Updated: Angel Island Up In Flames

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Sunday October 12, 2008 · 10:35 PM PDT

2008/10/12 · 22:35

But if you looked out the window, you prolly already knew that...

SF Kossaks, and natural widelife enthusiasts everywhere:

Angle Island, a State Park, is aflame tonight.

This is a real shame. Hopefully the firefighters can save some of the island.

Local Fox-KTVU is giving periodic updates.

Sorry for the short diary.

Substance to come?

Update:

Per Simplify below:

Check out SFist for pictures.

Update 2:

Per Simplify encore:

Check out An SF Tourism Site for a webcam shot

Update 3:

Per begone

An Historical Photo Gallery of the western Ellis Island (hat tip to eloise and a better tomorrow and ScottinSF)

Update 4:

Real good information from NonnyO below.

Update 5:

There are some good photos here.

(CA-Measure Q)-[ACTION: SF Bay]-Commuter Rail's Future: SMART

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 8:55 AM PDT

2008/10/08 · 08:55

Are you ready for commuter rail in the Norther San Francisco Bay Area?

Measure Q will pass a 1/4 cent sales tax to help pay for the planning, implementation, construction, and start up of a quiet efficient Diesel Multiple Unit commuter train.

But to levee this tax, we need a super majority in our two counties, Sonoma and Marin.

Calling all train lovers, traffic haters, tree huggers, money grubbers, and especially all able bodied, sharp minded, and generous SF Bay Area Kossaks!

LETS PASS MEASURE Q!

27 Days Left!

Take ACTION:

JOIN THE MAILING LIST
DONATE
VOLUNTEER
ENDORSE
WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP

Jump:

Poll

7 votes Show Results

Are you a fan of Measure Q?

7 votes Vote Now!

Are you a fan of Measure Q?

Yes, my love for trains transcends county and state lines

3 votes

Yes, I've been waitng for this since I moved to Marin and Sonoma

1 vote

I'm to lazy to read, Inform me, then I'll decide

0 votes

Yes, I'm going to work for it! (endorse, donate, volunteer, join facebook, write a letter)

0 votes

No. From what I've read: bad idea.

2 votes

No. I just don't like trains

0 votes

I like it it for other reasons (specify in comments plz)

0 votes

I dislike it for other reasons (specify in comments plz)

1 vote

ACTION: SF Bay Kossaks--The Future of Commuter Rail in the North Bay: SMART

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Tuesday October 07, 2008 · 8:39 AM PDT

2008/10/07 · 08:39

Are you from the San Francisco Bay Area, Kossak?

Are you a fan of commuter rail?

For those of you in the East Bay and San Francisco area, do you ride BART, and love it?

For those of you in the North Bay, counties Sonoma and Marin, Sitting in your cars and buses for hours on end on one of the most congested highways in Northern California, do you Envy BART?

If you do, look below the fold for the first of many pre-election awareness and action calls for the future of commuter rail and alternative mass transit for the North Bay.

I present to you a series of resources and action-calls on The Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District's proposed commuter rail line: The SMART Train.

Jump for the bright future of commuter rail in the Bay Area:

Poll

17 votes Show Results

What do you think about Measure Q, the SMART Train?

17 votes Vote Now!

What do you think about Measure Q, the SMART Train?

Let's get this thing passed!

6 votes

This is the worst idea ever!

2 votes

I'm too lazy to read anything about it, spell it out for me again, then I'll decide.

0 votes

wtf are you talking about?

0 votes

I live in (somewhere else, specify in comments plz) and therefore I don't care

1 vote

I live in (somewhere else, specify in comments plz) but my love of trains transcends county and state boundaries

8 votes

Indifference

0 votes

Ebulience

0 votes

Gore to Endorse on May 21st?

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Thursday May 15, 2008 · 8:18 PM PDT

2008/05/15 · 20:18

Ever since John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama yesterday, one thing that Obama had to say in his introduction of JRE to the stage prior to his endorsement stuck with me.

We didn't have a chance to campaign here during the primary, And I felt bad about it... I felt guilty about not campaigning... and so, as a consequence, I decided that I would try to give you something special. I decided that on my first full day of campaigning in Michigan that I wouldn't be fooling around, that I wasn't gonna just do the same old thing...

Of course what followed was the introduction of John Edwards.

Well it was this quote that got me thinking about something. Some other incredibly earth shaking, potential last knock out blow endorsement.

Jump if you're interested...

Poll

437 votes Show Results

This is:

437 votes Vote Now!

This is:

possible

341 votes

impossible

7 votes

wat chu talkin' 'bout willis?

25 votes

malarky

16 votes

a grand delusion created through huffs of Mr. Clean

48 votes

UCSC Students Decipher Bulls**t w/ Matt Lockshin!

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Tuesday May 13, 2008 · 12:04 PM PDT

2008/05/13 · 12:04

Hey all. Any of you that might have seen my past diaries know that I’m a freshman here at the University of California Santa Cruz.

I’m currently in a class called Digital Democracy. It attempts to go into the new political atmosphere that is the Internet, and from an academic standpoint, understand the influence technology has had, is having, and will have on our political practices. Essentially a wet dream for a guy like me, who is an upstart online political activist, and a habitual lurker and occasional contributor here on Daily Kos. A college class about blogging and the Internet as to how it pertains to politics? Sweet. I know.

Today I want to talk about the lecture we had last Friday, May 8. We were lucky enough to have a very special guest, one some of you here at Daily Kos might be very familiar with.

Jump if you’re interested.

Poll

26 votes Show Results

The Internet

26 votes Vote Now!

The Internet

can and will cut through the bullshit

19 votes

can't and won't cut through the bullshit

1 vote

other (explain below)

2 votes

pie

4 votes

UCSC class debates blogosphere

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Monday May 05, 2008 · 9:53 PM PDT

2008/05/05 · 21:53

I'm currently a student at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

I'm enrolled in a class called Digital Democracy. Proclaimed to be one of the first undergraduate introductory courses of its type by our professor, it has been a real treat, especially for someone like me whose been a habitual lurker and infrequent writer here at daily kos. A college class about blogging and the internet as to how it pertains to politics? Sweet. I know.

However, today was a real treat, as we dove head long into the ethics of blogging.

And of course, there is no way this in-class conversation couldn't not end up encompassing and discussing our very own community.

Jump if you're interested.

Poll

37 votes Show Results

The internet has the potential to...

37 votes Vote Now!

The internet has the potential to...

increase political participation a lot

32 votes

increase political participation a little

0 votes

have no or little effect on political participation

0 votes

TEH INTERWEBZ IS JEZUS

5 votes

Update: Petition for Moratorium on Diaries

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Wednesday March 05, 2008 · 11:46 PM PST

2008/03/05 · 23:46

I want to propose a petition to freeze the diary entries for a day to let Administrators figure out exactly how to stem the flow of vitriol from the community here at Daily Kos.

Poll

79 votes Show Results

should there be a 24 hour diary moratorium

79 votes Vote Now!

should there be a 24 hour diary moratorium

yes

12 votes

67 votes

You Will Not Steal My Hope, Madame Clinton...

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Wednesday March 05, 2008 · 2:29 PM PST

2008/03/05 · 14:29

First, a disclaimer. I am an Obama supporter. But, I am a democrat first and foremost. My passion and drive behind my candidate is something special, but it does not place him above the good of our party. If Clinton wins the nomination, however she may win it, I will vote for her. She is leagues better than McCain.

With that said, I think it’s now important to get down the point of this diary: however able she will be to gain my vote come November, I will not relinquish it until I have to. Obama is my man, and I’m his, through and through. I want to talk about how she helped Obama prove his point last night. I want to talk with you a little bit about why Obama will retain my vote until he drops out. I want to show you that there are very bright spots.

I want to expand on what our reaction (forgive me for generalizing), as his supporters, should be to last night, and what he should concentrate on, driving home the reasons why he is the better candidate for the General Election. My argument is this: Clinton just sealed her own fate. She will not take our hope away from us. She will lose this fight.

If you’re intrigued, jump.

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Monday March 03, 2008 · 9:53 PM PST

2008/03/03 · 21:53

In the interest of posting something other than a candidate diary--and oh how I'd love to write a candidate diary--I had the idea of posting a diary on a much less contentious issue: the death penalty.

I recently wrote this essay for a writing course here at UC Santa Cruz in response to an article by Jeffrey Toobin in The New Yorker titled "Death in Georgia," and I thought I'd share it with the community here. I don't believe there are any rules against this (and please tell me if there are) so I hope you enjoy.

Let me know what you think.

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Thursday February 14, 2008 · 10:46 PM PST

2008/02/14 · 22:46

With Krugman’s column this past week, I realized that a huge choice has presented itself to us democrats this primary season. The themes of change versus status quo, experience versus freshness, and reality versus idealism, while prominent in this campaign, are the vagaries around a more essential choice we democrats face: that of a choice between optimism and pessimism.

Follow me if you want...

Poll

57 votes Show Results

Do you believe?

57 votes Vote Now!

Do you believe?

A vote for Obama constitutes a giant leap forward?

36 votes

A vote for Obama constitutes a step forward?

12 votes

A vote for Obama constitutes a step backward?

1 vote

A vote for Clinton constitutes a giant leap forward?

0 votes

A vote for Clinton constitutes a step forward?

0 votes

A vote for Clinton constitutes a step backwards?

2 votes

Either candidate will bring the change we want

3 votes

mmmmm...pie

3 votes

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Updated: Angel Island Up In Flames

(CA-Measure Q)-[ACTION: SF Bay]-Commuter Rail's Future: SMART

ACTION: SF Bay Kossaks--The Future of Commuter Rail in the North Bay: SMART

Gore to Endorse on May 21st?

UCSC Students Decipher Bulls**t w/ Matt Lockshin!

UCSC class debates blogosphere

Update: Petition for Moratorium on Diaries

You Will Not Steal My Hope, Madame Clinton...

The Death Penalty: Morality, Practicality, and One's Conscience

On Hope