Top Comments: My ideal climate edition
Although the remark has been widely attributed to Mark Twain, it was actually an essayist friend of Twain named Charles Dudley Warner - with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of...
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The Rachel Maddow Show - Apr. 15, 2011
Today would normally be the day on which "we, the people" (but not GE, apparently) pay their fair share to Uncle Sam; however, because of some DC holiday, everyone gets until Monday! So, we'll have to...
View ArticleThe time for action
on Medicare/Medicaid is now, not once the real debate starts. I posted this as a reader comment to an article on The Huffington Post about the GOP lack-of-plan for Medicare/Medicaid. While it is not...
View ArticleWorried that Kloppenburg will bow out
Now that GAB has done as little as possible to get to the bottom of Corrupt Kathy's strange counting, Kloppenburg has until Wednesday to ask for a recount. Which she should do.
View ArticleHijacking "Ryancare"
Greetings everyone, it's been a while since I've last posted. But these recent budget talks regarding Medicare finally got me off my duff. As a disabled person who had dealt with private insurance...
View ArticleIsrael/Palestine News
In Gaza, the big news has been the kidnapping & murder of ISM activist Vittorio Arrigoni at the hands of a Salafist group. Unspeakable has a diary about it here. Meanwhile, the children of Gaza...
View ArticleEither Leave Social Insurance Alone Or Pay Us Back Our $ 1 Trillion.
Over the last 30 years or so, approximately $2.3 Trillion has been collected through the Social Insurance payroll taxes in excess of what was needed for outlays under those programs during that same...
View ArticleChildhood television memories in video
I grew up in metro Detroit so I was lucky enough to be raised on both American and Canadian kids programs. I was putzing around youtube, remembering days past and I thought it would be interesting to...
View ArticleE*Trade baby loses everything!
Just a Friday night laugh. http://www.youtube.com/... No TARP for you baby! Maybe Uncle Sam can get you a new diaper!
View ArticleDirty Republican Trick on Endangered Species
Gray Wolves Are Now Off Endangered Species List (link to story, my views below) Boise -- Gray wolves are off the endangered species list, leaving the door open to a possible wolf hunt this year. The...
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Insomniacs' Vent Hole with Craig Ferguson
Please read and follow instructions before opening. Or consult your physician. SPOILER WARNING: A latenight gathering for non-serious palaver that does not speak of that night's show. Posting a...
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Overnight News Digest-04/15/2011
OND is a community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own...
View ArticleWA Dem. Gov. vetoes medical marijuana bill w/cover from DOJ
Perhaps Gov. Gregoire didn't feel brave enough to claim the veto as her own, which must be why she publicly dragged the DOJ into the state legislative process. The question, oft asked and bound to be...
View ArticleComplaining About Prices
Ahhh...that's better. Things are back to normal. I was starting to get nervous because our fireplace insert, which saves us tons in heating costs by heating with wood, started to poop out. The blowers...
View ArticleA Perfect Conversation: Equality is Inevitable
A quick reminder. I'm being kept pretty busy at the moment, so I haven't had time to read anything today. This diary was scheduled in advance, so if you're reading this sentence, it's probably because...
View ArticleResolution of Federal Budget Impasse Will Define Our Nation
We are at an impasse in the country. President Obama's exercise in political chess will enable Americans to contrast two distinct and diametrically opposed political philosophies. I am only sorry that...
View ArticleRasmussen Reports: Dems Have "Realistic Chance" of Retaking House
Ahead of the 2012 election, President Obama is a strong if not overwhelming favorite to win reelection. Republicans have to be considered a slight favorite to win back the Senate. But there's been far...
View ArticleDo House Republicans have a death wish?
Today the House of Representatives actually voted to abolish Medicare as we know it, over the next ten years. Wow. The audacity of that move is breathtaking, though perhaps understandable as a...
View Article"They Don't Have Mission, They are Just Fighting to Have Money"
Afghanistan: Between Light & Darkness, is a new documentary by Dr. Penelope Price, who hopes to "give voice to an Afghanistan beyond the media image". It is a fascinating story of two heroic...
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