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Revolution happens through accumulated moments of personal conviction, through small act that coalesce into a movement, into a societal shift, into a new truth.
One such moment occurred this week ...
by The Troubadour
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What will we learn from yet another Republicant ...
by eman1234
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Ash Wednesday, and boy, do I feel guilty.
Not so much about yesterday. I was working and had fewer opportunities for sin than most in town.
No, I'm feeling the weight of my everyday sins--cranking ...
by Crashing Vor
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" I am woman, hear me roar,
in numbers too big to ignore
for I know too much to go back and pretend. "
I believe I see a trend this year - women getting tired of the same old shit we have had to ...
by glorificus
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Many people are aware of the Mormon practice of baptizing the dead , including of Jewish Holocaust victims without the approval of family members. While the LDS church has apologized for the ...
by Mets102
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This excellent rebuttal to Stephen Moore's column in the Wall Street Journal was prepared by Karleen Kos, Publicity and Public Relations Committee, Hillsborough County Democratic Party. Hillsborough ...
by Susan S
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Mitt Romney is a douche. He is the most dishonest and least consistent man to ever run for president. He believes in nothing but his own ambition, and has zero passion or commitment to any ...
by doc2
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The following is a true story of a North Carolina woman who survived human trafficking:
[My mother] made it clear from day one that I’d screwed up her life by being born. At five years old I ...
by NC Harm Reduction Coalition
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GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a community support diary for Kossacks in the midst of quitting smoking. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive distractions are appreciated. If you are quitting ...
by FrugalGranny
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From: http://nlgmltf.org/library/op-ed-who-is-really-on-trial-bradley-manning-or-america-itself/
OPINION: Who is really on trial — Bradley Manning or America itself?
By James M. Branum
Chair of ...
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Sometimes it's worthwhile to clarify where you stand and detail your positions. It doesn't change anything by itself, but it may help to make you a more effective activist by giving you a greater ...
by Troubadour
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With the ever growing crassness of the Santorum campaign, I wrote this little song parody of the sea chanty, Reuben Ranzo.
The original story is about a New York tailor who has been shanghai'd (or "
by theRoaringGirl
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I didn't see this posted, but I just came across some very hopeful polling numbers from the great state of Wisconsin, where it is now looking likelier that Gov Scott Walker (R- Koch) will lose in a ...
by Randian
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I have been away from Street Prophets for sometime now - as my partner Othniel and I moved out of the big city to rural Arkansas to live for a year in an RV while building a lakeside house on ...
by austex54
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This post continues the critical evaluation of Dylan Matthews's, post published on Ezra Klein's blog called “You know the deficit hawks. Now meet the deficit owls.”
The Inflation/Hyperinflation ...
by Letsgetitdone
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I didn't see one diary about this. Maybe I missed something. But, seriously folks?
Jeff beck, Mick Jagger, B.B. King, and Buddy Guy (to name a few) playing da blues in the White House. And to top ...
by Unbozo
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Breaking news: Idaho State Senator John McGee has resigned from the Idaho State Legislature over allegations of sexual misconduct with a female congressional liaison.
Story below:
by Canis Aureus
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Updated 5:03 p.m.
At about 3:00 p.m. I received a note from an offical at the statehouse with the words above.
He told me that a press conference was coming shortly.
Dustin Hurst of the Idaho ...
by The Book Bear
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Yeah, why are gas prices rising at a time of year that they are traditionally lower than normal?
Well, if you give it some thought, I believe you will come to the same conclusion I have: that ...
by Steven D
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So, It's the anniversary of the infamous fake Koch call, and last year we were getting our heads and our activism together for the long haul, much of which is now a reality of incredible progress, ...
by jorogo
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49% of non-dependents in the US do not pay any income taxes.
HOLY SHIT, people on Drudge, people on Heritage sites, people cruising RedState... WHY. Why has that rate gone from 14% in the 80s to ...
by Slackermagee
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The point isn't that Santorum's tactics are the same as the Taliban -- he is no Mullah Omar -- but his selective Catholicism serves a larger twisted political agenda:
It's true Santorum is nowhere ...
by Michael Hughes
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Interesting stuff blowing in the wind recently. It’s called the baseless blame game. In Oakland the police have conveniently tried to blame Occupy Oakland for a tragic murder in Berkeley using the ...
by jerrywaxman
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I don't know whose votes the White House thinks it's going to win with this strategy :
President Obama will move aggressively this week to deflect blame for rising gas prices.
Republicans are ...
by thereisnospoon
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Having 24 hours to think about it, Franklin Graham apparently realizes he stepped in it when he came very close to calling President Obama a Muslim on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" while at the same time ...
by Christian Dem in NC
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FLASH TRAFFIC...RICHARD SENDS...
It's been said that submariners are a crazy lot – as in, literally nuckin' futz. Perhaps that explains a lot about me. What else would possess anyone to ...
by Richard Cranium
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Rev. Brown offer exorcism services at his website.
Rev. Tom Brown and his far-right Christian fundamentalist Word of Life Church have been a thorn in the side of good government in El Paso, Texas ...
by Scott Wooledge
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The Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill put forward by anti-choice forces, but it removed a requirement that women seeking abortions would first have to submit to a transvaginal ...
by Meteor Blades
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When I started doing 3D graphic art one of the things I was most taken with was the ability to do space art. I grew up looking up at the stars. I remember watching with my Dad as Neil Armstrong took ...
by michelewln
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Who is worse: the person who believes fervently in depriving others of their rights, or the person who doesn't really care but fervently favors it because it is to their political advantage?
Who is ...
by Seneca Doane
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"I get out of bed in the morning, and put on my underwear. After that I am so exhausted that I feel like I need to get back into bed and take a nap."
- Lillian Hester McDaniel Borthick
June 2, ...
by Clytemnestra
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NBC/Marist: Stabenow now up 21 points
There was a time, not very long ago, that Republicans had the seat of second-term Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan squarely on their target list. ...
by Steve Singiser
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This morning Eleanor Smeal, President of Feminist Majority Foundation, appeared on one of the segments of Washington Journal. It was a most impressive interview. Clearly speaking, without emotion, ...
by HappyinNM
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Yesterday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee will be hosting a hearing this Thursday on “Women’s Health” According to the ...
by Amplify Your Voice
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Former Sen. Rick Santorum
Seriously, I never thought I'd see the day.
by kos
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The Jargon File definition of "hacker":
1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only ...
by Andrew F Cockburn
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For military families, Deployment is a dirty word. It not only means our loved one will be leaving, first for weeks of training, then for months on end in Afghanistan or the surrounding area. It ...
by angelajean
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One of my favorite scenes from the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is the one where Judge Doom comes into the bar to arrest Roger for murder. Doom is aided by Smart Ass, the leader of The Weasels:
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by MacDaffy
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In 1973, or thereabouts, some friends and I traveled down to Mexico via Monterrey, D.F., Acapulco and then back up through Oaxaca and Ciudad Victoria. Driving back through Louisiana late at night I ...
by Doctor Mxyzptlk
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The State of Washington in 2007 adopted rules requiring pharmacists to provide access to legal prescriptions to all who request them and prohibited pharmacists from discriminating in the provision ...
by chipoliwog
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I have been following this story about Rick Santorum and his 2008 speech where he talks about Satan taking over America. While I think it's awesome to show the people just how oVer the rainbow Ricky ...
by token58
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With their presidential primary process devolving into a farce, Republicans are turning to rising gas prices to bludgeon President Obama. While Newt Gingrich thundered that "gasoline prices are ...
by Avenging Angel
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They wanted to sear honesty into the child's core. They wanted to plant belief in a place that it could not be removed. Spanking doesn't do the word justice. The detached absence of emotion that ...
by Prime Cuts
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Last November, the physics world was stunned by the announcement from the OPERA collaboration at CERN that neutrinos from CERN (in Geneva) to the Gran Sasso laboratory (under Mont Blanc in the ...
by science
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A blog post by Michael Wood, originally published at Third and State .Pennsylvania’s revenue performance has been pretty uneven this fiscal year due in part to a stubbornly slow growing economy ...
by ThirdandState
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Look!
Itzl has all four feet on the ground!
by Noddy
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A few days ago, I wrote that " the joke's on you " if you're a Democrat voting for Rick Santorum to be the Republican nominee. My article made the rec list (thank you, DKos community!). My three key ...
by Eric Stetson
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Grand Canyon
Public Policy Polling (pdf). 2/17-19. Arizona voters. MoE ±3.6%. ( 11/17-20 results ):
by David Jarman
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I grew up as an only child in a single parent family. It wasn't easy.
But one thing I remember clearly--very clearly--is learning there were no restrictions on what I could do. What I could achieve.
by cany
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Contrary to popular belief a writer like me is not someone who is wealthy beyond belief. I do not have people just throwing money at me to write. I think the best quote I have ever heard about ...
by Mark E Andersen
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So, I meander over to Facebook and see a post there from Daily Kos stating that Obama's SuperPac has Started its own "Operation Hilarity".
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/22/1067267/-Obama-...
by KGardner
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to listen or download go to
http://buildingbridgesradio.blogspot.com/2012/02/slavery-by-another-name.html
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report
National ...
by buildingbridgesradio
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Just took much time to reply to a friend on what to expect with a second-term for President Obama? Advance apologies to anyone I may unintentionally offend. Must go work out now to get away from ...
by makaio
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By Alicia Gay, ACLU
There is something fundamentally wrong with allowing companies to own the rights to pieces of the human genome. Today the ACLU is launching a campaign to illustrate the personal ...
by ACLU
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Pay attention to this :“People are looking for someone who doesn’t read off a teleprompter; that actually tells you what they believe, and can do so with some consistency.”
“They’re ...
by Scottie Thomaston
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Last Night, I saw a diary by Tako Taco , called " Sick Rantorum ." It is a word twist that I find to be both clever and accurate, with many opportunities to tie it into his next infamous rant, Daily ...
by billpuppies
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Tonight a candle burns in St Bride's, the journalists' church in London, in memory of Marie Colvin, She was a distinguished war correspondent who was working for the Sunday Times but who also gave ...
by Lib Dem FoP
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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/mcdonnell-no-woman-in-virginia-will-have-to
Sorry for such a short diary but being from Va this is great news
Will update with ...
by southernvadem
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I spent half a decade as the world's worst Navy officer's wife. Tom Wolfe should have known me. I would have inspired a sequel to his satire about NASA's astronaut training program.
His book ...
by TheFatLadySings
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As the economy crawls out of the dumps and more people return to the job site, a strong workers compensation environment is as important as ever. Unfortunately, workers comp appears to be under ...
by WePartyPatriots
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The Catholic Church continues its war on children, and girls in specific by banning the Girls Scouts for something it hasn't even done:
Several Girl Scout troops in Chantilly, Va., have been ...
by plan9pub
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As a lapsed Catholic, it has been twenty years since I attended Mass on Ash Wednesday and twenty years since I gave up anything for Lent. This year, induced by Rick Santorum's focus on his faith and ...
by gravlax
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Dear President Obama:
I write this within our tradition, with honor and respect . . . and with a heavy heart.
As Indians, we have been among your strongest supporters. We understand all too well ...
by Aji
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"Hooray!" Said a lot of us, "The environment wins! Obama has seen the light!"
"Boo!" Raged a lot of them, "Obama is an ecofascist! He hates our economy!"
And I guess the buck stops with Obama, but ...
by OllieGarkey
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50th anniversary of Seattle World's Fair
Public Policy Polling (pdf). 2/16-19. Washington voters. MoE ±2.8%. (
by David Jarman
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Cherie Blair has started legal proceedings over phone hacking, her solicitor has confirmed.
The wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, herself a prominent barrister, launched a claim on Tuesday.
by blue aardvark
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A recent forum in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, provided an in-depth discussion into the level of concern in the United States about poverty and opportunity, ...
by The Opportunity Agenda
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"Genuine public policy efforts," according to Americans for Prosperity
As Republican introduce wave after wave of anti-union measures in states across the country, unions see a broader strategy to "
by Laura Clawson
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Those of you who already either know me or know of me know that I am a massive pootie person. We have just moved into an apartment and now have a pootie, named Princess Ashley; however I grew up ...
by triciawyse
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To paraphrase Marcus Aurelius , we acquire the qualities of the things that we do. Some of these traits and deeds matter more than others. If you were caught stealing as a child, that label may ...
by chaunceydevega
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A blog post by Mark Price, originally published at Third and State .The Reading Eagle reports meals on wheels for low-income and disabled adults is short of cash thanks to rising demand and falling ...
by ThirdandState
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When I think of the phrase, "intrinsically evil," certain images come to mind, like Adolph Hitler systematically exterminating millions of people. I think of terrorist plots to blow up innocent ...
by RH Reality Check
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We're all psyched that Democracy for America (DFA), the grassroots group founded by former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, has named me one of its top 10 progressive candidates in this year's House races.
by Eric Griego
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In 2003, Nick Dunbar exposed how Goldman Sachs was working to conceal the size of Greece's debt in order to help Greece qualify for inclusion in the European Union.
At the time, Greek and ...
by The Troubadour
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Expecting some technological solution to resolve a political dispute seems far-fetched --- but it's not unknown, as could be attested to by the people trying to solve the horse poop problem in our ...
by ericf
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