AP: Giffords Communicating with Doctors

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Sunday January 09, 2011 · 10:11 AM PST

2011/01/09 · 10:11

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is communicating to surgeons after successful surgery to control the swelling in her brain and to remove pieces of badly damaged brain, the AP is reporting.

What a fantastic turn of events from yesterday, where the news outlets held for about 1/2 hour that she had died.

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Tuesday December 14, 2010 · 7:19 PM PST

2010/12/14 · 19:19

It's impossible, for starters.

Think you can control outcomes? Hardly. While one's environment certainly has major effects on how one behaves, there seems to be plenty of evidence to suggest that two different human beings will experience two different outcomes (arising from different sets of choices) given the same exact starting point and environment.

But, is that REALLY what the vast majority of liberals in America want?

I don't think so..it's not what I'm looking for (for others), nor do I believe it is what the majority of others of my political persuasion are, either.

So, I respond to David Limbaugh and Neal Boortz.

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Sunday December 12, 2010 · 10:02 AM PST

2010/12/12 · 10:02

My few-and-far between diaries are written mostly to start discussions...and if someone disagrees with you here (or if you disagree with where you think I'm taking things), keep it civil please.

So to below the fold..

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In general, Wikileak's effect on meaningful results from diplomacy amongst the US and other powerful world states is

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In general, Wikileak's effect on meaningful results from diplomacy amongst the US and other powerful world states is

negligible

18 votes

harmful

5 votes

helpful

22 votes

Take the emotion out of it, win dedicated converts. Part 1.

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Wednesday February 24, 2010 · 1:46 PM PST

2010/02/24 · 13:46

Talented speakers and attractive personalities are very good at winning converts to their cause...because they press emotional buttons. Very few voters would argue that the political leaders of our country are the smartest people around; more accurately, they're the most convincing and saviiest (which is why so many of them were/are lawyers).

Many bloggers on Dkos post blogs because they want to bring attention and/or dedicated workers to a cause or issue that is important. While many of the popular bloggers are smart people, often diaries get looked at because of titles, tags, or the subject's relevance to what was talked about on Maddow or Olbermann last night.

Headlines and Tags are there to spark an emotional response: "I'm interested in this" (Tags) or "This looks interesting! (headlines).

But when the caps-lock and bolding is gone, do the converts stay religious?

DonkSlayer

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Thursday February 11, 2010 · 12:55 PM PST

2010/02/11 · 12:55

..they weren't so damn hypocritical and selective with their principles.

Since that's not enough for a diary entry, I'll make some specific examples. Inspired by Math4Barack's diary here.

I'm not the most progressive individual in this country, and I have a decidedly "American" nationview. Every time something with the Dems angers me or a blog on Kos makes me roll my eyes, my mind wanders...then I take one look at the GOP today and quickly quell the crazy thoughts encroaching onto my reasonable brain.

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Wednesday February 10, 2010 · 7:45 AM PST

2010/02/10 · 07:45

Please read the following before you continue:

SC registering subversive groups

I'm passing through South Carolina in May and I plan to stop by a state government building and register my group, the Islamofascist Marxist Brown-shirts (aka "IMB" or "muslim hitler-loving comrades bent on the destruction of the Constitution, the Bible, capitalism, marriage, Jesus, & Jews" to organizations like the CIA).

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Wednesday February 03, 2010 · 10:32 AM PST

2010/02/03 · 10:32

Obama:

"I was making the simple point that families use vacation dollars, not college tuition money, to have fun," Obama said, according to the letter released by Reid's office. "There is no place better to have fun than Vegas, one of our country's great destinations."

While you're not always a straight-to-the-point guy, Mr. President, you're exactly right on this one.

DonkSlayer

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Friday January 29, 2010 · 10:35 AM PST

2010/01/29 · 10:35

Osama Bin Laden, Climate Crusader.

"Well, Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan is mostly destroyed, there were WMD in Iraq, yadda yadda yadda."

FAIL.

Although the authenticity of the tape has yet to be determined, whether it's really Osama or not, it clearly indicates a new direction (justification/ideology) Al-Qaeda is headed in.

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Thursday January 28, 2010 · 12:45 PM PST

2010/01/28 · 12:45

Not the last time I checked.

Sure, Alito is only one judge, and the SOTU address is the President's forum, not the Supreme Court's. But, what did Alito do, exactly?

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Should we speak out against calls for Alito's impeachment?

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Should we speak out against calls for Alito's impeachment?

Hell no, he should be hung!

7 votes

No, it is legal, just, and reasonable to impeach him.

19 votes

Yes, DKos is a bastion of the progressive movement and should act/write reasonably.

15 votes

Yes, ban.

4 votes

War On Drugs/Alberto Gonzales sets baseball back AT LEAST five years.

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Tuesday January 12, 2010 · 8:39 AM PST

2010/01/12 · 08:39

I was sitting in a waiting room yesterday, thumbing through web sites on my blackberry (tm) when I came across the headline "Mark McGwire admits steroid use." Not a shocker for anyone who doesn't live in a cave. Admitting he used, Mark McGwire said he didn't admit so at the time of the famous 2005 hearing (the same hearing where Palmeiro pointed his finger and said he never used steroids, only to test positive later)because he was declined immunity by Alberto Gonzales.

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Monday January 11, 2010 · 9:41 AM PST

2010/01/11 · 09:41

"Equity" is a term applicable not just to the owned-value of an investment, but also as a broader concept of "owned" value that can be used to invest in other (riskier) ventures, or to be held as security against any claims or liens against.

We use the term not just in finance, but in business and sports language as well.

In politics, the "Equity" of a politician, party, or interest group is often referred to as "political capital".

I believe THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM in the Democratic Party right now is they have very...little..Equity recognized by the American public or the media. The equity to take necessary risks and get rid of the dead weight. The lack of equity is the biggest reason that the 2010 elections look like stormclouds to the Democrats and Progressives, instead of sunshine.

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AP: Giffords Communicating with Doctors

On "Equality of Outcome"

Rose-colored glasses and Wikileaks

Take the emotion out of it, win dedicated converts. Part 1.

I could be a Republican if..

Islamofascist Marxist Brown-shirts FTW!

Obama vs. Vegas et all....not close.

Another HUGE sign that we should've gotten Bin Laden in Tora Bora

President > SCOTUS? Stop it and speak out.

War On Drugs/Alberto Gonzales sets baseball back AT LEAST five years.

Dems don't have the Equity to do the right thing.