John Bolton to be US ambassador to UN?
Freaking John Bolton who tried to convince the world that Castro was developing WMD's is apparently Bush's choice to replace Negroponte. It's hard to tell if this is an improvement, worse, or just more...
View ArticleAfghanistan on the verge of humanitarian crisis. (and more)
Condoleeza Rice sets off on her most recent tour tomorrow, and it includes a stop in Afghanistan. I'm sure that we will hear lots of words about how Afghanistan is a success story in our...
View ArticleFaces of the Fallen. 1500 portraits of lives cut short.
[From the diaries -- Hunter] NPR had a piece this evening on the opening of the Faces of the Fallen exhibit in Washington DC. This collective work of art first came to my attention when our local paper...
View ArticleNY Governor's race update. Fun and games!
A couple of quick updates on what's up with the Pataki crowd. First, it seems that Pataki's relationship with his hand-picked Lieutenant Governor Mary Donohue is not all sweetness and light.
View ArticleI met Hillary today. And the Secret Service.
Subtitled: Ron's Big Adventure (Okay, not so big, but for around here...)Hillary came to town today and I managed to tweak my schedule so that I could attend one of her events. So in spite my mixed...
View ArticleToday, April 28th, is Workers Memorial Day.
April 28th is the date set aside by the AFL-CIO to remember our brothers and sisters who have died on the job. First observed in 1989, the date was chosen because this is the day that OSHA opened its...
View ArticleToday is National Teacher Day.
This week, being the first week in May, is Teacher Appreciation Week and today is National Teacher Day.
View ArticleSix communities are finalists for new nuke plant.
NuStart Energy, the consortium of nuclear power companies that hope to buld a new nuke power plant in the U.S. have narrowed their list of potential sites to six communities.
View ArticleSCOTUS to review abortion/parental notification law.
I'll leave the legal fine points to those better prepared to dicuss them than I, but today, the SCOTUS agreed to review the New Hampshire Parental Notification Law that had been ruled unConstitutional...
View ArticleNew Paltz mayor Jason West to face trial re: same-sex weddings.
New York State's Court of Appeals has ruled that New Paltz mayor Jason West will be charged with 24 misdemeanor counts of violating the state's domestic relations law. As you will remember, Mayor West...
View ArticleA lesson in sovereignty from Porter Goss.
Okay, so Porter Goss has an "excellent idea where bin Laden is...", but we can't go after him because of the issue of "... sanctuaries in sovereign nations."
View ArticleBush-speech recipe thread
I can't stand to listen to his voice. I don't want to discuss his lies. And I could use some new (good) recipes. Hmmmm... what to do? How `bout a recipe thread for those of us who don't want to pay any...
View Article1776...
It happened tonight our time. I think this is true because I have been sort of monitoring the Lunaville Iraw War Casualities site since I noticed the number "1775" earlier this evening.
View ArticleCandidate RonV's election diaries part one.
I have to admit, I've been planning on doing a series of diaries on my campaign for a couple of months now, but far more important news stories and the fast and furious flow of diaries has discouraged...
View ArticleCandidate RonV's Election Diaries Pt. 2, Petitions and Parties
Hi. My name is Ron Vanselow, and I'm running for a seat on the local town board. I'm a lifelong democrat in the very red heart of a very blue state. In this series, I'm sort of journaling the...
View ArticleChristian School expels 14 y.o. girl 'cuz her parents are gay.
Ontario Christian School has expelled a fourteen year old student, not because of anything she did, but because her parents are gay.
View ArticleCrazy Cheney picks Hannah as his Nat'l Security Advisor
VP Cheney picked two replacements for Libby today. Everyone expected Addington to be named Chief of Staff, but I don't remember hearing speculation that possible turn-coat John Hannah would be his...
View ArticleGeorge Bush and jury duty (again).
It looks like, for at least the second time, George Bush is not going to fulfill his civic obligation to appear for jury duty.
View ArticleBush signs on to McCain's torture ban
According to an MSNBC story Bush will announce that he's agreed to support Sen. John McCain's ban on torture. You know, the torture that Bush claims we don't engage in but should be allowed to do even...
View ArticleJoint Chiefs Chair Pace agrees with Dean. We can't win.
Remember when Saddam was finally caught and everyone from Bush to Kerry was crowing about how this development was a major blow in the Never-ending-war-on-terror, and how Howard Dean had the honesty...
View ArticleUN report: US torturing prisoners at Gitmo.
According to this LA Times story the UN is set to release a report by five independent experts, appointed by the UN Commission on Human Rights, that accuses the US of abuse and torture in it's handling...
View ArticlePatriot Act II delayed again.
It seems that there has been some difficulty in reaching agreement in the Senate on amendments that might marginally safeguard a few of our remaining civil liberties, so House Judiciary Committee...
View ArticlePriests purify Gandhi shrine after Bush visit.
In his never ending quest to piss off the world, George Bush's visit to the Gandhi memorial shrine in Rajghat has sparked controversy and created animosity with some Hindu officials, including Gandhi's...
View ArticleMarch 8: International Women's Day. Where we are.
Today, March 8th, is International Women's Day.
View ArticleTom Fox is dead.
Tom Fox, the peace activist kidnapped in Iraq last year, has been found dead. Damn... just Damn...
View ArticleRep. Sweeney swerves toward the yellow line.
No, this isn't another diary about my distinguished congressman's drinking and driving habits. This about a situation that's likely repeating itself all over our country. As poll after poll shows the...
View ArticleGeorge Washington Bush: WoT equals American Revolution
Did you know that Bush's Neverending War on "Terror" is just like the American Revolution? Well, according to Incurious George is it. Speaking at a commemoration of George Washington's 275th birthday...
View ArticleHow Do You Serve? A Kos demographic diary.
Last Thursday I had the honor of taking the oath of office for a seat on our local town board. (I narrowly lost the election last November, but the three remaining board members, all republicans btw,...
View ArticleRudy losing to MCCain in NY.
According to a Siena poll released today, Rudy Giuliani now trails McCain by a dozen points. Just last month, McCain was trailing Rudy by 33 points!
View ArticleFrom Woolworth's to the Whitehouse.
I have to confess that I’m probably not my first choice for writing this kind of diary. First, I’m not that good of a diarist. Second, my personal experience of this topic is pretty superficial and...
View ArticleMy town suffers another loss from this goddamned war.
Almost five years ago, my small town lost one of it's sons in Iraq. Army Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Kimmerly died when an RPG hit his vehicle near Baghdad. He was 31 years old and left behind a wife and young...
View ArticleThe Founding Fathers and their Promissory Note (a la MLK)
Today on this site (and no doubt in many other settings) there have been discussions about the Founding Fathers and their imperfections. Many view such men as Washington and Jefferson as hypocrites...
View ArticleNine US troops killed today in Afghanistan. updated...
Breaking story on the major websites.
View ArticleAnother 159,000 jobs lost last month.
Well, we can't say it's unexpected, but that's no comfort to the thousands and thousands of workers who join that other victims of the Bush/McCain economy. September's unemployment rate stayed at...
View ArticleDisappointing proposals by NY Gov. Paterson.
I must say that I've had pretty high hopes for NYS Governor David Paterson. It started with his first news conference after Eliot Spitzer resigned. When asked by a reporter if he had ever patronized a...
View ArticleChanging the Present by Holiday shopping.
Looking for a last minute gift for someone you care for? Do you want to make a difference not only in the life of the recipient, but also in the lives of people you have never met. You can do both by...
View ArticleRepublicans pick candidate to replace Gillibrand in NY-20
In an unabashed demonstration of top-down democracy in action, the ten republican county committee chairs in NY's 20th CD have chosen current NYS Assembly minority leader James Tedisco to run to be...
View ArticlePataki asked to run against Gillibrand in 2010?
Just as I'm finally starting to forget about George Pataki (12 years a NY governor and a major FAIL in trying for the repub Presidential nomination...), here he comes again, maybe.
View ArticleR.I.P. Fawziya Ammodi.
She wasn't famous. She wasn't rich. She didn't have access to "the best health care in the world". She didn't have a list of accomplishments that anyone is likely to ever hear about. No one followed...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters; Autumnal Equinox Edition
Greetings, and welcome to this week’s edition of Brothers and Sisters.I’d like to take a brief moment to thank Dkos for giving us this space to share a few things spiritual every week, and to thank...
View ArticleFree Food Foraging Mini-Series: Medicinal Plant Edition Pt. I
For most of the past year, Daily Kos has been blessed with a really wonderful series of diaries by Wide Eyed Lib, on Free Foods and how to forage for them.With the onset of winter, the foraging season...
View ArticleFree Food , Foraging Mini-Series: Medicinal Plant Edition Pt. II
For most of the past year, Daily Kos has been blessed with a really wonderful series of diaries by Wide Eyed Lib, on Free Foods and how to forage for them.With the onset of winter, the foraging season...
View ArticleFree Food. Stalking the wild Blue Cohosh.
Free Food , Foraging Mini-Series: Medicinal Plant Edition Pt. IIIFor most of the past year, Daily Kos has been blessed with a really wonderful series of diaries by Wide Eyed Lib, on Free Foods and how...
View ArticleFree Food, Foraging: Medicinal Plant Edition Pt. IV
For most of the past year, Daily Kos has been blessed with a really wonderful series of diaries by Wide Eyed Lib, on Free Foods and how to forage for them.With the onset of winter, the foraging season...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters
(Apology. For some reason, I could not log into the Brothers and Sisters account...)Greetings, and welcome to the May 2nd edition of Brothers and Sisters.First the obligatory Acknowledgement:"Welcome...
View ArticleRobert Gibbs is out.
Many here have complained the Obama needs a better spokesperson in order to get his message out. Well, maybe now that'll happen.
View ArticleR.I.P. Alvin Lee
So sorry that he has died. And from complications of routine surgery, to. The unexpected nature of his death make it all the more tragic to me.
View ArticleOpen your eyes, look up to the skies!
Something nice and beautiful to focus on amidst all the bad news...Tonight is the peak night for viewing the Lyrid Meteor shower. EarthSky has a pretty complete rundown of this annual event. Best...
View ArticleAnn Romney, she's so domestic.
Who knew? Sure, we knew that Ann Romney is a great cook. She apparently knows her way around a kitchen like nobody's business. But now we know that she does the shopping and the laundry. And who...
View ArticleI'm sure you are all relieved that I won last night
Last night, I won re-election to the post of town supervisor in my small Adirondack town. 74% to 26%. In raw votes, 418-150.
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