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Tuesday March 20, 2012 · 1:15 PM PDT

2012/03/20 · 13:15

The Duggar's support Santorum. Not that much of a surprise really, however, they apparently felt the need to express that support with a commercial.

As a general matter I find the Duggars upsetting. There are only two absolutely positive things I can say about them. First, unlike the majority of the Right they aren't being absolute hypocrites when they talk about the evils of birth control. I'm pretty sure this is one couple that has never actually used contraceptives. Second, their family and their show is a great exemplar of why birth control is such a wonderful thing. Want to have sex in marriage and not end up like the Duggars? Then birth control is your friend.

Check out the video yourself here.

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Thursday March 15, 2012 · 9:42 AM PDT

2012/03/15 · 09:42

A short diary - I am just so angry I needed to vent and this is my space to do so. I just did a search and don't think this has been shared here. Because words fail to adequately describe I will just post it without further comment.

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Wednesday July 08, 2009 · 4:19 PM PDT

2009/07/08 · 16:19

So like many people recently I lost my job today. And I'm not happy about it. However I'm not as sad as I should be. I should be crying my eyes out and everyone seems to expect it from me. But while I've shed a few tears the people I work with have been more upset than me so far. Many of them seem to think I'll have a delayed reaction. What I can't tell those people is that more than one of my colleagues has been a little jealous. Because while today I was the victim of the results of Republican policies, my company been feeling it for quite some time.

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Sunday August 03, 2008 · 5:30 PM PDT

2008/08/03 · 17:30

In a diary Friday, I disagreed with someone’s - in my view - inappropriate interjection of race into various comments. In return I was called a racist. Oddly, I had just decided that the next diary I wrote was going to be about the value of DKos in my life and how it’s served as a wonderful outlet. Instead I decided to write this.

Typically, I try to avoid discussions about race in such forums. I know emotions tend to fly and often things get heated. It is hard to have such discussion and conduct them with respect for each other and understanding in most situations. The pace and anonymity of the blogging, plus the lack of tone exasperate the problem. I don’t just avoid such conversations on-line, however, I’ve also avoided them with some of my real life friends and loved one.

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Thursday June 26, 2008 · 12:41 PM PDT

2008/06/26 · 12:41

Incoming - TROLLS!

Via crooks and liars McCain is encouraging others to cut and past comments into blogs, such as DKos by offering the points.

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Friday January 11, 2008 · 10:41 AM PST

2008/01/11 · 10:41

I have an unexplainable love for haikus. Occasionally I get the cadence stuck in my head and become distracted for hours counting out sentences and phrases. As today seems to be one of those days, I thought I'd invite the community to join me and create an opportunity to discuss candidates in a fun way.

A haiku is a three line poem where each line contains a set number of syllables. Specifically the first line has five syllables, the second seven, and the third five. For example:

You may disagree
With my choice of candidate
But I will not change.

Feel free to write either in support or against any candidate. As long as its in haiku form and good spirit its welcome. I know my brain could use a creative outlet today.

Will America lose it superpower status in your lifetime? (with poll)

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Thursday November 23, 2006 · 4:31 AM PST

2006/11/23 · 04:31

Whether or not American retains its superpower status for my entire life is something that I’ve been thinking about on and off since Bush came to power. In a drunken moment on Monday I mentioned my fear that I might live to see my nation no longer the world superpower to the Canadian interning with me in South Africa. It was that conversation - along with the sheer boredom of my office and compounded by relatively light traffic this morning at Dkos - which prompted me to make this question a diary.

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107 votes Show Results

The US...

107 votes Vote Now!

The US...

will remain the world's superpower during my lifetime

7 votes

will NOT remain the world's superpower during my lifetime and its Bush's fault

50 votes

will NOT remain the world's superpower during my lifetime but I don't think its Bush's fault

36 votes

I honestly don't know

14 votes

Give Us More Doughnuts, KOS!

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Tuesday October 17, 2006 · 1:42 AM PDT

2006/10/17 · 01:42

We have being seeing an increase in trolls lately, and I'm not sure what the proper response is. Between the normal trolls increasing as elections approach and the whole swiffter's crowd it seems like the place has been swarming.

Normally, I just find trolls amusing. I used to check out hidden comments mostly because some made me laugh. Now I check daily hoping that the same annoying people that got trolled yesterday are finally gone. I'm not sure if it's the metrics for autoban keeping people around longer or I'm getting more impatience, but it seems that the same person that got a whole slew of troll ratings one day is back on the list the next for days on end. Reading hidden comments has become more frustrating than normal.
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CNN turns a blind eye to torture!

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Friday September 29, 2006 · 12:40 AM PDT

2006/09/29 · 00:40

Ok, I'm out of the courtry, so I'm a little behind in US news. But like a dutiful Kossack, I check in here, on and off to make sure I'm current. This morning, I start reading articles that make it seem like the McCain's Torture Bill passed. Unable to really believe it I go to CNN for confirmation. However, the only thing I can find was this article.
Senate OKs bill for detainee trials, interrogations http://www.cnn.com/...

Since this article seemed the only one that could possible be it so I read it and as I read my jaw dropped. Read More

Bush is the Devil? (with Poll)

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Thursday September 21, 2006 · 3:54 AM PDT

2006/09/21 · 03:54

I first learned that Chavez had labelled Bush the Devil, it was from a South African paper.

http://www.mg.co.za/...

I expected that it wouldn't get much press coverage in the states, but there it was as a top story on CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/...

However CNN left out my favorite quoute

"It smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of".
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This is what we get with Roberts on the court

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Tuesday February 21, 2006 · 3:02 PM PST

2006/02/21 · 15:02

The headline at Yahoo news reads "Court Allows Church's Hallucinogenic Tea".
For the full article see http://news.yahoo.com/...

So while the Court recently decided that states can't defy federal drug law to let doctors prescribe marijuana for pain, churchs can pass out tea with illegal hallucinogenic drugs to help people hear god. Maybe those with cronic diseases can start a church to get legal access to drugs. However, I somehow doubt that Roberts would let that stand.

Also a question for anyone with more legal knowledge than me - hasn't RFRA (Religious Freedom Restoration Act) been struck down. I thought that was why Congress enacted RLUIPA. The article said that that was what Roberts based his opinion on.

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Haiku for your Candidate

Will America lose it superpower status in your lifetime? (with poll)

Give Us More Doughnuts, KOS!

CNN turns a blind eye to torture!

Bush is the Devil? (with Poll)

This is what we get with Roberts on the court