UPDATE: Niko House's newest video has just been posted so I am putting it here. Slicker than the prior ones:
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I hope I have some fellow soccer fans here that remember the world cup chant "i believe that we will win!"
I'm also hoping that I can reach people who know how twitter and posting videos work cuz I'm clueless.
I'm not sure if the video I found will be in here. And I know there's better out there so I'll explain.....
So there are videos of this kick ass chant with people wearing flags and painted in red, white and blue, full blown America Pride.
communication!! But I am well and truly concerned about this country right now!!
I heard about teh GOS at /. within a month of getting crappy broadband in 2008. I lurked there about six months before I had a decent idea for a diary. It had a mistake but I don't regret it.
I've lurked both here and there for a few days and only registered here.
I care for my mother and she is in mid to late stage Alzheimer's. Eight to ten years depending on who is counting.
Big Media, following the Fox News Fraudcasting model, has driven us over the brink... creating a news cycle based on profits rather than information. Talking about the Trump campaign, CBS CEO, Leslie Moonves recently said, “It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS.” Moonves continued, “Man, who would have expected the ride we’re all having right now? The money’s rolling in and this is fun [...] This is going to be a very good year for us.
We've already joined Alice in Wonderland and no one noticed.
the unthinkable.
1854 - The GOP is created in Ripon, Wisconsin
Marcelas Owens created quite a stir six years ago as the "Obamacare Kid." At the time he was a chubby 11-year-old African-American boy in a black vest who watched President Obama sign the AFA into law.
Marcelas' mother died because she didn't have health insurance, Owens says. She was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension in 2006. Her illness caused her to miss days at work, which led to her losing her job. She was denied Medicaid because she had earned too much money working the previous year.
So Marcelas started attending Obamacare rallies and "gave a human face to an abstract political isse."
Marcelas stepped into a new role. While other kids his age could barely mumble while speaking before a class, he was speaking to crowds of up to 6,000 people at rallies. At one rally in Seattle, he met U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from the state of Washington.
And when the Affordable Care Act was passed, he was invited to the White House signing ceremony. He still talks about the experience with a sense of awe.
"I got a high five and fist bump from Barack Obama!"
So this is all old news and some of you may have heard this story and more.
I didn't realize how much the Daily Kos deteriorated since I pretty much given up reading and posting when the new format was implemented. I was one of the complainers on how unreadable it was since it tended to white out and was hard on the eyes. I would try to check now and then but since I really only wanted to read the "recent stories" section it was getting to be too tedious scrolling and not seeing anything worthwhile.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Thirteen years ago today, the United States invaded Iraq.
So it's not without a small amount of irony that this was one of today's headline.
