Here's a pie fight for you
Let’s take a moment before the political pie fights begin anew after today’s voting. They’ll be plenty of that on CNN and MSNBC.Let’s get down to the real fight: what is the best kind of pie?I’d be...
View ArticleI read John Bolton's book so you don't have to
Just to clarify, I did not buy a copy of John Bolton’s book, The Room Where It Happened. I downloaded a free copy of the Simon and Shuster ebook (pictures and all!) from what appears to be a reasonably...
View ArticleYeah, the new front page DOES stink
I’d seen all these diaries complaining about the change to the front page and I didn’t get it, as my front page looked the same.But today I cleared my cache and lo and behold I come back to DailyKos...
View ArticleWhy is pointing to FBI, DOJ reports on the death of Michael Brown "outside...
My comment on another diary was bounced because I took issue with the death of Michael Brown being characterized as a “murder.”I linked to a FactChecks.org story that quotes extensively from the DOJ...
View ArticleIs this WWF ad messing up your DK screen too?
Um, I can barely read DailyKos today because this WWF ad is all over the place, and is totally distracting me.I only have a certain number of brain cells to devote to DK and many of them are being...
View ArticleAppearing on terrorist watchlist doesn't mean you're a terrorist
NBC News made a little splash yesterday with this story noting that despite the Trump Administration’s claim that 4,000 terrorists had been stopped trying to enter that US last year, “Only six...
View ArticleWhy no Dem candidate stands a chance against Trump
Democrats should start worrying and worrying hard. Forget the polls that show Trump is less popular than a sweaty, toothless burro in heat. Even a superficial analysis — and this is a very superficial...
View ArticleMaybe we'd be better off if Kamala Harris stayed in the Senate
Like many of you, I suspect, I had nothing but admiration for the way Kamala Harris eviscerated Bill Barr yesterday, exposing his lies, deceit and evasion. It was much the same during the Kavanaugh...
View ArticleAs I take a leave from DKos, a plea to all to be nice to each other and our...
No, this is not one of those “Goodbye cruel world posts.” I’ve got to take a leave from DKos because I’ve got a novel to write and I waste . . . er, spend too much time here. If any of you out there...
View ArticleWould a GOP Senate ever convict Trump?
For those of us old enough to remember the Watergate impeachment hearings, current events have a familiar ring. In particular, the nothing-to-see-here reaction of the Republican establishment,...
View ArticleSo who's lying, Bernie or Warren?
Yesterday began with an “explosive” allegation by CNN that Bernie Sanders told Elizabeth Warren in a private meeting back in 2018 that a woman could not win the presidency.The anonymous sources for the...
View ArticleShould Bernie Just Quit Already?
Let me get my biases out of the way first. I was an Amy Klobuchar supporter from way back who now has switched allegiance to Joe Biden. For a whole host of reasons I won’t bother to enumerate, I...
View ArticleHere's a pie fight for you
Let’s take a moment before the political pie fights begin anew after today’s voting. They’ll be plenty of that on CNN and MSNBC.Let’s get down to the real fight: what is the best kind of pie?I’d be...
View ArticleI read John Bolton's book so you don't have to
Just to clarify, I did not buy a copy of John Bolton’s book, The Room Where It Happened. I downloaded a free copy of the Simon and Shuster ebook (pictures and all!) from what appears to be a reasonably...
View ArticleYeah, the new front page DOES stink
I’d seen all these diaries complaining about the change to the front page and I didn’t get it, as my front page looked the same.But today I cleared my cache and lo and behold I come back to DailyKos...
View ArticleWhy is pointing to FBI, DOJ reports on the death of Michael Brown "outside...
My comment on another diary was bounced because I took issue with the death of Michael Brown being characterized as a “murder.”I linked to a FactChecks.org story that quotes extensively from the DOJ...
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