Downing Street Memo - "fixed around the policy"
There has been some controversy and hair splitting about the meaning of the term "fixed around" as it is used in the now-famous Downing Street Memo. Those who would prefer to deny the signficance of...
View ArticleWho done it?
Yesterday, as I pointed out here, it seems more than probable that Novak learned of Valerie Plame from someone on AF-1 during the flight to Africa. The question is: Who got that information from AF-1...
View ArticleStrategic threat to US economy from Katrina
Right after Katrina devastated New Orleans, Dr. George Friedman, founder of Stratfor, wrote this incisive article describing the implications of Katrina for the US economy....
View ArticleIraq - the Silver Lining
"the war against terrorism is a new kind of war" and "this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions." -...
View ArticleIs this Intelligent Design?
When I was a young teen in the late 50s, my sweetheart of the moment nearly died of appendicitis. Since then, I have been acutely aware of the appendix and have wondered whether it was something we...
View ArticleA pithy fundy smack down
I'm going to take a chance on this one. It's not really diary material in the great tradition of Jérôme de Paris, DarkSyde and other Kos greats, but the remark is so apt that I want to share it with...
View ArticleThe Clintonistas vs. the people
Thanks to Bloomberg for clearing the air about what's going on at the heart of the Democratic Party. On the one side you have the Clintonistas from Wall Street; on the other is organized labor and the...
View ArticleShould we go solar?
A couple of days ago, I got into the discussion TMI 29 years later: Lies and Damned Lies and showed folks on the diary what it would take to convert to solar as a replacement for fossil and nuclear...
View ArticleWhy I don’t support the troops
We’ve all been there. You go to the stadium, you wear the team colors, the hat and the sweater. You wave the flag. You root for the team. You’re a supporter. It’s you and your kind against the other....
View ArticleEnemies of democracy
I recently discovered a book that every lover of democracy should read. It is called "The Authoritarians" by Bob Altemeyer, a leading academic researcher into the psychology of the authoritarian...
View ArticleThere Was No Historical Jesus.
Crossposted at Conceptual Guerilla It is at this time of the year that Christians await the celebration of the mystery that gives meaning to their beliefs. According to tradition, a man walked the...
View ArticleThe end of capitalism as we know it.
Over my morning coffee and International Herald Tribune (paper edition) I had an epiphany about the "experts". They don’t know nothin’. At least, if they do, they sure don’t want to talk about it.
View ArticleGet a free house!
No, this is not spam. This is information that everybody with a mortgage should know about. According to Ilargi over at The Automatic Earth, folks caught in the real estate market melt down can keep...
View ArticleThoughts while boarding a plane
In this season of air travel, whether by reindeer or jumbo jet, I had an epiphany. There I was, waiting to board in Newark, as the ground personnel regaled us with the list of privileged persons given...
View ArticleThat Farm Bill
So, now we are stuck with 89 Democrats voting to gut the food stamp program so that corporate agriculture can get its welfare checks on time. Well, maybe the President can do something about that.
View ArticleJ'accuse! Refusal to expand Medicaid is a crime against humanity.
I submit that the governors and legislators who have refused Medicaid expansion in their states should be tried for crimes against humanity. Here's why:
View ArticleMrs. Clinton's opportunity to redeem herself
We now know that Mr. Obama has embarked on a course that could lead to Iraq War III, his very own War for Oil and the 1%.We also know that Mrs. Clinton is attempting to back away from her support for...
View ArticleBernie Sanders election rally in Raleigh, NC
Last night Bernie Sanders spoke to a capacity crowd at the Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC. The event was clearly organized to promote Bernie as a Democratic candidate for president....
View ArticleFast Food Workers’ Strike - tell your story
Let us know what is happening in your community.My SO and I have just returned from the picket line at Wendy’s in Greensboro, NC. There were 30-50 enthusiastic strikers and supportive members of the...
View ArticleThe DailyKos Airbrush?
Today I got a letter from DailyKos asking me to sign a petition asking the President to release the TPP draft treaty so that we can all judge it on its merits.Specifically, the letter said:Join CREDO...
View ArticleMoveOn should back Bernie
On May 1 I started a petition urging MoveOn to back Bernie Sanders.MoveOn should back BernieSome of you have signed it, many haven't. However, to date 811 people have signed it. That's more than I ever...
View ArticleStreet organizing for Sanders
Here in Greensboro, NC, we don’t expect to see the Sanders campaign any time soon, since our primary is not until at least March.But, that doesn’t stop us from organizing. Triad for Bernie 2016 is a...
View ArticleSanders vs. Clinton: It’s time to compare policies
It’s now official, according to CNN’s most recent poll Bernie Sanders beats any Republican candidate for president. Today his margins are thinner than Clinton’s, but only about half the electorate have...
View ArticleLetter to people who were at Scuppernong Books last night
I wrote earlier about the meetup I hosted at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro, NC.http://www.dailykos.com/...Here is the letter that I have sent to them. The point is to suggest where we go from here. I...
View ArticleHow to tell the difference between a progressive and a liberal
This article is reprinted in its entirety from the original 2010 article by Sam Smith of the Progressive Review.Progressives, as liberals did before Reagan, emphasize doing the most for the most –...
View ArticleHas Clinton turned her back on Wall Street?
Sen. Sanders and Sec. Clinton have turned their backs on the prison industry.In September Senator Bernie Sanders introduced “a bill that would ban government contracts with private prisons.”Under...
View ArticleSome things we learned from yesterday’s data kerfuffle
Early Friday afternoon, after the DNC had blocked Sanders campaign access to its data, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook called the incident "totally unacceptable", "This was a very egregious breach...
View ArticleIs Clinton's campaign turning DK diaries into advertisements?
Over the period of this hotly contested primary campaign there have been accusations of paid commenters from both the Sanders and Clinton campaigns. Nobody has, as far as I know, provided evidence for...
View ArticleHere’s how universal healthcare works in the real world.
There is adiary getting a fair amount of attention due to Hillary Clinton’s latest attempt to obfuscate about Sanders’ approach to national healthcare. In reading the comments, I noticed a dearth of...
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