An open letter to my niece
I was about your age that night, in the third or fourth grade.The house we lived in as awful. I don't believe in haunted houses but I'm telling you now that there was something wrong with that house,...
View ArticleLet's learn about the TPP. Part One: Understanding free trade agreements
Please note: the purpose of this diary series is not an argument for or against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). There have been a great number of diaries written on this topic, and my only goal...
View ArticleLet's learn about TPP. Part two: manipulating free trade
Please note: the purpose of this diary series is not an argument for or against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). There have been a great number of diaries written on this topic, and my only goal...
View ArticleLet's learn about TPP. Part Three: The beginning and the basics
Please note: the purpose of this diary series is not an argument for or against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). There have been a great number of diaries written on this topic, and my only goal...
View ArticleI will no longer write about the TPP
I really wanted to write about it because I saw that there were a lot of people that didn't understand some of the finer points of free trade agreements and they wanted to understand those before...
View ArticleILWU announces it will shut down bay area ports to protest police brutality
SOLIDARITY!International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 in the Bay Area will use its monthly stop-work meeting on Friday to idle the ports of Oakland and San Francisco to protest recent police...
View ArticleOn "identity politics" and income inequality
While I've been hesitant to join in some of the more heated conversations about these topics of late, I have read with interest a few diaries and comment threads related to them. Forgive me for...
View ArticleAwesome: Mom reenacts her daughter's coming out announcement.
Offered without comment for your viewing pleasure:Transcript below the fold.
View ArticleProcrastinators Unite!!!! (tomorrow, or the next day)
I've had a pile of laundry in front of me all day long. It needs to be sorted and then washed and do you know how I'm dealing with that? I'm hanging out here, making comments that mean nothing.I've...
View ArticleAlright. Third time's a charm?
I didn't mean to delete my last diary and I apologize for doing so. I've had a problem over the last month or so doing anything but comment here; everything has been done from my phone and navigating...
View ArticleOn suicide
Last night I read a great diary titled Why I think Sandra Bland might have committed suicide, and I was a bit troubled by a few of the comments in the diary. I left a comment and thought about...
View ArticleSeriously, people. WEAR YOUR F*CK!NG SEAT BELTS!!!!
And I should probably add a few more exclamation points.I can't improve upon what The Baculum King has already made so plainly clear. So let me just add to it a little bit:WEAR YOUR FUCKING SEAT BELTS
View ArticleWYFP: The Whole Thing! Edition
WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think...
View ArticleWhy I don't support Trump, and why you shouldn't, either
Yeah, it's temporarily fun for us political junkies to watch the other party have a meltdown, but we need to think seriously about what Trump is doing to the national dialogue, and how we hurt...
View ArticleUPDATED-I literally got a message on a bullet. What to do?
Putting the update here at the top: I still haven't been able to confirm if if was "the kid" who did this or not, but I did call the local PD and a detective will be here soon to talk to me. I actually...
View Article"But what's wrong with us? Why do you hate us so much?"
My wife, nephew, and a number of my in-laws work in the hospitality industry. A majority of the staff in this particular establishment is made up of immigrants- like many places, the white folks work...
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Oh, f*ck it. I like the new site.
No, it’s not perfect, but no version of DailyKos has been perfect.I remember when DK4 rolled out, a lot of people claimed that they’d no longer participate. The uproar then was mostly about the...
View ArticleTop Comments: Kosiversary edition
You know what peeves me? I mean, besides libertarianism, orange stuff that claims to be “cheese,” misplaced punctuations, and the inability to drop a draft diary into a group queue so that my betters...
View ArticleTop Comments: The I got nothin' edition
You know what happens after years of working cushy desk jobs, then finding yourself working two full-time labor jobs? You get really damn tired. More on this in a second, but first!Top Comments...
View ArticleOne year later.... I don't know what to say
The snow never stops falling here so it’s easy to be romantic about Winter, but I really, REALLY hate this time of year. In two days it’ll be one year to the day that my aunt died and I don’t know how...
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