Posting History for rescue

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Open Letter to that 53% Guy Hello, I briefly visited the “We are the 53%” website, ...	Max Udargo	10/12/2011	682	1816	186	9543
How to Use The Hidden Job Market to Find a Job Losing a job can be really scary. It brings up all kinds of primal fears like, "will I be homeless, will my spouse divorce me, will I not be able to feed my kids"...truly scary stuff. I got hammered ...	Dewstino	01/19/2012	137	354	180	2326
Writing a Resume That’ll Make You Look Good In these hard times, job applicants need all the help they can get. Whether you’re newly unemployed or someone looking to change jobs, your resume could be the factor that gets your foot in the ...	Diana in NoVa	06/27/2011	210	256	127	1706
Why the rich act the way they do The past week I have seen a welcome development on progressive blogs: attacks on the rich for their unremitting war to shape public opinion in favor of austerity. On DailyKos, jamess directly ...	NBBooks	02/25/2013	203	504	120	-
10 Things the GOP Doesn't Want You to Know About the Debt Just two weeks after he seconded Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's dire warnings about the August 2 deadline to raise the U.S debt ...	Jon Perr	06/23/2011	128	463	112	2594
How to fix that crap There's an extremely frustrated diary on the rec list today about computers acting like broken pieces of junk. I understand that; I'm a professional software developer and IT admin, and I have to ...	Element 61	06/08/2011	318	360	109	2025
The Truth About the Confederacy Cross-posted from CorrenteWire . The 150th anniversary of the Fort Sumter bombardment that formally began the Civil War is ...	NBBooks	04/11/2011	313	438	107	2598
LADIES AND GENTS... THE REAL RICK PERRY Rick Perry was named as one of the worst governors in the nation for his history of ethical problems by the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Along with his contention ...	Sandy Berman	08/13/2011	472	738	95	4041
Putting Your Affairs in Order We should all have our affairs in order all the time, not just in case we die, because it's important to know what we have and how things stand in our lives. If you needed to find the title to your ...	Noddy	01/08/2012	80	210	91	1660
How to AVOID writing passwords There's a diary on the rec list now, providing advice on how to construct good passwords. While well intentioned and theoretically sound, I have to disagree with the most basic foundation of the ...	Element 61	07/13/2012	154	185	74	1939
Embedding Photos: A Teach In Since I know a local poster that is unfamiliar with how to place an image into their diaries and am having that poster come over today to work on learning how to do so I thought I would share the ...	Horace Boothroyd III	09/14/2011	96	96	73	1156
Breaking Down the 'Half Pay No Taxes' Myth I woke Saturday to Tara the Antisocial Social Worker's rant of the ...	whereisboblafollette	08/23/2011	197	359	71	2174
So You Wanna Use a VPN! So you are concerned about Internet Security? Much as you might love Comcast, or Cox Communications, or even AOL; do you really want them to hand over your browsing ...	twigg	07/30/2012	146	235	71	1852
A Voice From the 1% The impetus behind the Occupy Wall Street movement - a vague sense that the rich are getting ever richer while everyone else suffers - was confirmed by a recent report from the Social Security ...	Gaius	10/22/2011	348	921	70	3217
Work Smarter Not Harder: Gardening and Composting for a Busy Life In these times of tight budgets and rising food costs backyard gardens have become a great way to help make ends meet and provide better food. Vegetables from our own gardens are more likely to get ...	PSWaterspirit	04/19/2011	151	189	69	915
How to Debunk the "Liberal Media" Myth Next time you hear a right-winger accuse the mainstream media of "liberal bias", please feel free to forward, cut and paste (keep in mind the links are abbreviated & will need to be re-typed), or ...	AndrewR9	04/23/2013	136	276	68	-
Breaking Bread: Crockpots, Slow is the Way to Go I think one of the greatest inventions as far as cooking goes is the Crockpot or Slow Cooker. In 1970 Rival acquired from the Naxon Utilities Corporation a “beanery” which was used for slow ...	michelewln	02/27/2012	154	159	67	1276
Things You Should Know About Enrolling In Social Security & Medicare The following is a expanded version of a comment I made in a recent diary. A couple of commenters suggested that I “post” it, so here we are. I’m not sure of DKos demographics, but I suspect ...	NoMoJoe	08/28/2011	127	198	62	1288
Koch/ALEC Cabal - a Smoking Gun for financial connections and control... Many have fought long and hard to prove connections between Charles and David Koch and the various Conservative Right Wing groups, organizations, foundations and Main Stream Media outlets. Hours ...	Bob Sloan	11/02/2011	197	298	62	1428
Time to resurrect an old idea: Economic Rent Have you ever heard of the term “economic rent”? No? That’s probably because of the greatest political coup in the history of our republic. In politics, true power comes – not from your ...	maddogg	10/24/2011	107	304	60	1329
UPDATED: MrConservative gets it wrong with added snappy comebacks! I have perennial discussions with conservative friends about the proper and improper ways to use statistics. Although the saying goes "Figures lie and liars figure" there is in fact a right way and ...	bmcphail	01/27/2012	52	244	59	1698
Mything the Point of "The War of Northern Aggression" Let's be clear. Calling the Civil War, "The War of Northern Aggression" means it was a war of choice started by the North. If Saddam Hussein were still alive, I am sure he'd be calling the Iraq ...	8ackgr0und N015e	05/06/2013	419	545	59	-
How to Deal with Collection Agencies, if you must Herein lies information I've gleaned from 3rd party sources as well as my own, direct experiences regarding credit reporting and collection agencies. It's strictly not meant to be legal advice, so ...	jamesia	03/13/2013	77	97	57	-
eBooks: How to build a free (or very cheap) eBook collection Late Edit: VL Baker has a post up right now, offering an important and free eBook: Free cookbook shows you how to eat well on $4 a day..great for SNAP..download it right here!	Susan Grigsby	06/18/2014	95	112	57	-
DEFUNDING Conservatism Part 1 I've been batting this diary around for along time. The way I see it those of us on the left have been playing short term defense for too long, because too many of us fail to understand the long ...	dopper0189	07/10/2011	178	571	56	2202
Preserving Herbs A lot of people ask about preserving them, when to harvest and how to keep them. I’ve done it automatically for so many years I hardly think about it anymore: toss the seed onto the ground, water ...	Noddy	01/24/2012	53	108	56	466
Welcome New Users: How to steal stuff Welcome, New Users, to Daily Kos. This Diary is intended to help you orient yourself to the site and ask questions about how to use it. In the Body of this diary you will find some links ...	LaughingPlanet	03/12/2012	160	128	56	1318
The Triumph of the 1% in Pictures As the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators House Minority Leader Eric Cantor called "mobs" ...	Jon Perr	10/07/2011	62	253	55	1835
The Con Is On The key to a good con is misdirection. Convincing a mark to close out his bank account, liquidate all his property, and borrow, steal, or embezzle in hopes of realizing a big score requires getting ...	kay dub	02/25/2011	277	719	54	3362
How to Write Passwords: Anon DKos Tutorial & Open Thread Welcome to todays Anonymous DKos Tutorial Thread. We're going to be doing a number of these tutorials to help Kossacks beef up their cybersecurity. There's a sign up sheet at the bottom for anyone ...	OllieGarkey	07/12/2012	211	188	52	1184
All Our Wildest Dreams in 5 Steps Already Happening A comment in my most ...	Troubadour	08/07/2011	308	369	51	2843
How To Can, Part 1: Using A Water Bath Canner When I was a kid growing up on my family’s little farm, we always spent a good part of the year raising a garden and preserving food. Canning time started in late spring, when we would can the ...	tonyahky	11/23/2011	87	119	50	664
I Bought My Second Bag of Flour Today - Part III The last one fed me for three months - so far, that is - about a third of the last bag is still left. It was a high quality 25# bag, and it cost me $9.00. I use this flour to make three different ...	thenekkidtruth	03/03/2012	116	161	49	960
The Republican Job Creators Myth On Thursday, John Boehner and the House Republican leadership team unveiled their "	Jon Perr	05/27/2011	121	262	47	1252
Iceland's On-going Revolution An Italian radio program's story about Iceland’s on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the rest of the world. Americans may remember that at the start ...	Deena Stryker	08/01/2011	219	561	47	2399
ALEC - Is Revolting to Me I didn’t know about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) until about 8 weeks ago. Since that time it has basically consumed my life. The fact that our State legislators are sitting at ...	MNDem999	03/29/2011	168	416	46	2019
The Failure of Liberalism Before I start, let me say that I could just as easily write a long essay on the successes of liberalism. And there are many. But I have come to believe that, at this time in history, it is ...	Happy Rockefeller	06/10/2011	413	450	46	2835
Living on less than a Living Wage: Budget & Maximize Income I recently wrote a diary in which I detailed how a used car sales manager accused me of "mooching off the government" when I told him I manage to live reasonable well with an income of around $10,...	Dave in AZ	09/16/2013	63	169	45	-
Breaking! -- Earth's Biggest Battery Eats Carbon Dioxide for Profit! The problem, repeatedly stated, with the renewable energy revolution is that energy production from wind and solar does not meet the demand curves of the energy grid. The corollary to that is that ...	Hoomai29	08/24/2012	77	287	44	2126
Self-publishing 101: 11 reasons to self-publish Welcome to Self-Publishing 101! The goal of this new series is simple: to share information about self-publishing and learn from others. After completing my first book, I realized I had a ...	David Akadjian	12/11/2014	135	127	43	-
Hunting Galileo: The Right's War on Science While Waxman may have accused Republicans of presiding over ...	sricki	03/16/2011	125	203	41	1109
On Playing by the Rules: The Strange Success of #OccupyWallStreet This is a piece I wrote that appeared in Naked ...	david graeber	10/21/2011	177	345	41	1860
How to remove mold properly Mold. Not your friend. So mold spores are these microbial bits that are around us every day- we breathe them every time we go outside, and in general they're perfectly harmless. Until they ...	jared the bassplayer	05/31/2014	105	201	41	-
Heaven Is for Wimps: A Lay Buddhist Describes the Ten Worlds and Why They're here now When I was coming home from the grocery store a few days ago I couldn't escape hearing another idiotic ramp by a truly pathetic woman who went on and on about how we are all in Earth's last ...	Audreybeardsley	05/17/2011	163	243	39	1342
"So you don't want a raise?" I had the following conversation with an associate in my law firm. He's a reasonably bright kid, but always looking to start a debate with the wacky liberal partner. This time, his bait of choice ...	dhonig	09/28/2011	197	448	39	1966
Self-publishing 101: Why Indy Publishers are Smart to Use Two Printers and Not Just One I am a former news reporter. These days I work as a book shepherd, editing and designing print and digital books for authors. Doing so keeps me mostly out of trouble and able to pay some of the ...	skywriter	01/08/2015	97	100	39	-
We Can Counter ALEC! Yesterday when I was reading the amazing comments on my 3/28 diary, I thought to myself – there has to be more that can come out of this – this is just the beginning – there can be more. ...	MNDem999	03/31/2011	107	189	38	935
Progressives Guide to Social Media 1: Intro This is the first in a series of short articles that are intended to help grassroots activists better utilize social media websites. These are the definitive and comprehensive guides for progressives.	novenator	02/01/2012	26	68	38	528
Six True Things Politicians Can't Say Remember how things were in high school? If a truth was unpopular, you'd be ridiculed for saying it, no matter how obvious it was. Even people who knew you were right wouldn't defend you, because ...	Pericles	09/13/2011	332	448	37	2461
The Most Important Economic Theorem You've Never Heard Of Have you ever been accused by a conservative of being against "economic freedom”? One of my friends posted this the other day: It's impossible to be anti-capitalistic and pro-...	David Akadjian	10/14/2011	174	292	37	1803
Harvard innovation guru: Pursuit of profit is killing the U.S. economy If you can name even one Harvard Business School professor, it's likely to be Clayton Christensen, one of the few superstars in this rather dry domain. Starting with his landmark book The ...	RobLewis	12/09/2011	199	318	37	1835
Impoverished meanies oppress the suffering wealthy The right wing's Up-Is-Down World is a strange place where war is peace and freedom is slavery. Their current favorite theme is even more amazing: the poor are oppressing the rich. Consider how a ...	Tara the Antisocial Social Worker	08/19/2011	330	544	34	1907
Cooking for Kossacks Part One: Equipment For the past 13-plus years, I've run the website The New Homemaker , a resource site for stay-at-home parents, caregivers and everyone else. I've taught many people there to cook from scratch--just ...	LynnS	12/02/2012	304	111	34	-
One Hundred Books That Rocked My World "Show me what you read, and I will show you who you are." ---attributed on Facebook to Martin Luther King Jr. Forget those wussy-ass memes about a mere ten or fourteen or twenty important books. ...	AdmiralNaismith	05/17/2011	149	100	33	651
Savory Latino Meals Without the Meat (Recipes and time-saving tips included!) Whenever I tell people that I cook only vegetarian food at home, their reaction mirrors my own 15 years ago when I first met my now husband. “What kind of Latino are you?” I asked him as I ...	Elisa	05/25/2011	59	103	33	644
Finance Capitalism: Has It Eaten Its Own Entrails in Mortgage Fraud Debacle? Justice John Levanthal, writing for the unanimous four judge panel in New York’s appellate division, just decided the case of Bank of America v. Silverberg , (Bank of NY v. ...	Justina	06/20/2011	206	275	33	1387
In Their Eyes, We are the Damned Ever wonder why the Tea Party and their corporate masters hate the poor? Why they delight in kicking those who are already down, stealing the bread from a starving widow’s mouth, kicking the ...	McCamy Taylor	08/25/2011	205	677	33	2711
Keynes and the Holy Trilogy*	PlutocracyFiles	09/12/2011	194	161	33	1178
The Marketing Letter—A Different Way to Look for a Job So far we’ve discussed the first step in writing ...	Diana in NoVa	01/06/2012	39	113	33	772
Of the 1%, By the 1%, For the 1%: The Emerging Consensus On the heels of an extremely damning op-ed by the now ex-Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief ...	DSWright	04/11/2011	141	320	32	1531
Why? [Updated] If you opened this diary expecting some screed railing against tea partiers or the Obama Adminsitration or John Boehner, you're going to be disappointed. I saw something recently - last Friday, in ...	RenaRF	07/24/2011	155	307	32	2530
The science of Red Hair I once heard an emergency room nurse say they called for extra blood when someone with red hair is brought in. Being a redhead I asked why and was told "you bleed more". How bizzare I thought. Not ...	MsLibrarian	12/07/2011	521	559	32	2601
The Basics of Pickling, Part 1: Overview of an Ancient Art This diary is the first installment in a series I am doing on pickling. There’s nothing like good old home-made pickles--nothing you can buy in the grocery store matches the stuff you can make ...	tonyahky	12/10/2011	100	75	32	595
Surviving Bed Bugs The plague of bed bugs continues to spread in America, even though it is not THAT hard to prevent spread of these pests. But no one seems to be paying attention to the ways that bed bugs can be kept ...	mole333	02/02/2012	176	153	32	1140
"Show Me The Note" Foreclosure Defense Works... This is my first diary entry and I’m not going to hide the fact that this information comes from personal experience and need. When I made mortgage payments to Chase Home Finance, LLC, it claimed ...	Amicus curiae	02/23/2011	133	203	31	1426
Wealth Condensation: Why the Rich Get Richer Back in the late 19th century an Italian engineer-turned-economist named Vilfredo Pareto was coming up with some interesting notions regarding wealth distribution. Pareto had noticed that quite a ...	swellsman	09/24/2011	172	229	31	1143
New Diarists: Scratch Paper, Widgets, and Future Blues New Diarists is a safe place to practice diary ...	Dragon5616	01/05/2012	92	80	31	905
How To Make Butter An entry in The Household Economy I love butter. I grew up eating margarine, but those were dark days indeed and I try not to think about them now. Instead, I think about butter, and I eat it. I ...	aimlessmind	04/27/2012	144	165	31	739
The Koch Club: Charts to Support American University's Blockbuster Exposé The other day we shared AU's blockbuster journalism exposing the Koch Brothers and others. This is a work in progress and will build over time, hopefully taking us for an easier-to-understand walk ...	War on Error	07/20/2013	88	144	31	-
One Buddhist Path to Losing Weight The Zen mealtime verse: The Five Thoughts We rnust think deeply of the ways and means by which this food has come. We must consider our merit when accepting it We rnust protect ourselves from error ...	la motocycliste	10/09/2013	68	126	31	-
A 5th grader says No to NCLB. Last fall my son, who is 11 and in the fifth grade at Park Forest Elementary in State College, made a short film about always doing your best for an all school assembly. It was a great success. A ...	Grassroots Mom	03/07/2011	210	299	30	1817
Global Class Warfare: The Assault of the Monied Class We didn't declare the class war, but we're in one. It is new kind of economic warfare. It is unlike the trade wars of the past, where nations square off for access to scarce resources. It is not the ...	OllieGarkey	03/08/2011	69	197	30	945
The Lie About Who Pays America's Taxes You've all heard it in one form or another, the lie that either says straight out that half of all Americans pay no taxes or slightly less horrendous lie that half of Americans pay no ...	Into The Woods	04/18/2011	113	146	30	1233
After Birthers: 10 More GOP Myths Debunked Two statements this month sum up everything you need know about the sad state of American politics and media. Just days after Arizona Republican ...	Jon Perr	04/28/2011	51	179	30	1145
Glenn Beck- Consider yourself on notice Pictures fixed Pull up a chair Glenn, and have a seat. Make yourself comfortable. I would like to show you something...	SwedishJewfish	07/27/2011	259	833	30	4437
It's Time for Another Look at This Chart About a year ago, the Maddow Blog posted a chart made by one of its readers. Having seen a chart ...	Geenius at Wrok	08/18/2011	104	417	30	2565
Irish Food with Recipes When you think of Irish food the first thing that comes to mind is potatoes. Certainly the history of Ireland has one of its most tragic times during the Great Famine of 1845 to 1850 that saw the ...	michelewln	03/17/2012	33	84	30	444
Homemade bird bath. A few days ago I made a comment in a diary by Green Mother in which I told about a bird bath I had made that consisted of a reservoir and pump that recirculated the water thus keeping it a bit ...	burnt out	08/08/2012	133	182	30	834
Taxing the rich: it's not about "fairness" Listen to just about any liberal speak about the budget and taxes these days, and it won't be long before you hear the phrase "The rich need to pay their fair share." This is one of those standard ...	RobLewis	11/25/2012	182	325	30	-
Silly Palestinians, if only they'd accepted the state offered in 1947. Ron Prosor (Israel's man at the UN) wrote an Op-Ed in the Times on March 31 titled The U.N.’s War on Israel . I found it extremely annoying, but after a few deep breaths I managed to channel my ...	subir	04/02/2015	152	125	30	-
Political Buddha – Part 1: Engaged Buddhism Disclaimer: Political Buddha is a monthly diary series exploring how Buddhist philosophy may be used to become a more effective voter, political commentator (or blogger) ...	ajewella	03/03/2011	103	125	29	745
The Conservative Tradition of Attacking Teachers and Education Cross posted from Real Economics ...	NBBooks	03/05/2011	102	185	29	879
Tech Kos: Three Tools for Working with PDFs In an increasingly Adobe PDF world -- thankfully in my view, as I don't like having to pass around Microsoft Word documents -- it's useful to be aware of some tools that make dealing with PDFs easier.	jboxman	04/20/2011	44	62	29	530
Five Rules for Defeating Hostage taking Politics. Five Rules for Defeating Hostage taking Politics. Many of us who worked so hard to get President Obama elected are deeply frustrated by the current state of politics. Although we may consider ...	Jason The Greek	08/26/2011	224	403	29	1679
The Half Pint Canner Tonyahky 's diary on canning is an excellent resource - print it out and ...	Noddy	11/23/2011	26	60	29	328
Controlling YOUR end-of-life care. There is a deeply touching diary at the top of the rec list this evening. Reading it and seeing what went right there - the diarist's ability to make the choices her husband would have wanted - ...	Chico David RN	07/07/2012	53	132	29	496
I read the Romney Plan so you don't have to: a relatively quick walk through In this diary, I will present a walking tour through “ Believe in American – Mitt Romney’s Plan for Jobs and Economic Growth .” I hope it’s relatively painless. If you’ve been thinking ...	RJDixon74135	08/17/2012	102	186	29	1125
Marx for Dummies 1 There's recently been a spate of great diaries on Marx, so I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring and discuss some basic Marxist themes. Hopefully the scholarly Marxists won't come down too hard ...	JosephK74	04/15/2013	193	148	29	-
Growing Your Own: Getting Started Nothing beats fresh, homegrown vegetables and fruits. The taste and nutrition can't be beat. No fossil fuels are burned trucking them all over the continent. You know where they came from and what ...	Leo in NJ	02/26/2011	134	171	28	1082
Death Tips Please allow me to offer a few tips to make life easier on those who clean up after you when you die. My mother died a couple of years ago (at age 93) and hadn't made any but the barest bones of ...	Noddy	01/05/2012	110	140	28	813
Dumplings for Dummkopfs: It's easy as ABC; 1,2,3 Spaetzle, Baby...You and Me. What if I told you that you can make fantastic homemade dumplings in less time than it takes a stock pot full of salted water to come to a boil? It's true. I am fairly handy in the kitchen, but ...	Keith930	01/22/2012	79	87	28	615
Teach Your Child How to Survive Being Arrested at School The chances are increasing that your child will be arrested for being a child and behaving in a childish fashion at school. Behavior that once got a child a trip to the principal’s office or ...	Noddy	01/30/2012	251	219	28	1451
UPDATE x2: A Psychiatrist's Humble Defense of "Obamacare" UPDATE: Thank you to the Community Spotlight people. As pointed out in the comments, if you like this, please re-share on Facebook et al. so that non-dKos people can see it. The newspapers (Globe, ...	Ptolemy	03/30/2012	38	206	28	1128
Remember when Pres. Obama Peeled Paul Ryan Apart? Updated Long before their notable public sparring during the "Massacre in Baltimore" when Pres. Obama laid to waste the entire House Republican caucus at their Jan 29, 2010 retreat until now, Paul Ryan ...	zizi	08/12/2012	201	452	28	3678
Maybe Republican Voters Aren't Stupid! (Update) I've been in several threads today (Wednesday) where there is much lamenting of the idiocy of people who continually vote against their own best interests. I'm going to expand on a comment I made ...	I love OCD	08/23/2012	326	542	28	3699
What did Adam Smith really have to say... As I have written in several recent diaries, I have spent the last few months reading through my economist grandfathers papers. Not having been particularly interested in economics as a youngster I ...	Andrew C White	03/03/2011	105	153	27	856
The 1%’s European Coup The last thing the world needs at a time like this is democracy. That is what got us into this mess in the first place. People wanting stuff, and voting for people who said they’d ...	swellsman	11/26/2011	224	360	27	1983
Introduction to Ecological Gardening This is the first diary in a new series on ecological gardening that I will be writing for the Practical ...	FinchJ	12/12/2011	43	79	27	482
Bed bugs and what to do. About 5 years ago I wrote an article about a relatively new but spreading problem: bed bugs. Since I wrote that the problem has ...	mole333	03/06/2011	155	98	26	803
"Atlas Shrugged." Jesus didn't. Just in time for Easter, the movie version of "Atlas Shrugged" is poised to be shown ...	ijpoole	04/21/2011	446	423	26	2794

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