Hate Crimes: Closing the Barn Door when Horses are Gone (With Poll)
I was glad to see the news yesterday that Amid jump in some bias crimes, Holder seeks tougher laws.After all, after eight years of ignoring hate crimes against minorities (mostly homosexuals and...
View Article[LIVEBLOG] Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Day 2, Child 6
Schumer up first.DO NOT recommend this diary.PLEASE RECOMMEND the MOTHERSHIP diary located here.If you would like to donate your daily diary to this liveblog, please post a reply to the Tip Jar in the...
View Article[LIVEBLOG] Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Day 3, Child 1 [Closed]
The day started with Big John [Cornyn (Fool-TX) ], what a start!DO NOT recommend this diary. PLEASE RECOMMEND the MOTHERSHIP diary located here. If you would like to donate your daily diary to this...
View ArticleAbout Time: Matthew Shepard Legislation Approved in Senate
From AP via Yahoo News:People attacked because of their sexual orientation or gender would receive federal protections under a Senate-approved measure that significantly expands the reach of hate...
View ArticleSanford gives us more comedy in OpEd piece
We hadn't even stopped laughing at Mark Sanford's preaching on fiscal conservatism from last Friday and here he is on the (online) pages of SC newspapers:South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still...
View ArticleOMG! Lindsay Graham is supporting Sotomayor! (update)
I realize that this is not big news, but it sure shows the fragility of thew GOPosaur "conservatives."Foom AP:Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says he'll vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor,...
View Article*&*$*% Breaking! *%^&$ John Bolton is Still Crazy! Update - Clinton Suceeds +...
Just when we thought that birthers couldn't give us any more humor, cue in John Bolton - master of spinning fake intelligence reports to get Colin Powell to look like a fool in front of the whole...
View ArticleMark Sanford - A sharp contrast and little hilarity on a sad day (with Poll)
I live in Boston, so all TV and radio stations are all Teddy all the time. The procession is going on and it is sad to see. It is hard not to be sad, I moved here over 30 years ago and he has always...
View ArticleGlen Beck is not Alone: Hispanic Group Going After Dobbs (with poll)
Brief diary as I did not see this covered yet.Well we all know what a POS Lou Dobs is and have had our share of coverage.Now we have Politico telling us:One of the country’s leading Hispanic...
View ArticleSteve Schmidt, you better start preparing your apology to Sarah Palin!
Today we have this gem from the Washington Post's Stephen Stromberg:Steve Schmidt, John McCain's chief campaign strategist in 2008, said today that a Sarah Palin presidential nomination in 2012 would...
View ArticleBreaking! John Boehner Releases GOP Health Bill Alternative
From the WSJ:Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, marking a shift in strategy as the full House is set to...
View ArticleAnother "Mission Accomplished" for GWB: Teen Pregnancies on the Rise
As if any rational person needed to understand this, papers are abuzz about the new increase in teen pregnancy rates.The pregnancy rate among teenage girls in the United States has jumped for the first...
View ArticleCharlie Brown walks away, Lucy left holding football and whines
Breaking: Charlie Brown walks away, Lucy left holding football and whines that he "pulled the rug from under her." Lucy is appalled that, after they had agreed that this time she would not pull the...
View ArticleIt really is April Fool's Day when tradMed uses T Word to describe Dr. George...
This is a short diary, but in view of all the pooties and such I think it is just fine.I was shocked when I saw the T word - gasp! Terrorism! - on a headline by AP in Yahoo News"Atty: Kan. abortion...
View ArticleThe Militias Have Started - Tea Party Violence to Follow
Browsing (on all places!) on Yahoo this morning, what do I find but a featured called:Okla. tea parties and lawmakers envision militia LINK to AP via YahooThat's right! Not just the Tea Party crazies,...
View Article2010 and the Spectre of Goering Visits us Again
I just had to look at the calendar! Not it is not 1946! My calendar says 2010!So why are the words from Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg Trials in my ears this morning? Just in case you can't...
View ArticleAnother Reason that I am Proud of my Religion - with Poll and Action Items
I joined a Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church in my town 3 years ago and today I got another reason to feel proud of my new religion. This is a great Church that I joined for the spiritual fulfillment...
View ArticleWhy the fear campaign may actually work (shiver) - with poll
It is no surprise to any of us that the GOP Fear Campaign 2010 (TM) is going into full throttle mode. We don't need to wait for Mitch McConnell to unveil the GOPosaur platform in September. Here it...
View ArticleWhere do we stand as a community on the tax cuts?
OK, not much of a diary as we have had enough about this (probably more than about Hillary v. Obama back in 2008), but I have not yet seen a poll on where we stand as a community.
View ArticleThe First Big Test as a Community under DK4
OK, now it's time to see if we are going to put our money where our mouth is. Kossacks say they are about defending our constitutional liberties so here is a test to see if we will all join in once and...
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