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Wednesday December 15, 2010 · 2:49 PM PST

2010/12/15 · 14:49

Never ceases to astonish me, how miserable some people can be to other people.

My wife knows someone from an online who lives in Portsmouth, NH, which is about 30 minutes north of Boston. Let's call him "D".

"D"s life is not exactly awesome. He has crippling agoraphobia. He lives in a double-wide trailer that, by his accounts, startles him by how much it resembles the houses he's seen on the show "Hoarders"... not because he has a particular desire to keep things, but taking it to the dump would be extraordinarily difficult for him to do because of his phobias.

It wasn't always this way. Things first started to get problematic around the time he was finishing high school. Up to that point he had anxiety but it didn't really mess with his life. After graduation, it got progressively worse... today, he's pretty much done unless he gets serious treatment. Tough to do given his economic situation.

Hatamoto

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Saturday November 29, 2008 · 1:42 AM PST

2008/11/29 · 01:42

Canadians, and fans of Canadian politics, are buzzing over a recent turn of events. The Conservative party, who won the last election but only a slightly more robust minority government, is being faced down on a non-confidence vote over the pathetic offering that is their plan for helping Canada weather the coming economic storm combined with a dagger in the back for the opposition parties: the complete removal of taxpayer-subsidized political party funding.

The pros and cons of the plan and the intrigue surrounding the proposal to remove funding are not the focus of this diary. The response of the Canadian political left is.

More after the fold.

Hatamoto

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Monday November 17, 2008 · 3:27 PM PST

2008/11/17 · 15:27

"We're the good guys! We don't do mean things!"

Geekysteven recently declared this statement in his diary "What the Republicans Taught Us", and it got me to thinking. We on the left don't do mean things, do we?

Well, we sometimes do because liberals and progressives are human too, but the perception is that we don't... and that's a big problem.

... more below the fold.

Hatamoto

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 4:10 AM PST

2008/11/07 · 04:10

I flipped on MSNBC this morning, forgetting that until around 4pm MSNBC is the all-conservative-all-the-time channel, sort of a Fox light. Naturally, none other than Joe the Douchebag is on my screen. Today, his topic of conversation is Nobel laureate Paul Krugman.

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Are there any reasonable conservatives left?

509 votes Vote Now!

Are there any reasonable conservatives left?

No. They're all pod people now.

113 votes

Some, but they've gone without a voice for so long as to be irrelevant.

285 votes

Yes, and they're probably going to come back into vogue now.

62 votes

There always have been, you're not paying attention!

21 votes

There are no conservatives when it comes to PIE.

28 votes

Bush's Northern "Soul Brother"

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Wednesday November 30, 2005 · 10:21 PM PST

2005/11/30 · 22:21

For those of you close enough to hear (or far away, but still care), Canada's minority government has recently fallen on a vote of non-confidence. As a result, the next 60 days will not only be a time of frantic christmas shopping, but also frantic sloganeering on the part of our prospective elected representives.

However, there's a serious threat to the fabric of the country. His name is Stephen Harper, he's the leader of the new Conservative party, and he shares the same philosophical foundation as Bush and many of his junta: they're adherents to the teachings of Leo Strauss.

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Treasongate song parody (w/poll!)

Hatamoto

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Friday October 28, 2005 · 1:46 PM PDT

2005/10/28 · 13:46

This is my first song parody ever. I was just sitting here working and scrolling through my music list on winamp, when I came across my 80s selection.

The whole song came in a flash, literally within 10 minutes, with a couple more to work out the meter. I hope you enjoy it. ;)

The song itself is below the fold, with all apologies to Taco.

Note: GOPper should be pronounced "Gooper". Hey, it fit, and I reserve artistic license.
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A resource to track rights violated / diminished?

Hatamoto

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Sunday July 10, 2005 · 8:50 AM PDT

2005/07/10 · 08:50

I, like many here, find myself being drawn into what I'll describe as 'heated discussions' regarding the current political climate and how things have degenerated. I'm pretty good at thinking on my feet and utilizing logic and rhetoric to effect, but nothing is as compelling as a person who can make a case based on logic AND emotion, backed by facts.

The problem is, sometimes the facts are hard to come by, which is why I'm writing this diary. More below... Read More

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Help Needed: Mother to evict disabled child

Canadian Corner - Uniting the Left

We Don't Do Mean Things!... do we?

Joe Scarborough is a douche (or: are there any intellectually honest conservatives?)

Bush's Northern "Soul Brother"

Treasongate song parody (w/poll!)

A resource to track rights violated / diminished?