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It now looks almost certain that the execution of Troy Davis, despite all of the lingering doubts about his guilt, will go forward.

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 ...

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 hate bringing y'all news that just confirms the worst stereotypes of Texans. Today, Burnt Orange Report received a photo, reproduced below the jump, of an empty chair "lynched" from a tree in a ...

This is a Diary with a personal story about wealth and taxes. My great-grandfather and grandfather (single male chidlren, like my dad) were very successful men. My great-grandfather built things, ...

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 ...

It's not breaking up, it's broken. The UK is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired. It's a memory, bereft of relevance. It rests in peace. If it wasn't being propped up by circumstance it would ...

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 ...

This is XLIV of MY STUPID STATE where I document what happens when a state full of Democrats elect a veto-proof, right-wing legislature along with a teabag, CRIMINAL governor to lead us. (Once again,

Microphone. Loudspeakers. Music. Video... Please! Women, children, families, elders, people who are stil looking for good jobs--the people most vulnerable in our society who haven't given up and are ...

Many years ago in a state far, far away, I married into an Irish-American family, acquiring a husband, two sisters-in-law, three brothers-in-law, and a widowed mother-in-law. The man who would have ...

The plot thickens behind the scenes. Rachel Maddow last night did an excellent segment on what is happening with early voting in Ohio, but it misses a very key point. I am a member of the Hamilton ...

A comment in my most ...

I'm sure you do: Republican governance is a man-made disaster that the public fails to learn from and must be reminded every so often by an unmitigated disaster that results from their short-sighted "

Just in time for Easter, the movie version of "Atlas Shrugged" is poised to be shown ...

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 ...

For those who missed my previous diaries on this topic, I have a background in physics and worked at Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station providing computer support for the reactor core ...

As uplifting as "We lost the battle, but we are winning (WINNING!) the war" sounds, the grim truth is that Walker and his band of lackeys are not afraid of us. Not even a teensy weensy little bit, ...

Most works of art, especially the good ones, are based on the very real ...

Cross-posted from CorrenteWire . The 150th anniversary of the Fort Sumter bombardment that formally began the Civil War is ...

Oklahoma County District Judge Bill Graves has chosen to instigate a private war against transgender people, denying name changes to two transgender women. The judge has ruled that the requests ...

Reprinted From My Blog EgbertoWillies.com ( http://bit.ly/z9Dssh ) On March 1 st , 2012 I was off to Chicago for my first face to face Board of Directors meeting with the Coffee Party USA , an ...

Ever read something so ridiculous, so dumb, that you let out a big fat horse-laugh right when you see it? That happened to me this morning when I saw: "It's UnAmerican to silence Rush!" http://www....

That's how it goes in the news media sometimes: a very important story is already six or seven years old--then, finally, a left wing publication writes something on it--and after that (if we're very ...

Caught a bit of ATC on NPR yesterday -- specifically, a short filler segment about how a frequent commenter on the Atlantic was eventually hired as a writer. Listening to NPR News now and then the ...

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 ...

I suspect that many folks here may have caught the tail end of the Ed Show last night. Ezra Klein was filling in for Ed, and he ended the show with a little segment about Sean Smith, or Vile Rat as ...

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 ...

Tea Party Republicans were elected in large numbers in November 2010 with the promise of Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. The economy was struggling; while there had been constant private sector growth, that ...

I distinctly remember the morning of September 11th in 2001 in contrast to September 10th, 2001, which is a complete mystery. It had to be about 10 am in Bloomington, Indiana when I woke up that ...

It's crazy, but it's true: I could not afford to go to work today. I have a 45-minute commute to and from work, which costs me about ten dollars in gas each day. I'm down to six whole dollars, ...

First, let me say that I have people that I love and care about who are officers of the law. I know it is sometimes a thankless and underpaid job, but there are those who abuse their power and ...

Hi there. I'm new here, but have read DK for several years, and this is - ta da! - my first diary. In order to properly introduce myself, I have to explain why I'm a Ben Tre Republican. First, ...

Kodiak 54 wrote about an incident we stumbled into while attending Netroots Nation. Perhaps you've heard:

The Republicans have a plan to destroy Medicare. If enacted I will likely die an early death as will my wife. A little background: I have a chronic autoimmune disorder that forced me to retire ...

This morning, I am 54 years old, have seen much abuse in the world and fight many of them in any way I can. But this one brings me to tears today, even as I write this. Police are trying to ...

The red wanderer in our sky, Mars - once an omen of strife and misfortune due to its color, now a beacon to the hopes and dreams of mankind - holds the promise of a second home, a "boundless" ...

My Dearest Family and In Laws, You have requested that we not speak of politics when we happen to talk. It upsets you too much. Allow me to apologize and give me a ...

Wisconsin is in the middle of a massive popular uprising. Last Friday, our newly elected Tea-Party governor, Scott Walker, introduced a "

Erick Erickson is an ass. (Which was the exact title of a post I wrote two years ago.) Right now he's ...

This was surely the time: a hated Democratic President hamstrung by a teetering economy, Tea Party candidates and policies ascendant, and, best of all, Iowa, first up in a GOP nomination process ...

Bit of a personal rant and realization... I unfriended her on Facebook today. She is a friend that runs in the same social circles (I’ve known her for years), with some of the same interests. She ...

In recent years, few Republican talking points have been regurgitated as often as the myth that almost half of Americans pay no taxes . Just last week, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor complained "...

Odds are, if you're in the U.S. right now, you're trying to cope with the record heat wave cooking most of the country. You're probably sick of cliches like "Hot enough for you?" or "It's not ...

To All Employees, The company recognizes that we cannot control your actions outside of the workplace, but we feel that we must address this issue this morning. In an emergency meeting last night, ...

On Tuesday, David mentioned that in the latest ...

This is hard to write and I'll get some of it wrong, please bear with me. Kick the crap out of me in the comments if you like, but there are ideas here that explain some things, even if I don't ...

The stories always make their way around, this time of year. Needles in chocolate bars. Razor blades in apples. Poison. Tainted candy . The stories are spread by parents, by church leaders,

The religious conservative right has long been a thorn in the side of Democrats and progressives in general. Mixing religion with politics has been considered much too acceptable for far too long ...

Hi Ann! I've always said that there is one surefire way to solve any of our problems related to education in this country. That surefire solution is to solve the failing family economy. ...