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Hello, This seems as good a place as any to start my small contribution to Daily Kos.
Aside from the writing, I haven't a clue as to what all the little "words" really mean...rec?
But I am more ...
by drudau
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Remember this classic from the Rays?
Well, I think it's gonna need some updating to fit in with the Second Amendment culture :
Lost control and rang your bell, I was sore
Let me in or else I'll ...
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If you are getting worried about the dreaded Ebola virus you are not alone. By now every American should be experiencing some level of anxiety or fear about this deadly virus. Any anxiety or fear ...
by melshim
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You know, I'm getting to the point where I absolutely cannot stand the media because of their hatred of all-things-Obama. This morning's vitriol is pointed squarely at Politico. So yes, I was doing ...
by joelgp
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It wasn't that long ago. Ronald Reagan became President during those years, but the Attorney General in Oklahoma from 1979 to 1983 was a hard-nosed, uncompromising, principled, old school progressive,
by LeftOfYou
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Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here .
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by David Nir
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John Woolman (1720-1772) was a minister of the Society of Friends or Quakers ( so named because George Fox told a judge "I quake before the Lord' and not the crown). In Orthodox meetings there are ...
by kenneth houck
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It's an inevitable comparison, but it needs to be made.
I have no cable TV, but I'm well aware of cable news' breathless coverage of Ebola. I know this because my mother lives in the same small ...
by EarthquakeWeather
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Today starts early voting in Texas. Get out there and vote!
(Please support Wendy Davis for Governor, and help restore some sanity to the state!)
by StarbucksGirl51
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Hopefully I'm not sounding like too much of a broken record (since it's something I've ...
by David Jarman
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Eight days after urging President Obama to end the embargo on Cuba , the New York Times is giving credit where credit is due in the front lines of the fight against Ebola: with brave Cuban doctors ...
by Galtisalie
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Let's have a big party. Perhaps Thomas Duncan's relatives being declared Ebola free can be part of the party. Here are some ideas,
http://my.firedoglake.com/blog/2014/10/18/ebola-precious-bits-of-...
by RichardKanePA
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Good Morning Kossacks and Welcome to Morning Open Thread (MOT)
We're known as the MOTley Crew and you can find us here every morning at 7:00 am Eastern (and sometimes earlier!). Feel free ...
by peterfallow
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Sometimes a brilliant scientist, working alone, discovers something very, very important and nobody notices.
Human civilization depends on food, food depends on weather, and weather depends on ...
by Keith Pickering
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So I am watching CNN this morning and the anchor,Christine Romans, introduces her item about Darren Wilson's testimony before the grand jury and ends the sentence with "details about forensic ...
by pravin
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Yesterday, approximately 200 Florida Residents from Tallahassee all the way south to the Florida Keys marched from the Naples Pier the couple of miles to Rick Scotts beachfront home. We had several ...
by Pakalolo
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Why any ostensibly rational person living in Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, or Louisiana who saw this map, and still would think their states' Republican leaders' ...
by Lefty Coaster
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Monday! This poem has always been one of my favorites. I'm sure that most of you have run across it at one time or another =) There never seems to be world enough, or time enough...
As you can see ...
by BadKitties
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Because my really cool handmade scarves, jewelry, journals etc. make great gifts! ♥ Because everything's marked 15% off!! ♥ Because my diabetic pootie needs insulin, and I need funds to buy it!!!
by jan4insight
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Dan Harrison, Executive Director of Raincoast Education Society (http://raincoasteducation.org/) sampling kelp for Kelp Watch 2014 in Tofino, BC Canada.
The most recent results of Kelp Watch 2014 , ...
by MarineChemist
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Justin Trudeau grew up on 24 Sussex Drive Ottawa (our White House). His Father was Pierre Elliot Trudeau , Prime Minister of Canada from 1968-1979. Like his father, Justin is running under the ...
by yuriwho
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, wader, Man Oh Man, rfall, and JML9999. ...
by side pocket
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Just to catch a whiff of some damn fine cuisine as we wait for the other shoe to drop
and maybe catch a whiff of what the Ubers and Filthys* are up to.
We're up late Jibbering Our Jabber about ISIS,
by winkk
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With news of Ebola, ISIS, and a plunging stock market hitting the airwaves in recent months, the obvious has become clear to me: The Republicans are going to win, and they are going to win big. ...
by MillsTheGeneral
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Recently, 21st Congressional District candidate Aaron Woolf (D - Elizabethtown) launched a new commercial " True ," that refutes repeated claims that he's a carpetbagger to the North Country and ...
by Upstate Blue
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You may have seen "An American Horror Story -- Open Letter from Ferguson Protesters and Allies (10.17.14)" , Published by: dmckesso on Oct 17, 2014. This letter is well worth ...
by e2247
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Just finished reading another excellent diary here on DailyKos, which consists of the transcripts from Anderson Cooper's televised interview with Briana Aguire . We don't get CNN here in Kathmandu (...
by guavaboy
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We have a potentially disruptive and expensive bill pending in Congress that was introduced and sponsored by Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania. Mr. Murphy is a child psychologist, and he thinks he ...
by StargazerNC
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Follow @...
by justiceputnam
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Today I made calls for Mark Udall through MoveOn and Daily Kos. I live in the greater Los Angeles area and although there are some races closer to home that could use help I am really worried about ...
by Doctor Jazz
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I sometimes wonder why we have a party in this state. It is no wonder that John Mica thought he could (and did) go from being a moderate to full-on teabagger since 2010.
Wes Neuman, the Democrat ...
by SemDem
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The Big Band. The American Jazz Orchestra.
5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, Piano/bass/drums/guitar. Maybe one of the ‘bones is a bass trombone. Maybe a trumpet player plays flugelhorn. Maybe ...
by Evolution
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No regret? No empathy for the unborn? No guilt? No disturbance of mind?
This post was a reaction to the conversation between Diane Rehm and feminist Katha Politt. Without hearing the interview the ...
by mystdocu
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http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/
A little easier than their most recent political quiz and it's reflected in the scores.
Sies Adder, Canyonlands Indian Creek mid 80s photo ...
by ban nock
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My wife has a terminal brain cancer. Glibostoma Malforme. I found that out on Sep 30 2013 when I found her in her chair completely covered by her own urine, feces, vomit and totally non-responsive.
by rage
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by The X
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by Steven Payne
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Only a few short months ago, it was spring in the Northern Hemisphere of North America where I reside. Among annual tasks: getting the bath-tub sized garden pond cleaned up and ready to go. ...
by xaxnar
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The guy made me an offer I couldn't refuse. I repeat: Could. Not. Refuse.
Here's my situation: for most of the year, mid-...
by malapert
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I just wanted to share some excellent reporting from local reporter Joe Sonka on the Grimes-McConnell race. First up, many people have criticized Grimes latest ad on immigration as pandering to ...
by Merlin1963
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by Jon Perr
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Cross-posted from
The Last Days of Paul LePage
Follow @BruceBourgoine on Twitter
...is my friend.
In this case, GOP-tea Maine incumbent Governor Paul LePage's "friendship" with independent ...
by Bruce Bourgoine
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Democrats will win in the Senate (50+, this includes Orman, etc.). Koch/Rove money will not matter, just like it didn't in 2012. Hillary will announce on 11/05/14. Obama will go full speed ahead ...
by JPCinKC
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All the panic over Ebola from a small group of people that were exposed to Mr. Duncan is ridiculous. There are many things much more dangerous than the chance that we will in some fantasy world ...
by Dovie
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My ballot came in the mail last week for the General Election. (I did not open it until this evening because of my trip to Little Rock.) I have to admit, there is a little rush in seeing my name on ...
by Village Vet
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Hmm. I suspect Nova was expecting me to post a puzzle tonight, but I had only planned to cover third Sundays during the summer. I'm afraid I've cooked up nothing for this evening, and it looks like ...
by Villanova Rhodes
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This diary is written by Aji and Wings.
One of the great advantages of the Kos Katalogue is that it provides both buyers and sellers a chance to do business with fellow liberals who support ...
by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse
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Naomi Klein
This Friday we attended a book tour presentation by Naomi Klein. She has just released her new book This Changes Everything , about climate change and global ...
by side pocket
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I thought I had this next week. Sorry. Please post what you've been up to.
by winifred3
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If I had a Job Review like that -- I'd be worried!
Congressional Job Approval
12.8% Approve
79.7% Disapprove
Congressional Job Approval
Poll Date Approve ...
by jamess
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I just spent a couple of hours with my wife this Sunday afternoon canvassing for, Martha Coakley, our Democratic candidate for Governor here in Massachusetts. As has been widely reported, we have a ...
by bobvm
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Creating informational fodder for LoFos can of course strengthen the RW electoral base. OTOH perhaps making their media outlets look even more stupid might encourage metacritical self-reflection; ...
by annieli
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The pentagon is in the process of deploying up to 4000 service members to provide support and assistance in fighting the ebola epidemic in West Africa. Now at the request of the CDC they are making ...
by Richard Lyon
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by Jeff Singer
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Kansas Republicans looked this year to challenge most seats, with money and resources to boot, they felt as though even in blue areas of the state, a challenge by solid candidates could work out ...
by tmservo433
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Braaaiins!
That burger is going to do bad things to that brain. Thanks, Colbert ('s graphics team)!
Are there foods that can actually be detrimental to brain function? The ...
by Darwinian Detritus
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Today I am going to introduce you to Lea Day. She has a wonderful series of free motion patterns, lessons and videos on the internet. Please join us after the orange tangled thread and learn some ...
by trkingmomoe
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Just because an old white Guy who happens to believe ridiculously bigoted and ignorant things about black people can find a old black guy who will parrot those bigoted ignorant things right back to ...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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This is old news, but I figured it was worth bringing up again since we all could probably use a laugh at this point. There's a story from 2013 of how Paul Krugman got behind in his bills ...
by xaxnar
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The most compelling socialist message is how we live our lives. In many places, such as the so-called "free" U.S., repression against socialists often effectively prevents us from coming out of the ...
by Galtisalie
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by blueyedace2
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And now another story that highlights how awful Governor Sam Brownback (R. KS) truly is:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-bottari/kids-as-crash-test-dummie_b_6007676....
by poopdogcomedy
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I'm just going to be blunt: if the US were to impose Obamacare -- as a universal health care solution -- on any other rich country, the citizens would surely revolt: cars would be burned, Parisian ...
by james321
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President Obama can help fight back against Vote Suppression by executive order. He could do it tomorrow if he wished. Follow me below the Hanging Orange Chad for more...
by ManhattanMan
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"Tom Foley owns a multimillion dollar mansion, two British fighter jets, and a five-million-dollar yacht yet takes advantage of tax loopholes middle class families can only dream about, allowing ...
by markthshark
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(cross-posted from The Ones You Didn't Hear in Sunday School )
My parents never subscribed to Highlights for Children -- I preferred Children’s Digest because it ran Tintin adventures – but ...
by quarkstomper
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Read More Here: Lab Worker On Cruise Tests Negative For Ebola
After coming across this unbelievably astonishing news item today,
by thinkingblue
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This article is really an extension of a previous diary entitled Why Can't We Just Get Along?
In a comment someone wrote that we all love our country and are patriotic so there must be some other ...
by Gene Altshuler
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[Anderson Cooper 360http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/]
of October 16, 2014:
Nurse Briana Aguirre works at Texas Presbyterian Hospital, though her future there is now uncertain. That's because she is ...
by JayRaye
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Michelle Nunn spread mulch in Dr King's old neighborhood on Saturday, joining 7,000 volunteers for a day of service. A big thank you to everyone who volunteered on #HOADay2014 . You are making a big ...
by distraught
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If you are going to come down with some kind of health problem, make sure it happens to you in a Blue democratic state and not a red Republican one. At least that is what we can conclude from study ...
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Once upon a time - after a ten year-long struggle to repair the damage from the Depression created by republican oligarchs - American resolve, industriousness and grit fought a world war on two ...
by Anakai
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This is a video showing why some folks are annoyed with all the Silicon Valley money flowing into San Francisco and its residents.
Somehow the guys with the money didn't think about the community ...
by ItsYourMoney
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THE EBOLA RIVER BRIDGE*
BECAUSE: FEAR
The poor people are coming for your money.
The black people are coming for ...
by T P K
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The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Rain, sun, wind...insects, birds, flowers......
by OceanDiver
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