Should America Leave a Power Vacuum?
I share the concerns of all who agree that the Iraq War, and most of the other wars we've entered into since World War II, have been ill-thought-out wars of aggression. Yet must it imply complete...
View Article[Generic Atheist v. Religious Person Diary]
[Koch Brothers send trolls to disrupt site; some pretend to be atheists, some religious, posting the following to disrupt site; other posters who really are atheists and religious come to site, also...
View ArticleThere Is No God
I might have continued: "There Is No God but God, and Mohammed is his Prophet." But you murdered me before I could finish.
View ArticleI think people have got Charlie Hebdo wrong
People seem to have made the same mistake that Stephen Colbert viewers did, when people freaked out "oh my God! He said 'Ching-Chong Ding-Dong'! Obviously he's bigoted against Chinese people!"I won't...
View ArticleAll right then, Justice Scalia et al.--where DOES the 14th Amendment control?
Or pick your favorite Justice who's furious that Mr. Obergefell had the insolence to presume to get married to another man. You know Mr. Obergefell; he's the one whose husband died of ALS disease, and...
View ArticleOMG Hooray! Greece voted no! Wait... why "hooray" again?
So... why the ευφορία? (Funny that our word "Euphoria," whose etymology is of Greek derivation I believe, begins with "EU.") Austerity is inevitable, in the Eurozone or out of it.You'll have heard by...
View ArticleI've an idea--we elect Bernie AND progressive congresspeople!
Stay with me--so, we all know that it's a terrible idea to actually vote for the guy we want, Bernie Sanders, because he'll just have a GOP congress, right? So--I guess this is where the logic is...
View ArticleWe Should Let Russia Handle ISIL/Daesh
People’s reluctance to engage militarily with ISIL often boils down to the fact that we’ve consistently gotten into quagmires (Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq) that have left our troops vulnerable to...
View ArticleYes, Sanders SHOULD draw Trump supporters who identify as anti-racist.
It makes a sexy scream: “OMG! Sanders is trying to woo Trump supporters!” Wow! That’s... bad, I guess! Why would he DO that? And he certainly is trying to woo SOME Trump voters. (Some would have you...
View ArticleGeneric "I was SO maybe voting Bernie until his DREADFUL supporters made me...
Hi! You’re probably barely aware of my existence! And you’re CERTAINLY unaware that I was EVER sounding you out in any searching, probing attempt to find out what the policies of Hillary Clinton and...
View ArticleSuperdelegates vs. One Wo/man, One Vote
Hey, question. Did any of you out there ever get a chance to vote on whether superdelegates should exist? Because it’s a funny thing—I started voting before the Democratic Party decided that we...
View ArticleNevada Voters: Here's Where to Caucus
Bernie Sanders tweeted this earlier today, so I thought it might be useful if any Nevada voters here need it, or if you know anyone who needs it, and want to share. Just enter the address where you’re...
View Article"Bernie is FINISHED after Super Tuesday!" Um... no?
OK, if this “Bernie’s over after Super Tuesday!” stuff is just regular rah-rah, go-team fluff, then that’s totally fine. You’re allowed to do that. I’ll join in: “Hillary’s going to beat you so badly...
View ArticleBernie Supporter Accentuates Hillary's Positives
I got an email from Kos today saying something like “Bernie Supporters: Diary about Hillary’s Good Things! Hillary Supporters: Diary about Bernie’s Good Things!” I like this idea. In the first place, I...
View ArticleParty Unity NOT My Ass... unless the media plans a "Howard Dean Scream"...
I don’t like the whole “I won’t vote Hillary if she wins the nomination” stuff; you’d rather Trump or Cruz? Yecch. BUT. I always said, UNLESS the superdelegates rig the election.xYouTube VideoBut if...
View ArticleWe need Bernie for turnout. Turnout is bad. We need independents, and...
Hat-tip to poster AlphaLop for posting the following link:www.pewresearch.org/…Do you see what that chart is doing? And how Democratic participation is… WAY below GOP participation, in the...
View ArticlePlease Help Them: The Navajo in AZ Have Flint Water Every Day
I almost cried when I read about this today. You may remember the Gold King Mine spill, which contaminated precious water in Native American country in New Mexico last year. I am not Native American,...
View ArticleBERNIE FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE: When you read "it's over," donate $10!
FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE: Every time 1) someone says “it’s over for Bernie” or similar aggressive Order to Capitulate before 2026 pledged delegates have been duly pledged (i.e., before the race is REALLY...
View ArticleARIZONA VOTERS/VOTANTES de ARIZONA! Were you disenfranchised? PUBLIC MEETING...
Public testimony will be allowed at this meeting!On Monday the 28th at 10:00 a.m., there will be a meeting for all Arizona voters who are disenfranchised by the train wreck.Public testimony will be...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS!!!!! HILLARY USES YOUR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ADVERTISING!...
ZOMG ZOMG! I know, you only just got done reeling from the shock of knowing that Bernie’s campaign manager Tad Devine runs an ad agency and his ad agency got paid $810,000 for doing ad work for Bernie!...
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