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Top Comments: the Pete Fornatale edition
My favorite DJ from my mis-spent youth (Pete Fornatale) died recently - and whose passing was noted by fans and musicians alike. Follow me after the jump ....
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Odds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of the historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I featured this past...
View ArticleProgressive Politics: Tennessee Style - Help us, please!
For three months now, "Progressive Politics: Tennessee Style" (PPTS) has been reaching out to Southern Progressives to inform, educate, highlight, and motivate activists, activity and activism across...
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Odds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of the historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I featured this past...
View ArticleRemarks by President Obama at Fourth of July celebration, White House, July...
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary______________________ For Immediate Release July 4, 2012REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONSouth Lawn6:02...
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Odds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
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View ArticleWisconsin Underground (?) Rumors
I saw this tonight. It's pretty non-specific, but from a reliable source. Nothing follows...well, not here, anyway.
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PPTS: July 1, 2012 "ALEC and the Larger Plan" (Part 2)
The series that began our show has turned, somehow strangely predictably, into a series of series'. Like linguistics itself, we have attempted to create a factual skeleton, or "Deep Structure", as Noam...
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Odds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of the historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I featured this past...
View ArticleNurse Kelley Sez: The Waldo Canyon Fire, the American Red Cross, and All Y'all
SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2012Yet another blazing hot June day in a month of record high temperatures and drought. Early in the afternoon I stepped out on the deck after seeing a crawl on the TV saying there...
View ArticleAbout Stalkers and Stalking
On September 11th, 2001, the face of America changed. Since then, Americans have lived with a new, perceived reality. Never before had the United States' citizens recognized the reality that we could...
View ArticleDemocrat Turncoats!! You Mad? I Am!
Of late, many have vented, for one reason or another, in one direction or another, their anger.Now, it's my turn. (No, it's NOT what you think it is!)Four House Democrats today voted in favor of HR 724...
View ArticleDREAM Come True -- Obama Immigration Reform Kicks In TODAY
It's not comprehensive immigration reform, but it is real progress:With their expectations soaring, young illegal immigrants across the country are preparing to apply for a temporary reprieve from...
View ArticleSTOP the LIE: Obama's Medicare change a reduction in deficit..not care
There seems to be some confusion about the reduction in the deficit Obama negotiated for Obamacare, so let me explain it on a personal level.Your mom (or dad or you) are on Medicare. Mom is prescribed...
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It's not every day your health insurance company sends you money, but thanks to the ACA and my insurer's over-lavish spending, they are today. Now if only the Dems would get out there and show the...
View ArticleHelp Me Get Rolling...If You Can and You're So Inclined...
Hello, all:I'm writing today to ask for your help. For your help, NOT for your charity. And for your recommendation of this diary, if you're comfortable and so inclined.Those of you who know me from a...
View ArticleCampaign Fundraiser for bfitzinAR's Reelection for JP - 3rd attempt
BFitz, as many of us, particularly in the PWB Peeps, know is definitely one of the first ones to hand over money that she really doesn't have to help out whomever may need it. She has been Justice of...
View ArticleGetting Out the Vote
The Teapublican efforts at blocking the vote and the consequences if it succeeds have finally moved me to stop lurking and write. I have organized a GOTV effort that I would like to see copied. I call...
View ArticleSuddenly Homeless Charley Needs Our Help Again
Suddenly Homeless Charley Needs Our Help AgainFellow Kossack Charley James needs our help again. If we don't pitch in one more time, then the man who is giving us the moving and eye-opening Suddenly...
View ArticleSuddenly Homeless Charley Needs Our Help Again
Fellow Kossack Charley James needs our help again. If we don't pitch in one more time, then the man who is giving us the moving and eye-opening Suddenly Homeless diaries will be out on the street Sept....
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