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In his article in the current issue of the New Yorker , describing the Supreme Court's machinations in the 2010 Citizens United decision, Jeffrey Toobin informs readers that the attorney for the ...
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This editorial was written for my English class.
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Apologies to Michael Moore as I blatantly ripped off a title to one of his documentaries.
With all of the Bain Capital stories sweeping through the political news day, it got us me to think on what ...
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Postponed to Mother's Day due to swampy conditions May 6, the Heart of the Beast May Day Parade & Festival celebrates social justice and progressive causes. This year's theme was overconsumption. ...
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Now that Mitt Romney has vanquished his opposition and is destined to be the GOP nominee for the 2012 presidential election, the question is who will be his VP selection? Over the next few months ...
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There were thugs with scissors running around holding people down and cutting their hair in the thirties in Berlin. I suppose some Germans thought those were harmless pranks too.
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I've had about all I can endure of "Godliness" in the last few weeks. I could so rant on, but I really want to focus. So I'll do it with, as my title promised, ONE QUESTION, for ALL, black, white, ...
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I just lurve the sunshine sunshine SUNSHINE - HEY! :...
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My brother has always tickled us with his sense of humor, with the things he plucks out with his unique, very intelligent perspective. He told us once of a National Enquirer-type story he saw in the ...
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Here in the Great Pacific Northwest, Portland has been enjoying a rare run of warm, sunny and rainless days. This May has been the driest, most pleasant May in the 8 years I have lived here. I ...
by Keith930
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As was said of Elvis Presley when he left a given Venue. Several of the Players have stopped taking orders for Facebook shares ahead of the IPO Friday.
by JML9999
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Astonishing
I find myself using the word "astonished" or "astonishing" a LOT lately when it comes to Michigan politics. My level of cynicism seems to be rising exponentially as each week passes when ...
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Child sexual abuse. Cover-up. The Catholic Church. Penn State. Families. How many times are we going to look the other way while the most innocent among us are hurt?
Memos unearthed from long-...
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After weeks of waiting and at a time when the majority of the State has directed their focus on Brownback's catastrophic tax plan and the infighting between republican legislators , Sen. Susan ...
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JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, said Thursday that it lost $2 billion in the past six weeks in a trading portfolio designed to hedge against risks the company takes with its ...
by PoppaD
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Anger burns calories, so whenever I start to gain weight I just make sure to get REALLY pissed about it.
I still think it's weird that Green Day sleeps through the entire month of September.
While ...
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Daily Kos is Inferior...
At this point in time, I still can not understand why Kos is limiting public discussion to the simplistic "I Agree With This Person" vs. "This Person's Opinion's Need To Be ...
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Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural ...
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There is one economic truth that both political parties will agree on (it is long past time to change the rule against ending a sentence with a preposition). When talking about poverty, Republicans ...
by Woody25
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You know things are tough in Wisconsin.
PPP has us down by 4 in the recall battle.
Marquette University has us down by 6. Moreover, the Marquette Poll shows that 91% of the Republicans are "...
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Just as I was posting this first report, found over at Huffington, on my site and finishing it up CBS News started a report on the related issues that the VA put together this pamphlet to be used by ...
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that the city of Milwaukee will have extended hours for early voting starting on Monday. The following hours for voting will be:
5/21-5/25-8:30-7:00
5/26- 8:...
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Welcome to ass-backwards Wednesday, where Republicans breathlessly flog a CBS poll, while Democrats turn to Fox News for a counterpoint.
No shit. It's been that kind of a week on the political ...
by Steve Singiser
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Tonight, we have two Soldiers and a Marine to honor. Since 2001, there have been 1969 American troops killed in Afghanistan . Since January 1, 2012 there have been 105 U.S. troops killed in ...
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As the presidential election in November nears, the Obama campaign is running up to full speed. As I visit this website on a daily basis, I don't see the same excitement and passion that we had in ...
by NetminderElite
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Yeah, Ted Nugent is and ass-hole, but so is wife-beater Axel Rose. I've been tempted to delete the "five finger master of disaster" from my I-tunes library, but it is a slippery slope. Do I have to ...
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My writings primary deal with why super PACs are illegal . It concerns me since I have a lawsuit against super PACs and their donors .
I have studied the laws and Court rulings forwards and ...
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"People wonder what the Governor really is, ‘deep down.’ But the truth is that down deep, he isn’t anything. He doesn’t have a ‘down deep,’ and his inauthenticity is his most ...
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Welcome to bookchat where you can talk about anything...books, plays, essays, and books on tape. You don’t have to be reading a book to come in, sit down, and chat with us.
The topic is TOMES.
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Hey Kossaks!
Tune into Turner Classic Movies Right NOW!
There is a 1930's short on esplaining the CCC. A Dramatization like a WWII Short. This is showing the History of the CCC, and How it gave ...
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Oh, Mississippi. I try, you know, I really try not to stereotype. But Jesus Christ on a pogo stick, when you have some Critter named Bubba gloating about the prospect of women impaling themselves ...
by SwedishJewfish
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GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a self-sustaining community support diary for Kossacks in the midst of quitting smoking. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive distractions are appreciated. If ...
by bgblcklab1
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Sometimes things happen in your life that you cannot explain. I and Mrs. Millrat, and two of the 'Lil rats recently raced From Western NY to Florida to see my dying mother. We failed by 20 minutes, ...
by Millrat
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President Obama tops Republican Mitt Romney in a head-to-head matchup by seven points 46-39% according to the latest Fox News poll-mainly because American voters feel more positive about the economy.
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It's nice to see that with all the partisan fighting going around, that the Republican New Jersey Governor and Democratic Newark Mayor have a great sense of humor and demonstrated it by trying out ...
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It is wonderful, magnificent, awe inspiring… and disappearing.
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Cycling along the country roads of Flevoland, you can’t help but notice the wind. If one is lucky, it is behind you, if it isn’t… well, good luck. It is no wonder that windmills haphazardly ...
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Someone has some sense .
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction late Wednesday to block provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act that would allow the military to ...
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One of the most irritating things about the deficit hawk/austerity literature, is that it uses the ideas of “fiscal sustainability” and “fiscal responsibility” in an ideological way, without ...
by Letsgetitdone
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In real life, during my marriage, I had suffered several miscarriages. I was unable to bring a child to term, as I could never get through the first trimester. It was a major heartbreak for me since ...
by michelewln
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Today, the Acton, Massachusetts Area Membership for the Republican National Committee, sent me a letter.
Inside, the Town of Acton never showed up. Only the RNC.
In their letter, they urged me “...
by bjedward
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As noted by the eminently quotable [Charles Piercehttp://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/scott-walker-for-president-2016-nightmare-8893992], the DNC seems to be repeating one of its worst mistakes of ...
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It's amazing how much can change in a year. At this time in 2011, we were testing our hair for mercury as a way to encourage the EPA to adopt strong mercury pollution protections – which the ...
by Mary Anne Hitt
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Nearly 200,000 Demand Progress members have urged Congress to end indefinite detention in front of TOMORROW'S vote to reform the provisions of last year's National Defense Authorization Act that ...
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Peter Beinart comments on a recent NYT article reflecting Mitt Romney's foreign policy advisers' complaints about the candidate:
It’s the kind of thing that usually happens near the end of a ...
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More mail from Governor Scott Walker today. This one is 8x12".
He's got some balls to blame someone who was essentially below him for all of Milwaukee's problems (that were in fact a pre-existing ...
by Milhawkee
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The environmental movement has long been a whipping boy for the fundies. Well, Cal Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance, a leading fundie-oriented climate-change denial outfit, unveiled a new smear ...
by Christian Dem in NC
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The news of Jamie Dimon's loss of $2 billion -- and it may end up costing more -- has renewed the call for re-enacting Glass-Steagal. That was the New-Deal law which separated deposit banking from ...
by Frank Palmer
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The answer to this is literally no. However, the Star Tribune editorial board perfectly captures the spirit of the education reformers A.L.E.C., Student's First, and the latest A.L.E.C. clone,
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No biggie, just amusing - Hardball Sideshow just did a little piece on today's lunch meeting between Obama and congressional majority and minority leaders. Few people likely noticed that among the ...
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A few days ago, I posted a diary titled "We are all Republicans now."
It discussed Idaho's far right attempts to restrict the Idaho primary in furtherance of their agenda, and it was very troubling ...
by Idaho07
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Wow! Could The Heartland Institute dig itself a deeper hole? They are going beyond the pale. For years they had hid behind a curtain of 'respectable' sponsors who supported their endeavors ...
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release May 16, 2012
PRESS BRIEFING
BY PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
1:31 P....
by Transcripts Editors
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I am referring to the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania's 16 th congressional district, Joe Pitts(R).
You see, he was talking to a constituent, and he suggested that Yassir Arafat and Ariel ...
by LunkHead
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So the past 2 days, we hear that Boner once again is bringing up the "spending" problem and the defecit and debt issues. The timing is just perfect. Today we hear that he says that he is not talking ...
by Ewashstate
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It looks like Romney is going to have an increasingly hard time making his case this year, as the economy continues to show signs of recovery in many areas. And his "brilliant" plan to let Detroit ...
by Lawrence
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By Mark Price, Third and State On Tuesday Marty Moss-Coane, the host of WHYY's Radio Times, moderated ...
by ThirdandState
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"And it's about time somebody thanked me for giving that kid a free haircut." (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)
Poor Willard:
"If I'm fortunate enough to become president, I will ...
by Jed Lewison
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I had a short exchange the other day that got my brain cells churning. I said something to the effect that Marriage Equality is about love, and this was the response I got:
Well, that's a nice ...
by azrefugee
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First, he endorsed himself and the number 9.
Second, he endorsed "We, the people".
Third, he endorsed Newt Gingrich.
Today, he endorsed Willard M. Romney , while flanked by Michele Bachmann and ...
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Six months ago, John Greer published a blog post titled " This is what Peak Oil looks like ." In it, he discusses the connection between certain geopolitical and socioeconomic trends and their ...
by asinine
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Why are Democrats dancing around this? Governor Walker is under investigation. Period. This is the message that needs to be going out.
Can't you just see the press conference? "Of course Governor ...
by akicks
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The library I used to work for was on the edge of town. Before the edge of town, the houses would crumble, be covered in VACANT signs, orange and angry. There were missions with lines wrapped around ...
by CayceP
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We normally assume that the truth is valuable. Bad news? At the very most, veil it, step lightly around it. Best, of course, to tackle it head on. And, on no account, lie.
This is especially true ...
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This diary contains a troubling account of animal abuse witnessed by me. It has a somewhat positive outcome; however, it may be too much for some people to take and I completely understand that. My ...
by Snarkface
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Why a conversation on equality for all Americans is necessary.
by kevinpowell
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Hot weather doesn't mean it's time to expand exploitation of foreign guest workers.
Last summer's walkout by foreign students working for ...
by Laura Clawson
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This is just sad.
As you may remember from a couple days ago, the Colorado House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee killed a bill that would legalize civil unions. It had already been ...
by Chrislove
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I am also deadly serious. We are now less than six months away from an election. The Republicans are out there throwing everything they can muster against us. They want to take our country back ...
by Mets102
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Etch-A-Sketchy
`Twas brillig, and the Seamus dog
Did gyre and piddle on the wabe;
All mimsy were the well-fed kids,
And smiling wife outgrabe.
`Beware the Etch-A-Sketch, my son!
The dials ...
by cskendrick
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I got a call today from "Restore America" promoting Mitt Romney for President. That's funny all by itself (Romney restoring America? Is that like restocking? Oh, if only we could power cars with ...
by 8ackgr0und N015e
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In an email to his supporters, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH10) has decided that he will not run for further Congressional office in the State of Washington, saying that he would work for change ...
by Andrew M
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Last Word, last ...
by Olympia
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Maggie Hassan (D)
Public Policy Polling (PDF). 5/10-13. New Hampshire voters. MoE ±2.9% (4.5% for Democratic primary sample, 4.2% for Republican primary sample) (
by David Jarman
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