Another update diary
We've been bouncing things around behind the scenes a bunch this evening, and I'm sending up a last batch of fixes for tonight. These include: Fix ordering on the history list. You can add polls to a...
View ArticleWhat the Fukushima? Q&A
Over the past 48 hours or so, it seems like there is a lot of misinformation and disinformation being floated regarding what's happening with the troubled nuclear plants in Japan. I'll try to clarify...
View ArticleLiveblog, v3.0 - Fukushima Nuclear Incident
This is a clearinghouse diary for the ongoing disaster unfolding at the Fukushima nuclear power plants. Use it for commentary, or to provide and receive information as it develops. The previous two...
View ArticleAnonymous To Announce "Operation 'Empire State Rebellion.'" Demands...
As of this weekend, we're hearing from one member of the hacker group, Anonymous, that they will open their long-awaited can of whoop-ass against Bank of America on Monday. Kossack Badabing provided a...
View ArticleHow Do We Deal With Our Own (In)Humanity?
One of the first things he told me when we met was that he had been in the Hitler youth. The oddest thing about this was how casually he mentioned it. My first week in College and all the 1st-year...
View ArticleJapan May Cloud Iowa Nuclear Power Debate
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan may cast a cloud over Iowa's current discussion of new nuclear power in the state. I am not referring to a cloud of radioactive fallout carried from Japan to Iowa...
View ArticleFL: Stop the Forced-Rape Bill!
This is Part XIV of MY STUPID STATE where I document what happens when a state full of Democrats elect a veto-proof, right-wing legislature along with a teabag, CRIMINAL governor to lead us. (Once...
View ArticleMythic Tractors March On Madison
It was bone cold in Madison yesterday. My partner and I drove early from Milwaukee, wanting to find parking in order to set up our Labor Dollars project later in the afternoon. Even by 9:00 a.m. the...
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We are all affected
One of the ways we talk about HIV AIDS is about those people who are currently poz or have an AIDS diagnosis - but we also talk about those people "affected" by the pandemic. Usually the assumption...
View ArticleWisconsin farmer on fire! Awesome video. UPDATEx2
I'm hungover (physically, not literally) after a long day at the capitol in Madison. Another day, another awesome display of determined, proud, persistent, playful, peaceful Badgerness. I wish there...
View ArticleLarry, Larry, Larry you capitalist pig
Larry Kudlow on CNBC Friday morning talking about the earthquake in Japan: “The human toll here looks to be much worse than the economic toll and we can be grateful for that.” I'm an investor and I...
View ArticleOn marriage and racial scapegoating
So, Maryland voted to recommit their marriage bill, assuring that it won't come up for a vote again in the foreseeable future - probably not until sometime next year. In the Maryland House of...
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Does anyone else notice a pattern?
I'm sure you do: Republican governance is a man-made disaster that the public fails to learn from and must be reminded every so often by an unmitigated disaster that results from their short-sighted...
View ArticleWhy am I the enemy? (part 2)
The past week has been a blur. I have spent time listening to experts at an education reform symposium, discussing education policy with Congressional leaders, explaining to state legislators why the...
View ArticleWH ousts PJ Crowley/Update
That didn't take long: P.J. Crowley is abruptly stepping down as State Department spokesman under pressure from White House officials because of controversial comments he made last week about the...
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#sekritarmy is kind of busy (pooties, woozles, critters)
#sekritarmy has been a bit busy lately trying to fix the world. We have been implementing some new methods to bring more attention to our cause.
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Another dead freedom fighter in Libya. This one was family.
Muhannad O. Bensadik, finger raised, stood joyful with his best friend Ahmed and others in liberated Benghazi, Libya, in Martyrs Square March 1. On March 12 he became a martyr himself when he was...
View ArticleEarthquake, Tsunami, and now a Volcano
Crikes - it's been one hell of week for Japan. Now, Shinmoedake volcano on the southern island of Kyushu has started erupting: Hundreds of people were forced to flee when the Shinmoedake volcano on...
View ArticleAn Insider Report from Ayn Rand's Fantasyland
I will admit to being a late entry here. Much of the excellent writing from many Kossacks have mirrored my own thoughts, hopes and frustrations. Most of it has been better-written than anything I...
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Focus Mental Health: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
We have all heard poignant stories about the many people across the country and around the world suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. It can be a crippling condition, which can lead to a...
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