First Diary: Our atheist group's neo-Nazi stalker
I've read some amazingly insightful comments/discussions here on DKos. So, I thought I'd try asking for some community help in figuring out how to deal with a difficult, and somewhat scary, situation...
View ArticleWhy Hillary's email choice makes more sense than you think
Hmmm... People don't seem to understand why Hillary might choose to manage her emails the way she did as SOS. But as an experienced software/systems engineer who worked on government programs, I...
View ArticleHow Progressives can turn Policy Losers into Winners
Something that's been troubling me for some time is why conservatives are so successful in twisting support away from popular, common-sense progressive ideas. And even when their strategic moves were...
View ArticleRefugee Situation - EU response looks to Get Ugly
Is it just me, or did anyone else notice the hard shift to a more cold-hearted handling of refugees crossing the Mediterranean? In last night's News Hour on PBS, Daryl Grisgraber of Rescue...
View ArticleFuture of the Human Animal w/poll
After reading Jared Diamond's "The Third Chimpanzee", I'm wondering if we'll ever accept who we really are. Until we do, I'm afraid we'll never solve the problems we are creating on this planet.Mr....
View ArticleJoy Reid Rips Away the False Face - Exposes Scott Walker
On All In With Chris Hayes last night, Joy Reid laid it all bare. If you haven't seen it, you really need to. The full segment is 13 minutes long. It focuses on Scott Walker's upcoming vote as...
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Never Thought it Would Come to This: I Miss Az Gov Jan Brewer
Hey Arizona voters - WAKE UP! Remember how you felt when Gov Brewer did this?Brewer finger wags President Obama Well, the new guy (you know, the one you just voted in) is making even her look good!...
View ArticleNew Progressive Proposal for Middle-Out Economics: Shared Security System
In the latest Democracy Journal, Nick Hanauer and David Rolf brilliantly deconstruct the flawed policies of the past and define a progressive way forward based on "middle-out" economics.To most of us,...
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Beware the Majority Illusion: Do We Have a Political Blind Spot?
Some new research exposes another way our minds may skew our world view. The researchers have given it a name: "Majority Illusion". It means we can be easily fooled into thinking our views are in...
View ArticleHow Do You Live on a Living Wage?
The MIT Living Wage Calculator sets the living wage here at $22k per year which works out to $10.67/hr for a 40 hour work week. The minimum wage here is currently $7.90. So, I guess at minimum wage,...
View ArticleYou Call This a Safety Net?
Really? If it weren't so tragic, it'd be hilarious.The funny part is, I didn't really know how bad it was until I tried to help my sister, and then my brother, when they were struggling.How could you...
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The New "At Risk" Demographic
Some recent studies have identified a trend in homelessness in America. Potentially predictable, there's a homeless wave of baby boomers. But not for the reasons you might initially guess.Trends in...
View ArticleHindsight - Why Hillary Is Such a Failure
As we’re continually reminded here, Hillary Clinton’s career is littered with bad decisions, some of which have had disasterous consequences for working class Americans. And many ask: What kind of...
View ArticleThis Week's Top Voter Suppression Scams - What's Up With That?
This week, a Clinton mailer to a voter in WA caused quite a stir when a friend posted it to Facebook along with a claim of foul play. On Tuesday, in the Arizona primary, some voters waited in line as...
View ArticleAnti-Abortion advocates bristle over Trump's "some form of punishment" statement
Trump’s statement that women should receive some form of punishment for abortion is a logical conclusion if abortion is illegal. So why was saying it such a mistake? It violates a critical...
View ArticleWhy are House Republicans trying to block Medicare improvements?
I received a call today to contact my Representative about a new bill working it’s way through our illustrious House (sponsored by Republicans, of course).H.R.5122 - To prohibit further action on the...
View ArticleTrump Explodes the Minimum Wage Deception
Guess we should be thanking Trump for coming out so publicly. Of course, he’s been there all along. And surely some have seen him for what he is. But most Americans vaguely thought of him as simply...
View ArticleTrump: He Can't Help It; He's Drunk with Power
Say what you will, you have to admit he’s fascinating. I mean, how many people have you met like this guy? Even a little bit?Well, maybe we’ve seen some of this before. Ever had a boss who seemed...
View ArticleClinton Ex-Nemesis Now Giving Full-Throated Endorsement
On NPR this morning, Michael Chertoff’s endorsement of Hillary was absolute. He wasn’t just dissing Trump — in fact he avoided talking about Trump. Instead he focused on why he supports Clinton, and...
View ArticleTrump vs. the Truth - and His Master Contortionists!
The Daily Show’s new host, Trevor Noah, may be the perfect person to help us prepare for our new dictator president, Trump. Politicians have always been a bit, how shall we say, weak on the old...
View ArticleIt's Getting Personal... Deporting Our Future
We had sad news from Augustine on Friday. One of his crew, someone who has been working hard to support himself and his family, someone who has been here for more than a decade, was picked up and is...
View ArticleSupreme Court Opinion on Prayer - Violated in Arizona House?
This week the first openly Atheist member in the Arizona House, Athena Salman, was rebuked for her prayer on grounds that it did not specifically reference a “higher power”. This requirement is...
View ArticleA Peek Behind the GOP's Healthcare Mask
While we watch the GOP’s pathetic attempt to “fix healthcare”, Eric Sherman has published a great take-down of the entire charade for Forbes. The focus is healthcare — and how freakin’ insane many of...
View ArticleMcCain Slams Obamacare in Letter to Constituents - He Doesn't Have Our Back
We were all heartened when Senator McCain stood up and voted No on the Senate’s healthcare bill a few weeks ago. Prior to the vote, I, like many others, had been repeatedly contacting my Senators’...
View ArticleStop, What?! Good Ideas on Drug Policy from a Conservative Rag?
Started reading a very detailed article on the “dangers” of marijuana use. While some of the article wandered aimlessly through typical conservative angst over the problems associated with marijuana...
View ArticleWhile We're Being Distracted By the Shiny Orange Bauble...
NMP Trump is sucking all of the air out of the room. Meanwhile, after more than a decade of plotting and working in the shadows, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) has stepped up their game — and they...
View ArticleHard Compassion: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Kanye West
Yeah, we all have our opinions on the disaster of Kanye’s recent, public turn toward Trump. But there are few of us who can really understand what might lead West to this point, and even fewer who...
View ArticleAdd This To Your Inequality Phrasebook: "Financial Strip-Mining"
The term “financial strip-mining” is evocative, powerful; and the concepts behind it important, and clearly outlined in a recent interview with Les Leopold in The Sun Magazine. In case you haven’t...
View ArticleHow Putin Turned Trump (It Was So Easy)
Today, in a C-SPAN interview for his new book release, Malcolm Nance spells it out so clearly that even Trump should be able to get it. As you probably already know, Malcolm Nance, worked in...
View ArticleAddressing What Ails Us (or How do we ensure a Trump free future?)
Yeah, I know, it feels like we’ve talked this to death already. And with the mid-terms just around the corner, strong Resist-ance, and clear progress on Mueller’s investigation… well, it seems we’re...
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