I also stand with Shaun King

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Wednesday August 19, 2015 · 7:18 PM PDT

2015/08/19 · 19:18

And I'm not sure why that's not the default behavior on this site. That is all.

Netroots Nation: The Competition

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Friday July 11, 2008 · 7:02 PM PDT

2008/07/11 · 19:02

While Netroots Nation is going on next weekend in Austin, approximately 300 conservatives are going to gather there as well.

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Sunday June 18, 2006 · 8:30 PM PDT

2006/06/18 · 20:30

Someone is going to take Pastor Dan's place tonight, right? If not...I offer the following space for prayer, good thoughts, meditation, reflection...pause.

The liturgy is a cycle of prayers for peace, all traditional except for the pagan prayer. (Pagans don't have traditional written prayers, I am told by the priestess.) I used it for a service on the first anniversary of the Iraq war. We started off with the Bible readings below and interspersed the prayers with readings of soldiers' names--the dead, the wounded, the living who still served. Afterwards we wrote postcards to servicemen and women, because faith without works is truly dead.
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COX--not Fox--News Covers YearlyKos (with poll)

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Saturday June 10, 2006 · 9:21 AM PDT

2006/06/10 · 09:21

Extra, Extra, read all about us!

I open my newspaper this morning, and there's an article by Scott Shepard of Cox News telling me all about the YearlyKos convention I'm missing.

So tell me, you who are there, is it a good and faithful report?

But I'm even more curious about who writes the headlines.
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My Week as a Deadbeat Debtor (with poll)

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Sunday April 02, 2006 · 3:27 PM PDT

2006/04/02 · 15:27

There have been some great diaries recently on what poverty is like, such as:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...

This week gave me a tiny glimpse of an aspect of life for the indebted. I don't mean to say that my experience is on the same level as those described, but it's opened my eyes wider to the two Americas.

Yes, Virigina, life in this country has changed. Read More

Who Is Harry Whittington?

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Wednesday February 15, 2006 · 11:20 AM PST

2006/02/15 · 11:20

Molly Ivins tells us all about the man Cheney shot, Harry Whittington. It turns out he's one of the good guys, "good" being a relative term in this vermillion red state.

Of course the jokes are flying all over Texas -- what's the fine for shooting a lawyer? -- and so forth. Dick-Cheney-shooting-Harry-Whittington is fraught, as they say, with irony. It's not as though the ground in Texas is littered with liberal Republicans. I think the vice president winged the only one we've got.
Not that I accuse Harry Whittington of being an actual liberal -- only by Texas Republican standards, and that sets the bar about the height of a matchbook. Nevertheless, Whittington is seriously civilized, particularly on the issues of crime, punishment and prisons.

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Thursday February 02, 2006 · 8:20 AM PST

2006/02/02 · 08:20

Three women in Massachusetts (a state that looks better from a distance, IMO) have sued Wal-Mart over not stocking Plan B. Just in case you need this information, Wal-Mart stocks Plan B only in Illinois, where state law requires it. The plaintiffs claim that Plan B is required under Massachusetts law also, as a drug commonly needed by the community.
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The Better to Kill Them With, My Dear

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Tuesday January 24, 2006 · 12:05 PM PST

2006/01/24 · 12:05

The BBC's Sarah Morris in
US army changes execution rules says, "New rules covering the death penalty in military courts suggest the US army may be preparing for its first execution since 1961."

The rest of my fair-use paragraphs that sent chills down the spine:
"The new rules are acknowledged by senior ranks as a major revision of the existing situation.

"The revision also makes it possible for executions to take place at any military prison, not just Fort Leavenworth.

"This, according to anti-death penalty protesters, means it would be technically legal for executions to take place at Guantanamo Bay."

She referred to a specific case and pointed out that Bush would have to approve the execution. Anyone feel like betting against that chance?

Also chilling is that I found this on the Beeb, not our own MSM.

What a Relief! (for relief workers)

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Wednesday October 12, 2005 · 7:27 AM PDT

2005/10/12 · 07:27

My senator John Cornyn, of box turtle marriage, justified judge killing, and I-heart-torture fame, is sponsoring a bill that address [sarcasm on] a relief worker's biggest fear:
getting sued. [sarcasm off]
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Katrina HEROES--Steal this meme

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Sunday October 02, 2005 · 5:03 PM PDT

2005/10/02 · 17:03

What would you call a twenty-year-old who saved his entire family first by repeatedly diving in a flood of sewage to pull each one out and then by flagging down and paying a boatman to carry them to safety?

What would you call an elderly man who stayed awake night after night to protect his family--children, wife, and mother--while they slept in dangerous quarters?

What about a young single woman--or man--taking on the responsibility of raising three or four small nieces, nephews, or cousins because their parents were lost?

Or the woman caring both for teenagers and a confused mother while her older children served as police in New Orleans and soldiers in Iraq?

I'd call them heroes, them and the more than thirty other survivors of Hurricane Katrina whom I've met during my last month as a volunteer relief worker. Over and over their stories of bravery, resiliency, and determination humbled me. These are the kind of people who have made this country great. Read More

Mad Relief Worker, Day 1 at the Service Center

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Saturday September 03, 2005 · 8:52 PM PDT

2005/09/03 · 20:52

Jim Macdonald tells us how it should work.

Not to be confused with how it's working. Read More

Diary of a Mad Relief Worker

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Friday September 02, 2005 · 5:22 PM PDT

2005/09/02 · 17:22

We're anonymous here, right? Really anonymous? I can, like, say anything I want?

I'm supposed to start work tomorrow as a volunteer Family Service Technician at a service center in a state close to Louisiana. (Really anonymous?) This means I meet with survivors, get their info about who they are and what they need, and get it for them. (Or direct them to the path. They are ultimately responsible for their own recovery; we just give a boost and support. The first person to accuse me of codependent enabling gets his throat torn out and a one-way forced march to Lake New Orleans.)

I am so scared. Read More

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Katrina HEROES--Steal this meme

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