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Fitzmas Carol
Here's a little Fitzmas Carol. Break out the hot cocoa, put another log on the fire, and let's all sing together. -- It's beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas Ev'rywhere you go; Take a look in the MSM,...
View ArticleThe Deadbeat Dad Party
I was reading a news analysis in the Boston Globe that talked about the Republican catchphrase "cut and run" sticking to the Democrats. Though I heard a fellow on Ed Schultz yesterday talking about...
View ArticlePsychologizing Allen
There is an important way to look at George Felix Allen's recent "macaca" outburst, which I haven't seen discussed. Racial epithets work in two directions: they create a `them," and, at the same...
View ArticleGrampa, Who's that Man?
I was sitting there watching the holo-vid with my granddaughter, when I saw a nightmare from years past flicker across the room. "Grampa, who's that man?" asked little Allie. Oh Jesus, I thought....
View ArticleBoston: When it Became a Hoax
When two men working for a marketing company placed textbook-sized electronic devices consisting of batteries, wires, circuit boards, and LEDs in the pattern of a cartoon character on several locations...
View ArticleChoir of Thugs: Mike Daisey Attacked
Last Thursday night in Boston, an unarmed wing of the thug caste attacked acclaimed monologist Mike Daisy at the ART in Cambridge, MA. Eighty-seven members of the audience walked out at the same time...
View ArticleCongress, Don't Confirm This Weasel!
Congressional leaders appear to be suffering from malfunction in the translation system. Translation from weasel words to plain English, that is. In order to help Congress see this weasel Mukasey for...
View ArticleFound in Translation
The Wall Street Journal had a fun opinion article on Page 2 this morning. Jerry Seib took a look at a recent WSJ/NBC poll showing that Republican self-identification was down to 31 percent, versus 37%...
View ArticleDoes homeschooling destroy the community?
Welcome to Education Alternative's Series on Homeschooling! We publish Saturday mornings between 8am and 12noon ESTWe follow the kos rule of Participating in someone else's diaryFollow us at Education...
View ArticleDonald Trump is a Failure
It happens every election season. Why should we even be surprised? It must be written on Page One of the Republican dirty pool manual:-Find out your opponent's advantages over your candidate, and then...
View ArticleWi Spa Sexual Predator Identified
Many folks here probably remember an event that made a big splash in the news a couple of months ago. The event became a topic of conversation, debate, and violent conflict following the posting of a...
View ArticleMinor COVID Vaccination: Get it Done!
I read a story today that was enough for me to break a long silence and write a diary again. This is a matter that should be of concern to all Democrats, and about which we can get something done.To...
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