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15 things everyone would know if there were a liberal media
Promoted from diaries by Susan Gardner.Reince Priebus (and apparently many others) still thinks there's a liberal media.While I share Reince's frustration with the media, as a liberal, I'd like to go...
View ArticleThe science of Red Hair
I once heard an emergency room nurse say they called for extra blood when someone with red hair is brought in. Being a redhead I asked why and was told "you bleed more". How bizzare I thought. Not...
View Article'The biggest ongoing disaster in the United States you haven't heard of'
Incredible video of a sinkhole, located south of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, swallowing whole trees:Tim Murphy at Mother Jones described the sinkhole at Bayou Corne as "the biggest ongoing disaster in the...
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Open Letter to that 53% Guy
Hello, I briefly visited the “We are the 53%” website, but I first saw your face on a liberal blog. Your picture is quite popular on liberal blogs. I think it’s because of the expression on your...
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John Cleese on (Fox News) stupidity
You see, if you're very, very stupid, how can you possibly realize that you're very, very stupid? You'd have to be relatively intelligent to realize how stupid you are. Head below the fold to watch one...
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How Ohio Pulled $4 Billion+ from Communities and Redistributed It Upwards
Monday night Ohio Governor John Kasich delivered his state of the state speech.He cribbed the biblical Reagan "city on a hill metaphor" to describe Ohio:All of these things have helped Ohio move up to...
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Germany offers free college tuition to U.S. and international students
This is incredible:All German universities are now free to Americans and all other international students. The last German state to charge tuition at its universities struck down the fees this week....
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Why Airlines Collude To Make Flying As Miserable As Possible
Few experiences are as universal to Americans as the shared degradation and misery of flying on our nation's air carriers. These corporate behemoths have somehow managed to wrap up everything...
View ArticleTen True Facts Guaranteed to Short-Circuit Republican Brains
As a public service to those who find themselves inextricably cornered by aggressively ill-informed Republicans at work, on the train or at family gatherings, presented here are ten indisputably true...
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STUNNING: Comparing U.S. & World Covers for TIME Magazine
Each week, TIME Magazine designs covers for four markets: the U.S., Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. Often, America's cover is quite, well – different. This week offers a stark example.Witness: Yes,...
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Welcome to Daily Kos Classics: Reviving our oldies, but goodies
We all come to Daily Kos for our fix of political news. However, many diarists who contribute to the site bring a wealth of experience, knowledge and analysis that enriches the community beyond any...
View ArticleThe Papal Visit Brings Forth Ugliness From the Right
Originally posted at Talk to Action.In a recent press release, Catholic League president Bill Donohue warned, “Pope Visits To U.S. Occasion Ugliness.” Donohue then went on to describe the activities of...
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29-year-old leaves NFL and $37 million contract to become farmer in order to...
St. Louis Rams center Jason Brown has left the NFL to pursue farming:“My agent told me, ‘You’re making the biggest mistake of your life,’” Brown told CBS. “And I looked right back at him and I said,...
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What the 1 percent thinks about you
It's all so easy if you're part of the one percent.(Reuters) - I asked a financial services executive recently how our retirement saving system can be considered a success, considering that all but...
View ArticleExpelled GOP lawmaker wants her job back. Editorial boards' response? Priceless.
By now you know about the infamous Michigan sex scandal that caused the resignation of Rep. Todd Courser and the expulsion of Rep. Cindy Gamrat. (They were forced out not for the affair per se, but...
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Homophobes Freak Out Over Doritos, Brilliant Troll Strikes Back
Just like Mama used to make. They're baaack. Mike Melgaard, wizard behind the Target Trolling of 2015 has gotten a new job. Back in August when Target announced that it was no longer selling toys in...
View Article"You should all be in jail," and "we'll nuke you soon anyway"
I have a Muslim friend who happens to work close to my place of work and so we often meet and, as he is as much a political junkie as I am, we inevitably talk about the presidential election. He is...
View ArticleI Don't Want to be a Teacher Any More
I’ve always been a teacher. Even before I received my teaching credentials 34 years ago, I was the one who Mr. Wells asked to help Kim Hull learn how to do his story problems. I always...
View ArticleThe Return of the 19th Century
A friend once told me that the wealthy elite didn't want to just "roll back" the New Deal, they wanted to roll back the entire 20th Century. His point was that all the social gains of the 20th Century...
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CONFIRMED: New Study Proves That Fox News Makes You Stupid
Yet another study has been released that proves that watching Fox News is detrimental to your intelligence. World Public Opinion, a project managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at...
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