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Seating Delegates and Reforming the Primary Calendar.

Many Kossaks have expressed discontent, resentment, anger, unhappiness, irritation, loathing, hostility, and frustration with the current primary calendar and particularly with the exalted roles of...

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Random, disjointed thoughts on the second amendment

Drug cartels Paramilitary death squads Racial supremist groups Extortion gangs Organized highway robbers "Skinners" and "Cowboys"Hired corporate thugs / Pinkertons Suicide cults Looters and poachers...

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The Revelation of St. John McCain

Chapter OneThis is the revelation of Ronald Reagan, who made it known to his servant John McCain.John McCain, to the red states of Real America:To him who loves us and has set us free from taxes with...

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"Santa Claus will take you to hell"

An undercover Global War on Christmas (GWOC) operative has unmasked himself.  Radical church wants 'Santa will take you to hell' sign in Olympia"You'd better watch out, get ready to cry, You'd better...

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Jerome Corsi, setting the record wrong.

Just a quickie diary.  Jerome Corsi was on Thom Hartmann today insisting that Barack Obama is still not qualified to be president.

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Everybody chill the F out, I got this.

If you're looking for reassurance that Obama knows exactly what he's doing and everything is gonna be fine, read some other diary.Below the fold, is how President Happymisanthropy is planning to handle...

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What we need

Global free trade that drives down environmental and labor standards.  There is no alternative.Our for profit health care system is too entrenched to take on.  We can only tinker around the edges....

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More and better meta

How can we reconcile "Better Democrats, period" with the fact that most of us still support the late and lamented 50 state strategy that helped elect a bunch of blue dogs?

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What does "almost un-American" mean?

"This is a president who said I'm not going to be a divider, I'm going to be a uniter, and running on the policies of division and envy is—to me it's almost un-American," said Boehner.Apart from mixing...

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Your constitutional right is now subject to...

Laws currently advancing in Virginia and other states put new restrictions on abortions.  To receive a legal medical procedure, a woman must first have a transvaginal ultrasound.  It has previously...

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H&HS to reevaluate AIDS risk of gay blood donors

Just noticed this, dated March 13, and had previously heard nothing about it.  Perhaps it's not a Big Fucking Deal like gay marriage, but I think that this is worth noticing, if not taking action....

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WA Kossacks -- Go vote!

A good way to have an impact is to show up at the meeting.  This is it, the precinct caucuses, TODAY at 1 PM.  Even if you're not a registered Democrat, this is your chance to (cough) occupy (cough)...

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These bloodsuckers enjoy their jobs too much.

And of course I mean that in the nicest way.  This is Merrie, the phlebotomist who inspired my title for this diary:"It's a gallon.  Think of a gallon of milk, only it's a gallon of blood.  Isn't that...

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Major Embarrassment for the White House

(This is a draft diary I didn't publish from two years ago... and now that community standards no longer exist there's nothing to protect you from my sense of humor.  Consider yourself warned.)

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The most important election ever?

We're already hearing that the 2012 election is going to be the most important election ever.  Before that, the 2010 election was the most important election ever.  Of course, the 2008 election was...

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Because we can't talk about guns.

Apparently we need to talk about guns.  While murder rates are declining, clearly we'd all prefer this to happen faster.  So, guns.  This diary has only two purposes: to examine the premise that it's...

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Measures short of war: The conservative view of foreign policy

Mitt Romney's reaction to recent events overseas should not be viewed as a gaffe.  They are an excellent illustration of the way Mitt Romney and his neoconservative policy advisers view the world,...

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I'm already sick of hearing about the fiscal cliff

This might be my first disorganized stream-of-consciousness rant diary, but sweet FSM this is fucking pissing me off.rant below.

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AP lie du jour

http://www.usnews.com/...Obama, Senate spar over new Iran sanctions threats By BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press (This won't be much of a diary, but as long as they keep shitting them out I'll keep...

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What does Happy's inbox look like?

I used to get heaps of fund raising emails from various candidates, generally with no idea how they had gotten my address.  So I unsubscribed to a bunch, and the rest mostly end up in my spam...

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Rhetorical question with false premises omitted.

There was a diary posted this morning to which I feel the need to respond.I'll assume the diarist had good intentions.  However, she framed her diary such as to blame a possible 2014 election loss on...

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How to destroy Hamas in about 12 hours.

(Assuming your name is Bibi Netanyahu) (Actual timeline may vary)1) Pick up telephone and call Mahmoud Abbas 2) Allow Abbas to take credit for cancelling the latest settlement expansion 3) Announce the...

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Major OFA initiative!

After getting five or six emails with subjects like "This is on us" and "I need to know you'll be there," from people with names like Barack Obama, I decided that they must be serious this time.  What...

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No true Scotsman

If "nerd culture" is having its moment of triumph, where the fuck is my Jolt Cola?

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Hell yes, I want the party to pay more attention

to my pet issues.And you want the party to pay more attention to your issues.And Joe Sixpack wants the party to pay more attention to his issues.That's human nature.And I realize that none of us are...

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Silence (a meta note)

There's been a lot of ugliness at the Great Orange Satan lately, particularly relating to some election that's coming up next year.  Obviously most of us think that the other side is responsible for...

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Why I'm backing Sanders until the bitter end

He voted against the Patriot Act.That makes him a fucking hero.  Plus, he's willing to take the job.  What more could you ask?I realize this isn't actually a diary, but Bernie has earned my vote and...

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More reasons why I'm backing Sanders

This is a diary that was recommended by one person when I first posted it in 2011. Global free trade that drives down environmental and labor standards.  There is no alternative.Our for profit health...

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Canvassing for Bernie: some random thoughts.

Today was my first day of knocking on doors for Sen. Sanders.  Unfortunately, most people weren’t home.  I heard “he’s at work” more often than not.  Great, people have jobs.  The operation is...

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DWS Promotion Watch

It’s unfair to assign one person all the blame for any calamity, but DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz clearly failed in the 2014 elections.  In a parliamentary system, she would resign for the...

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Dear President Trump

(Trump stiffs vendors)(Trump stiffscontractors)(Trump stiffsinvestors)(Trump stiffs campaign staff)Dear President Trump:As you know, our consortium organized itself specifically to pursue the prime...

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A lie that matters.

We’re all expecting to see a select showcase of some of Donald Trump’s biggest and best lies this evening.  “I’m a billionaire,”“Mexico will pay,”“Hillary started it,”“I gave at the office,”“the check...

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What's the worst that could happen...?

How bad could a Trump presidency be?  Could he be worse than Bush?  Surely the worst-case predictions of a Republican presidency are just hyperbole — it can’t be that bad, can it?I’d like to refer you...

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Is there anyone left whose irony sensors haven't already burned out?

Oliver North at Trump rally: ‘Who is going to hold Hillary Clinton accountable for all her crimes?’In 1988, North was convicted of three felonies connected to the Iran-Contra affair. Those convictions...

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Forging the bonds of meh and wtf?

Lamont’s convinced me to delete the previous diary in the name of not being an asshole, so I guess I’m going to.  I have no quarrel with anybody who posted in it, it’s all cool.Instead I’m gonna shoot...

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(sigh)

Trump uses the royal we.Don’t be like Trump.Don’t use the royal we.You think your “blame the voters” horseshit will be more credible if you package it as passive-aggressive false humility.  It isn’t....

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Those neoliberal bass turds

Commenters in a diary posted earlier objected, not for the first time, about the use of the word “neoliberal.” Specifically it was said to be a word without a meaning.I’m not going to argue about the...

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Here's the DNC memo. Read it for yourself.

www.npr.org/…Read the full memo, obtained by NPR from a Democratic source:"This Memorandum is intended to memorialize our agreement regarding the creation and operation of Hillary Victory Fund (Victory...

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