The "Show Me the Note, MERS" Defense - A Cautionary Tale
I've been debating myself for a week about how and when to write my first diary on DK4. Should I write about the revolutionary wave overtaking North Africa and, now, Wisconsin? Should I write about the...
View ArticleNearly 1 in 6 Black People (Officially) DON'T HAVE A DAMNED JOB!!!!
I was going to try and write a diary soon about how much I enjoyed meeting new friends and catching up with old friends in Minneapolis. I still hope to do so, even as it seems most folks are already...
View ArticleA Mitzvah Deserves a Mitzvah
This is very much unlike any diary I've ever written before.But then again, the experience I just had is unlike any I've had before. And I hope that people understand why I am doing this and not chalk...
View ArticleTo Everyone On This Site
I am supposed to be resting from a surgery I had on Friday. That means rest - no stress, no drama, no nuttin'. Yet I like far too many of us are addicted to this strange orange place we call...
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The successful drowning of local and state government
31 States Project Revenue Shortfalls for FY 2012 (States Continue to Feel Recession's Impact, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, June 27, 2012)In 2001, a gentleman by the name of Grover Norquist...
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Gabby, Dominique, Barbara and Black women's rarely rewarded quest for the...
Gabrielle Douglas gets the last word in on her detractors. Inexperienced. Inconsistent. Insecure. Not focused. Unsteady. Lacks confidence. Can't handle the pressure. Not ready. Not ready. Not ready.
View ArticleWhat if We Agreed with You, President Obama?
Today, a lot of my precious few moments of free time has been spent asking myself:What if Black people, en masse, agreed with President Obama that he is "not the President of Black America?"This Black...
View ArticleMidday open thread
Political analysts are saying that a repeat of the presidential electoral limbo of 2000 is a real possibility in November because of last minute changes to voter eligibility and voter ID laws and the...
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Mitt Romney had a bad, bad week thanks to the Obama campaign's hard-hitting "Understands" ad released by Priorities USA, and one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, Rush Limbaugh, made damned sure...
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Midday open thread
Arguably folks should be out in the streets over the blatantly systematic efforts to suppress votes in Democratic strongholds by now, but failing that, at least we can keep track of them a little...
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Midday open thread
Mitt Romney: Liar and hypocriteRegistering to vote just got easier. With this little widget, you can fill out a registration form, print it off and mail it in ... or, if you're lucky enough to be in a...
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Midday open thread
Ben Bernanke and his 'employer' (who is not Mitt Romney).Since Mitt Romney has made clear that Ben Bernanke doesn't have a job anymore if Romney's elected in November president (yeah, right), it seems...
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Are we *sure* that 47% of Americans are not victims?
Mitt Romney and Bain friends (before they became victims that probably don't pay federal income taxes).vic•tim noun ˈvik-təm\ a living being sacrificed to a deity or in the performance of a religious...
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Midday open thread
If only winning the election was going to be this easy.The Republicans want you to know that they are serious about voter fraud. This week they fired Nathan Sproul's Strategic Alliance Consulting, with...
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What an angry Black man really looks like
An angry Black man standing up to a bully It was painful to watch President Obama debate Mitt Romney for the first time on Oct. 3. Literally, physically, painful. The president, despite clearly having...
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GOTV Blogathon: Your vote really DOES Matter (Just Ask the City of East Palo...
Republished at the request of the GOTV BlogathonIt's now the home stretch of the silly season, otherwise known as election time. And, as we all know, having been trained from pretty much knee-high,...
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GOTV Blogathon: Your vote really DOES Matter (Just Ask the City of East Palo...
Republished at the request of the GOTV BlogathonIt's now the home stretch of the silly season, otherwise known as election time. And, as we all know, having been trained from pretty much knee-high,...
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GOTV: Leave it all on the road, and make sure the road behind you is clear
The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and resting on the will of the people.Thomas...
View ArticleIt's Ugly Out There - So Memorize 1-866-OUR-VOTE (PLEASE!)
Full disclosure: I am a mobile legal volunteer coordinator for Election Protection. This role not only allows me to help deploy lawyers and law students into the field to protect the franchise, but...
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To my fellow Americans wanting to secede or flee: Kthxbuhbai
Cannot fold, spindle, mutilate, destroy or secede from. Period. Sometimes there are no words. At least, there seem to be no pithy ones available as a quick retort to the outright ignant ignorance being...
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