Can We Please Stop the South-bashing?
I'm not going to link to any of it, but any time something bad happens below the Mason-Dixon line, we are ahem treated to all manner of hateful comments regarding the South. So progressive! I'm not...
View ArticleOther Fronts in the War on Women
Long before the GOP completely lost it and became utterly obsessed with ladies' naughty bits, there has been a War on Women waged since forever. Now that we're no longer property outright, the salvos,...
View ArticleWe're Not Done with the Komen Foundation Yet
The happily ongoing saga of SGKF inserting itself ever so inartfully into politics is the motherlode of all schadenfreude. Not that any of us wish anyone ill, but the Susan G. Komen Foundation has...
View Article"If you idolize American history, but don't know any, join The Party!"
That may well be my favorite line from the Betty Bowers Super PAC must-see video that absolutely must go viral. This one's a solid contender, though:If you think the righteousness of being pro-life...
View ArticleTell Congress to Pass the Buffett Rule
We are their bosses, so we do get to tell them what to do! And the Buffet rule is a great opportunity for Congress to show everybody just where their heads are: fighting for the middle class or...
View ArticleWhat's the State of Your State?
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. California...
View ArticleKomen Foundation Tidbits
No, we're still not done with them yet. I highly recommend running "komen" through a Google news search every week or so. You learn many interesting things about the continued fallout from one of the...
View ArticleKomen Still Losing Racers, Execs, and Other Support
Komen's race for the cure season is fully ramping up, and there is just no denying that race participation and donations are down. Naturally, there are variations by locale, but the trend of...
View ArticleNetroots for the Troops, Baybeee!
As I'm sure you've noticed, the NFTT blogathon is on and strong! We have one more month before the big box day happens, so let's rock this out! All the goods below the squiggeldy-doo.Now, I'ma let...
View ArticleWant to Avenge Single Payer in Cali?
Then rec Shockwave's diary:http://www.dailykos.com/...We've got a single payer supporter in a June 5th primary against someone who voted against SB 810.And we all know what that means...
View ArticleAbout That More and Better Dems Thing
Oh yes, Silly Election Season is upon us. It's been fun and a half watching the GOP Keystone Kop its way through the primaries, but the rubber's about to meet the road here. And I daresay there is...
View ArticleMore Komen News: Unholy Alliances Edition
In the fun tradition of being nowhere near done with the Susan G. Komen Foundation, I now present to you the latest in their breathtaking array of less-than-stellar choices for marketing partners....
View ArticleLittle Ways We Can Help in Wisconsin
We have precisely 1.5 weeks until the big day in Wisconsin. Cheeseheads and other Badgers are kickin' ass and reminding everyone of just how fun civic engagement can be. The only bummer coming out of...
View ArticleThe Wisconsin Post-debate Spin Has Begun
And it will only get more intense overnight. This story, from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, already has quite a few comments, far too many of them pro-Walker. This is exactly the opportunity I was...
View Article"Two, four, six, eight! Scott Walker sucks!"
As bubbanomics would say, Hahahahaha! The quote in the title was from a protest demonstration that assembled outside one of Walker's super-duper spontaneous -- no, really, we didn't plan these...
View ArticleHokie Nation: Help Save VA Tech's Stadium Woods!
I stumbled upon this story last night while looking for the Wisconsin debate online. Amazing how I saw no mention of this stupid proposal in the alumni mailings I get. Gee I wonder why?When it comes...
View ArticleVA Tech Stadium Woods Update -- Still Time to Call
Okay, maybe it isn't an update, per se, as there isn't really any information that wasn't known Friday. As expected, the Board of Visitors is reviewing the vaunted report today and will presumably be...
View Articleeric lewis, where are you?
it is rumored you are at NN, but i have yet to either see you or find someone else who has. this will not do.
View ArticlePlease stop driving the Lamborghini to the corner store
Here we are at the ides of June (kinda like the ides of March, only rather unremarkable and not at all funky), and that means we have a little over four months before the election. We have seen this...
View ArticleBallot Measures, Matching Funds, and Marijuana Decrim, oh my!
There are heaps of ballot measures in the works for November. In fact, most states will have at least one this election; I was really surprised to learn that only 19 states have no ballot measures for...
View ArticleHeading to Pride Parade to do Voter Registration
That is what I'm doing as part of the GottaVote weekend of action. It should be a damn good time. I mean, I abhor parades, really, but it's Pride and well, that demographic isn't called "gay" for...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Against Prohibition Matching Funds Drive! With Bonus Portland...
Hai, everybody! There are only two more days in LEAP's matching funds drive; if they can reach $50,000 by June 21, a generous donor has offered to triple it!You know the contagious excitement...
View Article51% of the Population, 15% of Congress. Let's Roar!
I do hate to put such a fine point on it, but it seems unavoidable at this point: we need more vagina-Americans in Congress. Oh yes we do. Maybe -- just maybe -- that would get Washington (and the...
View ArticleKeep Nestle Out of Our Water: Protest Tomorrow, Boycott Indefinitely
Yes, I"m serious. Boycott Nestle all around; not even Toll House cookies will save them. If you really must bake, then at least just join in protesting Nestle's water division. Details on that below...
View ArticleObama to Speak on SCOTUS Ruling -- Liveblog
The President will be speaking in a few minutes here. You can watch it live at whitehouse.gov. For those hoping to see him spike the football, this could be it.Right now, Bachmann is nattering on...
View ArticleACA Ruling Paves Way for 50-State Strategy
Much ado was made (and rightly so) about the Supreme Court upholding the central tenets of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; unfortunately, not all of it was celebratory. Tucked into the...
View ArticleSave the Whales by July 10th!
Short and lame diary, I know. But it's whales and so what more really need be said?We have a July 10th deadline for comments on a Navy proposal to dick around with some MIC boondoggle widget or other...
View ArticleLast Day for Whale-Saving Comments to Navy!
As I hope you haven't been able to miss, we've been doing a bit of a whaleathon the past few days trying to convince the Navy to knock it off with their undersea shenanigans already.The deadline for...
View ArticlePlease Rec Palantir's Diary -- only 4 hours left!
There are only 4 hours left to submit comments to the navy about their testing and the harm it does to marine life, especially whales!palantir's diary is basically the last one of this whaleathon, so...
View ArticleWhat You Feed Grows: MetaReflections on the Site and Community
The other week, I wrote a diary called Please Stop Driving the Lamborghini to the Corner Store, the gist of which was imploring Kossacks to be more circumspect when it comes to recommending diaries....
View ArticleSupport the (odd) arts and Help a Kossack!
Kossack kjoftherock, to be specific. She and her son need a place to stay and/or an unused room to store things. Anywhere near the Portland, Oregon metro area is home. As is life's wont, it's been...
View ArticleKossack kjoftherock Needs Help -- Support the (odd) Arts
No, it's not deja vu; there was a snafu with this diary last night and it was published while attempting to schedule it. oopsie! So please forgive us that and rec this one.; Pkjoftherock and her son...
View ArticleLittle Gay Billeh's Big Gay Fundraiser -- Get Yer Cheers & Jeers On!
By now, you all know the tale of Little Billeh. Once upon a time, he had a cushy job that allowed him enough free time to write Cheers and Jeers for to greet us all every morning. Alas, it went away....
View ArticleVoting Against Oregon's Gillnet Ban
Measure 81 is cleverly titled "Protect Our Salmon Act." Here are just a few reasons why this ostensibly environmentalist measure really isn't and actually doesn't do much in the way of protecting...
View ArticleA Look at Oregon's Ballot Measures
Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Our voter's guide showed up in the mail earlier this week, and my ballot just showed up yesterday! Oh, I can't wait to once again scribble in the little circle next to "Barack...
View ArticleAction Diary Going Ignored
Michigan needs help, y'all:http://www.dailykos.com/...< rant >For the love of fuck, please be a little more circumspect with your diary recs, people. There are, as I type this, two diaries on...
View Article90 Hours
That is all that is left between now and the election: just over three days. Three more days to GO every last V we can.If you live in a swing state, please canvass.If you live near a swing state,...
View ArticleThree More Days to Leave it ALL on the Road
(Please excuse this re-post from yesterday; the site went down almost as soon as I hit publish!) Three days is all the time we have left between now and the election, three more days to GO every last V...
View ArticleDiary That Needs to be Rec'd
http://www.dailykos.com/...that diary needs to sit atop the rec list all day today. i can think of just about no story that could be as important as this info...
View ArticlePolling Place Info, Registration Check, Numbers for Election Fraud Assistance
Hopefully with Steven D's forgiveness, I am re-posting his diary from earlier, because really, seriously...there is no subject matter more important or more deserving prominence today of all days....
View ArticleSince We're Doing the Time Warp (again), Let's Review Some Other Years-old...
Okay, wow. If current headlines are any indication, one would think we were right back at the grand bargain hoopla of yore, as though we'd entered a wormhole or something. So, in the spirit of "when...
View Article"Regardless of the Politics"
President Obama made this statement at his presser following the Newtown shooting yesterday:And we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this,...
View ArticleSolutions We Can All Agree On
The cold, cold comfort coming out of Newtown is that at least the country seems a little more ready and willing to address the question of (gun) violence. It's a national dialogue that's been a long...
View ArticleThe Thing About Social Security
We've heard it from all the major pols: Social Security does not contribute to the deficit. So why is it even being mentioned in grand bargain-type talks? That would be because Social Security has a...
View ArticleGun Control vs Social Security
How's that for a sacred cow cage match, hey? But why am I even putting them in the same sentence, let alone presenting them as in direct conflict with one another?Well, in a word, it's about...
View ArticleGetting Specific on Gun Control
Oy vey...the gun debate is going to make HCR look like a church picnic. By virtue of the technical and constitutional questions involved, there are few issues in which clarity of purpose and precision...
View ArticleDon't Support Komen This Mother's Day
As you all know, Mother's Day is coming up; it will be here May 12th. Yay moms! And yay flowers! But since it's "Boo Komen!," one must be careful in choosing their Mother's Day bouquets. To wit,...
View ArticleR.I.P. Ray Manzarek
Sad, sad day today. On top of all the tornado devastation, Ray Manzarek has passed away. : (
View ArticleThings (besides new front pagers) that are bad for Daily Kos
Allow me, please, to present to you, in no particular order, some things that are not healthy for the Daily Kos community.Thing the first: not being factual. For example, here is the verbatim quote...
View ArticleMy take on Oregon's Ballot Measures
I love that Oregon has a referendum process whereby we the people get to vote on proposed laws.This year is especially exciting because we get to vote to legalize weed! Again. If the same passle of...
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