A Call for Donuts (Updated, with thanks)
Yesterday a widely read diary by Dreaming of Better Days shared an exchange she had with a fellow Kossack, who didn't understand a reference she made to being "done" in reference to the Debt Ceiling...
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In this cheerful Christmas season, there are many who have a hard time finding cheer. Many needy and homeless and lonely souls, searching for help and warmth and companionship. Those who reach out...
View ArticlePlease Lend Your Eyes
Kossack Melody Townsel is someone most of us of, uh, fine vintage remember from the bad old Bush days. She gained fame for revealing what an abusive prick John Bolton is when he was nominated as...
View ArticleScarborough Agonistes: Conservative Extremism Shocks Conservative
So this morning I woke to Morning Joe, having fallen asleep watching Rachel's late rerun. They teased an interview with Tim Huelskamp, the wingnut who Boehner recently purged from a powerful committee...
View ArticleRachel Maddow on David Miranda and the White House
Tonight Rachel Maddow led her show with the story of David Miranda's detention at Heathrow yesterday, and gave a wonderful introduction to Laura Poitras. She starts with Poitras, her documentary work...
View ArticleSen. Heinrich on Syria, and a Response
This afternoon a communication from my junior senator, Martin Heinrich (D-NM), landed in my email. Heinrich is not a publicity hog, and you usually have to go searching to find out what he thinks...
View ArticleNo Scapegoats. Time to Face Facts.
It doesn't matter how great your marketing campaign is. You can't sell your dog food if the dogs won't eat it. ---Old Madison Avenue proverb So here we are once more. Another electoral drubbing at...
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There, but for the Grace.... An Appeal for Help, with a Match (UPDATED)
Holiday season is upon us, and, as seems always to be the case, beloved friends are in trouble. Our own TiaRachel has fallen on hard times: her electric service has been cut off, she has no reliable...
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NBBooks has just posted an important diary outlining one of the most exciting projects I've seen here or anywhere else in a long time.HAWB -- Introduction -- How America Was BuiltThis ambitious project...
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Bernie Sanders for Our President: Contribution Match (with new morning match!)
The day has finally arrived! Bernie Sanders has announced that he's running for president, to save the country and the Democratic party. He's a brave man with a big heart, a sharp mind and...
View ArticleEnough.
Dartagnan has written an important diary currently sliding down the Rec List featuring a post by Simon Head in the New York Review of Books blog section, entitled “The Clinton System.” In this post,...
View ArticleThe Wound Has Been Reopened
As the world knows by now, Hillary Clinton lit her credibility on fire yesterday in an interview with Mrs. Alan Greenspan: “It may be hard for your viewers to remember how difficult it was for people...
View ArticleHey Democrats! Do you ever want to win again? (Updated)
Update: So I’m out of the penalty box, and wanted to put in one last word. Thanks to all of you who read and responded to what I wrote. To those who clearly didn’t read or didn’t consider my points,...
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