Stop Tar Sands: Climate Denial is a Paper Tiger.
"Do you believe in global warming?" The climate denial propoganda machine wants to make sure that climate change gets perceived as a concept rooted in belief. Why? Because it...
View ArticleMoving Planet: Fossil Fuels Aren't Cheap
We've heard the arguments. The developing world must burn coal because of the bottom line. Clean energy costs are prohibitive for developing nations. Coal is cheap. Coal is easy.That is, it's cheap and...
View Article1 in 6: Is it real food?
Today is World Food Day. It is also Blog Action Day, where bloggers all over the world will be writing about food.This got me thinking about food as it gets produced more globally. What has to happen...
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Subscription drive: Because information is power.
From the Daily Kos Community Quilt I wasn't a subscriber at Daily Kos when this drive started. Then, I got an email from a secret Santa who decided I deserved a lifetime subscription to Daily Kos. That...
View ArticleNFTT: It's been a decade.
Ten years is a long time.Way back when, I was told that to serve, I needed to shop. Get out the credit cards. Pump that gas. Debauch and have fun. That was my patriotic duty.Flag-draped coffins were...
View ArticleI'm bored, Rush. Yawn.
For twenty five years, you've been talking your stuff. You've made your living riling angry white men, intellectually impaired misogynists, and anyone who is afraid of an identifable other. You'll keep...
View ArticleForced birthers wanted my baby
My first born daughter is twenty six years old.I was young, and pretty much on my own when I got pregnant. I had no family nearby, and her father didn't hold a lot of promise, either. Much of my...
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"A woman should never go where she will be raped."
For the past couple of years, I've posted a diary about sexual assault awareness -- mostly to point out that we are none very realistic about what makes us safer than not, and we often have a false...
View ArticleKosAbility: What? Say again???
What did you say? Come again?A lot of us have hearing loss, and it's not clear when it becomes a disability. Profound deafness is clearly disabling. What about those with lesser hearing losses -- or...
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Proof of Big Bang theory wins prestigious award.
Today, the Wilkenson Microwave Anisotropy Probe won the prestigious Gruber Cosmology Prize for "observations and analyses of ancient light have provided the unprecedentedly rigorous measurements of the...
View ArticleThis is Mitt's brain on Bain.
Now who can argue with this???Those decisions were made by folks that were running the company differently. So I don't have the details of what decision-making went into it. Oftentimes what happens...
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CCSOS: Climate change just isn't Santa anymore.
Climate denialists are having some trouble with science these days. Well, they've had trouble all along, but the final nails are in that coffin. The simple fact is that all of their attempts at...
View ArticleBROKEN: New epoch for the war in Congo
As many of you know, a new conflict has been brewing in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo for about a month. In short, the M23 rebel group marched into Goma yesterday, and now has control of the city....
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War to break in DRC over military labor dispute. You can do something to help.
Earlier this week, a rebel militia [M23] captured Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. The streets are calm (for now), but there are more than 1 million people without power or potable water. The water...
View ArticleSCOTUS to decide on DNA collection in rape case.
From RAINN:The US Supreme Court this month announced that it will decide whether it is legally permissible for police to take DNA samples from suspects arrested for violent crimes. The case is an...
View ArticleForward on Climate: The Problem with Novel Technologies
This week, we've had an impressive crop of diaries about the Keystone XL project -- an pipeline that hooks us more deeply into one of the more damaging fossil fuel extractions we've ever seen. Selling...
View ArticleKos Katalogue: Our Choices Matter
I am a consumer. As much as I hate the fact -- I still depend on consumer goods to survive. The overwhelming majority of what I buy is for comfort, though. I rarely ask myself if passing up a purchase...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging Vol 9.21: Coming Up Roses
Thanks for having me here today.I read Saturday Morning Garden Blogging often -- but I live on the west coast, so I usually read it late compared to when it posts. I am a great fan of this series,...
View ArticleCommunity Fundraiser: We reached our goal! And the single parent's double bind
Update: Tonya sends her thanks. :)It takes a village.In the United States, we have a habit of lying to ourselves about our independence. Our story is about individual freedoms and personal rights...
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