Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are Yashua, Louisiana 1976, hhex65, Wes Opinion, Kath25 and jlms qkw, with jennyjem as editor.

We at Diary Rescue would like to wish all proud, independent, Mexican Kossacks, and all those who aspire to be, a happy Cinco De Mayo! Here are some great diaries for you to read on this festive occasion.

• In a thorough and fascinating analysis (with incredible pictures), Meng Bomin illustrates A look into a different world: Republican primary maps. (jlms qkw)
• From Indonesia, Ajipon observes the American political scene, and explains why it matters so much to him even though he is so far away in Why Should I Care? (hhex65)
• Vita Brevis brings us the sad news of the passing of a woman who helped increase quality in our nation in Mildred Loving, An Unsung Hero. (kath25)
• gjohnsit illustrates the fine line between those who are with us and those who are against us in this excellent post, We are already at war with Iran. (jennyjem)
• Between Cinco de Mayo and the Democratic primaries in IN and NC tomorrow important issues can sometimes get pushed to the side. This is why peteri2 reminds us in a very personal diary that May is Cystic Fibrosis Month. (Wes Opinion)
• Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse warns of the dangerous ways we are killing ourselves with toxic pesticides in Diseased Men, Women & Children Walking. (jennyjem)
• jcnossiter explains why the GOP nominee's similarity to Bush is no laughing matter in McSame: The Joke's On Us. (kath25)
• torridjoe keeps politics in the family in OR-SEN: On the Ground, Stumping for Steve Novick! (jlms qkw)
• droogie6655321 has an idea for what we can do to stimulate our democracy in Got your tax rebate? Send some love to a real Dem! (kath25)
• mrchumchum reminds us to keep our eye on other issues and down-ballot candidates for office in The Most Important Diaries. (kath25)

jotter has High Impact Diaries - May 4, 2008.

va dare has Top Comments 5.5.08 Primary-Free Port before the Storm.

Enjoy and please promote your own favorite diaries in this open thread.

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•  162,395 registered users on dKos now.

  Here are the 10 newest registered users on dKos.  Hope to see their comments and diaries here soon!

  eastern filly
  Salilu2
  kreativelyyourz
  CincyKate
  Hyde Park
  Stibay
  Len Senber
  jldunne
  modile
  augeld

  
  We've added 95 more users in the last 24 hours.

  
  And for your Diary Rescue music pleasure, I'm continuing with my Spring Sing fixation, a musical extravaganza held at UCLA every May.  This was the opening sketch that introduced the Company, the M.C.'s of the show that introduce each act with a comedy bit.  And it's related to the writer's strike!

  And this was the intro sketch that opened the show.  This was filmed live by a fan, so the camera is a bit shaky, and you can't hear every word that's sung.  The DVD of the show should come out by mid-June, at which point somebody should upload better quality clips onto YouTube.  But for now, that's all there is online from last Friday's show.

  For those intrigued ones, I'll leave you with this.  Search for a sock puppet parody of Spiderman 3 from last year's show.  ;-)

  by BruinKid on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:22:04 PM PDT

  •  Can a FP writer or admin help out?

    There's a diary on the recent list that really needs to be nuked.

    IGTNT: "It's time to stop the killing."

    This diary is a rant about the war purporting in the title to be IGTNT.  REALLY REALLY inappropriate.

    by bubbanomics on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:35:13 PM PDT

    •  check out who's around

      Did you notify anyone at the Contact Us link on the Right? BarbinMd or ct, or Meteor Blades was here a bit ago...

      That's the way to get attention...

      by vcmvo2 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:38:44 PM PDT

      •  I sent email

        to SusanG (exec editor).

        by bubbanomics on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:39:27 PM PDT

        •  OK

          I'll see if I can find someone else just as a backup!

          by vcmvo2 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:41:35 PM PDT

          •  I just emailed MB

            since you mentioned he might be around.  Thanks for the help!

            by bubbanomics on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:45:01 PM PDT

            •  Good!

              I emailed BarbinMD! So we're covered! What a despicable act, trying to hijack that topic. Good catch!

              by vcmvo2 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:48:08 PM PDT

    •  I agree: that diary is atrocious...please delete!

      Utterly despicable. I can't even begin to describe how pissed off I am.

      ~Doc~

      by EquationDoc on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:17:14 PM PDT

    •  Some people...

      Just don't know when to shutup.  I4D is one of those people.

      by djtyg on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:48:45 PM PDT

  •  oh jeez

    I'm sorry - but I think that creating an account with a user name containing filly is in somewhat questionable taste.
    
    
    ````
    peace
    
    

    by peace voter on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:59:40 PM PDT

•  Chuck Todd, TV Comment of the day

  on May 6th, the race exits the campaign trail and goes into the back rooms. There will be more delegates available from Superdelegates and Mi/Fl than from remaining states.  Superdelegates will have all they need to know in order to endorse after tomorrow.

  by Steven R on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:22:09 PM PDT

  •  what about Oregon or Puerto Rico?

    obviously those are potential game changers giving vital momentum. They can overcome whatever happened before them and revive the dwindling chances for a Clinton Presidency.

    by Liberal Youth on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:26:47 PM PDT

    •  Obama is going to win Oregon by 8-12.

      No question about it.

      by StrangeAnimals on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:28:16 PM PDT

    •  Well, Hillary and Bill have a house

      in the Dominican Republic, apparently.  That makes her Puerto Rican, doesn't it?  Because they speak Spanish too.  The same way she is from every other freakin' state and territory.  Oh, except the ones that don't count.

      by DrJeremy on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:34:21 PM PDT

•  A great collection tonight, Rangers.

  Nice job! And a special mention of thanks for rescuing PDNC's diary from last night...be sure to check out Part 2 currently on the rec list!

  by StrangeAnimals on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:23:28 PM PDT

  •  thanks jem for the rescue!

    i just got back online... did it really blip onto rec list for a moment?

    by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:28:13 PM PDT

•  A plug here for Patriot Daily's diary

  The only reason I didn't comment more is that I didn't want it be to disqualified from Diary Rescue, which it obviously deserved (and got).

  by Seneca Doane on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:23:33 PM PDT

  •  Hey, great simulpost, SD!

    Great minds, and all that.

    by StrangeAnimals on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:26:34 PM PDT

  •  Yep!

    PD is a great environmental diarist! Unbelievable details!

    These issues need to get more attention on dkos, so anyway we can help!

    by vcmvo2 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:40:49 PM PDT

  •  Seneca Doane, strangeanimals and vcmvo2

    wow, i'm blushing now. thanks so much. your praise means absolutely everything!:)

    by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:29:55 PM PDT

•  Chuck Todd on Charlie Rose

  talking about Obama's coattails v. Clinton's.

  by Dragon5616 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:25:44 PM PDT

  •  What's he saying? n/t

    by LordMike on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:51:32 PM PDT

    •  That the SDs know

      Obama has coattails and HRC doesn't.

      by Dragon5616 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:44:44 PM PDT

•  why is everyone up in arms....

  (at least on tv) about baba wawa's affair with a senator because he was married and not over the socializing between journalists and those they are supposed to keep a journalistic eye on?
  
  larger version

  by nonnie9999 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:26:38 PM PDT

  •  sex first ethics later.

    by Liberal Youth on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:27:34 PM PDT

    •  oh yeah....

      i forgot they have that credo up on every newsroom wall.

      by nonnie9999 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:48:21 PM PDT

  •  doesn't mccain

    have a journalist - no, a lobbyist issue.  yes.  

    poor babawawa.  is that her at the time of the affair?  

    by jlms qkw on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:36:50 PM PDT

    •  that's baba in 1981....

      it's the closest i could find to the time of the affair.  i wonder when it will come out that captain underpants once barbecued for senator brooke.  

      by nonnie9999 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:51:04 PM PDT

•  email from Steve Blythe FL-15

  Frontpage article mentioned Rancatore in FL-15.
  Steve Blythe, family physician, anti-Iraq and pro-Environment and pro-choice has been in this race all along, and sends this news on Rancatore:

  Not too much is known about his positions. Rancatore, a Lt. Colonel in the Air Force Reserve, had taken no clear position on withdrawal from Iraq, and when asked about a woman's right to choose during a radio interview, stated that "women need to be educated to make sure that they make the right choice". Not "the choice that is right for them"... And, oddly enough, if you visited his web page during the past six months, you found a referral to a Christian book store. A "WHOIS" lookup reveals that the site still belongs to Rancatore.

  by DrSteveB on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:27:17 PM PDT

  •  more on Steve Blythe

    he is not me and I am not he:

    http://www.blythe2008.com/

    Just suggesting before falling in love with every "fighting" Democrat, we might want to know what they stand for. Steve Blythe has been running all along. And he is a real Democrat. Pro single payer too. I understand electability is an issue, but before falling in love with Rancatoe it is worth asking him what his stand on teh issues are.

    Peace & Health

    by DrSteveB on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:30:45 PM PDT

•  yipeeeee yiy yay yahoooooo!

  the rescued diaries are here!

  no need to fear
  the best are here
  and we can read and share them!

  thank you diarists, one and all!  
  (except one to whom i gave donuts)

  thank you ranger gang:  Yashua, Louisiana 1976, hhex65, Wes Opinion, Kath25.
  thank you editor in chief:  jennyjem
  thank you posters!

  

  and if you-all need pootie therapy, i wrote a pootie diary before supper.  

  by jlms qkw on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:27:45 PM PDT

•  Another important diary:

  Our TV diary.  Starting Thursday, we're a Nielsen family again for a week.

  So, what should I watch?

  by Crashing Vor on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:27:56 PM PDT

  •  no chris mathews ot david gregory thats for sure.

    by Liberal Youth on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:29:35 PM PDT

  •  stewart & colbert

    science fiction
    cspan

    by jlms qkw on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:29:51 PM PDT

  •  How do you get to be a Nielsen family????

    I've been watching TV for 50 years and nobody has ever been interested in my viewing habits.

    In a related vein, we freed ourselves from Comcast last week, as we realized that we hadn't turned on the actual TV for over three weeks, had just watched about a gazillion DVD's.  It's a good feeling not to be putting money in Comcast's pocket.

    by feelingsickinMN on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:31:30 PM PDT

    •  I honestly don't know.

      We consume things and subscribe to periodicals, so they might have found us through catalog or magazine companies.

      The most frustrating thing about it is that there are thousands of idiots out there who don't watch the fine quality shows we do.

      The only other time we were a Nielsen household, I faithfully recorded our nightly devotion to the old CNN "Spin Room"

      . . . which was canceled the next week.

      Very appropriate for the era of Bush v. Gore.

      by Crashing Vor on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:39:21 PM PDT

      •  I was a Neilsen ratings household

        for five years. They came and disconnected my "box" just a few weeks ago.
          They told me that my phone number was selected randomly by computer.
          The box they installed automatically dialed their phone number ,( it was also hooked up to my homeline), and downloaded my viewing data to their computer once a day , in the middle of the night.
          I represented 35,000 households in Middle Tennessee. HBO, Keith Olbermann, C-Span 1,2,and 3 , and The Daily Show and Colbert must have declined ever so slightly in these parts. :>)

        by jnhobbs on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:55:49 PM PDT

        •  I want a box!

          They're still making us write out the stupid "What I'm watching" diaries!

          by Crashing Vor on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:59:06 PM PDT

    •  If you've been watchin' for 50 years...

      ... you're out of the key demo and advertisers don't care what you watch anymore.

      Why do you think all shows follow the same three formulas?

      by kafkaesque on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:53:58 PM PDT

      •  You may be right.

        They already know to run the blood pressure and ED meds commercials on the evening news and the brokerage ads on the Sunday morning chats.  What other use have they for us eminences grises?

        by Crashing Vor on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:58:00 PM PDT

  •  Monk

    and PBS shows...

    by cfk on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:34:07 PM PDT

  •  Countdown with Keith Olbermann

    Verdict too if Dan has some good stuff on the Siegelman case.

    And leave the TV on during the re-runs too.  ;-)

    by BruinKid on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:39:22 PM PDT

  •  CBC, BBC, Otherwise Beats me nt

    by Gooserock on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:35:48 PM PDT

•  Summer Housing need to help Obama

  Hey All I'm an M.Div studnet... Moving down to D.C. for the summer to help the Obama campaign reach out to faith-based groups.  I'd like to find decent housing on the cheaper side - they are not paying me too much, but I want to offer what I can.  If anybody has a spare room, or knows somebody with a spare room, in D.C. please email me a [e-mail]

  And Props to GMFORD for the help

  by GB1437a on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:28:19 PM PDT

•  The state of things

  by socratic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:28:51 PM PDT

•  NC-Sen: Jim Neal is PAC FREE

  NC Democratic US Senate Primary

  Jim Neal is PAC free folks.  His opponent, Kay Hagan, is not.  She has had $146,250 in PAC money donated to her campaign.  Let's help elect the real, PAC FREE, grassroots progressive.  Go Jim Neal!

  http://www.dailykos.com/...

  by spnj889 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:29:11 PM PDT

  •  NC-Sen: Jim Neal Video

    http://www.dailykos.com/...

    by spnj889 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:33:41 PM PDT

•  more : )

  Small Bits of Our Lives Are Lost in Traffic  
  by artofstarving
  http://www.dailykos.com/...

  Signs of Life Still in the Enlightenment  
  by David Brin
  http://www.dailykos.com/...

  Latino Trail of Tears: 66 Died in Heinous Family Detention Centers! (for a CIVIL Violation!)  
  by Dee321
  http://www.dailykos.com/...

  The Grieving Room: "This Isn't Happening"  
  by GreenMtnState
  http://www.dailykos.com/...

  Space Revolution News for 5-5-08  
  by FerrisValyn
  http://www.dailykos.com/...

  Thanks RRs...and scrolling down a bit is another one of Patriot's...look to the right... :)

  by cfk on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:29:25 PM PDT

•  Hagee story makes the NYT, at last.

  Good to see.

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

  Apologies if this has been posted already, figured it couldn't hurt.

  by DynamicUno on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:29:30 PM PDT

•  I would like to ask that people read and rec

  this diary.

  Longtime kossack djtyg is running for county commissioner in Oakland County, MI and needs our help.

  It's really difficult to raise money locally for a county commissioner race, because everyone is more interested in the bigger more exciting races. Dj's got a tough job ahead of him and we could really help him out, because a Michigan county commissioner race doesn't take much money to run.

  A few dozen $5 or $10 donations from us would be HUGE and make his race soooo much easier for him.

  It's easy too... Michigan finance law allows local candidates to accept donations through paypal. All you have to do is click a few links and if you're anything like me, you've already got your paypal login and password saved so there's even less clicking involved.

  It literally took me less than 5 clicks to go to dj's campaign site and donate to his campaign through paypal.

  by MichiganGirl on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:30:51 PM PDT

•  PLEASE ADMINS

  If any admins are reading this diary -- please review .this excrable diary blasting IGTNT.  He already hijacked the IGTNT diary.  Thank you

  by gchaucer2 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:31:10 PM PDT

  •  We almost never delete diaries. n/t

    by MissLaura on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:41:39 PM PDT

    •  This one is particularly bad

      but, I guess we'll just have to deal with it.

      by gchaucer2 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:45:02 PM PDT

      •  I have to say, it's not

        in the worst 25 diaries I've been asked to delete and left up.

        by MissLaura on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:50:55 PM PDT

        •  Ok, but I'm assuming

          only admin can go in and change a title -- which was done to remove IGTNT -- he put it back in.  Coupled with his trashing the actual IGTNT diary -- I'm pretty disgusted.   I'm finished my rant now.

          by gchaucer2 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:55:19 PM PDT

          •  I didn't change it the first time,

            but I went back and redid it.

            by MissLaura on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:08:41 PM PDT

            •  Thanks.

              Meteor Blades changed it the first time.

              by gchaucer2 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:16:59 PM PDT

            •  thx..........h/t

              by deMemedeMedia on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:31:00 PM PDT

        •  Guess it must be your point of view..L

          I am totally against this war and the leadership, but I have a kid that has been there and is back.

          My family is full of vets and Viet Nam was part of my coming of age.

          This diary is so BEYOND offensive, and his comments on the real IGTNT were bad, bad, bad. I would guess that he only posted this diary, because when he got the donut he came back with more of the same...yada. This fake IGTNT is his 'get even' for those negatives he got at IGTNT.

          His diary and comments almost rank right up there with those crazy in-bred Kansans that picket dead soldiers funerals.

          Please, reconsider. Those of us who go to IGTNT view it as almost a sacred place, a chapel or whatever [depending on your faith].

          Thank you

          by deMemedeMedia on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:30:19 PM PDT

          •  What should I reconsider?

            What racist or anti-semitic or misogynist diary that I also did not delete should I bump down my mental list to make room for this one?

            by MissLaura on Mon May 05, 2008 at 10:12:32 PM PDT

      •  We Have No options. Diarist Isn't Commenting.

        It's like when the MS media report something incorrect.

        by Gooserock on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:38:32 PM PDT

    •  If you just deleted

      the IGTNT  in the title -- he put it back.  

      by gchaucer2 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:52:13 PM PDT

  •  And if anyone has a few spare donuts, would you

    please consider throwing them at the comments left as response to blue jersey mom's beautiful IGTNT diary?  Someone felt they needed to tell us how wrong we are for honoring our war dead, and we are just heartsick at the thought of any solder's family reading those inappropriate* comments.  Thank you.

    *Inappropriate for IGTNT

    by joyful on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:48:25 PM PDT

    •  that was awful

      I happen to agree with some of the things that were said there but it the most absolutely inappropriate place to do so. Those folks are no different than the Westboro wackos who protest outside peoples funerals. Disgusting.

      by FireCrow on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:17:53 PM PDT

    •  have i got donuts? yes...

      but not for long. :)

      by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:34:02 PM PDT

    •  Commenter Posted The Bogus IGNT Diary

      where he is not commenting. I donated a donut here.

      by Gooserock on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:40:07 PM PDT

•  Ethnic days turn into drinking holidays.....

  I like alcohol as much as the next guy with the screen name Inland, but it is depressing to see every ethnic holiday turned into a day of drinking.

  St Patricks day 2006 I saw my first green beads....like Mardi gras beads, but green, as if they were a talisman of public drunkeness, a universal pass for throwing up on the grass.  Cinco de Mayo seems mostly about Tequila.

  by Inland on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:31:36 PM PDT

  •  "Yo brah, its Cinco!"

    by Stroszek on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:35:50 PM PDT

  •  I Think St. Pat's Was Always Drinking

    A break in Lent.

    But the parading and other excesses are mostly American as I recall, because of political issues vs. the mainstream and other ethnic groups.

    by Gooserock on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:44:31 PM PDT

•  Matt Taibbi has a new piece

  in the The Rolling Stone:

  Hillary's Bitter Victory, How the Democratic campaign turned into an absurd and acrimonious culture war that threatens to split the party in two

  The illustration that accompanies it is hilarious.

  by bumblebums on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:33:16 PM PDT

•  e-mail this to your dumb Republican friend

  

  It turns out Barack is actually a double secret super patriot!

  by Stroszek on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:34:34 PM PDT

  •  He forgot Poland!

    by Crashing Vor on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:43:42 PM PDT

•  Just got off the phone with my niece

  She's voting for Obama in the Oregon May 20th primary (she just got her ballot today).  My son and I voted and mailed in our Obama/Novick/Blumenauer ballots today.

  But the thing I'm thrilled about the most is that she told me that my sister (her mom), and her ex-husband (both Republicans) will vote for Obama in November (they both voted for Bush twice).

  I'm floored I tell ya, just floored, and DAMN! do I have a big fat grin on right now.

  by Terre on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:43:07 PM PDT

•  Jerome Armstrong & WVWV

  It's interesting that I just learned that WVWV is a client of Jerome Armstrong's PR firm.

  It's interesting that MyDD took down a WVWV diary from the top of the Rec list last week, claiming it was "racist" (it mentioned that the robocalls were targeting black voters).

  I've sent Jerome an email and posted a diary on MyDD.  Do you think he should come clean about this?  Seems kind of like something he should have mentioned.

  by jakester on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:46:30 PM PDT

  •  MyDD is no longer a good blog

    The editors over there seem to have become both Hillary surrogates and just plain dishonest. Todd Beeton and Armstrong posted front-pagers in the last week that had no factual basis and were nothing more then an overly emotional tirade in praise of Hillary. I could almost see them as they posted.... at a Hillary party and so hyped to see her win Pennsylvania. It was so obvious that I wrote Todd and told him to cancel my membership. Its too bad because I used love that place. In my opinion, the best way to make a statement about the WVWV post is to not go there.

    Eventually MyDD will either have to adopt a standard of media integrity or close its doors.

    by nrimmer on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:29:58 PM PDT

•  NIN - The Slip... And its free!

  http://theslip.nin.com/

  Just go to the Web site, enter your email and you get your choice MP3, FLAC, AAC, or a version with higher quality than a CD.

  And from the poster on  Current:

  Not only is The Slip available for free, but it was released under the Creative Commons "attribution noncommercial share-alike" license. A note on the NIN site says: "We encourage you to remix it, share it with your friends, post it on your blog, play it on your podcast, give it to strangers, etc."

  Let's hear it for artists who embrace the new age, even when they don't have to (and would make millions by not doing so).

  Oh yeah and the album's great too.

  by kafkaesque on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:47:34 PM PDT

  •  The album is SICK. I love it.

    I have immense respect for Trent Reznor for embracing new technology.  He released a new album entirely for free (with no pay option available at all at this point!).  

    Even CD-quality FLAC files (and better-than-CD WAV files) are completely free.  These large sized lossless files are available through torrents, so Trent doesn't need to pay for the bandwidth.  It's all about his fans downloading and sharing it.  THAT is where the music industry should be headed.

    by Aerials on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:04:00 PM PDT

    •  Amen. nt

      by mrchumchum on Tue May 06, 2008 at 12:13:09 AM PDT

•  Where is Obama going to be tomorrow?

  If he stays in Indiana, that's a mega-major good sign!  Anyone know where he'll be tomorrow night?

  by LordMike on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:50:04 PM PDT

  •  nc

    sorry!

    by jakester on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:51:59 PM PDT

    •  Shit!

      I guess better that than to get my hopes up...

      by LordMike on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:54:35 PM PDT

•  OMG The Rain dance-off on Colbert...

  was phenomenal!

  Colbert is pure genius.

  ~Doc~

  by EquationDoc on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:00:48 PM PDT

•  zogby

  Zogby shows Obama expanding lead in North Carolina on his final day of polling.

  Obama up two in Indiana, but the monday part of the tracking poll had him up 6 or 7%

  by boomersun on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:02:51 PM PDT

•  link

  http://www.newsmax.com/...

  by boomersun on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:03:19 PM PDT

•  Zogby's final #'s very good for obama

  icky newsmax is reporting Zogby's final numbers.  good news for obama - up by 14 in NC and maintains 2 pt lead in IN.  If this happens, race officially over.

  by JCPOK on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:04:51 PM PDT

  •  another good sign

    zogby pegs AA turnout in NCcat 32%.  I now think that's low and turnout will be more like 36-38%, which means Zogby's ultimate margin could be low.

    by JCPOK on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:08:00 PM PDT

    •  link

      http://www.zogby.com/...

      by audiored on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:22:32 PM PDT

•  Over 1,500,000 owners of Obama's campaign!!!!!

  His website has him at 1,499,967 as of midnight EST.

  I'm sure it's over 1.5 million by now.

  Woo!!!  Great way to start the day.

  by Aerials on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:06:01 PM PDT

  •  Okay, maybe not.

    1,499,970 at 12:15am.

    30 more people!!  Yes we can!

    by Aerials on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:16:47 PM PDT

    •  link for graphic

      http://my.barackobama.com/...

      by audiored on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:21:01 PM PDT

•  North Carolina: Obama and Jim Neal

  Obama and Jim Neal are 2 amazing progressive candidates.

  http://www.dailykos.com/...

  by spnj889 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:12:56 PM PDT

  •  Is there any polling on this? n/t

    by audiored on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:29:15 PM PDT

•  What is up with the New Orleans Hornets?

  Weren't they a really sucky team just last year? They just kilt the Spurs? How did this happen?

  I'm jumping on the NO bandwagon. Gooooo Hornets!! Woo hoo!!

  by deminpa08 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:14:40 PM PDT

  •  Welcome to the Hive!

    by Crashing Vor on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:16:26 PM PDT

•  SEIU called me tonight in Indiana

  to ask who I was voting for tomorrow.  They were not promoting Sen. Obama -- just polling.  Anyone have any idea why?

  by Allenfire on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:20:08 PM PDT

  •  My guess is that if you said

    Obama, they would call you back tomorrow to encourage you to vote.

    by DrJeremy on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:40:16 PM PDT

•  Free Comic Book Day just passed by

  Folks-
  I hate to say it, but I don't drink beer, and I have gringo taste buds, so salsa doesn't do much for me, so I don't celebrate Cinco de Mayo much. (Okay, I just ignored a whole lot of "Mexican" and Mexican food and culture I do like, but bear with me here.) I'm not sure many of you realized that last Saturday was Free Comic Book Day, held annually.
  Why should you care? How many days each year do you get free books given to you to keep? How about an age appropriate book? How about a book that is approachable to those less literate than some of us? How about a format that includes artwork (often good artwork) as well as writing?
  For more of my thoughts, please check out my blog.
  -Edly

  by dadlyedly on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:20:30 PM PDT

•  Dick Cheney is coming

  to Mississippi to try and swing the MS-01 race where recent internal polling have democrat Travis Childers witha 4 point lead.  Read more here

  by Countificus on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:21:35 PM PDT

  •  and the election

    is next Tuesday

    by Countificus on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:25:33 PM PDT

  •  I read your header and got scared for a moment

    by cph on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:27:38 PM PDT

  •  Is he going hunting? n/t

    by DrJeremy on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:40:41 PM PDT

    •  Maybe

      He will take Greg Davis and Haley Barbour hunting.

      by Countificus on Mon May 05, 2008 at 10:26:05 PM PDT

•  Bush: Icon of failure

  Right now, the top "Featured" story on the Yahoo home page is about poor attendance at Nationals Park.  And of course they used a picture of George Bush in the teaser.  What better way to get the idea of "failure" across in one simple image?

  At least he's good for something.

  Matt

  by Matt Jordan on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:26:56 PM PDT

•  Hitler's would-be assassin dies at 90

  Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, believed to be the last surviving member of the inner circle of German Army officers who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a briefcase bomb on July 20, 1944, died on Thursday. He was 90 and lived in Altenahr, in the Rhineland-Palatinate...

  Mr. von Boeselager, disturbed by the Nazi campaign of extermination against the Jews and by German atrocities that he witnessed as a lieutenant on the Eastern Front, joined an anti-Hitler conspiracy in 1942 and later took part in the plot being organized by Col. Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, who, as chief of staff to Gen. Friedrich Fromm of Reserve Army Headquarters, routinely attended meetings at which Hitler was present.

  Most of the approximately 200 conspirators, including Colonel von Stauffenberg, were rounded up and executed, while others committed suicide. No one revealed Mr. von Boeselager’s role in the plot, which is described in detail by the historian Peter Hoffmann in "The History of the German Resistance, 1933-1945." As a result, he did not need to use the cyanide capsule he kept on hand. Fearing exposure, he kept the cyanide for the rest of the war.

  by Rob Cole on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:30:50 PM PDT

•  Please rec this up,

  and repost tomorrow, if you can.

  It's a diary encouraging people to adopt an Obama office in NC or IN, and send them dinner, or lunch tomorrow, or a snack, or whatever we can do to help.  It's been a great experience for those of us who have participated so far.

  Link to diary

  by DrJeremy on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:32:09 PM PDT

•  Obama picks up 2 more Maryland Super Delegates!!

  I'm surprised that I haven't seen it covered anywhere else on DKos, but Obama picked up 2 previously uncommitted Maryland Super Delegates today!!

  I don't think that the running tally on the front page of this blog (giving Obama 252 SDs) currently reflects these 2 pickups.

  Ya know what I would like to see? I would like to see a graph showing Hillary and Obama's SD endorsements over time. That would be a real interesting and telling diagram. In a way, the SD endorsements function a bit like the odds on the prediction market Intrade.com:  A real-time reflection of the expected outcome of the race handicapped by those that have a great deal (of political power and prestige) at stake.

  by MarylandDem on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:43:06 PM PDT

•  Fail-Ball

  

  by hhex65 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:44:01 PM PDT

•  Well according to what I read on Huffington Post.

  Clintons ready to go nuclear. Bring shit tumbling down allowing McCain to pick up the presidents office.

  by Code Breaker on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:46:02 PM PDT

  •  if ya missed it

    Here you go

    by Code Breaker on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:50:22 PM PDT

•  In between saving the US from ignorance.

  LAGOS (Reuters) - Rebels who have stepped up attacks on Nigeria's oil industry in the last month said on Sunday they were considering a ceasefire appeal by U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

  The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has launched five attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta since it resumed a campaign of violence in April, forcing Royal Dutch Shell to shut more than 164,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd).

  "The MEND command is seriously considering a temporary ceasefire appeal by Senator Barack Obama. Obama is someone we respect and hold in high esteem," the militant group said in an e-mailed statement.

  MEND did not say when or where Obama, the leading candidate for the Democratic ticket for November's U.S. presidential election, made the appeal. It said it hoped the government would use any ceasefire to improve conditions for its detained leader, Henry Okah

  by audiored on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:52:30 PM PDT

•  Upcoming diary on Colombia (Pre-pimping)

  .
  I have prepared a longuish diary on the latest about Colombia's ongoing "para-politics" scandal (which is about how a large number of Colombian congressmen are under indictment and /or in jail, due to their involvement with the death squad paramilitaries in corrupting the electoral process that took them and Mr. Uribe to power, as well as about their attempt to take over every single political institution, task at which they may have succeeded. The scandal is currently threatening Mr. Uribe very closely, as his cousin and political partner is in jail.)
  .
  Due to the more urgent concerns here with the presidential primaries I have hesitated to post it because I do not want it to disappear at the speed of light, like my  previous ones, down the toobz of "recently posted diaries."
  .
  I also have doubts as to whether it is appropriate to post these issues here  at all.
  .
  I don't know what would be a good day and time to post it to have some decent readership...(hopefully my readers find it to be the product of decent authorship)
  .
  Would you nice people care to give any feedback about this?
  .
  .

  by Mangrove Blues on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:54:36 PM PDT

•  TPMtv: McCain Can't Quit John Hagee

  
  (This video was originally posted to YouTube on April5, 2008)
  
  
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  peace
  
  

  by peace voter on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:55:52 PM PDT

•  Question about Chris Matthews

  I'm kind of new to watching MSNBC, and I see a lot of people not really liking Chris Matthews.  I don't have a big problem with him, and I kind of like him at times.  What am I missing?  It won't change my views of him, I am just curious.

  Also, he alluded to running for office as a Senator.  Does anyone know if he is Democratic or Republican leaning?

  by Allenfire on Mon May 05, 2008 at 10:05:02 PM PDT

  •  Chris Matthews is an octopus.

    Oops, meant octocontrarian. Much like Christopher Hitchens or Andrew Sullivan, a person such as Matthews will take an opposing viewpoint to any argument simply to gain public attention. I tend to think of Matthews as not really a person but simply a personality. Who he really is is unimportant. What matters is the entertainment his show provides. If it is any consolation, I did hear him say on the Ellen Degeneres show (please, please don't ask why I was watching it) that his daughter is an Obama supporter attending college in Pennsylvania.

    by nrimmer on Tue May 06, 2008 at 12:06:32 AM PDT

•  Thanks for the rescue kath25

  much appreciated. More where this came from so I hope you keep reading.

  by jcnossiter on Mon May 05, 2008 at 10:11:55 PM PDT

•  Keith Olbermann & Chuck Todd Do The Delegate Math

  
  h/t JedReport
  
  
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  peace
  
  

  by peace voter on Mon May 05, 2008 at 10:37:31 PM PDT

•  28th Amendment - secure the vote