A Poignant Moment: The Passing of Robin Williams, Bicentennial Man

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Tuesday August 12, 2014 · 9:45 AM PDT

2014/08/12 · 09:45

Last night, he brought back the tears.

Tears of appreciation of wisdom, and of humanity.

The best of tears.

And I'd be honored it you would share that poignant moment with me....

.... starting at the 1:49:00 mark.

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Monday March 18, 2013 · 9:09 PM PDT

2013/03/18 · 21:09

Why is this not high profile at dKos right now?

forwarding from Food Democracy Now! Team:

URGENT: Make a call to Stop the Monsanto Protection Act today!
If approved, the Monsanto Protection Act would force the USDA to allow continued planting of any GMO crop under court review, essentially giving backdoor approval for any new genetically engineered crops that could be potentially harmful to human health or the environment.

These riders, which we dubbed the "Monsanto Protection Act" last year,
would strip federal courts of their authority to halt the sale and
planting of an illegal and potentially hazardous GMO crop.

See backstory, justification, urgency, details below fold.

Urgent action summary: call & tell your Senators to support the Tester amendment, #74 --- and to demand removal of the biotech rider (Sec. 735) in the Senate Continuing Resolution spending bill.

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Friday October 12, 2012 · 9:03 AM PDT

2012/10/12 · 09:03

Biden was Biden, which means brilliant. Obama will be Obama, which means... (after crossing over the burnt orange spinnicle)....

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Tuesday November 02, 2010 · 8:27 AM PDT

2010/11/02 · 08:27

Actually, make that $930.14 -- $930.14 that I've bet on you.

Made up of 140 little bets through ActBlue, and another 45 through GiveGreen.

$930 is the most cash I've ever donated in an election cycle.

I'm betting that you're right, and the pollsters are way way off.

I'm betting on your partnership -- and together, our Getting Out The Vote today.

And I'm betting you'll follow me below the fold, to see who got my money... and to discover the deliciously shocking news of how we in the Netroots outraised Karl Rove's Crossroads... yes, indeed: how we used the web to raise ..... $80M !!!

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Thursday May 27, 2010 · 1:18 AM PDT

2010/05/27 · 01:18

Please, please read these important words that came directly out of President Obama's mouth this morning.

Since it's not copyrighted, I've posted the entire transcript, for your convenience, + anti-soundbiting. As part of my "value add" as a diarist, I am choosing to highlight some of the parts that speak most deeply to me regarding the current oil disaster in the Gulf, escalating risks of offshore oil drilling, ongoing US oil addiction, global warming and climate chaos... and positive shifts we can and must make, in our economy, businesses, technology, energy systems, cultural habits, and national priorities. Most importantly, I want to highlight what happens when Solar Energy is treated respectfully and supportively by the President of the United States.

~~~~~

As a bonus, I've included as intro to Obama's speech my own personal story from the time I and my fellow activists were arrested for using our bodies in civil disobedience against dirty energy... and how (by surprise) the biggest contribution I made that day came from using my words on behalf of clean energy.

May Barack Obama's words today on behalf of clean energy inspire you as much as they inspired me. And may they make their way into law, policy, and physical implementation .... ASAP.

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Tuesday October 07, 2008 · 5:19 AM PDT

2008/10/07 · 05:19

Paging Al Rodgers.

Al, I love your gorgeous posts. Your post yesterday The Palins are UnAmerican Subversives/Traitors grabbed my attention and held it till dawn. At first, I was grabbed by the video... but after playing it, I saw it's YouTube title was "Palin Smear Video Backup"... and that struck me as kinda weird.

I got suspicious, so I dug in, and found that the instance of the video you linked to was posted by people who are definitely not our friends. In fact, they have been waging a vendetta against the maker of the video!

The version of the video you linked to is titled as a "smear" because there are wingnuts who are preserving it as evidence of a "conspiracy" against Palin. That is why their title is "Palin Smear Video Backup".

Below the fold is lots of research: backstory on the wingers declaring war on this ad, how they intimidated the maker of the ad (all the way to getting him to remove the master from YouTube), how we can fix this and reviralize properly.... plus fact checking on the ad, and how the ad can be cleaned up and made ready for TV airing.

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Thursday October 02, 2008 · 12:48 AM PDT

2008/10/02 · 00:48

``China is very worried about the safety of its assets,'' he said. ``If you want China to keep calm, you must ensure China that its assets are safe.''

Now that is a money quote.

In case it doesn't have a sharp enough point on it, let's hammer the point home:

Asia Needs Deal to Prevent Panic Selling of U.S. Debt, Yu Says

Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan, China and other holders of U.S. government debt must quickly reach an agreement to prevent panic sales leading to a global financial collapse, said Yu Yongding, a former adviser to the Chinese central bank.

``We are in the same boat, we must cooperate... If there's no selling in a panicked way, then China willingly can continue to provide our financial support by continuing to hold U.S. assets.''

An agreement is needed so that no nation rushes to sell, ``causing a collapse,'' Yu said.

Still no direct relevance to the "bailout"/"rescue" and our mission of electing more and better Democrats? OK, I guarantee you'll find it beneath the fold...

(( bonus: 7 big-picture take-homes are at the bottom of the basket below ))

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 5:53 PM PDT

2008/09/25 · 17:53

The "why to" is in many other diaries and comments. This diary is complementary -- it's a condensed "how to": how to prepare & how to bounce back quicker and quicker:

Come up to speed on Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.

Understand the keys to preparing yourself against shock.

Shock works by throwing human emotions to the lowest level of the emotional scale: resignation. Resignation is an emotional state of powerlessness.

Zero action comes from powerlessness. So that is where the Shocksters want you to be: resigned, powerless, in a state of shock.

Learn to neutralize shock using these 8 steps:

((continued beneath the fold))

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Thursday September 18, 2008 · 5:51 AM PDT

2008/09/18 · 05:51

The Grand Old Partying continues....

In the deteriorating climate he sees unfolding, Gundlach said, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index could fall another 30%, giant Citigroup could become an "AIG-sized debacle," Morgan Stanley would merge with a banking company, Wachovia won't be able to stand alone, default rates on even prime mortgages could soar, and European banks' woes are just beginning.

"This is no market for old men," said Gundlach... "This is no market for old-school thinking."

Below the fold: the result of 28 years of deregulation... Keating 5... ENRON loophole... credit default swaps... all starring bad old John McPain and Phil Gramm.....

...GOP-caused economic meltdown that may reverberate til 2022... but sooner, an inconvenient October surprise: your Money Market (& Bank & Credit Union) accounts at risk... so come with me below the fold for plenty of ammo for educating your voters about why they are having horrible experiences and where the CHANGE needs to take place... in the central focus for election 2008: ECONOMY, ECONOMY, ECONOMY.

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Friday September 05, 2008 · 5:33 AM PDT

2008/09/05 · 05:33

When somebody is used to being a barracuda chewing right through anything and anybody who stands in their way, while being praised all their life that being a vicious pit bull is virtuous as long as it's in service of the Lord's work, what kind of person emerges after several decades of that? When that somebody has been enjoying the experience of lying with impunity, manipulating power for petty purposes, financing their holy crusade via state coffers, and fueling their ambition in cahoots with international oil majors.... with years of experience like that, what do they do for an encore?

Our opponents are the incumbent party, representing the status quo.

The incumbents made the mess, and people are upset with the status quo.

So people want change.

We represent change.

Whenever we frame any issue this way, it plays to our strength.

There is no accident that CHANGE is Obama's core theme. (Obama doesn't just "get" this, he is this. He's brilliant; he's our most potent individual change agent; to help him win, it is up to each of us to...

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Which is the winning Frame for us?

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Which is the winning Frame for us?

Change

26 votes

Experience

2 votes

doesn't matter

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pie

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(poll) Vote for best 3AM spoof

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Tuesday March 04, 2008 · 3:38 AM PST

2008/03/04 · 03:38

Parody candidate #1:
Bass Motives 01:26

Parody candidate #2:
Children Parody 3 am Phone call Hillary Clinton Fear Ad 00:35

the 3rd candidate.... + 2 zingers (and a self-running YouTube playlist containing all 5 videos) remain beneath the fold...

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For the 3AM parody/satire/spoof/snark category... and the winner is:

45 votes Vote Now!

For the 3AM parody/satire/spoof/snark category... and the winner is:

#1: "Bass Motives"

28 votes

#2: "Children Parody 3 am Phone call Hillary Clinton Fear Ad"

3 votes

#3: "Children Pt. 2 Hillary Clinton Campaign Ad Commercial Parody"

14 votes

(poll) Best Obama Videos (6 en Español) for TX viral final 24hours push

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Monday March 03, 2008 · 3:00 AM PST

2008/03/03 · 03:00

It's down to the last 24 hours before the Texas primary.... if you're not here for the ground game, is there anything you can do to help from afar?

Yes.

Checkout these Obama-boosting YouTube videos, and email links to your favorites -- or forward my entire YouTube playlist (24 & counting) -- to everybody you know who has friends in Texas, and especially to everybody you know who could write and send-along a personal email note.... especially if they can do it in Spanish!

El Paso's Favorite Obama YouTube Videos

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Strongest Obama Music Video for reaching TX Spanish-speakers in final 24 hours:

19 votes Vote Now!

Strongest Obama Music Video for reaching TX Spanish-speakers in final 24 hours:

Vota Obama! (Austin band Cerronato; to tune of "La Bamba")

2 votes

VIVA OBAMA 2008 (Mariachi Aguilas de Mexico)

12 votes

For Obama: "Si Se Puede Cambiar" by Andres Useche

5 votes

LATINOS CON OBAMA (Spanish titles, English lyrics)

0 votes

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