On Communities
Following what happened at Virginia Tech today, there's a lot of attention obviously being paid to guns here. But this isn't about guns. Columbine wasn't about guns. These are stories about communtiies...
View ArticleSoCal Fires
Southern California is suffering through its regular fire outbreak. For those unfamiliar, a few times each year a particular weather condition develops which causes the winds to blow from the hot, dry...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh is Right
It pains me to write those words, but I accept evidence when it is presented to me. After 2000 and 2004, the usual right-wing pundits chastized Democrats as being coastal elites, not caring about the...
View ArticleTo those both proud and really proud...
I salute you. I salute you in your unwavering pride in your nation. You are indeed the true American heroes, standing steadfast and resolute with your nation and all that it stands for. While some...
View ArticleMoney, not Race
There's been a lot of hand wringing over Hillary's ad "True" and how Obama's appearance differs from the original debate footage. Some have suggested it is accidental. Some have suggested it's...
View ArticleWhat Clinton Learned from Bush on Iraq
It's now day 3 or so of the Ferraro fluff-up, and we've had a bit of time to vent our spleens over her comments (or defend them, as the case may be). But nobody is asking why she said them, and said...
View Article'States that Matter' and Civil Rights
It took me a while to figure out why the rule shifting by the Clinton campaign and supporters was pissing me off so badly until I talked with a friend of mine.At the outset of this election we had a...
View ArticleWhy it's Not a Bailout, and Why it's Needed
Assume that I'm talking about the Democratic revisions to Paulson's plan here. I'm not defending $700B with no oversight, rather Paulson's general concept with reasonable limits and oversight.Here is...
View ArticleCongratulations Lewis Hamilton!
The Formula 1 world championship was just decided in the last race of the year. In fact, it was decided pretty nearly in the last turn of the last lap of the last race of the year. Formula 1 is hardly...
View ArticleSoCal Fires Liveblog
SoCal is once again on fire. Temperatures are in the 90s and winds gusting to 50-60 MPH. Red flag warning extended to Sunday 4PM. Some concern that the Yorba Linda/Brea fires could merge. Reports of...
View ArticleiSinglePayer: Out Like a Lion, In Like a Lamb
After several diaries here about iSinglePayer being rejected from Apple's app store, the app is now available for download according to the developer and clearly appears in the app store if you check...
View ArticleTop Kill LiveBlog - Diary 14 - Catastrophe Never Sleeps
Welcome to the BP Junk Shot Diary #14. This is a subset of the Mother Ship #3. Don't rec this, rec the Mothership diary so that we keep this solidly on the rec list with ONE pointer only.Come here to...
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