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Keeping his head down on teh gheys? (The White House)
President Obama is scheduled to appear in North Carolina tomorrow. Will he speak out against the anti-gay amendment, as so many local ...
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...and, we're back!! :...
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Last week I posted a simple chart from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showing that between March, 2010 and March, 2011, Wisconsin was the only state in the nation to have a statistically ...
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Polls are now closed in the great province of Alberta, where the governing Tory dynasty may be on the brink of collapse for the first time in over 40 years, as they face a well-funded challenge by ...
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Unless ... you want to really participate in the Daily Kos culture, in rewarding and reinforcing the writing of your fellow Kossacks, of drawing more attention to exceptional quality in the comment ...
by BeninSC
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Actually this story is about much more than this.
There is a group of Republicans, including Dana Rohrabacher, Louis Gohmert, Michele Bachmann, and Michael Burgess who were going to Kabul to meet ...
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It's a trope with our politicians, including the President, his likely Republican opponent Mitt Romney, and an emerging third party candidate over at Americans Elect and NoLabels, Pete Peterson's ...
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(Crossposted from "News from the Front". )
It looks like the GOP War on Women is about to enter the hand to hand combat phase in Tampa.
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This is my first diary here for my fellow New Yorkers. It's short but very important. New York State Senator George Maziarz, of the 62nd District up by Buffalo wants to re-introduce a SYG ...
by Renie57
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Now you'd be lucky to find a tech product that didn't require a rocket scientist to replace the battery, that is if you can purchase a new battery to replace the old [or the battery is not soldered ...
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A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room . We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if ...
by remembrance
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Another day, another dollar, another set of polls showing some major-league disconnect from one another. If you only went by the national tracking polls laid down by Gallup and the House of Ras, ...
by Steve Singiser
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Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality. ~Emily Dickinson
I Got the News Today (IGTNT) is a diary series intended to honor service members who have died as a result of the wars in ...
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THAT THE ONLY REASON THOSE CORPORATIONS LEFT ALEC
IS BECAUSE THEY WERE
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In 2000, half a million more Americans voted for Al Gore than George W. Bush, yet through the math of the electoral college, Bush became president. Is this a likely occurrence in the event of a ...
by Skaje
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The GOP health care reform plan.
For two years, all we've heard from the Republican 2010 campaign promise of repeal and replace of Obamacare is repeal. And repeal. And repeal. Twenty-seven repeal ...
by Joan McCarter
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Thank you Youffraita and Belinda for the invitation to the Theatricals group! I am a huge Sweeney Todd fan, and submit this little listing and comparisons of the different interpretations of Sondheim�
by efrenzy
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Murder is rarely funny. However, The people around it can be. Many mystery writers owe their success not only to their well plotted stories, but to their judicious use of humor and romance. The ...
by Caddis Fly
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It seems to be in the news quite a bit lately, this fella named "Alec". For a long time, I was just sitting out on the porch down here, along the mighty Duck River, wonderin' what all the dust-up ...
by Bud Fields
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The love of my life, Brenda, hasn't known a moment free of pain, suffering, and failure for most of her life. No, she's been a successful nurse, a good mother, and a wonderful woman to know all ...
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Public education in British Columbia has long been under attack by the ultra-Libertarian Fraser Institute and their friends in big business and right-wing politics. Among other things, the number-...
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Monday Night Cancer Club is a Daily Kos group focused on dealing with cancer, primarily for cancer survivors and caregivers, though clinicians, researchers, and others with a special interest are ...
by ProvokingMeaning
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I laid down for a nap around noon. I had woken up early enough to catch Cheers and Jeers this morning so my body wanted me to rest. I read a chapter or so and then curled up with my Pooties for a nap.
by Horace Boothroyd III
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Aaaaah, election years. As if keeping up with Washington's shenanigans weren't already a full-time endeavor, we now have 50 states, some with almost as many Congressional races, to track. ...
by Cedwyn
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First James Murdoch and the Rupert Murdoch will testify before the Leveson inquiry this Tuesday (JM) and Wednesday And Thursday (RM).
While it is not guaranteed that it will be a popcorn worthy ...
by BlueStateRedhead
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You don't usually think of a cigar bar as a place where people have deep, meaningful conversations about society, humanity and race. I mean, it just doesn't fit with what one would expect. Now ...
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I participate in something called "YouGov". Until today, I never read the commentary under any of the polls I took. I should have kept it that way. What a bunch of hateful morons! And it may ...
by billlaurelMD
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As of April 1st, 2012, the Invasive Species Order (ISO) went into effect in Michigan.
With the support of the Michigan Pork Producers Association , the state's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) ...
by CraigMcCordHPN
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Join us every Monday night for drinks at the Daily Kos community political poetry club. Your own poetry is always welcome in the comments. Bongos, berets & turtle neck sweaters optional. The keypad ...
by The Poet Deploreate
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So, who are we?
A positive and realistic group of Democrats who support President Barack Obama and his ability to deliver change in the face of a hostile Congress and unprecedented financial ...
by Mets102
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This will be a short post. Mainly to get this riveting and well written piece by award-winning Ohio journalist, Pete Kotz, out in the conversation: Mitt Romney, American Parasite.
It struck me as I ...
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I grew up in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, spending 25 years of my life there. As an inveterate desert rat and enthusiastic natural historian I soon got to know some of the more prickly ...
by Desert Scientist
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There is a series of lakes and ponds experiencing long term invasive species invasion. Particularly of plants. Plants that get transfered from pond to pond on the hulls of boats that are not cleaned ...
by Horace Boothroyd III
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Public school money has been involved, and the authorities are trying to figure out where it has gone.
From the NYT School Book:
Believe Charter Network Founder Indicted
The office of the ...
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Back in days of yore, before corporations were people, humans of the male variety gathered in smoke filled rooms to hold stock holder sheeple meetings where the executives of corporations told the ...
by jpmassar
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Watch this inspiring and uplifting PDA from the 99% about the people fighting for our democracy - then take action!
Visit the99%power for more.
by jimstaro
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The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) is the new diversion being used by ALEC and their Right Wing supporters in an attempt to divert attention away from ALEC's agenda - and current ...
by Bob Sloan
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About that "liberal" bias in the media...
As the presidential campaign shifts from the Republican primary fights to a general election matchup between President Barack Obama and former ...
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Before delving into the Social Security Trustee's annual report, here's a reality check about the program:
All of that remains true—Social Security has paid its own way for the entirety of its ...
by Joan McCarter
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There is some really great news for Amendment One in the early voting numbers from NC. So far, Democrats are outvoting Republicans by a good margin - 19,848 to 13,635. The top voting precincts in ...
by The Nephew
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Former Congressman Rick Nolan picked up a key labor endorsement on the Iron Range Monday, winning the support of the Steelworker's Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR), District 11. Nolan is vying ...
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Author Reverend Jim Conn is the founding minister of the Church in Ocean Park and served on the Santa Monica City Council and as that city's mayor. He helped found Clergy and Laity United for ...
by The Frying Pan
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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In this weekly series we have been discussing the benefits of a vegetarian diet including: better health , animal rights, public health, food safety, frugal living, global food crisis and the ...
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Missouri Republican Senate candidate Sarah Steelman's reason for not knowing what the the Violence Against Women Act was? "I'm not sure what that is because I'm not serving right now."
That's a ...
by Laura Clawson
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One of the great cultural barriers to peacemaking involves what Walter Wink, a brilliant theologian, has described as the Myth of Redemptive Violence. His idea is that our culture is based on ...
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I guess we are!! Here is the beginning, I hope, of that Democratic attack on Scott
Walker that I kept hearing for some time.
Some said, even the right-wing media mentioned this was coming.
Anyway, ...
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SF Chronicle this morning has an article about an oil tanker returning to Alaska with oil on board which could not be unloaded on the West Coast because all the onshore storage tanks were chock-a-...
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If you live close to other people – in a city, an apartment complex (sprawling, hi-rise, condo), or in dense suburban neighborhoods, as a matter of survival, you need to be familiar with the area ...
by Noddy
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The Daily Bucket is a place where we post and exchange our observations about what is happening in the natural world in our neighborhood. Each note about the bugs, buds, and birds around us is a ...
by bwren
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Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk (D)
Gov. Scott Walker's alleged reason for repealing Wisconsin's Equal Pay Enforcement Act was that "In the past, lawyers could clog up the legal system."
by Laura Clawson
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It was ridiculous. It was ridiculous in the middle of Cow Country before the anger of the 60s erupted on the coasts. Stolidly contented, chewing their cuds, unconcerned Cow Country.
I was the ...
by Karen Hedwig Backman
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If Mitt Romney wins Pennsylvania on Tuesday, it'll finally be official :
In an interview with ABC News in Scottsdale, Ariz., RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said that “Tuesday is going to be very ...
by Jed Lewison
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Senator Kent Conrad, Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, has proposed a 2013 Budget Resolution that backs $5.4 trillion in cuts over 10 years, based on the recommendations of the Bowles-Simpson ...
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Titanic 2012, where the only thing that sank was our respect for the Republican Party... if that was even possible.
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Previous generations have left us a priceless legacy of American history: detailed photographic records dating back to the Civil War. These "vintage photos" are a fascinating glimpse into times gone ...
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Please forgive the personal indulgence. My nephew, who suffers from autism, graduates from high school this year. His determination, and that of his parents and his sister, has filled me with ...
by Armando
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If you haven't seen Naomi Wolf's Facebook page today , you need to do so and read her March 30th reports from the hearings for the lawsuit filed by Chris Hedges and others regarding the NDAA.
by Sagebrush Bob
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I received a zombie lie chain email from a county veteran's rep a little while ago regarding an alleged ACLU suit against the Department of Defense to "to end prayer from the military completely".
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by Richard Cranium
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Many of you have been wondering when we'll get a new poll out from AZ; well here you go. From the Tucson Sentinel : The statewide Merrill/Morrison Institute poll of 488 registered voters found 42 ...
by YoungArizonaLiberal
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In recent weeks people who oppose Planned Parenthood and our mission to provide high-quality reproductive health care, have been conducting a secret, nationwide hoax campaign in an attempt to ...
by RH Reality Check
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On Thursday, Rep. Paul Ryan strayed from the current Republican mantra when he said he “respectfully disagrees” with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that it’s not very Jesus-...
by RH Reality Check
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You Can't Read That! is a periodic post featuring news about banned and challenged books.
by pwoodford
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"The only way real change happens in America is if large numbers of people outside of Washington are mobilized and organized and energized to make it happen. To demand it happen! And to keep on ...
by Ms Citizen
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First published on my blog Occam's Razor .
Update: Check out the appalling video of conditions for drivers at LAX in the video in the comments!
No, I suppose not. You are a business, after all, ...
by Guy Noir
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She was 14. We both knew that we both knew. We just hadn't talked about it yet. It was just the two of us, but we rarely spoke about anything of substance. I had asked her about it several years ...
by HappyinNM
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Mitt Romney goes severe.
This must be what Mitt Romney meant when he called himself "severely conservative": He'd slash budgets beyond the tea party's wildest dreams. While there's not an actual ...
by Joan McCarter
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Welcome to the Coffee Hour / Open Thread. For today's suggested topic lets consider, what is considered to be one of the "worst" Science Fiction films ever made, Robot Monster.
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by linkage
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I know there's this big hullabaloo about respect. A lot of people seem to think that the only people worthy of respect are those who earned it. Not just earned it a little bit, but earned it Big ...
by Noddy
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2001 - In front of thousands of believers and accolates, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is chopped up, saute'd, seasoned with garlic and grated Romano Cheese, then set in a large wooden bowl inside of ...
by agnostic
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I've been stunned lately by how far down the rabbit hole America seems to have gotten. Yesterday it was Steven D's fine diary New Crime: Owning Home While Black , while today's outrage hails from ...
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Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet .
According to the United Nations , access to reliable and sufficient sources of energy will be critical to meeting the Millennium ...
by NourishingthePlanet
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Science talk returns to brighten your day one more time. New discoveries, new takes on old knowledge, and other bits of news are all available for the perusing in today's information world. Over ...
by possum
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