Grant County, OR: We Don't Want The Crazy
According to the weekly Blue Mountain Eagle, the only newspaper in Grant County, Oregon, the Aryan Nations wants to establish a new "national compound" in the city of John Day, in a scenic area midway...
View ArticleWhat? They Don't Teach Personal Safety Anymore?
< rant >This is an open letter to the attractive, young girl sitting next to me on the Orange Line this morning. You're the one who called the customer service desk for a new card. (Two,...
View ArticleHad My First (!) Teabagger Run-In Today.
I'm lucky enough to work in Washington, DC, a few blocks from the White House. The weather is nice today, so I went outside for lunch. Walking across the street from the Old Executive Office Building...
View ArticleAnother Hero Died Last Week
Sometimes here we see some unfortunate trends. One of these is a vocal minority of people who take every opportunity to denigrate police officers. This takes several forms: From name-calling ("pig"...
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Officer Down: "You Hold My Heart"
Most of us instinctively understand that law enforcement is by definition, dangerous. Sometimes, though, we lose sight of the actual cost. That cost is brought home when an officer dies in the line...
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Mama Mia! Even More Quantum Theory
Troubadour's rec-listed quantum physics diary is a fascinating read, but it's missing something: Musical accompaniment."Bohemian Gravity" is an a capella take on Queen's famous song redone with physics...
View ArticleCritical Thinking is Your Friend
So, a diary just hit the rec list, based on the premise that Rick Perry and Texas Republicans are beginning to cave on Obamacare. While it's certainly entertaining, and clearly fits within our own...
View ArticleChelsea Manning: The Pentagon May Actually be Doing the Right Thing
I haven't seen this diaried yet, so figured I'd put it out there. File this under I'll be Damned, but according to TPM,In an unprecedented move, the Pentagon is trying to transfer convicted national...
View ArticleUpdate: Is This What We've Come To?
Serious question. Is this what Daily Kos has come to?Personally, I think as long as a Palestinian (2+ / 1-) …is left alive, Israel will be under attack.I speak as a military strategist and...
View ArticleBREAKING: Colo. Springs #PlannedParenthood Shooting: The gunman has...
I’ve been listening to this play out live over the course of the last few hours. The Colorado Springs PD just ended the active shooter situation at the CO Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, when the...
View ArticleDolores Huerta: The Truth in Her Own Words
Just a very short diary to put the final punctuation mark on the Dolores Huerta Twitter kerfuffle. According to Buzzfeed, which broke the story with Huerta’s original tweet, Huerta said the following...
View ArticleBernie CLAIMED He Had a Salad for Lunch Today.
But did he really? Will the man’s perfidy never stop?
View ArticleMy Dear Judge Kavanaugh....
So, apparently Gampa Grassley hasn’t quite figured out that whole Intertubes thing.mobile.twitter.com/…
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