Saving Some Siglines: A Florilegium

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Tuesday June 24, 2014 · 9:23 AM PDT

2014/06/24 · 09:23

Our siglines - those succinct glimpses into someone's soul, or acerbic comment on the contemporary scene, or eternal truths - are going away. In Daily Kos 5, they will become popovers - no, that's not right - pop ups: mousing over a user's name will pop up a window with what used to be a sigline along with other information about that user.

Our siglines are like the facets of a gem: sparkling with light cast in a multitude of directions. I wrote a number of thematic sigline diaries a while ago, about favorites, funny ones, ones from MLK and Gandhi, action links, the environment, and siglines and civility. This diary is just a snapshot of some siglines from a recent large diary. If I missed yours, feel free to comment - your current sigline is permanently attached to the comment so it will be archived here.

If folks enjoy this one, I may do a few more before the launch of DK5.

"Stealing kids' lunch money makes them strong and independent." -- after Paul "False Prophet" Ryan
by waterstreet2013

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens," -Friedrich Schiller "Against Stupidity, the Gods themselves contend in Vain"
by pengiep

Understanding is limited by perspective. Perspective is limited by experience. America is a great place to live but it limits our ability to understand.
by CindyV

“I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they're out there and it really bothers me.” ― Kurt Cobain
by Jeff Y

"The difference between the right word and the almost-right word is like the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." -- Mark Twain
by Brooke In Seattle

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. - Will Rogers
by Joieau

No country can be both ignorant and free - Thomas Jefferson
by fjb

"I'll believe that corporations are people when I see Rick Perry execute one."
by bink

The Third Way ain't My Way!
by JVolvo

Did you ver notice how har it is totype accurately on an iPad?
by RudiB

“Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful -- just stupid.)” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
by midgebaker

All philosophies have certain valid points. All philosophies followed to their logical conclusions is hazardous for mankind overall.
by Captain Chaos

Marx was an optimist.
by psnyder

What do we want? Evidence-based change! When do we want it? After peer review!
by puckmtl

"Politicians don't see the light until they feel the heat." (Rep. Keith Ellison)
by mbayrob

So if you get hit by a bus tonight, would you be satisfied with how you spent today, your last day on earth? Live like tomorrow is never guaranteed, because it's not. -- Me.
by grover

Dogs and Philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards (Diogenes)
by Out There

The GOP -- Hating Women, Gays and People of Color since 1854
PS Despite the dumb screenname I picked, I'm female!
by Former Chicagoan Now Angeleno

Retrospectives on 25th anniversary of Tiananmen at Chinafile.com
by Inland

“The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day.” Gloria Steinem
by ahumbleopinion

Nobody deserves poverty.
by nominalize

The most un-convincable man is the one whose paycheck depends on remaining unconvinced. -- H. L. Mencken
by kharma

"The poor can never be made to suffer enough." Jimmy Breslin
by merrywidow

“If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.” Charles Darwin
by ivorybill

Why do Republicans Hate Americans?
by Caniac41

To be free and just depends on us. Victor Hugo.
by dizzydean

The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion. Molly Ivins
by MufsMom

Dawkins is to atheism as Rand is to personal responsibility. uid 52583 lol
by terrypinder

"People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone. " Audrey Hepburn "A Beautiful Woman"
by Ginny in CO

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.: Maya Angelou
by PsychoSavannah

Battling psychiatric myths with sensible skepticism at www.makingsenseofpsychiatry.com
by candid psychiatrist

I voted Tuesday, May 6, 2014 because it is my right, my responsibility and because my parents moved from Alabama to Ohio to vote. Unfortunately, the republicons want to turn Ohio into Alabama.
by a2nite

Politics is like driving. To go backward put it in R. To go forward put it in D.
DEMAND CREATES JOBS!!!
Drop by The Grieving Room on Monday nights to talk about grief.
by TrueBlueMajority

Last full month in which the average daily temperature did not exceed twentieth-century norms: 2/1985 - Harper's Index, 2/2013
by kamarvt

America, where a rising tide lifts all boats! Unless you don't have a boat...uh...then it lifts all who can swim! Er, uh...um...and if you can't swim? SHAME ON YOU!
by Back In Blue

I`m already against the next war.
by Knucklehead

"So, please stay where you are. Don't move and don't panic. Don't take off your shoes! Jobs is on the way."
by wader

the dog you have, is the dog you need. - Cesar Millan
by OregonWetDog

"I watch Fox News for my comedy, and Comedy Central for my news." - Facebook Group
by Sychotic1

"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell." ~Edward Abbey
by koosah

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness. -Pascal
by bernardpliers

the future begins
by zozie

It is ridiculous to pretend that firing teachers based on student test scores, starting charter schools, giving out vouchers or implementing merit pay will overcome the challenges facing a child living in poverty. -Jersey Jazzman
by Desert Rose

I ♥ President Barack Obama.
by ericlewis0

The word "parent" is supposed to be a VERB, people... Follow @wesmorgan1
by wesmorgan1

"Show up. Pay attention. Tell the truth. And don't be attached to the results." -- Angeles Arrien
by Sybil Liberty

"Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet" — Maya Angelou
by hyper

"The soil under the grass is dreaming of a young forest, and under the pavement the soil is dreaming of grass."--Wendell Berry
by Wildthumb

"I like paying taxes...with them, I buy Civilization" Follow @AngieinWAState
by Angie in WA State

Might and Right are always fighting, in our youth it seems exciting. Right is always nearly winning, Might can hardly keep from grinning. -- Clarence Day
by hestal

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
by Jaxpagan

One of the stated reasons for the Revolution was "taxation without representation." Now we have "legislation without representation" or "representation without legislation."
by regis

"Love One Another" ~ George Harrison
by Damnit Janet

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