This is what a strike looks like

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Monday September 10, 2012 · 8:15 PM PDT

2012/09/10 · 20:15

Today I decided to teach my 13 year old son a lesson in civics so we donned our red t-shirts and headed out to the Chicago Teachers Union rally to lend our support. He's already well versed on the importance of unions and the reasons his teachers are striking. What I wanted him to learn today is the importance of solidarity. What it feels like to be a part of something bigger.

We were lucky to find an elevated spot along the marching route and it was a sight to behold. Thousands upon thousands of teachers, support staff and parents marching in solidarity. I turned to him and said, "this is what a strike looks like." More pics below the fold.

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Wednesday December 02, 2009 · 11:19 AM PST

2009/12/02 · 11:19

Wow...just wow! I don't know about anyone else but the full page Planned Parenthood skin is really hard on the eyes. I'm 100% in support of the idea they want to get across but unfortunately the color scheme is a real migraine trigger for me.

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Iranian Special Forces Protect Mousavi Protesters

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Wednesday June 17, 2009 · 9:29 AM PDT

2009/06/17 · 09:29

My apologies for the shortness of the diary but this bit of news seems important enough to post on its own.

According to the Nico Pitney live-blog at HuffPost, The Independent correspondent Robert Fisk has defied the ban on journalists and reports he witnessed 500 Iranian special forces protecting 10,000 Mousavi people from a group of 15,000 Ahmadinejad supporters.

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Sunday April 26, 2009 · 10:48 AM PDT

2009/04/26 · 10:48

The list of health benefits associated with eating the type of yogurt which contain live, active bacterial cultures is a long one. So beneficial in fact that if you've cruised down the dairy aisle lately, you'll see that manufacturers are making a killing by repackaging yogurt and yogurt drinks as "probiotics" and slapping a higher price on a smaller package.

Like many of my fellow Kossacks, the economic downturn has hit our family so I've been looking for a way to cut costs while maintaining a healthy diet. One of my best discoveries is that it is both easy and cheap to make homemade yogurt. No fancy schmancy yogurt maker is required. Cheap, my new favorite word...cheap, cheap, cheap.

Not only does yogurt have a million and one uses, the benefit of a fresh, culture rich batch runs circles around a product that has been sitting on a store shelf for (insert deity her) knows how long. So, follow along and I'll take you through an easy step-by-step instruction with various options as well as several yummy serving suggestions.

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 11:32 AM PDT

2008/09/03 · 11:32

Hat tip to TPM.

According to a story in the LA Times, John McCain had a problem with the bacon that Sarah Palin was bringing home to her town of Wasilla as Mayor.

Three times in recent years, McCain's catalogs of "objectionable" spending have included earmarks for this small Alaska town, requested by its mayor at the time -- Sarah Palin.

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 10:22 AM PDT

2008/08/26 · 10:22

A big hat tip toTPM's Eric Kleefeld for This catch from the Denver Post:

In this west side location that is not far from the Pepsi Center yet out of sight from Democratic delegates and protesters walking downtown, Republicans will be crafting anti-Barack Obama messages nearly round the clock this week.

Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan said the team of nearly two dozen staffers at the opposition headquarters will be "fact-checking" statements made by the Obama campaign and by speakers during the convention.

"Just consider this the Ministry of Truth," quipped Dick Wadhams, chairman of the Colorado Republican Party (emphasis mine).

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Friday August 22, 2008 · 12:26 PM PDT

2008/08/22 · 12:26

You read that right...a veritable bling-master. This really is the gift that keeps on giving.

I never thought I would see the day that the lede for an article about McCain in a traditional media national publication would read like this:

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Tuesday August 05, 2008 · 10:53 AM PDT

2008/08/05 · 10:53

The McCain campaign thinks that it's too cute by half in mocking the suggestion made by Barack Obama in a speech last week that people can lower gas consumption by insuring that their tires are properly inflated.

As Al Giordano notes, the kickoff started last Saturday when Minnesota Governor and VP wannabe Tim Pawlenty first used the tire gauge prop:

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Wednesday May 14, 2008 · 8:12 AM PDT

2008/05/14 · 08:12

I love behind the scene reports on the happenings within the campaigns and Dana Milbank's chronicle of the Clinton campaign yesterday doesn't disappoint.

Throughout the article he hilariously invokes the dead parrot skit from Monty Python to exemplify the reality that is facing Clinton. That whether she knows it or not, her campaign for the White House is over.

Customer: "Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now."

Pet-shop owner: "No, no he's not dead, he's -- he's resting! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian blue, isn't it, aye? Beautiful plumage!"

-- From "Monty Python's Flying Circus"

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Wednesday March 12, 2008 · 12:16 PM PDT

2008/03/12 · 12:16

Rush Limbaugh should have his FCC license yanked.

RUSH: I know I'm fighting an uphill battle here, folks, on trying to convince you Republicans in Ohio and Texas to cross over, pimp yourselves for a day, vote for Hillary to keep this campaign going, this Uncivil War, Democrat Party. I know what's going to happen. Even if I convince you to do it -- remember what this is, this is about us winning. You have to understand, it's not about Hillary winning; it's about us winning. It's about our party winning. It's about those people losing.

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Monday March 10, 2008 · 1:17 PM PDT

2008/03/10 · 13:17

Barack Obama continues to pick up superdelegates with two more jumping on board today.

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Thursday March 06, 2008 · 10:41 AM PST

2008/03/06 · 10:41

Newsday ran a story yesterday reminding its readers that during Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate race, she made much ado about the fact that her Republican opponent Rick Lazio had failed to release his tax returns three months into the race.

NYT 8/29/2000

The campaign of his Democratic opponent, Hillary Rodham Clinton, criticized the delay, asking whether he was hiding something. The State Democratic Party even sent a young campaign worker dressed as Uncle Sam to Mr. Lazio's campaign events, to shout at him to disclose the returns.

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