Pension insurer shifted to stocks before crash, going broke?
Many Americans no longer have a pension. But for those of us who do, the idea that our pensions are partially insured to provide a guarantee against company failure, provides peace of mind. Well that...
View ArticleSwiss hold '$150m Nigeria bribes' from Halliburton!
I have long been a critic of the Swiss banking system. The world has basically turned a blind eye to a huge graft system. Money was loaned from the international banks,the IMF, or the World Bank at 8%...
View ArticleTalk Radio v. Rap/Rock does violence poison the mind?
Monday NPR on point had a broadcast on the violent hateful language coming from Talk Radio and Right-wing TV shock jocks. It was called Angry America. You can listen to the podcast here:Angry America...
View ArticleDogs beat Cats in new poll. Thank Coleman & Tedisco!
I have long known that dogs are superior to cats. Now my new poll will prove it. Thanks to WineRev's excellent dairy series MN-Sen Events v. 129.0 Pull a Coleman; Baseball a new phrase was born: PULL A...
View ArticleThe coming conservative disaster over the SCOTUS
Let me be one of the first to say this. The upcoming battle over the next supreme court nomination, that the traditional media is billing as a possible resurgence and rally issue for conservationism...
View ArticleMeta: Starting a Kos diary "Community Calendar" List
Daily Kos is vibrant community in onto itself. But we also have a number of other communities that have been developed here over the years. I have long been a fan of plf515 Daily Kos University that...
View ArticleDaily Kos Diaries "Community Calendar" List
Daily Kos is vibrant community in onto itself. But we also have a number of other communities that have been developed here over the years. I have long been a fan of plf515 Daily Kos University, there...
View ArticleFox has mislabeled Republican scandals before, more picts
Just to add to AlyoshaKaramazov currently recommended diary UPDATED (x2) Fox News - "Mark Sanford Is A Republican??". I thought it would be helpful to add a brief history of FOX pulling these...
View ArticleMany Madoff victims were with him to commit tax fraud!
One of the great "unanswered" questions of the Bernie Madoff scandal is the following: How could so savvy investors, people well versed in business and finance be taken in by a ponzi scheme? Well we...
View ArticleNH GOPs top recruit Guinta possibly involved in bar brawl
The New Hampshire Republican party has been touting Manchester Mayor Frank Guita as a top recruit against Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH). Saying he will fight for "NH values". But even I had no idea he would...
View ArticleMonthly Daily Kos, Community Calendar
Daily Kos is vibrant community in onto itself. But we also have a number of other communities that have been developed here over the years. There is a partial list of community blogs at dkosopedia, but...
View ArticleBegala on Palin, or if my team quits during a financial crisis
Yes another Palin diary. But I think Paul Begala's take on Palin was brilliant in his new editorial: Sarah Palin Turns Pro. Some may argue that it doesn't take brilliance to take her down. Taking down...
View ArticleShould majority leaders only come from solid blue States?
Should majority leaders only come from solid blue States? I'm asking this question because of all the consternations over the way Harry Reid has been governing the senate. With a 60 seat super majority...
View ArticleIntroducing PBI, Party Brand Index (Updated)
I have been working on (with some much appreciated help from pl515) a concept I'm calling PBI or Party Brand Index, as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by...
View ArticleParty Brand Index (part 2) Colorado and Virginia (updated)
I have been working on (with some much appreciated help from pl515) a concept I'm calling PBI or Party Brand Index, as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by...
View ArticleParty Brand Index (part 3) North Carolina
I have been working on a concept I'm calling PBI or Party Brand Index, as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by averaging voting percentage from the last two...
View ArticlePBI (part 4) MO, AR, OK
Continuing on with a concept I developed called PBI or Party Brand Index (with some much appreciated help from pl515) as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by...
View ArticlePBI (Party Brand Index) Part 5 Nevada and Iowa
PBI or Party Brand Index is a concept I developed (with some much appreciated help from pl515) as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by averaging the percentage of...
View ArticlePBI (Party Brand Index) Part 6 WV and NH
PBI or Party Brand Index is a concept I developed (with some much appreciated help from pl515) as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by averaging the percentage of...
View ArticleWe can do badly all by ourselves!
We can do badly all by ourselves! Honestly do our dear Democratic and so called liberal pundits not understand that? Honestly I wonder why they think we worked and fought this hard for such large...
View ArticleWhy I created Black Kos, and why it's needed.
As a long term member of this site, I respect the rules that Markos has established, and I will not call out another diarist. But I do believe that a response is needed to this diary: White Kos....
View ArticlePBI (Party Brand Index) Part 7 Ohio
PBI or Party Brand Index is a concept I developed (with some much appreciated help from pl515) as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by averaging the percentage of...
View ArticlePBI (Party Brand Index) Part 8 Florida
PBI or Party Brand Index is a concept I developed (with some much appreciated help from pl515) as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by averaging the percentage of...
View ArticlePBI (Party Brand Index) Part 9 Arizona
PBI or Party Brand Index is a concept I developed (with some much appreciated help from pl515) as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by averaging the percentage of...
View ArticleProgressives welcome, kings of drama please exit
I'm not one to normally rant or write rant diaries but here goes. I haven't liked a lot of what I have seen on Daily Kos lately. See I always preferred the descriptor Progressive as opposed to Liberal....
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Getting Progressive legislation in the Senate (Blue Dog style)
One of the most anguishing things I have recently seen is that most progressive activist and lawmakers still don't get how to pass major initiatives. The most glaring problem is a misunderstanding on...
View ArticleWhat? Comparing the 1st lady to a chimp isn't funny? CEO of Tenn hospitality...
Most of us would assume that being the CEO of a hospitality association would mean one would have a talent for showing hospitality, or at the very least some knowledge of PR. The CEO of such an...
View ArticleHey conservatives if rap & rock "poison" the mind, why can't talk radio?
In the interest of full disclosure I don't believe Rock, Rap, or Hollywood makes otherwise peaceful people do violent things, but hasn't the conservative movement for years championed this meme?Last...
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Arizona: yes to boycotts & lawsuits, but registering voters is the key.
Arizona's draconian immigration law is rightly being castigated, but this bill needs a three legged attack strategy. It's mostly being attacked on only two fronts, boycotts and lawsuits. The last leg...
View ArticleHaitian Fundraiser Reminder
Not really a diary just a reminder, Black Kos will be posting a Haitian Eathquake Fundraiser today at 12:00 Noon on the 6th anniversary of the disaster. It will be under Black Kos and not my handle. We...
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30 years of right-wing violence in pictures
As not wanting to be accused of exploiting the tragedy in Arizona I decided to wait a little while before I published this diary. Many people have been justifiably outraged at the traditional media's...
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DEFUNDING Conservatism Part 1
I've been batting this diary around for along time. The way I see it those of us on the left have been playing short term defense for too long, because too many of us fail to understand the long term...
View ArticleDEFUNDING Conservatism Part 2
In DEFUNDING Conservatism Part 1 I explored the grand idea connecting attacks from the political right on progressive institutions. While many on the left correctly call attacks on public sector unions...
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Happy Birthday "Troublemaker"
On July 18th 1918 to the Xhosa people of Southern Africa, once was born a child named Rolihlahla. Rolihlahla in the Xhosa language means "to pull a branch of a tree", or more colloquially...
View ArticleNot a diary just a mind blowing math/science video
This video from just blew my mind. Was shared with me on Facebook by author and scientist (and D Kos member) David Brin.Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly...
View ArticleMy 2 cents on meta wars, racial discourse, and purges.
As most people know a great number of people have been boycotting Daily Kos for the last week in both a protest to the tone of the discourse on Daily Kos, and to show solidarity with some of the banned...
View ArticleProgressives win election in Jamaica AND campaign on protecting Gays!
The PNP (People's National Party) lead by Portia Simpson-Miller which is the liberal party in Jamaica is poised to win today's election in Jamaica, defeating the conservative administration of the JLP...
View ArticleSantorum: Obama should be prolife because he is black.
The lastest creative use of President Obama's race by his political opponents Rick Santorum suggested that Obama should be pro-life because he's black. Conservatives are shamelessly attempting to...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF THINKING ABOUT DIVERSITY FROM THE GROUND UP
I've often been struck by something that I've seen occur far too often in progressive organizations. At some point a revelation strikes someone they look up and realize "this organization doesn't...
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Frothy mix was too "blah blah blah" even for "blah people"
One picture says it all.... Photo courtesy of Stephen Crowley/The New York TimesZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
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Should 10 year old kids be handcuffed? What about 7? Or 6?
Should 10 year old children be handcuffed? What about 7 year old children? Or 6 year old children? This isn't a theoretical question. This also isn't a question be asked about children in some foreign...
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Kids are like "That N*ggaz say, b*tches say, meme is so g*y tho..."
Have a problem with the title to my diary? Which word in it? Was it one of them, all of them, or none of them? Because it seems we now have a front page diary that contains the phrase Niggaz as well as...
View ArticleBest analogy of the GOP shutdown
So, Imagine that the company you work for held a poll, and asked everyone if they thought it would be a good idea to put a soda machine in the break room. The poll came back, and the majority of your...
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Using Venn diagrams to understand primaries and caucuses
I'm a data junkie. Even more specifically I'm also a political data junkie. It's why I frequent 538.com. But when presented with huge amounts of data, it's helpful to use a few techniques. A few months...
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Using Venn diagrams to understand primaries and caucuses - part two early states
In my first diary in this series I used a technique used by FiveThirtyEight.com called Venn Diagrams to try and examine the Democratic primary.In this diary I will look at the four early primary and...
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Why black voters vote the way they do? (and advice on how to win them)
I’ve been a member of Daily Kos for many years, and over the years I’ve generally stayed away from meta wars. That is I avoid them, until I think the fights are reaching a point where they’re damaging...
View ArticleEl león se despierta (The Lion Awakens)
Thought I would share some good news about GOTV efforts (Get Out The Vote) from the New York Times. George Soros will contribute $5 million an effort to register Latino and Asian voters. This...
View ArticleEVERYONE (including Santa Claus) gets booed in Philly!!!! (so lighten up)
Maybe because I’m a sports fan (and not just a political junkie) I’m one of the people not shocked that politicians are getting booed in Philly. I mean every, EVERYONE, get’s booed in...
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How gerrymandering helped perpetuate Apartheid and what that speaks to about...
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling that they won’t intervene to stop partisan gerrymandering sadly has me thinking hard on not only very tragic part of American history, but also how a similar system...
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Black Kos, Week in Review: Vengeance for white people, forgiveness for Black...
Commentary by Black Kos editor JoanMarI was watching CNN the other day (yes, yet again), and, of course, the powers-that-be at that media house thought that I needed — that their viewers desperately...
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