleTop Comments (4-11-2011): Sixty Six Years Ago Tomorrow
The year was 1945. The place was the French city of Lyon. The date was April 12. Allied troops had recently liberated the city, and after years of privation and curfews, life was starting to return...
View Article