1940's music
World War II dominated the 1940s. At the start of the decade Big Band music dominated. Be-bop and Rhythm and Blues grew out of the big band music and started to become popular later in the decade....
View ArticleOh. Oh. Plutonium Contamination Suspected.
An interesting element of the periodic table - one that has never actually been observed - is element 137, which has an atomic number that exceeds the highest known naturally occurring element in the...
View ArticleDon't Sell Guns to Enemies
Don't Sell Guns to Enemies Written by William Bouzeneris    “Dear Western Governments, You've been silent for 30 years supporting the regime that was oppressing us. Please don't get involved now. “...
View ArticleRevisited: The Free Lunch Economy vs. The Progressive Era
Crossposted from Antemedius Under the first U.S. income tax law that was passed in 1913, only 1 percent of Americans were required to file income tax returns, and to be liable to file you would have...
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The Daily Show/Colbert Report Chat thread 04.12.11
Tonight on TDS, Gov. Deval Patrick, Author, A Reason To Believe ("The governor of Massachusetts discusses his rise from poverty and what gives him hope for America's future"); and on TCR, Â Ray...
View ArticleHow's your Social Contract Investment doing?
You pay your Social Security taxes right? Â Of course, you do (if you're working) ... it's not like it's optional. So how is your investment in your future well-being doing anyways? The way all the...
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Black Kos Music: Late Night in the Justice Department
I'm your VJ/DJ, Justice Putnam; and I'll be manning the dials, spinning the discs, warbling the woofers, putting a slip in your hip and a trip to your hop. Sit back, roam the Big Orange and have a...
View ArticleThe self-importance of being Darling
Maybe Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darling (R-swanky, rich Milwaukee suburb that I'm too lazy to look up right now) has lost her "filter". She actually admitted that she doesn't listen at budget...
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Fukushima Eyes: ROV 47
NewsFeed (Latest Update12:10 PM 04 13 11 JNI Combined Sources) ...5.4 quake off coast  … latest readings from power plants … in first minutes post 3/11 quake Tepco workers connected car batteries to...
View ArticlePlease don't hit me - Child Abuse Prevention Month
NOTE: It has been awhile since I last posted this diary I wrote several years back. Â As it is April and it is Child Abuse Prevention Month, it is important to remember to look out for signs that may...
View ArticleFreedom and Power
Conservatives like to talk about freedom. Â What they really want is power. Â If a few have too much power, they can use it to take away the freedom of others.
View ArticleCalifornia Battle on Higher Education continues
Joe Palermo On April 13, California State University students and faculty are organizing demonstrations at all 23 CSU campuses across the state to protest the latest wave of brutal budget cuts. CSU...
View ArticleHow much private sector employment is created by the public sector?
I hear all the incredible sanctimonious language from the conservative GOPTea Party about the size of government, and I think it's about time we on the left, we who are pragmatic about this economy,...
View Articlethey dont want you to read these
There were 348 reports of efforts to remove books from America's shelves last year. The UK GUARDIAN has an article with The List (and so do i, below the cloud) - as well as a great quote from Barbara...
View ArticleIt's only "Welfare" if it's chump change?
OK, so if one of the Galtian Ubermensch creates, say, a great manufacturing empire, who are we as a society to try to take away most of the money he makes through taxes? It's HIS. (I can almost get...
View ArticleDosimeters for Fukushima
Thousands of ordinary Japanese people are unknowingly accumulating higher than usual doses of radioactivity while consciously suffering many other deprivations and disruptions after the earthquake and...
View ArticleGlenn Beck and Richard Dawkins
My colleague at Partisans.org, Michael Trice, penned a rather humorous hypothetical conversation between Glenn Beck and Richard Dawkins. I think it captures Beck's crazy paranoia and Dawkins'...
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Overnight News Digest: "Digging Your Scene" Edition
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest (OND) for Tuesday, April 12, 2011. OND is a community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme,...
View ArticleIt's Time To Print Two Trillion Dollars
Since Obama seems intent on following the plan of Billionaires for Bush (now renamed Billionaires for Wealthcare) by passing an $800 billion tax cut and then then evicerating health, the environment,...
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