Well Yeah Kos Banned me

At least until the 27th...for writing a negative article about her lordship's vote for the Iraq War. 12 years a Kos member...
not even a warning per se.

It's the Murdochization of Kos...

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kharma's picture

how lame the ban is and how so-and-so should be bojo along with whoeverthefucktheydontlikeatthemoment.

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There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties.. This...is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.--John Adams

Martha Pearce-Smith's picture

they will turn on one another. They will eat their own...They are like the "mean girls" in Jr. High. Petty and petulant.

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Lord of the flies?

And on our side recall what Bernie said:

Fifth, I am concerned about the problems of so-called unintended consequences. Who will govern Iraq when Saddam Hussein is removed and what role will the U.S. play in ensuing a civil war that could develop in that country? Will moderate governments in the region who have large Islamic fundamentalist populations be overthrown and replaced by extremists? Will the bloody conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority be exacerbated? And these are just a few of the questions that remain unanswered.

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They were the PUMAs who walked away last time. Now they're king of the hill. Of course, it's a hill of sh--

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Raggedy Ann's picture

We're you gonna say "shame?" Wink

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

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Hillary Clinton 2016: I'm a proud progmoderate!

Hillbilly Dem's picture

Well, that rhymes. Smile

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"Just call me Hillbilly Dem(exit)."
-H/T to Wavey Davey

Or shill. Or shrill. So many options!

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Now they're king of the hill. Of course, it's a hill of sh--

..... --aving cream.....

[video:https://youtu.be/G8ffkDf0ol4 width:560 height:315]

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"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar

"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides

lotlizard's picture

I knew the mood in the U.S. was turning bleak when AFN radio dropped Dr. Demento and instituted Rush Limbaugh.

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SnappleBC's picture

Nothing says I'm a liberal quite like a good purge!

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A lot of wanderers in the U.S. political desert recognize that all the duopoly has to offer is a choice of mirages. Come, let us trudge towards empty expanse of sand #1, littered with the bleached bones of Deaniacs and Hope and Changers.
-- lotlizard

we now have 2 copies of your book -- I got the e-book edition back when it first came out, then Mr. Scribe wanted to read it but he only does dead-tree publications so I ordered him a copy. Smile

Sometimes the truth is painful -- but folks over there would rather hide their heads in the sand. Maybe TOP should stand for That Ostrich Place. Wink

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I always tipped and recommended your diaries at 'the other place' but after the edict, I logged out for the first time in nine years. Haven't been back; not going back.

Please bring your posts here going forward.

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Bollox Ref's picture

............ just kidding.

Enjoy the comfy sofas around these parts.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

detroitmechworks's picture

I could get behind it. I mean REALLY cartoonishly villainish.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoM-ZC7uNnc]

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I do not pretend I know what I do not know.

Bollox Ref's picture

...

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

mouselander's picture

A blogger named Kos hath decided
To embrace what he lately derided
With scorn he berates
Those who crash palace gates
Now that he's safely inside it.

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kharma's picture

Wish I had more thumbs to give you, that's impressive.

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There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties.. This...is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.--John Adams

Bollox Ref's picture

Captures Kos in five lines.

Lear salutes you.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

mouselander's picture

Thanks, all, for the kind words. Much appreciated. Writing silly poems and alternate lyrics to popular songs is kind of a hobby of mine, so it's always nice to find a receptive audience.

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jobu's picture

long ago to Kos
a goal lofty and lauded
Crashing the Gates was

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Mark from Queens's picture

Fine prose, mouselander.

Is that you?

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PastorAgnostic's picture

And more impotently,

Calvin and Hobbes?

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mawnjilla's picture

more please!

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Borkrom's picture

Thanks for sharing, you are right Mel Brooks was well ahead of his time. A movie like this would not be produced or shown today.

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Alison Wunderland's picture

The bannings have always been a way to throttle the real lefties.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR200604...

The copyright thing was bullshit when Herr Kos still needed reasons to lower the boom.

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Phoebe Loosinhouse's picture

each other Progressive Fractured Fairy Tales, we will all claim to have fallen under the banhammer of Kos.

It will be the modern Democratic liberal version of The Sorrow and The Pity where we all belonged to the French Resistance, when in reality very few did and most lived with their heads down in Vichy Kos. Only a very few have flamed out in proud, defiant posts that dared the villagers to bring on the pitchforks and torches. I salute you sir and greywolfe and geebeebee and others I haven't mentioned specifically.

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" “Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” FDR "

lunachickie's picture

Now I gotta go get them to swing the banhammer at me. Probably won't be terribly difficult Smile

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ChemBob's picture

I'm not surprised what happened to you, but I'm glad you're here.

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ChemBob's picture

I'm less interested in going back over there every single day. Even the good diaries, which are becoming rare, are immediately ruined with ignorance and prejudice against evidence, logic, and reason.

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You were banned bojod dude. Why are you going over there begging to be unbanned? I will be honest. I saw you at the help desk. Come on dude no fucking way. King markos is an asshole who loves three things. Hillary, money and Christin. Why would you be a help desk? You're too fucking good for that shit stain blog.

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ChemBob's picture

I decided while there to not take the advice about how I might get unbanned. I miss the environmental topics and hope that we can develop some of that here; relating to environmental justice for the 99%, etc. I'm teaching environmental science, environmental ethics, and am currently subbing for Organizational Behavior and I just haven't had time to write up a blog myself.

I admit to having a bit of DK addiction after 11 years of spending lots of time on there. Perhaps I need a 12 step program that includes a lot of beer.

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You miss what it used to be. But that was destroyed. The assault asshole king killed it off.

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ChemBob's picture

as part of my 12-step program.

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The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.

ChemBob's picture

But not with Kos. Forgiving him isn't within my capability. Amazing he kept up his liberal facade for so long.

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Rex Freedom's picture

but I did to rec your diary, which I did (#351). the only thing I have done there since 3/15

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America has elected a democratic socialist before. Many times.

Raggedy Ann's picture

It's good to see you here. Intolerance over there is rampant. Thank you for all you are doing for Bernie. You keep going to the edge, every day. THANK YOU!
Welcome here. It's such a great atmosphere here. Smile

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

After reading your piece on the Iraq anniversary, I figured you'd be booted. The lighter punishment is likely a nod to the regard in which you're held, and the knowledge that you have other platforms. Welcome ashore from the choppy surf.

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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." --Jiddu Krishnamurti

I wondered if he'd follow through or just bluster. So how many people got banned so far? Is it still an invisible hand kind of thing?

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or it might have been in a comment at his Hill piece

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Tommymac's picture

The rest were spambots.

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FEEL THE BERN: "But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing." - Thomas Paine
"Here I Stand, I can do no other." - Attributed to Martin Luther, 1521

stevej's picture

averages less than one a day but the approach is very Machiavellian i.e. it only takes a few banned users to get the message out. My hunch is that Kos was not banking at all on the exodus - he thought people had nowhere to go.

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

SnappleBC's picture

I'd go with authoritarian. But yes, you're right. I didn't get banned but I have little interest in participating there because it's clear that I'd have to either self-censor or lie outright and write odes to the wonder of Hillary.

Honestly, even if I had had "no where to go" I'd still have stopped participating. At this point participating there is agreeing to become a part of the establishment propaganda machine. I prefer reality.

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-- lotlizard

stevej's picture

who stated that you only need to kill a small percentage and the rest will fall into line?

Agree totally that the best line of action is to not contribute to the TOP for several reasons the main one being that the place feeds off pie -best to just let it become all Hillary all the time as then it will fade into total irrelevance.

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

Glad you are here.

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lunachickie's picture

Surely a professional writer of your caliber doesn't need that little two-bit tin-horn Napoleon wannabe and his laughable echo-chamber of a "discussion blog"?

Gawd, people here will most assuredly appreciate you. I'm looking forward to my ban badge, I'll wear it like it's a Presidential Medal Wink

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for the lurkers, not for Kos or those dreadfully boring "front pagers". There is an audience. So, it's too bad.

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Shahryar's picture

if it's irrelevant (as it is) then it's not really worth worrying about and chatting about and obsessing about.

By the way, let's look at this phrase, "the presumptive nominee". It's used as if it means something other than "I presume she'll be the nominee" which can also be expressed as "I think she'll probably be the nominee". And that's a reason to stop mentioning all her negatives? Count me out of that brave new world!

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I won't bring it up, but you DO have a very unique distinction, Shah.

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Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?

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SnappleBC's picture

Honestly, as an independent I never really fit into GOS so him sending all the great talent over here is working out for me personally.

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-- lotlizard

PennBrian's picture

I can't believe we've reached the point where talking about the Iraq War is grounds for being banned from DailyKos.

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Shahryar's picture

some people really do believe "Obama ended two wars", meaning Iraq and Afghanistan, when they're both continuing. You can't convince them that Obama wanted to keep the number of soldiers up but had to cut back a little because Bushy negotiated us doing so. Nope, Obama did it! And ended it!

As you say, we can't talk about it. Well....I can't. I'm self-banned. For those who haven't heard the hilarious story (I'm getting to be an old grandpa, telling and re-telling this thing) I GBCW'd in January of 2015 and never got bojo'ed so I can go and flag Trix all I want. What are they gonna do? Ban me?

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Daenerys's picture

Heaven forbid anybody say anything critical of Obama! He was disappointing, and yet people over there are all, I'd vote for him again if I could! Like really, you think he's better than Bernie would be?? Ok then.

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This shit is bananas.

Miep's picture

consider any candidate's Congressional voting record when deciding whether to vote for them. Anything could happen!

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Stay on track. Stay in lane. Don't throw rocks.

Hey all been traveling
I'll get to comments tmrw

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Lenzabi's picture

So far my comments at TOP are getting recs, some replies of positive nature, others negative, but no warnings, no bans yet. Maybe they are seeing that they need opposition posts or the discussions go kinda stale? But I am figuring that if they are making a list, my little ole, not known self is on it by now, (Maybe).

Still the small lizard in that big desert.

Welcome Tasini, I had recced that diary earlier on. even commented, shame they can't handle critiques over the record of their anointed one. I mean sure some here may support Clinton or Bernie, but open discussions are better than censoring and banning.

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So long, and thanks for all the fish

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We'll make a real progressive site.

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Mark from Queens's picture

And just wanted to say thanks for all that you're doing for the campaign.

I also bring good tidings back after just having come from a very well-attended Team Bernie NYC meeting tonight at a bar in Brooklyn.

Probably 50 or 60 folks, with lots of enthusiasm and raring to go. A couple of campaign folks spoke to us, and said a lot more were coming to town. Very positive praise for all the grassroots work done already by volunteers here, saying it's the best they've seen in the country. Though I would have liked to have heard that they had already opened a campaign office in the boroughs, alas not yet. Imminent, someone on hand told us; mentioned the Bronx for sure. Also that there was a parallel meeting of African-Americans for Bernie going on in Manhattan at the same time. Tomorrow another one for labor, meeting at the 1199 union hall on W. 43rd st. Canvassing will be the focus, utilizing all the voter data info, especially the use of contacting potential Bernie voters by cell phone and text, to ensure a big GOTV.

Nothing would please me more, in the current moment, than to see Bernie beat Hillary here.

I'll be doing as much as I can, subject to the responsibilities that come with a three month old in the house.

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THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC"

- Kurt Vonnegut

Let me know how it's going out in Brooklyn. After Wisconsin, I'll prob stay close to home and lend a hand wherever needed so please let people know I'm on the team.

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mawnjilla's picture

I decided not to log back in anymore, I don't want to give them the satisfaction of banning me, which I'm sure they were eager to do. Fuck their Third Way tripe. We're better off without em.

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Miep's picture

seen 'em all.

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rezolution's picture

I hope I manage to get a sting or two in by the time I get banned.
WaspNovel.jpg
If I'm going to get treated like an insect, I might as well act like one, right?

But I must say the atmosphere there has gotten a bit toxic to breathe, probably healthier to stay away.

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https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-think-were-all-bozos-on/id190795255

(Jeff Bezos = billionaire founder of Amazon who indulges Murdoch-like aspirations to power through his ownership of the Washington Post.)

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Miep's picture

You know, there's such a thing as having too good a memory.

#ClassicAbuserTactic

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Stay on track. Stay in lane. Don't throw rocks.

as we just lost another Marine in Iraq.
Thanks Tasini, for taking the hit for us all. That Hillary crowd has zero stomach for the truth.
I would not vote for HRC if she was the only person on the ballot.

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Even when you come out of the corner, how will you be able to post when you can't say anything? Better to walk away than get banned I think.

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