Fourteen Democrats Have Not Yet Signed the Discharge Petition for Middle Class Tax Relief

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Wednesday December 12, 2012 · 11:12 AM PST

2012/12/12 · 11:12

As we know, Nancy Pelosi has drafted a discharge petition in the House to ensure middle-class tax relief is extended. A bill has already passed the Senate to do this, and President Obama has said he would sign such a bill the minute it hit his desk.

Joan linked to the discharge petition yesterday, at which point it had 178 signatures, all Democratic. Because of the way the House Clerk reports signatures and votes, it's very hard to determine which members in our party has not signed Pelosi's petition, inaction I feel is completely without excuse, particularly in this political moment. So, I took it upon myself yesterday to flush out these Dems. My results are beneath the little orange cumulonimbus. I encourage everyone, particularly constituents of these Congresscritters, to put pressure on these folks and get this petition signed by every Democrat in the House.

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Wednesday May 23, 2012 · 10:44 AM PDT

2012/05/23 · 10:44

Thought I'd offer our cozy little hive a frame game. On the heels of the underwhelming, and possibly fraudulent, IPO launch of one my least favorite American companies, Facebook, I see a precious opportunity to rebrand it.

Anyone can play, and I'll post the winner(s) later today in an update based on recs and community acclamation. And then we can have a pie fight.

Special kudos to any Photoshoppers out there who can tweak Facebook's iconography.

I'll start by tossing out three possible new names for Zuckerberg's cynical commodification of the citizenry --

"Flopbook"

Hmm.... or maybe "Fraudbook"

How about "Faceplant"?

Ready, steady, go...

Now Is The Time For Planned Parenthood to Reintroduce Itself

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Friday February 03, 2012 · 11:11 AM PST

2012/02/03 · 11:11

If we look at the SGK non-apology today, there is no language suggesting that they will fund Planned Parenthood in the next grant cycle (i.e., they will have the "eligibility to apply"). Kalli Joy Gray's front-page diary backs this up clearly.

Now, it may be that off-line PP and SGK hammered out a memorandum of understanding that should PP decide to re-apply, they would be re-upped pending some number of variables that allow the anti-choice forces at Komen to claim victory.

The past 48 hours has made it clear that PP has public opinion and the principled arguments on its side. Given that, it seems Ms. Richards and the PP executive have decided that's a good place to be, and a better place than they've found themselves in the national conversation in many years. That, politically, is the positioning adopted by the Obama administration as we head into 2012. And it's a positioning likely to allow both to see another day.

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Tuesday March 15, 2011 · 11:00 AM PDT

2011/03/15 · 11:00

Bahrain today is in the grips of a violent assault on civilian protesters in the capital of Manama, and the Saudi Arabian military incursion into Bahrain (at the invitation of the Baharaini kingdom) has been particularly brutal.

Reports coming out of hospitals in Manama broadcast on Al Jazeera indicate a very toxic form of tear gas has been deployed against the citizenry, resulting in burn and respiratory injuries and extended recovery times. Doctors interviewed say the type of tear gas should never have been used against humans. Other injuries have been caused by live ammunition and rubber bullets, reports say.

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Wednesday March 02, 2011 · 10:40 AM PST

2011/03/02 · 10:40

Linguist George Lakoff has a terrific essay up at The Berkeley Blog on the Wisconsin standoff, in which he dissects the underlying issues involved in Gov. Walker's attempt to eviscerate public sector unions and highlights a bit of history I was unaware of.

When Abraham Lincoln was an Illinois state senator, the future president and his then-Whig colleagues found themselves in a situation similar to today's Wisconsin Democratic senators --

On December 5, 1840, Democrats “proposed an early adjournment, knowing this would bring a speedy end to the State Bank. The Whigs tried to counter by leaving the capitol building before the vote, but the doors were locked. That’s when Lincoln made his move. He headed for the second story, opened a window and jumped to the ground!”
Lincoln would be, and we all should be, proud that the Wisconsin state senators have courageously crossed the state line to Illinois to avoid a quorum in Wisconsin that would have a disastrous effect, not only on Wisconsin, but on America for the indefinite future.

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Wednesday February 02, 2011 · 3:35 PM PST

2011/02/02 · 15:35

This is the kind of meta that will raise folks' dander, but I mean it in all seriousness (and humility). Here is a list of recommended diaries as of 3:10 pdt

Yves Smith: Fight Mtge Fraud! Call Your Att'y Gen'l Fe.3rd! [bobswern]

Middle East Protests Mothership #11 Take Action! Updated 3X [Tahrir]

Why People Hate Insurance Companies - CVS Caremark Run Around [Something the Dog Said]

Texas Can't Generate Enough Power - Rolling Blackouts (Updates) [I Love OCD]

Pooties and WPPR: Doing the Blizzard Boogie! [khloemi]

Fox News: Biggest Ratings Loser of the New Year - Glenn Bck Leads the Way Down [King One Eye]

DK4 Final Preparations Underway! [bubbanomics]

Monster Cyclone Yasi Hits Queensland, Australia [Fish Out of Water]

On a day of numerous critical news events, and many other very interesting and unrecommended diaries, one the recommended diaries above is not like the others. It's the daily pootie diary. It does not belong on our list of recommended diaries.

Mogolori

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Friday January 14, 2011 · 12:17 PM PST

2011/01/14 · 12:17

As diarists Cartoon Peril, Mutually Assured Destruction, unspeakable and Kandy have all pointed out in excellent diaries, fast-moving protests in Tunisia over the past few weeks have culminated today in the overthrow of Tunisian dictator President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.

All believers in democratic self-governance should applaud today's events, and the courage of Tunisian society in shedding the yolk of the one world's most odious kleptocrats. As David Kilpatrick reports for the New York Times today, there is another organization (hint: it's not our State Department) that deserves credit for Ben-Ali's ouster -- Wikileaks.

Mogolori

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Wednesday May 26, 2010 · 11:19 AM PDT

2010/05/26 · 11:19

When I was 18, a blizzard struck Denver just before Christmas. It was an amazing storm, the largest snowfall the city had seen since 1913.

The city, hushed in a blanket of white, was more or less paralyzed through the holiday. But as such storms will do, it crystallized in our memories as an equalizer of the city's people, who shared an extra measure of assistance and cheer with their friends and neighbors. When natural events suspend the awesome expressions of kinetic power and habit in the daily life of a modern city, we remember them not just because they are rare, but because they up-end our behavior and impel greater degrees of mutual reliance and protection.

As the holiday ended and New Year's approached, city life did not recover quickly. Denver's team of city plows lay under-organized and under-utilized in the weeks following the storm. Huge ruts of ice gathered on city throughways. Fender-benders and more severe accidents multiplied, and the daily commute permanently damaged the cars of many thousands of people (and if you didn't have a car in Denver in the early '80s, good luck with that).

Mogolori

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Friday December 04, 2009 · 10:20 PM PST

2009/12/04 · 22:20

Just coming across the wires -- Max Baucus is admitting to having an affair with a woman he nominated for US attorney. The woman, Melodee Hanes, withdrew her name later in the nomination process.

Nothing more at this point... please add links and any musings as they coming across the wires.

Here's the New York Times link --

http://www.nytimes.com/...

Mogolori

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Tuesday November 24, 2009 · 12:06 PM PST

2009/11/24 · 12:06

I wanted this morning to commemorate and laud the Obama administration's decision to hold its first State Dinner in honor of the nation of India, as represented by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife, Gursharan Kaur.

The symbolism of this honor is plain, and I hope goes to the heart of Obama's geopolitical thinking. India and the United States are the world's two most populous pluralistic democracies. Between us, we account for almost 1.5 billion people, and all of us through our mutual constitutions are guaranteed the right to vote for our parliamentary and executive leadership. The successful and orderly self-governance by over 1 billion Indians lays down -- at a fundamental level --a critical standard for human affairs in the 21st century. It is one we should all recognize, embrace and fortify. India is saying through its example that our numerous and growing species can rely going forward on the freely expressed judgment and electoral participation of a knowledgeable citizenry.

There is another model of governance in ascendance today that is openly resisting this notion, that of the People's Republic of China.

Mogolori

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Friday September 25, 2009 · 9:35 PM PDT

2009/09/25 · 21:35

I wanted to mention the passing tonight of a true giant in the classical music world, Alicia de Larrocha. Beyond saying personally how much I adore her work and how she more than anyone has opened my mind to classical pianism, I'll refer you to her New York Times obituary (the only one published in English as of this writing). Most of all, though, you'll want to listen to and discover her work via YouTube, some links of which I'm also providing.

Mogolori

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Saturday March 21, 2009 · 8:59 PM PDT

2009/03/21 · 20:59

A terrible, sobering story is breaking out of Oakland, CA tonight -- though most news outlets are working to confirm, KCBS-TV in San Francisco is reporting four Oakland police officers were shot and killed in broad daylight today. The first two were slain during a routine traffic stop; the second two in a shootout hours later with the suspect, who was also killed.

The first shooting occurred around 1 p.m. in the 7400 block of MacArthur Boulevard in which two motorcycle officers were struck with gunfire as they made a traffic stop.

That shooting led to an intense manhunt by dozens of Oakland police, California Highway Patrol officers and Alameda County sheriff deputies. Nearby streets were roped off and an entire area of east Oakland shut to traffic.

About 3:10 p.m., a SWAT team confronted the suspect barricaded inside an apartment building close to location of the first shooting. Gunfire was exchanged between the two parties, fatally wounding two more officers, and killing the suspect.

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