GOP front group's Social Security Campaign: Let's get desperate and stupid!
I've been on dKos for nearly a year, but this is my first diary. It's a story I just have to share with the gang...
View ArticlePriest to Congregation: No Soup for You!
The AP reports that a Rev. Michael Scucazek in St. Paul, Minnesota, denied communion to 100 of his parishoners today. What was their transgression? Supporting gay Catholics. More below the fold.
View ArticleOne Week Later: Katrina & Dr. King's Vision
A week after the disaster, and the disaster goes on. Tens of thousands of New Orleanians and Gulf Coast residents are living as refugees in temporary shelters - wondering where their loved ones are,...
View ArticleBREAKING -- NY Strike Settlement Within Reach
The New York Times is reporting that TWU and MTA have reached an agreement to end the strike and possibly settle a tentative contract agreement: After meeting with both sides through the night, state...
View ArticleGrim Thoughts About Iraq and the American Empire
Long ago, when I was in high school, I heard the following story about how people in Scandinavia used to kill marauding wolves. I have no idea if it's apocryphal or historically accurate -- but it's a...
View Article"A Nation of Used-Car Salesmen"
Hunter S. Thompson observed just before the 1972 election that the US is a nation of 220 million used-car salesman with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms at all about killing anyone in...
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