Every day is a new day and with that, a new opportunity.
EVERYONE is welcome and please join us each morning at 7:30 AM PACIFIC
to tell us what you're working on, share your show & tell, vent, whatever you want...
...this is an open thread. Nothing is off topic.
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TODAY'S COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FEATURE:
How would YOU spend $25 billion dollars?
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My brother, Tim DeLaney, has a habit of posing interesting questions to twist my brain into knots. For example, when I was 14 years old he asked me this one: If I created a clone of you that was your exact duplicate in every way including all your thoughts and memories and emotions and experiences, and then I killed the clone, would that be murder? No? Well then, what if I killed you and left your double alive...would THAT be murder? My adolescent brain hurt for days afterwards working that one out.
At any rate. Tim just pointed out to me that Romney contributor and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is 78 years old and is worth $25 BILLION dollars. He then asked me to suppose what I would do if I were that age and had that kind of money. We agreed that meeting one's creature comforts would be simple enough. Just tuck a billion or so away in a checking account and you'd be reasonably comfortable. But what to do with all the rest? And what if you actually had to spend it all or give it all away before you died...then what?
So, I'm going to ask you to go with the first thing that pops into your head. Don't over think it...just go with your first impulse.
The very first thing that popped into my head was that, after meeting my own creature comforts, I would spend all the rest on educating young women and girls to be leaders, and part of their required curriculum would be sex education. In addition to their political and social education they would be taught everything about human sexuality, from contraception to conception to prevention of STD's and unwanted pregnancy. They would know that abortion is neither a sacrament nor a sin. All of their children, if they chose to have any, would be wanted and loved. They would learn how to be healthy in their physical bodies and in their attitudes towards their own and other people's sexuality. They would pass this knowledge on through their families and friends. I'm not sure how many future female leaders I could educate in this way, but I sure could make a nice start!
YOUR TURN: How would YOU spend $25 billion dollars before you died?
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I'm listening.
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Latest Updates on Kossack Regional Meet-Up News Below the Fold
COMMUNITY BUILDING UPDATES:
Let's build communities!
Every region needs a meat-space community like SFKossacks.
We take care of each other in real life.
I urge YOU to take the lead and organize one in your region.
Please tell us about it if you do and we're here for advice.
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THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY
by sidnora
Half of our happy company, including blue jersey mom, your humble diarist, mconvente, Design the Future, brooklyn liberal, and a DailyKos fan.
the other end of the table -gchaucer2, MBNYC, Ollie Garkey, ericlewis0, Mets102, and that fan again!
Many more photos at the link above.
:: New Regions Organizing! ::
These are the groups that have started since * NEW DAY * began. Please Kosmail navajo if you have started a group before that.
NEW GROUPS LIST:
• California Central Valley Kossacks
Organizer: tgypsy
• New England Kossacks
Organizers:
Clytemnestra (Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island)
Common Sense Mainer (Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont)
• Houston Area Kossacks
Organizer: Chrislove
• Kossacks in India
Organizer: chandu
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ESTABLISHED GROUPS LIST: (List will grow as we discover more groups)
• SFKossacks Founded by navajo, Formed: May 2, 2005, More than 80 members
• Maryland Kos Founded by timmyc, Formed: Feb 23, 2011, More than 54 members
• New York City Founded by Eddie C, More than 58 members
:: Current Diaries in Planning Mode ::
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Baltimore area kossack meetup suggestion by
sreeizzle2012
• Colorado Kossack Meetup by ColoTim
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:: Events Currently on the Books for ALL Kossacks ::
ATTENTION!
IMPORTANT BUMP TO THE TOP!
SteelerGrrl has a Charlotte DNC roll call diary up for anyone going to the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC starting September 2nd.
Send SteelerGrrl a kosmail to connect.
KOSSACKS REPRESENT!
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Saturday, September 15th
Central Valley Kossacks Lunch!
TIME: Noon
LOCATION: Ket Mo Ree Thai Restaurant & Bar
238 G St.
Davis, CA
530-759-2255
HOST: tgypsy
RSVPs So Far:
1. tgypsy
2. cooper888
3. gotmooned (Mr cooper888)
4. SallyCat
5. Mr. Cat
6. mrsgoo
7. Kestrel - tentative (Maybe)
Latest diary about this event: Central Valley Kossacks: Let's Meet Up
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DailyKos readers who live and/or work in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)
Saturday, September 15th
New England Kossak Meet Up!
TIME: Noon - 3pm
LOCATION: Bangkok Cafe
369 Central Street
Foxborough, MA 02035
508-543-THAI (8424)
map
HOST: Clytemnestra
Affirmative RSVPs thus far:
1. Clytemnestra
2. Rick DeVille (husband of SadieSue)
3. SadieSue (they will be coming from Western Mass willing to carpool)
4. GreyHawk
5. Hawkwife
6. thankgodforairamerica (coming from central, CT willing to carpool)
7. 8. 9. Moody Loner, mommyp00ka, and the Little
10. jarbyus
11. bjedward
Maybes:
litho
paulitics
brillig
northerntier (will be coming from central VT, willing to carpool. )
The Poet Deploreate (will be coming from the North Shore, willing to carpool.)
Common Sense Mainer
Phil S 33
Samantha Clemens (progressive radio talk show host)
rougegorge
annieli
Latest diary about this event, including activities to do in the area.
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Saturday, October 13th
Cheers & Jeers Meet-Up
TIME: 1:00 - 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Margaritas Mexican Restaurant
775 Lafayette Road
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
HOSTS: Common Sense Mainer and Bill in Portland Maine
Send Common Sense Mainer a Kosmail to RSVP.
EVERYONE is welcome!
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Friday, October 19th
SFKossack Red Carpet Rollout for Dave in Northridge
TIME: 1:00 PM
LOCATION: Yank Sing
Rincon Center
101 Spear St.
San Francisco
Send navajo a Kosmail to RSVP.
RSVP LIST:
1. Dave in Northridge
2. navajo
3. Lorikeet
4. Steveningen
5. jpmassar
6. kimoconnor
7. norm (Maybe)
8. MrNavajo
9. remembrance
10. Glen the Plumber
11. Dharmasyd
Send
navajo a kosmail if you post a diary about an event so we can update our round-up.
This diary is an example of what SFKossacks do year-round to build our community.
Personal bonds are strengthened and more are feeling comfortable
creating events on their own.
SFKossacks has been organizing since 2005.
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Okay. Floor's open.
Tell us what you are doing on this NEW DAY?