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Excellent post! The rout of the Democrats cannot be understood
From:A whole new level of denial
duckpin Tue, 11/22/2016 - 06:15am 1 Tue, 11/22/2016 - 06:58am
Heliostat: (Off topic) Great Basin Natl Park preserves an army
From:A whole new level of denial
duckpin Tue, 11/22/2016 - 05:50am 1 Tue, 11/22/2016 - 08:53pm
It's my understanding that the National Guard has been
From:The Evening Blues - 11-21-16
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 05:26pm 0
He studied the Constitution looking for loopholes.
From:The Evening Blues - 11-21-16
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 04:12pm 0
The point I was trying to make, and will concede it may be wrong
From:On Gratitude and Laughter
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 12:53pm 1 Mon, 11/21/2016 - 11:29pm
I hate power outages also. When we lived in the southern Apps
From:November 21, 2016 Open Thread; National Adoption Day in the US
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 12:10pm 0
Thanks but no expert here. I am a jazz musician(amateur) who
From:November 21, 2016 Open Thread; National Adoption Day in the US
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 12:06pm 0
Even though the unions of the AFL-CIO have been solid
From:On Gratitude and Laughter
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 11:54am 1 Mon, 11/21/2016 - 12:18pm
Wave some greenbacks under their noses & they'll follow.
From:What exactly does the Democratic Party stand for?
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 09:50am 1 Mon, 11/21/2016 - 04:36pm
The police big lie: This is an ongoing riot.
From:Standing Rock: After the Water Cannons
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 09:44am 1 Mon, 11/21/2016 - 05:06pm
Heckuva job, Clown in Chief.
From:Standing Rock Sioux Under Attack Right Now
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 07:26am 0
What is also creepy is the position that all Hispanics
From:What exactly does the Democratic Party stand for?
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 06:12am 2 Tue, 11/22/2016 - 04:56pm
Coleman Hawkins gave Thelonious Monk his first chance to
From:November 21, 2016 Open Thread; National Adoption Day in the US
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 06:03am 1 Mon, 11/21/2016 - 10:57am
The Pogues did not last as long as I would have liked but
From:On Gratitude and Laughter
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 05:55am 1 Mon, 11/21/2016 - 10:56am
Honor the Earth
From:Standing Rock Sioux Under Attack Right Now
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 05:45am 0
I agree with your analysis. Thanks for posting the truth of
From:Standing Rock Sioux Under Attack Right Now
duckpin Mon, 11/21/2016 - 05:40am 0
Major recommendation for The Pogues! "Been in a palace, been
From:On Gratitude and Laughter
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 02:41pm 1 Sun, 11/20/2016 - 10:32pm
No, no, I appreciate being brought up to date. My experiences
From:Video News Open Thread: Shaun King on TYT
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 01:54pm 0
No more than 2 or 3 left if a recent article is right.
From:Open Thread - The Weekly Watch
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 12:03pm 0
Wage earners and those who want to be wage earners
From:The Politics of Pantsuits & Safety Pins
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 11:59am 0
Thank you. I wanted to know that. Clinton, eh? and the loyal
From:Open Thread - The Weekly Watch
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 11:47am 0
Bureaucrats have to be stolid and boring: That's the way they
From:The UK's Surveillance State Grows Exponentially. The Snooper's Charter
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 11:44am 0
The New York Daily News had long been a sensationalist
From:Video News Open Thread: Shaun King on TYT
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 10:04am 1 Sun, 11/20/2016 - 01:11pm
Yes, certainly Joe's evening news.
From:Open Thread - The Weekly Watch
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 09:55am 0
I confess to knowing little about how the EU operates but I
From:The UK's Surveillance State Grows Exponentially. The Snooper's Charter
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 09:49am 1 Sun, 11/20/2016 - 09:58am
Wake me when the Brits cease to occupy Ireland.
From:The UK's Surveillance State Grows Exponentially. The Snooper's Charter
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 09:31am 1 Sun, 11/20/2016 - 09:34am
I wish there were one good source for basic news. I guess that
From:Open Thread - The Weekly Watch
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 09:24am 1 Sun, 11/20/2016 - 09:35am
The failure to enforce the antitrust laws with vigor started
From:Open Thread - The Weekly Watch
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 09:02am 1 Sun, 11/20/2016 - 09:20am
Many thanks - looks like a day of good reading
From:Open Thread - The Weekly Watch
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 08:32am 0
The building trades riot was an outcome of George Meany's
From:Hard Hat Riot: Tea Party of yesteryear
duckpin Sun, 11/20/2016 - 06:07am 0
My wife carries wasp killer spray - a good choice I think
From:No, This is Not Effing Okay, & I Don't Care Who You Supported
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 06:23pm 1 Sat, 11/19/2016 - 06:32pm
"deviate from the facts"...a nice turn of phrase - accurate too
From:Video News Open Thread: Shaun King on TYT
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 05:14pm 0
If you buy a treasury bond and hold it until it matures you will
From:Bond market rout starting to get serious
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 04:53pm 0
Hear, hear!
From:NATO vs. U.N.
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 04:17pm 0
Undocumented workers, I am not surprised at that. The special
From:Immigration and Luddites
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 04:14pm 0
Those Americans who benefit most from porous borders are
From:Immigration and Luddites
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 03:58pm 2 Sun, 11/20/2016 - 01:26am
Shaun King went to work for notorious neoliberal website and
From:Video News Open Thread: Shaun King on TYT
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 03:50pm 2 Sun, 11/20/2016 - 09:45am
It's not that new. The UAW once admitted that if 60% of the
From:Hard Hat Riot: Tea Party of yesteryear
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 02:57pm 0
And this is one reason why I don't get too upset with those
From:Hard Hat Riot: Tea Party of yesteryear
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 01:40pm 1 Sun, 11/20/2016 - 09:20am
I agree. Theft of elections by machine, voter purges, miscounts
From:Open Thread - Saturday, November 19
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 12:44pm 0
Thanks for the reply. Ford & Rockefeller exist, in the main, to
From:WTF? The liberal left becomes the enemy of democracy?
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 12:06pm 1 Sun, 11/20/2016 - 12:11pm
To add to the hard choices one has to make, high yield bonds
From:Bond market rout starting to get serious
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 11:57am 0
China is selling dollars to by yuans to prop up their currency.
From:Bond market rout starting to get serious
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 11:52am 0
As far as the Dem & Repub were concerned, there was no choice
From:Open Thread - Saturday, November 19
duckpin Sat, 11/19/2016 - 11:42am 0
Don't forget the Camorra crime organization centered in Napoli.
From:Safety Pins and Yellow Stars
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 07:06pm 1 Fri, 11/18/2016 - 07:25pm
The three main organizations that operate under the banner BLM
From:WTF? The liberal left becomes the enemy of democracy?
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 07:01pm 1 Fri, 11/18/2016 - 08:42pm
Rain doesn't seem to be in the cards. The escarpment is very
From:Wild fires in the Carolinas
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 06:42pm 0
I don't think there will be a natural lake left in the Great
From:Wild fires in the Carolinas
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 05:22pm 0
From what I've read, the fires seem to be understaffed. The
From:Wild fires in the Carolinas
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 05:18pm 0
In my years living in the southern mountains, forest fires were
From:Wild fires in the Carolinas
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 05:13pm 0
I wonder if Trump will be guided by the bond market as the
From:Bond market rout starting to get serious
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 04:21pm 2 Sat, 11/19/2016 - 01:59pm
Good information - thanks. Maybe the FED won't raise rates
From:Bond market rout starting to get serious
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 04:09pm 1 Fri, 11/18/2016 - 04:13pm
Maybe Trump's outspokenness is a plus because the USA
From:The Evening Blues - 11-18-16
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 03:57pm 0
"We're all colored; if we weren't, no one could see us" so
From:Safety Pins and Yellow Stars
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 03:51pm 0
Glad you agree Joe. Cockburn was a star columnist at
From:The Evening Blues - 11-18-16
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 03:42pm 0
Obama pledging $38Billion to Israel, and Clinton even more,
From:The Evening Blues - 11-18-16
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 03:21pm 2 Fri, 11/18/2016 - 07:22pm
Jeffrie St. Clair is a worthy successor to the man who worked
From:The Evening Blues - 11-18-16
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 03:14pm 2 Fri, 11/18/2016 - 06:10pm
Forest fires in the east can occur in both the spring and the
From:Wild fires in the Carolinas
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 02:11pm 1 Fri, 11/18/2016 - 04:48pm
That was great to read - thanks for the link.
From:Identity is important: racism, sexism, and weaponized identity politics shape our political landscape
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 12:47pm 1 Fri, 11/18/2016 - 01:03pm
Identity group fighting identity group does the work of those
From:Identity is important: racism, sexism, and weaponized identity politics shape our political landscape
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 12:10pm 1 Sun, 11/20/2016 - 03:21pm
Sessions is bad even by Alabama standards. I won't compare
From:It's semi-official. Trump to name a second racist to a top U.S. post.
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 09:02am 0
That's very a very accurate picture of either where we are
From:Jimmy Dore: On Chuck Schumer, The Death Of The Dem Party, And WTF Bernie
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 08:43am 0
You can make donations to Honor the Earth at:
From:Army Corps of Engineers Shelves DAPL
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 08:38am 0
I try to keep in mind that global monopoly capitalism produces
From:Jimmy Dore: On Chuck Schumer, The Death Of The Dem Party, And WTF Bernie
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 08:25am 1 Fri, 11/18/2016 - 08:35am
Let's hope that this is more than a short delay to allow
From:Army Corps of Engineers Shelves DAPL
duckpin Fri, 11/18/2016 - 05:58am 1 Fri, 11/18/2016 - 01:28pm
Charlie Poole is my favorite Old Timey musician.
From:The Time To Ditch Bernie Is Now
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 04:08pm 1 Thu, 11/17/2016 - 04:18pm
The late Charlie Poole's song: "Old and Gray & Only in the Way"
From:The Time To Ditch Bernie Is Now
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 03:13pm 1 Thu, 11/17/2016 - 03:29pm
Soros seems to be a currency manipulator. He seems to be non-
From:Now The Dust Is Beginning To Settle A Little
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 01:31pm 0
Worse! They are not forcing him to speak.
From:The Time To Ditch Bernie Is Now
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 12:12pm 1 Thu, 11/17/2016 - 01:09pm
Pence is the worst in my view - he's a Believer. I agree
From:Now The Dust Is Beginning To Settle A Little
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 12:04pm 1 Thu, 11/17/2016 - 08:56pm
I like your thinking!
From:Now The Dust Is Beginning To Settle A Little
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 10:58am 0
The red in the Appalachians is US Forest Service, Agriculture
From:She's Back!
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 09:09am 2 Thu, 11/17/2016 - 06:09pm
LOL!! Let's chip in & buy her a tiara.
From:Now The Dust Is Beginning To Settle A Little
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 08:26am 1 Thu, 11/17/2016 - 08:33am
Most lefty blogs totally soiled themselves. These blogs never
From:Now The Dust Is Beginning To Settle A Little
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 08:24am 1 Thu, 11/17/2016 - 08:41am
Yep, Trump lied. A lot of people took the risk that he was
From:Now The Dust Is Beginning To Settle A Little
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 08:21am 1 Thu, 11/17/2016 - 10:43am
Major plus for mentioning Johnny Burnett. If rockabilly was
From:Open Thread 11-17-16: So long, Election!
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 07:47am 0
Another asshole from Harvard: Sanders didn't concede fast
From:Now The Dust Is Beginning To Settle A Little
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 07:39am 3 Thu, 11/17/2016 - 10:21am
Just one of the many things I liked about Ted Rall was that
From:David Sirota Moving On?
duckpin Thu, 11/17/2016 - 05:43am 0
In These Times & The Progressive Populist need to be added
From:David Sirota Moving On?
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 07:11pm 1 Wed, 11/16/2016 - 08:32pm
I remember seeing opinion pieces this year that the Republican
From:The Evening Blues - 11-16-16
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 05:35pm 1 Wed, 11/16/2016 - 06:24pm
It must be difficult for even a mild leftist like Sirota to
From:David Sirota Moving On?
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 05:30pm 1 Wed, 11/16/2016 - 06:01pm
On one side is the military/industrial,financial complex of
From:Back in the Fight
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 03:40pm 1 Wed, 11/16/2016 - 03:49pm
More money is now spent in restaurants than at markets in
From:A brief comment about the Green Party.
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 01:44pm 1 Thu, 11/17/2016 - 12:52am
I congratulate you on your being able to roll with the
From:2009: The year the Democratic Party died (Ryan Cooper in The Week)
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 01:31pm 0
I am really sorry you were screwed over so badly and this
From:2009: The year the Democratic Party died (Ryan Cooper in The Week)
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 12:56pm 1 Wed, 11/16/2016 - 01:17pm
The Democrats have become part of the problem and it's
From:2009: The year the Democratic Party died (Ryan Cooper in The Week)
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 12:00pm 0
One hopes.
From:Long Distance Information,,,
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 10:48am 0
I am polite(and political) enough to feel that every contact
From:Long Distance Information,,,
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 10:43am 1 Wed, 11/16/2016 - 10:45am
I agree. We should be promoting worker solidarity across
From:People who voted for Donald are racists. All of them.
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 10:36am 0
Many thanks JtC - it was good for you to have done that and
From:Long Distance Information,,,
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 10:30am 2 Fri, 11/18/2016 - 07:10pm
Thanks for trying. It may work, may not, but it's certainly
From:Long Distance Information,,,
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 10:08am 0
Thanks for your thoughtful and well written diary.
From:A brief comment about the Green Party.
duckpin Wed, 11/16/2016 - 08:35am 2 Wed, 11/16/2016 - 12:35pm
The Nation, from the editor on down, was in the tank for
From:Keep illusions alive! Keep illusions alive!
duckpin Tue, 11/15/2016 - 06:35pm 0
The marginalization of the ICC on the world stage is what
From:Crisis and opportunity at the International Criminal Court (ICC)
duckpin Tue, 11/15/2016 - 06:29pm 0
There are a few constituent organizations that operate under
From:Two Outstanding Essays On "Flyover Country"
duckpin Tue, 11/15/2016 - 04:17pm 0
They disrupted Bernie at a celebration of Social Security's
From:Two Outstanding Essays On "Flyover Country"
duckpin Tue, 11/15/2016 - 03:06pm 1 Tue, 11/15/2016 - 03:14pm
It doesn't help the Eurozone to keep referring to Italy as a
From:News Dump Tuesday: War Update Edition
duckpin Tue, 11/15/2016 - 03:01pm 1 Tue, 11/15/2016 - 09:20pm
I agree completely and am glad you said it.
From:Keep illusions alive! Keep illusions alive!
duckpin Tue, 11/15/2016 - 02:55pm 0
That was my experience also. At union get togethers Euros,
From:Two Outstanding Essays On "Flyover Country"
duckpin Tue, 11/15/2016 - 12:27pm 0
Does this mean that you're a "Write Supremicist?"
From:Two Outstanding Essays On "Flyover Country"
duckpin Tue, 11/15/2016 - 11:47am 0

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