Bush lying now... or then
Not a big lie, but another indicator that he's not even going to pretend he's telling the truth because he just doesn't care if anyone notices.Bush address to American Society of Newspaper Editors,...
View ArticleBoxer finds Rice's directive unconstitutional
Kossak LetsFight alerts us to a letter from Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice (R-ExxonMobil). The letter appears on the Randi Rhodes website. Rice has directed State...
View ArticleTV Turnoff Week and "the clicker" (and take the poll!)
No, not the remote control. The other remote control: TV-B-Gone. It's a car-alarm-sized remote that easily fits on your car keychain and supposedly can turn off any television. What better way to...
View ArticleMicrosoft has Ralph Reed on retainer
If you've been following the Microsoft Withdraws Support for Gay Rights Bill story, then here's a surprising update. John Aravosis'AmericaBlog just put up a new story showing six months worth of...
View ArticleAction Item - Evict the Church who "got" Microsoft
This came from a user comment over on AmericaBlog, where the Microsoft PR implosion is updated hourly. In case you've been out of town the last two weeks, Microsoft refused to endorse a...
View ArticlePrinceton Filibuster past 90 hours! (with poll!)
Princeton students continue round-the-clock protesting against Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's intended use of the "nuclear option." Frist is a Princeton graduate, Class of 1974. The photo at...
View ArticleJim Guckert/Jeff Gannon Vanity Fair article
The June Vanity Fair article on Jim Guckert/Jeff Gannon is available online in Adobe Acrobat format. It's a bit of a pain to read (scroll down, scroll up) but the Nigel Parry photos are there for your...
View ArticleMicrosoft reverses stance on gay rights bill AGAIN!
John Arovosis'AmericaBlog has been all over this Microsoft story. In case you haven't been following it, Microsoft had previously supported a Washington state bill, HB 1515, that would add sexual...
View ArticleArmy Desertion has Doubled
In Saturday's (European/Pacific) Stars & Stripes, an article notes that the number of deserters, in the first six months of this year, is equal to that of all of last year.ARLINGTON, Va. -- Just...
View ArticleHelp Katrina Victims using your computer!
In between my alternating bouts of rage and despair at our breath-takeningly incompetent or criminally negligent Administration, I've been wondering what I can do to help the victims of Hurricane...
View ArticleToledo Blade: Noe moved Coin Cash into GOP
(From the diaries -- kos) Yesterday's Toledo Blade had the story putting all the money movement together: Tom Noe moved money into his own personal bank account and subsequently made donations to...
View ArticleTagging Style, Rules, and Conventions (with poll!)
What is the best way to use these new tags? Some of the public figures we discuss here are well-known enough with just their last names. Others are not. Still others have several powerful people in...
View ArticleDead British Parrot. Pining for H5N1.
A parrot who died in quarantine in Britain was confirmed to have the dangerous H5N1 virus. I was hoping it would be a Norwegian Blue (lovely plumage), but no, the ex-parrot is from Suriname and the...
View ArticleBush says "Blame me."
It really is true. Bush invited the public to blame him for a major disaster. I swear I am not making this up, even if I do plan on quoting Dave Barry later in this diary. Unfortunately the Bush...
View ArticleNo more GOP!
I've had it with the GOP. Yes, I'm disgusted with the doings of today's Republican Party; the war began on false pretenses, the Culture of Corruption, the lies, the treason, the attacks, the...
View ArticleTinfoil Hat Time
Nothing like a good tinfoil hat conspiracy tale for the late night hours... so a few MIT students decided to MEASURE the effect of tinfoil hats. Do they really keep away the secret radio-control rays...
View ArticleRight Wing War on Contraception
Some wag once defined a Puritan as someone who was terrified that somebody, somewhere out there was having unauthorized fun. It seems this is the basis for the "morality" wing of the Christian Right....
View ArticleFuhgeddabouddit! New York found most polite city!
Readers Digest has announced that New York City is the politest of large cities worldwide. This unbelievable development won The Big Apple tops in courtesy against other largest cities in each of 36...
View ArticleRight Wing Rock? The failure of conservatism
Conservatism's cultural arbiter National Review features an article covering the fifty best "conservative rock songs." Now given that rock has its roots in revolution and subversion, it may suprise you...
View ArticleGranite Phone Jammer Points Finger to Avoid Slammer
Remember James Tobin? He was the guy who ran Phone Jammergate: disruptive multiple calls made to New Hampshire's Democratic Party calling center, preventing them from calling likely voters on election...
View ArticleThe Big Dog on the Daily Show
Bill Clinton was on The Daily Show last night. I had thought it would be up on Crooks and Liars, but no joy. However, it's freshly up on YouTube for your enjoyment, as a two-parter. Bill is there to...
View ArticleSmart money says: The House is Lost
As the Mark Foley scandal develops hour by hour, as shoes continue to drop, as Hastert says he'll stay the course while Boehner points fingers and Reynolds surrounds himself with small children... it...
View ArticleCasual Racism in the Bay Area
I took one of my kids out to a dim sum restaurant in Cupertino today. On our way out after lunch, we noticed a huge line of cars backing up about half a mile down the street, so we looked ahead to see...
View ArticleBush to ISG: Heckuva Job, Bakey! (contest)
Well, probably not. But George looks like his knickers are in a twist over the ISG's Report. See for yourself.Josh Marshall has something to say about this photo, and about news photos in general....
View ArticleMadrid: NM Republicans tied my hands, then blamed me for it
Poor Heather Wilson. After surviving a close Congressional race against the New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid (winning by a nose at 861 votes), the re-elected Wilson has had nothing but bad...
View ArticleThe Music Room - Musicians Welcome
Are you musical? Do you find yourself tapping along to songs you hear? Critiquing them? Figuring out ways to improve the intro, the bridge, the verse, the chorus? Do you play an instrument? Do you...
View ArticleMusic Room #2 - Music Lessons - Now with POLL
I started piano lessons when I was six. It all made perfect sense to me. You looked at the notes on the page, you played the correct piano keys, you made a song! As soon as I learned 3 notes, it was...
View ArticleThe Music Room #3 - Pitch In!
I've mentioned in a previous Music Room diary that I grew up in a family of not very musical people. Sure, most of my cousins took piano lessons, but for them it was an obligation. For me, piano was...
View ArticleThe Music Room #4 - Ear Playing vs Sight Reading
Some musicians can pick up a score and play it flawlessly the first time.Some musicians can hear a piece and play it flawlessly without any music at all.Few can do both. Plenty can do neither. Join...
View ArticleMusic Room #5 - Pachelbel is Following Me!
You've heard plenty of inane pop songs. They aren't interesting musically, you know exactly what they are going to do, there's no aha! moment to them. As a musician, I find them boring because many...
View ArticleThe Music Room #6: Crossing Over
Music these days is divided into genres. Top-selling recordings are measured by how they do compared to others in their class, so there's a top ten pop list, a top ten country, a top ten classical....
View ArticleScott Bloch's Special Deputy - Who is James M. Byrne?
Our initial euphoria that Karl Rove would finally be investigated died down quickly when Scott Bloch, head of the Office of Special Counsel, was revealed to be under investigation himself. Today's Los...
View ArticleThe Music Room #7 - Won't Play It
Some songs do not deserve to become hits. Some songs are very well written, performed, or produced and still become annoying because they're overplayed. Either way, every musician has a mental list...
View ArticleMusic Room #8 - Cinco de Mayo Edition
Madre de Dios, is it the weekend already? Time for Music Room! Cuarto de Música! The madre y padre are visting, so I don't have time to write a nice themed diary. This isn't quite a siesta, but it...
View ArticleThe Music Room #9 - Continuous Improvement
Last week, I had a poll that asked if you were getting better or worse in your music-making. This week, let's discuss that. What techniques are you working on that will make you a better musician?...
View ArticleThe Music Room #10 - Music To Go
I'm furiously packing for a school trip. My son and I will be exploring the Gold Country of California along with thirty classmates, his teacher, her aide, and 15 other parents.Of course I'm bringing...
View ArticleThe Music Room #11 - 5th Birthday Edition
DailyKos is five years old! And so were all of us, once.Five year olds love music. Give any five year old a wooden spoon and a cabinet full of pots and pans, and out comes a percussion glutton!...
View ArticleMusic Room #12 - Missed the Gig Monday
My signature says that Music Room appears every weekend. Whole weekend looked open, but life got in the way.So, as I post this week's Music Room a day late, a dollar short, and years behind in blog...
View ArticleMusic Room #13 - Guitar Hero, Threat or Menace?
After the horrific Columbine school shooting, some people blamed video games for the perpetrators' violent behavior. Scores of war simulations, shooting fantasies, and violent attack games, the...
View ArticleCalifornia Wildfires: Liveblog XXXV -- 9:24 PM PDT
DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS DIARY. Go RECOMMEND THE MOTHERSHIP and keep it in the Recommended Diary list.This is the thirty-fifth in a series of diaries providing information regarding the California...
View ArticleThe Music Room Returns! #14 - CA Wildfire Edition
After helping out with the liveblogging effort covering the wildfires in Southern California, I realized it's time to bring back the Music Room series.Natural disasters can cause havoc in anyone's...
View ArticleMcCain's campaign on fire, reversed, stopped
On Tuesday night, InsultComicDog posted one of the funniest diaries in a long time. John McCain's forward-thinking campaign crew decided he needed one them intertubes websight doohickies, and they set...
View ArticleThe Music Room #15 - Fathers Day Edition
It's been too long since I ran one of these! So let's call this one a Fathers Day Present, either to you, your dad, or that special Dad to someone else in your life.How did your dad affect your view...
View ArticleThe Music Room #16 - Gotta Have Gear
Every hobby has its own panoply of bizarre-looking tools, machines, and items that a non-hobbyist can't possibly understand by just picking it up and looking at it. Why should music be any...
View ArticleMove My Money: Stage I Accomplished (w/poll)
Today I opened a new account at a local credit union.I've got an account at Wells Fargo... and it hasn't far to go... away. I called a local credit union, confirmed I could open an account with them,...
View ArticleMove My Money: Complete! Hyah, Wells Fargo! (+ poll!)
In a previous diary, I mentioned that I wanted to be part of Operation Move Your Money, so I opened up a new account at a local credit union.Since my new checks arrived and my initial deposit cleared,...
View ArticleIs Komen Planning to Replace Karen Handel?
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has written the textbook on how not to manage an institutional crisis. Last Tuesday, we learned the breast cancer charity was no longer going to fund Planned Parenthood's...
View ArticleACTION DIARY: Support Sandra Fluke... in 30 seconds
This diary is going to be short and sweet, because this is one of the simplest ways for us to show our support to Sandra Fluke.As you've all been following, Sandra Fluke is the Georgetown Law student...
View ArticleHELP! My Credit Union wants to become a Bank!
Big banks have been getting some big lumps, and progressives have responded by encouraging depositors to Move Your Money to a Credit Union. But what if your Credit Union decides it would rather be a...
View ArticleHow to Destroy a Top Notch School District: Open a Charter School!
In yesterday's War on Workers weekly entry, Laura Clawson had a link to this fascinating story of the Los Altos (CA) school district and their woes with an "extremely litigious charter school." I had...
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