Menage a Trois: Klein, Penguin, Hillary
I wrote to Penguin Books, telling them that I changed my mind about buying a book they had published because I objected to their poor editing & fact-checking of Ed Klein's Hillary smear. Their...
View ArticleDump Rush from Armed Forces Radio
Anybody think the troops need to be listening to Rush Limbaugh? On your nickel? Act for Change has revived their old campaign to get him off Armed Forces Radio. You'll find it...
View ArticleGive Unspecified $$$ to Red Cross
I put this in DHinMI's post, but it's worth its own page. DHinMI is correct: The RC can move cash the best. If LA, MI, and other nearby folks have clothes and products to donate, remember the local...
View ArticleDiary of a Mad Relief Worker
We're anonymous here, right? Really anonymous? I can, like, say anything I want? I'm supposed to start work tomorrow as a volunteer Family Service Technician at a service center in a state close to...
View ArticleMad Relief Worker, Day 1 at the Service Center
Jim Macdonald tells us how it should work. Not to be confused with how it's working.
View ArticleKatrina HEROES--Steal this meme
What would you call a twenty-year-old who saved his entire family first by repeatedly diving in a flood of sewage to pull each one out and then by flagging down and paying a boatman to carry them to...
View ArticleWhat a Relief! (for relief workers)
My senator John Cornyn, of box turtle marriage, justified judge killing, and I-heart-torture fame, is sponsoring a bill that address [sarcasm on] a relief worker's biggest fear: getting sued. [sarcasm...
View ArticleThe Better to Kill Them With, My Dear
The BBC's Sarah Morris in US army changes execution rules says, "New rules covering the death penalty in military courts suggest the US army may be preparing for its first execution since 1961." The...
View ArticleWal-Mart Sued Over Lack of Plan B w/poll
Three women in Massachusetts (a state that looks better from a distance, IMO) have sued Wal-Mart over not stocking Plan B. Just in case you need this information, Wal-Mart stocks Plan B only in...
View ArticleWho Is Harry Whittington?
Molly Ivins tells us all about the man Cheney shot, Harry Whittington. It turns out he's one of the good guys, "good" being a relative term in this vermillion red state.Of course the jokes are flying...
View ArticleMy Week as a Deadbeat Debtor (with poll)
There have been some great diaries recently on what poverty is like, such as: http://www.dailykos.com/...http://www.dailykos.com/...http://www.dailykos.com/... This week gave me a tiny glimpse of an...
View ArticleCOX--not Fox--News Covers YearlyKos (with poll)
Extra, Extra, read all about us! I open my newspaper this morning, and there's an article by Scott Shepard of Cox News telling me all about the YearlyKos convention I'm missing. So tell me, you who are...
View ArticleSisters and Brothers, Fathers and Mothers (especially Fathers)
Someone is going to take Pastor Dan's place tonight, right? If not...I offer the following space for prayer, good thoughts, meditation, reflection...pause. The liturgy is a cycle of prayers for peace,...
View ArticleNetroots Nation: The Competition
While Netroots Nation is going on next weekend in Austin, approximately 300 conservatives are going to gather there as well.
View ArticleI also stand with Shaun King
And I'm not sure why that's not the default behavior on this site. That is all.
View ArticleDiary of a Mad Relief Worker
We're anonymous here, right? Really anonymous? I can, like, say anything I want? I'm supposed to start work tomorrow as a volunteer Family Service Technician at a service center in a state close to...
View ArticleMad Relief Worker, Day 1 at the Service Center
Jim Macdonald tells us how it should work. Not to be confused with how it's working.7:45 am Arrive at designated service center location. Get told by fireman on security that it's been moved to civic...
View ArticleKatrina HEROES--Steal this meme
What would you call a twenty-year-old who saved his entire family first by repeatedly diving in a flood of sewage to pull each one out and then by flagging down and paying a boatman to carry them to...
View ArticleWhat a Relief! (for relief workers)
My senator John Cornyn, of box turtle marriage, justified judge killing, and I-heart-torture fame, is sponsoring a bill that address [sarcasm on] a relief worker's biggest fear: getting sued. [sarcasm...
View ArticleThe Better to Kill Them With, My Dear
The BBC's Sarah Morris in US army changes execution rules says, "New rules covering the death penalty in military courts suggest the US army may be preparing for its first execution since 1961." The...
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