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Sunday November 04, 2012 · 9:11 PM PST

2012/11/04 · 21:11

I've seen a number of diaries of the past two weeks regarding charitable remainder trusts, particularly as a sinister, tax-evading loophole being exploited by Mitt Romney.
Here's the real deal ...

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Monday September 07, 2009 · 11:25 AM PDT

2009/09/07 · 11:25

A big healthcare rally, sponsored by Obama's Organizing for America, was held this afternoon in the city's historic Boston Common, drawing a couple thousand supports, and many prominent politicians. Here's a recap, with photos (plus, quasi-Blue Dog Rep Stephen Lynch gets booed off stage for his less-than-vibrant support for the public option)

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Monday December 15, 2008 · 11:53 AM PST

2008/12/15 · 11:53

I'm not a prolific diariest here at DKos and someone else most likely would have covered this topic with better flair, style and substance. But I cannot find a single diary that has touched upon this, so I had to blog this myself ...

Did anyone catch the 60 Minutes piece on Barney Frank last night? I can't think of any other way to describe it other than an orchestrated hit job by Lesley Stahl on Barney Frank, if it weren't for Frank's incredible (and hilarious) off-the-cuff retorts.

I'll do what I can to describe the disaster on the flip ...

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Monday March 19, 2007 · 6:10 AM PDT

2007/03/19 · 06:10

In full disclosure, I work for the Unitarian Universalist Association -- a liberal, non-creedal denomination, serving more than 1,000 independent congregations.

The UUA's president, Rev. William Sinkford, wrote a letter last week to each member of the US Congress, asking they take an accounting of our moral debts from the Iraq War -- both what we have done (in terms of lives lost, destruction wreaked and money squandered) and what we failed to do with those same resources.

The data in the Moral Balance Sheet was completely researched in-house, but we encourage people to pass the information along.

Sinkford's letter and "Moral Balance Sheet" document below the fold

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Wednesday July 19, 2006 · 8:05 AM PDT

2006/07/19 · 08:05

Clearly, this past week has not been the best of weeks for George W. Bush. It's been the most disastrous trip abroad of his administration -- and, as others have said, probably the worst of any presidents' since his father vomited onto Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa in January 1992.

Which got me thinking ... time for a whisper campaign! Read More

Don't talk about saying elephant. Say Elephant

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Tuesday July 11, 2006 · 7:56 AM PDT

2006/07/11 · 07:56

Others have been saying this in the last couple of months, including at least another Kossack (Thereisnospoon), but if we want to beat the Republicans in the way this war is perceived publicly, we need to stop talking about how it should be framed, and actually start framing it properly.

Others have stated this more eloquently, but the conflict in Iraq is not a war. It is an occupation. Wars are won by armies outmaneuvering and outpowering other armies for control of territory. In an occupation, a dominant military force is charged with the nearly impossible task of quelling domestic insurrection.
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CRUTs aren't evil

Boston Healthcare rally, with photos (i.e. Rep Lynch booed for lackluster public option support)

The Lesley Stahl / Barney Frank smackdown

The 'Moral Balance Sheet' for the Iraq War

Taking a page from the GOP playbook: Is Bush f'ing nuts?

Don't talk about saying elephant. Say Elephant