CPAC Dogwhistles on its poll site

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Saturday February 28, 2015 · 9:24 AM PST

2015/02/28 · 09:24

So I was over at Balloon Juice and found and followed this link to the CPAC presidential poll. Go ahead, try it. Scroll down to the bottom and watch the banner therre for about 5 seconds. See what they did there? If you can't or don't want to follow the link, I'll explain after the orange squiggle.

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Saturday September 27, 2014 · 7:03 AM PDT

2014/09/27 · 07:03

I just caught this over a TPM. It is a response to the infamous "Boobs on the ground" comment which, IMHO is even better than Jon Stewart's.

Here's my favorite passage:

Thus the skill of women as fighter pilots is well established. And before you jump to the standby excuse that you were “just making a joke” or “having a laugh,” let the men amongst our number preemptively respond: You are not funny. You are not clever. And you are not excused. Perhaps the phrase “boys will be boys”—inevitably uttered wherever misogyny is present—is relevant. Men would never insult and demean a fellow servicemember; boys think saying the word ‘boobs’ is funny.

Go read the rest. It will make your day.

The case of Kossack dsnodgrass' son

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Friday November 01, 2013 · 5:16 AM PDT

2013/11/01 · 05:16

This is a very short diary and really just a heads up. I ran across this story on Huffington Post this morning. It highlights the plight of the Snodgras family when their autistic son was arrested after being entrapped by an undercover cop at his school which he covered here in several diaries. Thanks to ds, this important story has now gained a wide audience. He and his family have show great courage and perserverence. Congrats to them.

Everybody Loathes Romney-Brits Edition

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Monday September 17, 2012 · 4:56 AM PDT

2012/09/17 · 04:56

Remember when the Romney camp claimed a special relationship with the British because of their shared Anglo-Saxon heritage? Well, it seems that that special relationship is akin to the wonderful rapport the Romey-bot has with African Americans

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Tuesday May 31, 2011 · 4:43 AM PDT

2011/05/31 · 04:43

We all know about the latest scam to come out of Andrew Breitbart's smear machine. Several Kossacks have done great work debunking the silly plot to make it look as though Rep. Anthony Weiner sent a salacious photo to one of his female twitter followers. Still, the wingnuts are flogging this dead horse as hard as they can, and we all know that it's never enough to expose Breitbart and company as the lying bullies they are. That's why this is such good news.

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Monday February 21, 2011 · 12:03 PM PST

2011/02/21 · 12:03

There is a diary currently on the rec list describing how the Republican Senators in Wisconsin could do an end run around the fugitive Democratic Senators and pass a bill doing away with collective bargaining by attaching it to a non budget bill, thereby eliminating the need for a quorum. According to Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo the Republican Senate Majority Leader has now ruled that out.

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The Next Hostage has been taken

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Wednesday December 15, 2010 · 9:59 AM PST

2010/12/15 · 09:59

Democrats haven't finished caving to Republicans on the deficit busting tax cut bill, but Mitch McConnell has already brought out his next hostage, bound and blindfolded with a gun to its head. According to Talking Points Memo They're going to shut down the government before Christmas unless the ransom is paid. See how it works after the fold.

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Monday November 08, 2010 · 3:31 PM PST

2010/11/08 · 15:31

According to Talking Points Memo Fred Bartlit, the head of the Oil Spill Commission, has completely exonerated BP of the charge that it ignored safety concerns to save money.

"To date we have not seen a single instance where a human being made a conscious decision to favor dollars over safety," Bartlit said at a hearing today. "

Words fail me. The instances in which BP ignored safety concerns in are numerous and well documented.

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Monday November 01, 2010 · 7:57 PM PDT

2010/11/01 · 19:57

The team from the left coast with the long haired pitcher won the World Series. The Bushes were front and center in games three and four. It was the most blatant politication of a world series game I have ever seen. I watched last night during the "seventh inning stretch", where we now have the obligatory singing on "God Bless America" which was performed by "four of our troops". It was lovely and moving until the camera panned to W on a golf cart with Poppy riding around the infield.

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Thursday July 30, 2009 · 3:32 PM PDT

2009/07/30 · 15:32

OK all of the rest of you Georgians who have been wondering what you could do about getting a good health reform plan done, here's your chance. John Barrow, my congressperson and a certified Blue Dog is holding town hall style meetings in three Central Georgia towns on Saturday.

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Friday July 24, 2009 · 5:55 PM PDT

2009/07/24 · 17:55

I just heard on our local NPR station that state funding for hospice care is facing severe cuts, and I thought maybe if I told my Mom's story people could see what they would lose if this should become a nationwide trend. My Mom and those of us who loved her were fortunate in many ways, and one of those was to have the sevices of an excllent Hospice orginaztion during the last months of her life.

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Friday May 15, 2009 · 5:28 PM PDT

2009/05/15 · 17:28

So, I have seen this commercial a couple of times during cable news broadcasts lately and have been stunned by it. It starts with a display of lovely eclectic jewelry, with a voice over that says "I'm an artist." A young, attractive woman appears on the screen . "Last year, I had a severe asthma attack and ended up in the hospital for 6 days. The bill was over $17,000!" Did you think, as I did, that this is an ad for Universal Health Insurance? Guess again below the fold.

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