The Daily Kos Rec Community
This is basically a response to Ray Pensador's recent diary, The Daily Kos "Rec" Police which triggered lots of discussion. The diary addresses the perceived problem ofa very small group of users here...
View ArticleWhy I believe that the Assad regime used chemical weapons
Allow me to preface this diary by saying that I knew that the Bush administration's pretext for invading Iraq, the claimed existence of WMD's, was bullshit at the time. It didn't take much research to...
View ArticleHolding the line on the debt limit increase
I'll start by conceding that I don't have a fully clear understanding of the underlying machinations associated with the debt limit increase, but I haven't seen any convincing evidence against Obama...
View Article(Corrected) There may be a government shutdown on Monday.
Update - various commenters who are federal employees have informed me that the federal agencies are making preparations for a shutdown. This undermines my core thesis, but I figured I'd leave the...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of Youth - When did you lose faith in Republicans?
Turns out to my surprise that I'm getting old and grizzled, and while the current government shutdown threat is an interesting development, it's nothing I haven't seen before. Which is why I'm not...
View ArticleAl Jazeera tells it straight: "Shutdown coverage fails Americans"
I've been following Al Jazeera since it's recent US launch, and they've been doing good coverage. My main news site now is the Guardian - I used to follow the Washington Post and NYT, until they put up...
View ArticleThe War against the ACA is the Tea Party's Iraq
This started as just a riff on Harry Reid's reference to the Iraq War, but this did get me thinking about how we could start tying the current gov't shutdown/debt limit crises to overarching narrative...
View ArticleSo how does this all play out?
Resolved within a week, both the debt limit and the shutdown. And the main reason is the polls. Reid and probably Lew deserve full credit for holding the line, and Obama gets lots of points for having...
View ArticleLast Most Beautiful Moment in Nature
It's been awhile since I've done one of these, partly because there haven't been many for me recently, but a few days back I stopped on the way back from the dentist for a run along the Potomac River,...
View ArticleWhat does serious climate change look like?
In Ondaatje's Running in the Family (an amazing book - highly recommended), the father at one point describes a persistent delusion where his family is surrounded by a cloud of poison gas, but he's the...
View ArticleUkraine - Popular Uprisings/Revolutions are Messy
I've been following the events in the Ukraine with interest, but no particular expertise. I'm half-European, and have decent knowledge of the history and current socio-political dynamics. I've been...
View ArticleOn Civility, and Constructive Engagement
A DK commenter reminded me of a diary I wrote a while back, suggested I repost it. These are just suggestions and guidelines that I try to follow, things that I've found are helpful when I get involved...
View ArticleOn Suicide
This is a slightly edited repost of a diary I posted a few years back - The comments in the previous diary are worth going back to read. Robin Williams' suicide is of course on my mind, I spent part of...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of Dorian Johnson - Walking While Black in Ferguson
I just finished reading Dorian Johnson's testimony to the Grand Jury concerning the Ferguson Police Shooting, and found myself moved by his account of the day. Dorian comes across as a decent young...
View Article(Updated) Why is a diary promoting a right-wing CT video on the Rec list?
(Update)The diary in question, by Democrats Ramshield has been deleted. This is a common tactic by diarists who are unwilling to take responsibility for what they have written, or how they have...
View ArticleTravelling to China, looking for VPN
Hi all, this is a bit off-topic, but I'm researching VPN services for friends who will be visiting China. They were frustrated on their last visit by not being able to access western news sites and...
View ArticleWhat comes next? Taking it to the next level...
Hey all, it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya, but as the Mueller investigation heats up I’ve been thinking about what comes next. The news around the Nunes memo suggests that we may be coming up...
View ArticleYour last most beautiful moment in nature
Hello? Been awhile. I lost two draft of this so far today so I’m just going to start with hi.Soundtrack: xxYouTube Video
View ArticleCrowsback
I want. I take. I need. I fake.I was thinking about the crow two-step, how crows were smart enough to just learn the Trickster two-step. Mens kept on stepping, three step four, they never stopped...
View ArticleTap tap? Mike Check? Mike check. Checking the mike....
Hello Ummm...Scrolls. Scrolls again. Is it here? Wait I have already lost three lazy riffs in this Orange Malevolence, cut & paste to TextEdit, brb!Taptap. Scratchscratch. mike check? I hate this...
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