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Some have been working on the inside to stop the militarization
From:Coal Miners Reveal Democratic Malpractice
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 02:04pm 1 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 02:57pm
Speaking of Sen Byrd of WV, the senator told Gore that if
From:Be happy for coal miners losing their health insurance. - Kos
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 12:51pm 0
I find what you say to be very plausible.
From:Coal Miners Reveal Democratic Malpractice
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 12:42pm 0
As long as global monopoly capitalism rules the political
From:Coal Miners Reveal Democratic Malpractice
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 12:39pm 0
The Bureau of Land Management has allowed 50,000 or more
From:Coal Miners Reveal Democratic Malpractice
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 12:19pm 1 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 01:02pm
I agree 100%. It's the Military/Industrial/Financial Complex
From:Coal Miners Reveal Democratic Malpractice
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 12:10pm 1 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 12:22pm
I am afraid that once the encirclement is as complete as
From:Standing Rock Update: Why Is the Highway 1806 Bridge Still Blockaded?
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 12:03pm 1 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 02:18pm
You got that right. If I may, I'll add a treaty made with
From:Coal Miners Reveal Democratic Malpractice
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 11:37am 1 Wed, 12/14/2016 - 09:44am
If they could kill him and take the body, they could have
From:Coal Miners Reveal Democratic Malpractice
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 11:33am 0
Your reply was a fine essay in itself.
From:Coal Miners Reveal Democratic Malpractice
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 11:29am 2 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 04:09pm
When I took my daughter to Matewan, we were able to see
From:Coal Miners Reveal Democratic Malpractice
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 10:28am 1 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 12:42pm
I agree. Even humidity cuts down the star light - Prescott
From:Open Thread -- Super moon #3
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 09:47am 0
Trout Mask Replica is still my favorite album and it still
From:Open Thread -- Super moon #3
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 09:45am 0
The battle of Blair Mountain, Logan County, WV - it should
From:Coal Miners Reveal Democratic Malpractice
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 09:40am 3 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 03:10pm
The UMW quandary of the early 1950's: There was real
From:Coal Miners Reveal Democratic Malpractice
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 08:26am 1 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 09:23am
Captain Beefheart - "Moonlight On Vermont"
From:Open Thread -- Super moon #3
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 06:33am 2 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 08:39am
"A bad government is more fearsome than a tiger"
From:DAPL and Cowardly DemocRATs
duckpin Tue, 12/13/2016 - 06:20am 0
The BLM has longed been "owned" by the senators of the
From:The Evening Blues - 12-12-16
duckpin Mon, 12/12/2016 - 07:09pm 0
Hi Joe - You are no doubt correct unless there's been a
From:The Evening Blues - 12-12-16
duckpin Mon, 12/12/2016 - 06:55pm 0
Good analysis GG! In the USA, hard work gets you hard work.
From:Be happy for coal miners losing their health insurance. - Kos
duckpin Mon, 12/12/2016 - 05:34pm 0
I think the USA has yet to address climate change, Lookout, and
From:The Evening Blues - 12-12-16
duckpin Mon, 12/12/2016 - 05:15pm 0
Scientists should not be surprised by the increase in methane
From:The Evening Blues - 12-12-16
duckpin Mon, 12/12/2016 - 04:26pm 2 Mon, 12/12/2016 - 06:41pm
mind numbing news - thanks, hadn't seen it.
From:Obama comes around, Romney right about Russia? Heh.
duckpin Mon, 12/12/2016 - 12:12pm 0
Spying is not new and it's done by so-called friendly nations
From:Obama comes around, Romney right about Russia? Heh.
duckpin Mon, 12/12/2016 - 12:04pm 0
Obama's Legacy - a beginning list(not in order)
From:Obama comes around, Romney right about Russia? Heh.
duckpin Mon, 12/12/2016 - 11:41am 3 Tue, 12/13/2016 - 01:53am
It's you who deserve the thanks. There's no issue as important
From:Standing Rock: Pipeline Construction Continues
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 06:20pm 0
The only thing I knew growing up was that we were"Irish"
From:Do the Democrats Ever Want to Win Again?
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 05:24pm 0
You're welcome - Maryland: My first ancestors arrived in 1654
From:Do the Democrats Ever Want to Win Again?
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 03:58pm 1 Sun, 12/11/2016 - 04:03pm
Good - thanks
From:Do the Democrats Ever Want to Win Again?
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 03:33pm 1 Sun, 12/11/2016 - 03:47pm
I don't know that his intent is to shut up users of social media
From:Fake News - An Interview with Sam Wineburg
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 03:06pm 1 Sun, 12/11/2016 - 04:16pm
Thank you for your taking the time to answer.
From:Standing Rock: Pipeline Construction Continues
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 03:01pm 1 Sun, 12/11/2016 - 05:42pm
Jeez, I hope I never hit my baseball into Mr Wineberg's yard
From:Fake News - An Interview with Sam Wineburg
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 02:47pm 1 Sun, 12/11/2016 - 02:53pm
It was, and is, a nice essay. I think it's worth noting that
From:Do the Democrats Ever Want to Win Again?
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 02:44pm 1 Sun, 12/11/2016 - 03:16pm
My favorite Robin Hood was John Cleese. Does this make me
From:When Robin Hood was real
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 01:44pm 0
"Has he stood up to anyone or any corporation during his
From:Standing Rock: Pipeline Construction Continues
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 12:43pm 0
Works for me too.
From:Bipartisan Ramping Up The Fear - Yet A Bloody Again.
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 10:18am 0
"the Anderson Cooper 180 effect" LOL
From:PizzaGate Update
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 10:16am 0
Good essay - thanks. I would say that there can be nothing
From:Bipartisan Ramping Up The Fear - Yet A Bloody Again.
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 10:11am 2 Sun, 12/11/2016 - 12:28pm
I'm with you on this.
From:Open Thread - The Weekly Watch
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 09:16am 0
There are wasteful activities that we aren't allowed to think of
From:Open Thread - The Weekly Watch
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 08:54am 0
Thanks for a great lineup of news - important information,
From:Open Thread - The Weekly Watch
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 07:28am 1 Sun, 12/11/2016 - 07:35am
This group and this song are real favorites of mine.
From:Saturday Song - Tunes & Open Thread
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 06:18am 0
The Mekons "Robin Hood"
From:When Robin Hood was real
duckpin Sun, 12/11/2016 - 06:07am 0
Doo Wop was a genre that allowed high school kids to create
From:Saturday Song - Tunes & Open Thread
duckpin Sat, 12/10/2016 - 06:12pm 1 Sat, 12/10/2016 - 08:04pm
Who would have standing to go before the court that issued
From:Standing Rock: Pipeline Construction Continues
duckpin Sat, 12/10/2016 - 05:29pm 1 Sun, 12/11/2016 - 01:40pm
If a person isn't moved to dance by Ooh Poo Pah Doo, then
From:Saturday Song - Tunes & Open Thread
duckpin Sat, 12/10/2016 - 05:24pm 0
Willie Johnson was Wolf's guitarist before Sumlin. I have an old
From:Saturday Song - Tunes & Open Thread
duckpin Sat, 12/10/2016 - 05:21pm 0
Secretary Clinton didn't seem to care enough about the
From:Glenn Greenwald destroys the "Russia hacked the election" story
duckpin Sat, 12/10/2016 - 04:28pm 1 Sat, 12/10/2016 - 06:46pm
Hubert Sumlin was Wolf's guitarist from the mid 1950's
From:Saturday Song - Tunes & Open Thread
duckpin Sat, 12/10/2016 - 04:21pm 1 Sat, 12/10/2016 - 05:12pm
It's been said since before WW2 that the FBI exists mainly
From:The Outrage Is Just Too Funny.
duckpin Sat, 12/10/2016 - 06:54am 2 Sat, 12/10/2016 - 02:18pm
I enjoyed reading your essay - very nicely written - good topic
From:Into the snowy wilderness...
duckpin Fri, 12/09/2016 - 01:14pm 0
"I dumped all my red friends" - I don't think people ask
From:VOX can go to hell
duckpin Fri, 12/09/2016 - 01:08pm 0
Sounds like heaven compared with where I now live.
From:Washington State sues Monsanto over PCBs
duckpin Fri, 12/09/2016 - 11:58am 0
My wife and I seek out non-GMO, non-GE, food and it looks
From:Washington State sues Monsanto over PCBs
duckpin Fri, 12/09/2016 - 11:17am 1 Fri, 12/09/2016 - 11:47am
"Get big or get lost" is the imperative for farmers raising
From:Washington State sues Monsanto over PCBs
duckpin Fri, 12/09/2016 - 09:32am 0
Thanks for a terrific essay.
From:VOX can go to hell
duckpin Fri, 12/09/2016 - 08:27am 0
There was an unexpected spike in deaths of males aged
From:Time To Gird Our Loins For The Coming Austerity War
duckpin Fri, 12/09/2016 - 08:19am 0
Thanks for the correction.
From:Time To Gird Our Loins For The Coming Austerity War
duckpin Fri, 12/09/2016 - 08:11am 0
Thanks. The Pentagon reported that it has lost $125 Billion.
From:Time To Gird Our Loins For The Coming Austerity War
duckpin Fri, 12/09/2016 - 07:40am 2 Fri, 12/09/2016 - 08:00am
Good for the state of Washington. Maybe this is where the
From:Washington State sues Monsanto over PCBs
duckpin Fri, 12/09/2016 - 07:24am 0
Most excellent! For them, the truth may not set them free but
From:The global collapse of the center-left
duckpin Fri, 12/09/2016 - 06:11am 0
Most radical economists realize the existential threat
From:The global collapse of the center-left
duckpin Thu, 12/08/2016 - 05:23pm 0
With the acceptance of the CIO as a junior partner to the AFL,
From:Something Those On The "Left" Need To Understand - Again
duckpin Thu, 12/08/2016 - 04:31pm 0
Socialist or Leftist retain meaning in my view. I don't see how
From:The global collapse of the center-left
duckpin Thu, 12/08/2016 - 03:57pm 1 Thu, 12/08/2016 - 06:49pm
Thanks for the clarification - I should have seen it the first
From:Something Those On The "Left" Need To Understand - Again
duckpin Thu, 12/08/2016 - 12:27pm 1 Thu, 12/08/2016 - 12:33pm
The article lost me with "left wing neoliberals" and calling
From:Something Those On The "Left" Need To Understand - Again
duckpin Thu, 12/08/2016 - 11:59am 2 Thu, 12/08/2016 - 04:12pm
This was before the EPA came into existence. This purplish
From:Standing Rock and Beyond: Pipelines and Mines Spill and Kill
duckpin Thu, 12/08/2016 - 11:35am 1 Thu, 12/08/2016 - 11:46am
Animas River? Look at Durango, CO where the Animas flows
From:Standing Rock and Beyond: Pipelines and Mines Spill and Kill
duckpin Thu, 12/08/2016 - 11:14am 1 Thu, 12/08/2016 - 11:27am
Uncle Whiskers called professionals who worked for a salary
From: Presidential Elections and Liberals: A Love Story? (Part 6)
duckpin Thu, 12/08/2016 - 09:38am 1 Fri, 12/09/2016 - 07:52am
I think any action taken with the goal of making our
From:Jill Stein's State Recount--Status Dec. 8
duckpin Thu, 12/08/2016 - 09:29am 0
Methane bomb: I think a rapid, explosive almost, release of
From:The oligarchy has a face now
duckpin Wed, 12/07/2016 - 06:50pm 1 Thu, 12/08/2016 - 08:29am
Please make sure you get the plate stand because it lacks
From:The campaign never stops; it just kicks into speculative mode
duckpin Wed, 12/07/2016 - 12:37pm 1 Wed, 12/07/2016 - 01:22pm
To me, it's important to have a theoretical underpinning so that
From:What's the Message, Mr. Gardiner?
duckpin Wed, 12/07/2016 - 12:18pm 0
Thank you. And, with our degenerate political system, we often
From:What's the Message, Mr. Gardiner?
duckpin Wed, 12/07/2016 - 08:57am 1 Wed, 12/07/2016 - 12:59pm
Thanks; it nice to be able to communicate with people who share
From:What's the Message, Mr. Gardiner?
duckpin Wed, 12/07/2016 - 08:54am 0
I agree. What the majority of people want is to be free from
From:What's the Message, Mr. Gardiner?
duckpin Wed, 12/07/2016 - 07:21am 2 Wed, 12/07/2016 - 08:23am
Agree: Pence is vile.
From:The Evening Blues - 12-6-16
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 06:54pm 0
I like that: The Republican Clot & the Democratic Clot.
From:Campaign of Terror: (re-)normalizing political racism
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 01:53pm 1 Wed, 12/07/2016 - 08:57am
North Carolina, a reactionary state, turned out the Republican
From:Campaign of Terror: (re-)normalizing political racism
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 01:51pm 0
Candlepins use a slightly smaller ball - soft ball size instead
From: Presidential Elections and Liberals: A Love Story? (Part 6)
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 01:43pm 1 Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:24pm
I just checked with Mr Google. It seems my above post is
From: Presidential Elections and Liberals: A Love Story? (Part 6)
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 12:10pm 1 Tue, 12/06/2016 - 01:17pm
Hall of Famers John McGraw & Wilbert Robinson open the Diamond
From: Presidential Elections and Liberals: A Love Story? (Part 6)
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:56am 1 Tue, 12/06/2016 - 12:10pm
Thanks but I cope OK and doing a lot of recreational
From: Presidential Elections and Liberals: A Love Story? (Part 6)
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:45am 1 Tue, 12/06/2016 - 01:12pm
Thanks for the update. It's very plain that the cops are
From:Standing Rock: ND Terrorists Threaten Water Protectors
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:40am 0
It's my impression that the Celts were the whitest team in
From: Presidential Elections and Liberals: A Love Story? (Part 6)
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 10:56am 1 Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:16am
Sorry about the ADD, one would never know from your
From: Presidential Elections and Liberals: A Love Story? (Part 6)
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 10:52am 1 Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:11am
I don't have anything of substance because so much is new to me
From: Presidential Elections and Liberals: A Love Story? (Part 6)
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 10:29am 1 Tue, 12/06/2016 - 10:38am
Baseball: The most successful NL manager at this time was John
From: Presidential Elections and Liberals: A Love Story? (Part 6)
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 10:27am 2 Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:26am
You've written a terrific essay. I don't think I'll be the only
From: Presidential Elections and Liberals: A Love Story? (Part 6)
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 08:57am 0
Thank you for answering me - I appreciate it. I did not know
From:Is the Black Snake Dead?
duckpin Tue, 12/06/2016 - 06:29am 0
Thanks HW for the research and the essay.
From:Why America got Obamacare, not Nixoncare
duckpin Mon, 12/05/2016 - 04:12pm 1 Tue, 12/06/2016 - 08:22am
Medical doctors and dentists in the USA make about double
From:How Trump can save America
duckpin Mon, 12/05/2016 - 04:06pm 1 Mon, 12/05/2016 - 10:52pm
I agree with you: It is well constructed and I have nothing
From:Purity: A Thought Experiment
duckpin Mon, 12/05/2016 - 04:00pm 1 Mon, 12/05/2016 - 06:00pm
Here are some things I don't understand about DAPL:
From:Is the Black Snake Dead?
duckpin Mon, 12/05/2016 - 02:22pm 1 Mon, 12/05/2016 - 05:50pm
Our daughter was born in Cortez, Montezuma County, CO
From:December 5, 2016 Open Thread; World Soil Day
duckpin Mon, 12/05/2016 - 10:17am 0
Thanks. That's why is specified "industrial agriculture" with
From:December 5, 2016 Open Thread; World Soil Day
duckpin Mon, 12/05/2016 - 08:44am 1 Mon, 12/05/2016 - 09:07am
Thelonious Monk: "Blues Five Spot"
From:December 5, 2016 Open Thread; World Soil Day
duckpin Mon, 12/05/2016 - 06:25am 2 Mon, 12/05/2016 - 11:37am
I don't know what you have heard, but it's been a bone of
From:Did Federal Judge just stop Dapl?
duckpin Sun, 12/04/2016 - 03:39pm 0
There is also the Noble Eightfold Path, one of which is
From:"The Coming War with China"
duckpin Sun, 12/04/2016 - 03:19pm 1 Sun, 12/04/2016 - 07:21pm
Yes - that's my understanding
From:Thomas Frank on Democratic Party: "They don't care"
duckpin Sun, 12/04/2016 - 03:09pm 0

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