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Another study was recently published that showed Americans
From:Income Inequality, the Real Divide in this Country
duckpin Wed, 12/28/2016 - 06:23am 0
No, I don't think I will be quitting but I don't see a clear
From:open thread - ding dong the dems are dead
duckpin Wed, 12/28/2016 - 05:45am 1 Wed, 12/28/2016 - 07:23am
I like your photo - thanks. I was an avid skywatcher and
From:The Evening Blues - 12-27-16
duckpin Tue, 12/27/2016 - 06:01pm 0
"Money talks and, baby, when you've been bought,
From:open thread - ding dong the dems are dead
duckpin Tue, 12/27/2016 - 12:35pm 1 Wed, 12/28/2016 - 03:02am
The Pentagon was unable to cover up 600 cases of fragging
From:Pro-war lies built upon more pro-war lies
duckpin Tue, 12/27/2016 - 06:17am 0
France would be doing the world a favoring by leaving NATO
From:The Evening Blues - 12-26-16
duckpin Mon, 12/26/2016 - 04:34pm 2 Tue, 12/27/2016 - 03:38pm
Good one GG - Aces!
From:The Art of Deflection: The Final, Extensive and Exhaustive List of Excuses for Why Hillary Clinton Lost the 2016 Election
duckpin Mon, 12/26/2016 - 03:05pm 0
I am very familiar with this incident so please forgive me for
From:38 Dakota Men Hanged in Minnesota: December 26, 1862
duckpin Mon, 12/26/2016 - 03:00pm 0
Regarding piano & Beat poetry: Michael McClure & Ray
From: December 26, 2016 Open Thread; Happy Kwanzaa!
duckpin Mon, 12/26/2016 - 11:21am 0
Yeah Xanthippe, known throughout the centuries for nagging
From:Sleights, Santa and the Republic
duckpin Mon, 12/26/2016 - 11:13am 1 1 Mon, 12/26/2016 - 11:44am
I think Steve Allen accompanied Jack Kerouac better than
From: December 26, 2016 Open Thread; Happy Kwanzaa!
duckpin Mon, 12/26/2016 - 06:10am 1 Mon, 12/26/2016 - 10:28am
The loss of a job has health implications. Depression is the
From:The Death of the American Dream
duckpin Sun, 12/25/2016 - 05:44pm 1 Sun, 12/25/2016 - 06:52pm
The Molly Maguires had the right idea.
From:Trouble with the help
duckpin Sun, 12/25/2016 - 04:23pm 0
If the Workmans Comp system were run with real judges or
From:The Death of the American Dream
duckpin Sun, 12/25/2016 - 04:22pm 1 Sun, 12/25/2016 - 05:11pm
You're welcome - I am sorry for your troubles.
From:The Death of the American Dream
duckpin Sun, 12/25/2016 - 12:58pm 1 Sun, 12/25/2016 - 03:59pm
I am very sorry Snoopydawg that you are in this situation. I
From:The Death of the American Dream
duckpin Sun, 12/25/2016 - 06:08am 1 Sun, 12/25/2016 - 12:32pm
At mid latitudes in the USA, the earliest sunset is on Dec. 6
From:When Christmas Is Blue
duckpin Sat, 12/24/2016 - 05:51pm 1 Sat, 12/24/2016 - 06:10pm
I have a friend who is a lawyer specializing in civil service
From:The Death of the American Dream
duckpin Sat, 12/24/2016 - 05:42pm 1 Sat, 12/24/2016 - 11:25pm
Between 1999 and 2012 there was a decrease of 9%
From:The Death of the American Dream
duckpin Sat, 12/24/2016 - 03:55pm 0
Thanks for this. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also does
From:The Death of the American Dream
duckpin Sat, 12/24/2016 - 03:45pm 2 Sun, 12/25/2016 - 09:11pm
SAD light therapy lights acrtually do work. You may have to
From:When Christmas Is Blue
duckpin Sat, 12/24/2016 - 01:58pm 0
Thanks LSM, it's great.
From:Briefly noted: Obama plays victim card
duckpin Sat, 12/24/2016 - 12:42pm 0
I think this aspect of Festivus harks back to Xanthippe
From:Sleights, Santa and the Republic
duckpin Sat, 12/24/2016 - 12:28pm 1 1 Mon, 12/26/2016 - 10:38am
I think it goes back to the Lewis Powell memo - written two
From:Since the election has the "Left" lost it's mind?
duckpin Sat, 12/24/2016 - 09:13am 0
Having left the Democratic Party behind can give one a new
From:Abandon hope, all ye who rely on the Democrats.
duckpin Sat, 12/24/2016 - 07:14am 0
I think the "airing of grievances" is part of Festivus. Hope I
From:Sleights, Santa and the Republic
duckpin Fri, 12/23/2016 - 03:58pm 1 1 Sat, 12/24/2016 - 12:04pm
The Anti-Defamation League, among other Zionists, have come
From:Abandon hope, all ye who rely on the Democrats.
duckpin Fri, 12/23/2016 - 12:40pm 1 Fri, 12/23/2016 - 12:50pm
I would like to add this to your excellent post. This late stage
From:The Rapid Decline Of The Democratic Party
duckpin Fri, 12/23/2016 - 12:28pm 0
I agree: it's a disaster of a presidency.
From:Trump Proves He's Insane, So does Putin
duckpin Fri, 12/23/2016 - 12:06pm 0
Fairytale of New York - Pogues; Father Christmas - Kinks. Hello
From:The Evening Blues - 12-23-16
duckpin Fri, 12/23/2016 - 11:42am 0
Good information Snoopydawg. since the lies get repeated
From:The Evening Blues - 12-22-16
duckpin Fri, 12/23/2016 - 09:49am 0
Yes you are right. On virtually every issue Obama is the pits.
From:Trump Proves He's Insane, So does Putin
duckpin Fri, 12/23/2016 - 09:44am 1 Sat, 12/24/2016 - 04:42pm
I'll tell you here that I deliberately used the misleading term
From:The Rapid Decline Of The Democratic Party
duckpin Fri, 12/23/2016 - 09:40am 1 Fri, 12/23/2016 - 04:28pm
The unions my family members belonged to included Longshoremen
From:The Rapid Decline Of The Democratic Party
duckpin Fri, 12/23/2016 - 09:29am 0
I've often thought how bad it was to have dumped Wallace
From:The Rapid Decline Of The Democratic Party
duckpin Fri, 12/23/2016 - 09:04am 1 Fri, 12/23/2016 - 04:26pm
Good morning! With the end of the Cold War, capital did not
From:The Rapid Decline Of The Democratic Party
duckpin Fri, 12/23/2016 - 06:37am 4 Fri, 12/23/2016 - 12:56pm
Snoopydawg, I agree. Many of us, at the time, pointed out
From:The Evening Blues - 12-22-16
duckpin Thu, 12/22/2016 - 05:36pm 1 Fri, 12/23/2016 - 12:27am
Icahn is the poster boy for smash&grab capitalism and you
From:The Evening Blues - 12-22-16
duckpin Thu, 12/22/2016 - 04:26pm 0
Just wait for the "Airing of Grievances" : )
From:Sleights, Santa and the Republic
duckpin Thu, 12/22/2016 - 03:42pm 1 1 Fri, 12/23/2016 - 06:49am
The IRS does an annual report on the incomes of the top 400
From:The Rant Before Christmas
duckpin Thu, 12/22/2016 - 03:29pm 1 Thu, 12/22/2016 - 04:36pm
"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?"
From:The Rant Before Christmas
duckpin Thu, 12/22/2016 - 03:07pm 1 Thu, 12/22/2016 - 03:11pm
Henry "The Lip" Wallace was it? Authority needs to be
From:Sleights, Santa and the Republic
duckpin Thu, 12/22/2016 - 11:45am 1 1 Fri, 12/23/2016 - 02:09am
Thanks for this. I've shared this with friends and I expect
From:Standing Rock Legal Team Asks: Please Email the North Dakota Court
duckpin Thu, 12/22/2016 - 11:24am 0
I agree and it often takes being willing to overcome peer
From:Sleights, Santa and the Republic
duckpin Thu, 12/22/2016 - 11:21am 1 1 Thu, 12/22/2016 - 11:41am
I hope this is appropriate here: From Gregory Corso
From:Sleights, Santa and the Republic
duckpin Thu, 12/22/2016 - 10:25am 1 1 Thu, 12/22/2016 - 10:58am
Thanks for writing this essay. There's important information
From:Sleights, Santa and the Republic
duckpin Thu, 12/22/2016 - 08:54am 1 1 Thu, 12/22/2016 - 09:09am
Thanks. I certainly want to read this book.
From:News Dump Wednesday: Continuing failure of mainstream politics
duckpin Thu, 12/22/2016 - 06:36am 0
It's a sad and unnecessary state of affairs that neoliberalism
From:News Dump Wednesday: Continuing failure of mainstream politics
duckpin Wed, 12/21/2016 - 03:30pm 2 Thu, 12/22/2016 - 06:20pm
People are also marrying at a later age. One reason is that
From:News Dump Wednesday: Continuing failure of mainstream politics
duckpin Wed, 12/21/2016 - 02:58pm 1 Wed, 12/21/2016 - 03:14pm
Mort Sahl said, "People ask me how I come up with so much
From:Open Thread Open Thread
duckpin Wed, 12/21/2016 - 01:54pm 0
I am noticing in formerly progressive publications like In These
From:Dear Democrats You Are Going To Need The Whistleblowers That You Now Despise
duckpin Wed, 12/21/2016 - 12:06pm 1 Wed, 12/21/2016 - 01:33pm
Race based affirmative action turned out to be a lose-lose
From:The last word on 2016 polls
duckpin Wed, 12/21/2016 - 10:27am 0
The field of economics has contracted during the past 50 years
From:My idea for fighting climate change
duckpin Wed, 12/21/2016 - 07:55am 0
You are welcome. There are several schools of anthropology
From:My idea for fighting climate change
duckpin Wed, 12/21/2016 - 06:22am 0
The question right now is whether the USA will disband its
From:Neocon Warmongers want to "Restore Coercion" on Iran
duckpin Wed, 12/21/2016 - 06:10am 0
I'll try: The Democrats will stand for anything as long as it
From:The last word on 2016 polls
duckpin Tue, 12/20/2016 - 05:37pm 1 Tue, 12/20/2016 - 07:24pm
Potlatches arose independently in both hemispheres and
From:My idea for fighting climate change
duckpin Tue, 12/20/2016 - 03:19pm 2 Tue, 12/20/2016 - 10:27pm
That's how I remember it: The public was denied access to
From:A very safe bet
duckpin Tue, 12/20/2016 - 02:52pm 1 Tue, 12/20/2016 - 05:52pm
The kicker behind the western states wanting federal lands
From:Occupational Health News Update
duckpin Tue, 12/20/2016 - 02:49pm 0
The National Park Service is one of the worst agencies to
From:Occupational Health News Update
duckpin Tue, 12/20/2016 - 12:55pm 0
When there are mass arrests like this, it's often to the
From:Standing Rock: Court Cases Today
duckpin Tue, 12/20/2016 - 11:11am 0
Yes, Jeffrey H. Haas of the NLG who is helping to both set
From:Standing Rock: Court Cases Today
duckpin Tue, 12/20/2016 - 06:15am 0
What I know comes from the NLG web site and they say
From:Standing Rock: Court Cases Today
duckpin Mon, 12/19/2016 - 03:48pm 1 Mon, 12/19/2016 - 07:04pm
A treaty must be approved by two-thirds of the Senate. Only
From:Standing Rock: Court Cases Today
duckpin Mon, 12/19/2016 - 11:36am 1 Tue, 12/20/2016 - 04:24am
My view is that if the NLG, which has done advocacy legal
From:Standing Rock: Court Cases Today
duckpin Mon, 12/19/2016 - 10:10am 1 Mon, 12/19/2016 - 01:47pm
The National Lawyers Guild was marked for extinction by Dwight
From:Standing Rock: Court Cases Today
duckpin Mon, 12/19/2016 - 09:07am 0
First, industrial unions were red-baited into second class
From:Anti-Capitalist Meetup: Trump, Brexit and the Crisis of Liberalism
duckpin Sun, 12/18/2016 - 07:07pm 0
The Sierra Club has been in business for - say - 100 years;
From:What is wrong with the environmentalism movement
duckpin Sun, 12/18/2016 - 05:56pm 0
I'll disagree to this extent: Cliven Bundy signed a Special Use
From:Pipelines and Other Polluters: Some Bad News, Some Good News
duckpin Sun, 12/18/2016 - 05:51pm 0
In the late 19th century and early part of the 20th century
From:Pipelines and Other Polluters: Some Bad News, Some Good News
duckpin Sun, 12/18/2016 - 05:38pm 0
The National Forest Service, an agency in the Dept of Ag, is
From:Pipelines and Other Polluters: Some Bad News, Some Good News
duckpin Sun, 12/18/2016 - 04:03pm 0
Go to it forthwith - let hilarity ensue
From:How Russia Interfered with the Election
duckpin Sun, 12/18/2016 - 01:42pm 1 Sun, 12/18/2016 - 01:54pm
We are in agreement.
From:How Russia Interfered with the Election
duckpin Sun, 12/18/2016 - 01:31pm 0
"Feeding the horses so that the sparrows may eat"
From:The Return of Trickle-Down
duckpin Sun, 12/18/2016 - 01:28pm 1 Tue, 12/20/2016 - 12:22pm
I would nominate a 4th: Obama, for being in the pocket
From:How Russia Interfered with the Election
duckpin Sun, 12/18/2016 - 01:12pm 1 Sun, 12/18/2016 - 01:26pm
The Koch brothers will share the last can of Spam. They win!
From:Open Thread - The Weekly Watch
duckpin Sun, 12/18/2016 - 08:25am 1 Sun, 12/18/2016 - 09:12am
TPP is not dead. TPP should be seen as denationalization where
From:Open Thread - The Weekly Watch
duckpin Sun, 12/18/2016 - 07:30am 2 Sun, 12/18/2016 - 01:43pm
I think those who are not affiliated with a church is steadily
From:A Humanist Victory!
duckpin Fri, 12/16/2016 - 06:47pm 1 Fri, 12/16/2016 - 07:36pm
Entrapment: Can, and should, be made illegal by federal
From:Overcoming the Culture of Fear
duckpin Fri, 12/16/2016 - 06:43pm 0
A couple of oldies: "Help help the paranoids are after me"
From:Me Me Me Me
duckpin Fri, 12/16/2016 - 03:47pm 0
Yes, I imagine Bill can run through wads of cash as well
From:Me Me Me Me
duckpin Fri, 12/16/2016 - 03:45pm 0
Me? I feel sorry for Bill. He was counting on Hillary to be Pres
From:Me Me Me Me
duckpin Fri, 12/16/2016 - 03:27pm 2 Fri, 12/16/2016 - 04:03pm
I think The Kinks were the most class aware band of the
From:Standing Rock and Beyond: U.S. Government Hides Documents, Court Hearing in Iowa
duckpin Fri, 12/16/2016 - 11:32am 0
"Money can't breathe and money can't see; but when I pull
From:Standing Rock and Beyond: U.S. Government Hides Documents, Court Hearing in Iowa
duckpin Fri, 12/16/2016 - 09:46am 1 Fri, 12/16/2016 - 10:54am
I think that this is one of the best posts I've read - Thanks.
From:With all the 'hysteria' surrounding the election...
duckpin Fri, 12/16/2016 - 09:08am 1 Fri, 12/16/2016 - 01:46pm
The 5 in the majority were: Stevens; Kennedy; Souter; Ginsberg;
From:Standing Rock and Beyond: U.S. Government Hides Documents, Court Hearing in Iowa
duckpin Fri, 12/16/2016 - 08:16am 1 Fri, 12/16/2016 - 08:28am
Your timeline is what I have concluded also. No one forced
From:My Yuge Theory -Breaking Broken Whatever - Prove Me Wrong!
duckpin Fri, 12/16/2016 - 07:38am 0
I think this case is Kelo vs New London and Scalia was
From:Standing Rock and Beyond: U.S. Government Hides Documents, Court Hearing in Iowa
duckpin Fri, 12/16/2016 - 06:27am 1 Fri, 12/16/2016 - 07:48am
1/3 of Americans are indeed just hanging on; 50% of families
From:Remember that Blow-Out wage growth? It's already gone
duckpin Thu, 12/15/2016 - 01:15pm 1 Thu, 12/15/2016 - 04:35pm
I think New Orleans goes out to see local musicians plus
From:The Evening Blues - 12-14-16
duckpin Wed, 12/14/2016 - 07:00pm 0
As far as I know, neither the NY Times nor the Washington Post
From:The Evening Blues - 12-14-16
duckpin Wed, 12/14/2016 - 04:29pm 1 Wed, 12/14/2016 - 06:31pm
The president of the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers union
From:Practical thinking about the future
duckpin Wed, 12/14/2016 - 02:03pm 0
I think the people of Bismarck, where the pipeline was
From:Standing Rock Update: Why Is the Highway 1806 Bridge Still Blockaded?
duckpin Wed, 12/14/2016 - 09:03am 1 Wed, 12/14/2016 - 10:47am
You're right that it never was but there was a veneer of
From:Standing Rock Update: Why Is the Highway 1806 Bridge Still Blockaded?
duckpin Wed, 12/14/2016 - 08:58am 0
I think if you consider what was promised and what was
From:Standing Rock Update: Why Is the Highway 1806 Bridge Still Blockaded?
duckpin Wed, 12/14/2016 - 08:55am 0
Coates wrote his book about the plight of African Americans
From:DAPL and Cowardly DemocRATs
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 04:15pm 1 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 07:09pm
There are a lot of officers who take their oath seriously and
From:Coal Miners Reveal Democratic Malpractice
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 03:35pm 0
You don't hear "the Land of the Free" much anymore. You
From:Standing Rock Update: Why Is the Highway 1806 Bridge Still Blockaded?
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 03:30pm 1 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 09:16pm
Hoo-ray. The fact that federal judges have said they have
From:Bush's war crimes finally get their day in court
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 03:26pm 1 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 05:55pm
I wonder what Obama could have done to meet with disapproval
From:DAPL and Cowardly DemocRATs
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 02:12pm 1 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 03:43pm

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