Marist Poll - Hillary Leads NH by 14 Points
A new Marist poll of likely voters in the New Hampshire primary shows Senator Hillary Clinton holding steady with a 14-point lead over her closest competitor, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. The poll...
View ArticleWhether to fund Jim Martin or not?
I had previously stated here that if the spineless Democrat senators voted to retain lieberman, then we have to reconsider whether to fund Jim Martin's December runoff election or not. Now that the...
View ArticleNew York Times, Sunday: Bush to Blame For Housing Crisis
It's a safe bet that everyone in the Daily Kos community knows that George W. Bush is to blame for the current housing crisis. Despite all right-wing and uber-centrist claims that the blame should be...
View ArticleHanukka starts tonight!
Chanukah has become "Christmas Lite." A festival that exists out of envy, like Kwanzaa, "Hanukkah Harry comes to each and every Jewish household and puts presents under the Hanukkah bush" or some sort...
View ArticleKeats poem & Gorey illustration + a wizard poll!!!
The church bells toll a melancholy round, Calling the people to some other prayers, Some other gloominess, more dreadful cares, More harkening to the sermon's horrid sound. Surely the mind of man is...
View ArticleSEGO: Pick your poison
Last week we discussed Larry McMurtry's monumental western, Lonesome Dove. A month before that we talked over Jon Krakauer's haunting and tragic Into the Wild. And now it's time for a third act. We...
View ArticleWelcome to December... let’s watch Congress drag us further into misery.
We are starting December with a very heavy rain... it began around midnight last nite and was still raining five minutes ago when I brought the dogs in from their 10:30 AM walk. I expect it to keep...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Second week in December
It's a busy week coming up for me and other family members. We will be traveling out of state to see a family member who is undergoing chemo. He is a good man, my brother's partner for over 20 years...
View ArticleSFCA Dec. 12, 2011: Date of a most despicable ignominy to Latinos by The SF...
It must be called for what it is and the public must, at least, know about it. The behavior of the San Francisco Archdiocese Corporation Sole on the matter of Our Lady of Guadalupe's Sanctuary in San...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Third Week in December
So, this is Christmas and what have you done? Traveling last week, listening to John Lennon and that song always takes my breath away. It didn't help that it was so close to the day he died in New...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--A Day Late, A Dollar Short.
This week slipped away from me. It passed me by as I did the simple things that take time and effort. Laundry, cleaning, processing satsumas. Yep, in my freezer now are over five gallons of freshly...
View ArticlePrelude (An Advent Canticle)
Now all throughout this long month of November, we watch the year decay and days grow brief; haunted by ages past, urged to remember,and earth too, mute and somber in its grief: the waning sunlight...
View ArticleObama To Give The GOP A Lollipop. SAY WHAT?
Ezra Klein gives a Factual Account on the Rachel Maddow Show, as to WHY President Obama is willing to throw old people under the bus to please the GOP. thinkingbluePS: Please click this LINK until I...
View ArticleIn the Presence
It's that time of year again; the celebration of a gift rendered without expectations, a love proffered without condition. A time when we look around and count our blessings in a way that we don't...
View ArticleDecember White House Photo Diary
Celebrating another month of incredible work from the White House Photographers. A look inside the White House for the month of December. All photographs were taken by the White House Photography staff...
View Article"He came without clamor..." (An Advent Canticle, Dec. 1 - repost)
He came without clamor, He came without cash; He came without glamour Or making a splash; He came without earnings, He came without pensions, He came without stern Academic pretensions.No...
View Article"O in the fields the blossoms blow" (Advent Canticle, Dec. 2 - repost)
O in the fields the blossoms blow, Apple, myrtle, rose and rue: Yet is my flower weal or woe? Is my love false or is she true?O, I remember in the spring With flowers blooming o'er the land As all the...
View Article"It Started in November" (Advent Canticle, Dec. 3)
It started in November (As well I would remember) This aggravation of a forced assignment; My friends thought I'd just made it --I'd hoped I could evade it -- I guess the stars were just not in...
View Article"It was the usual tedious family gathering" (Advent Canticle, Dec. 4)
...It was the usual tedious family gathering, Descending on our house that census year. My grandma cooked the roast that we all hate, Aunt Deb made latkes; Saba called me dear And pinched my cheeks;...
View Article"It started with the news that Caspar brought..." (Advent Canticle, Dec. 5)
It started with the news that Caspar brought. One moonless night a wondrous glimpse he caught; And, showing us the bright unnamed star burning, Insisted that the newborn King be sought.A conference was...
View Article"Fear Not!" (Advent Canticle, Dec. 11)
They say on that first Advent night As shepherds shuddered, felled by light, The choirs of angels through the sky In voices pure and sweet did cry:"Fear not!Fear not, O poor humanity; No -- cease to...
View ArticleBay to Bay in the Salish Sea (photodiary)
The Salish Sea is a beautiful maze of islands, rocks and currents. On a recent cold December morning we took our boat from its usual moorage buoy in Barlow Bay up to the marina in Fisherman Bay, at the...
View ArticleDecember White House Photo Diary
December 2013Celebrating another month of incredible work from the White House Photographers. A look inside the White House for the month of December. All photographs were taken by the White House...
View ArticleIAN: December 2, 2014: The Rain Edition
OMG! It has been raining here for days and days! And we Bay Areans are thrilled. The Drought is still in effect, but I hear dents in it with ever blessed raindrop on the roof. And my garden is in a...
View ArticleIAN: December 23, 2014****Happy Solstice and Winter Holidays
This is the first full day of Winter and a time to celebrate the wheel of life (or whatever you choose to call it.)Tuesday! A day to enjoy the onset of Winter and your choice of Holidays!As you can...
View ArticleNov/Dec White House Photo Diary
I've been traveling a lot lately, was out of town end of November and again the end of December. I missed Novembers diary completely and am late with Decembers. So let's get caught up, here are both...
View ArticleIAN: Tuesday, December 1, 2015: Thanksgiving Coma Daze
Wow. Really late in writing the diary. No excuse except for post-Thanksgiving foggy-brain, too much food, and major efforts to avoid football at all costs. Trying not to go to any stores except the...
View ArticleDecember White House Photo Diary
December 2015Celebrating another month of incredible work from the White House Photographers. A look inside the White House for the months of December. All photographs were taken by the White House...
View ArticleIAN: December 2, 2016
Once more it’s Friday.. and December at last! This year is almost over. Time to curl up with a blanket.. a good book, some hot cocoa.. or in Sophie’s case.. a pig’s ear (which didn’t last her long at...
View ArticleDecember White House Photo Diary
I am winding down this diary series, it’s been a fun run for the past 8 years. Please note that I have been doing a “Looking Back” series of diaries this month and will continue putting them together...
View ArticleThe Review – DACA Battles, Trump Sides with the Dems, Irma Batters Pruitt and...
Despite the negative economic impact, Trump terminated, effective in six months, President Obama’s executive order creating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This is the order...
View ArticleI Heard A Bird Sing (Photos): Street Prophets Coffee Hour
by Oliver HerfordJuncoMockingbirdAmerican tree sparrowBlue jayHarris’s sparrowCardinalJuncoSong sparrowxxYouTube VideoIt’s snowed several times already this season, and twice it’s stayed around for a...
View ArticleOn This Day in History ... December 2, 1804 The Village @ the Resistance
There were plenty of things to write about that happened today in history; some more interesting to me than others. I thought about writing about the Monroe Doctrine because of the lasting foreign...
View ArticleOn This Day in History ... December 30th The Resistance @ The Village
This Sunday snuck up on me, quickly. Between the holidays, the family affairs and the lack of cooking, I thought I was on a mini vacation. While, well-deserved (if you ask me), it left today’s dairy...
View ArticleIAN: December 23, 2019: Mandag/Monday
xA customised cockie house â bigger entrance (they had chewed it to enlarge it) and an overhang verandah and firm perch... thank you @WIRES_NSW They doze here. pic.twitter.com/fXAyw8I4ebâÂÂ...
View ArticleAn astronomically fun December awaits
At least THREE very fun astro occurrences are coming up in December! An embarrassment of astronomical riches, really. Quite a refreshing change from the embarrassment that will soon be clearing out...
View ArticleMorning Open Thread: Change
Morning Open Thread is a daily, copyrighted post from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful dialogue in an open...
View ArticleHow Black women can create space for grief and vulnerability during the holidays
When December hits, a common sentiment might bring joy and excitement or it might freeze you in your tracks: It’s the most wonderful time of the year. For those of us navigating grief and loss during...
View ArticleNewsweek: Some Qanon Supporters Dismayed at Donald Trump's December Tour With...
Cognitive dissonance is causing a little friction in the minds of some Qanon followers with regards to their divine deliverer Donald Trump and his latest grift set for December of 2021.QAnon supporters...
View ArticleConnect! Unite! Act! Hello to the holiday season!
Connect! Unite! Act! is a weekly series that seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups meet regularly to socialize, get out the vote, support candidates, and engage...
View ArticleSaturday Morning Garden Blogging Vol. 17.49: It's Beginning to Look A Lot...
I do love Christmas, for so many reasons. The tree and the ornaments top the list, for sure. Every year I try to get at least one new ornament for Mr. Light and one for myself, and now I have to pick...
View ArticleSo Much Good News! - Wednesday Good News Roundup
My son told me weeks ago —“Rev. Warnock has got this. He is going to win handily and Herschel is going down”. My boy never had a doubt. He voted last night at 6:40 PM right after he got off work — he...
View ArticleAn Dubhlachd, an apt name for this month
Welcome to the December 3rd edition of Street Prophets Coffee Hour, where politics meets up with religion, art, nature, and life. Come in, have a cuppa and a cookie (or three!) and join us.In English,...
View ArticleIAN: Tuesday, December 6, 2022: December Seekrit Hideout!
Tuesday: A day to: chill out!As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not...
View ArticleSaturday Top Comments: December is for Musicians Edition
So this is going to be the last Saturday TC diary for a couple weeks. At least from me. Why? It’s December. And in addition to my teaching, I am a musician. If you live in a big city, and are good...
View ArticleAn Dùbhlachd, the Black Month, at Street Prophets Coffee Hour. With cake!
Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour, the place where politics meets up with religion, science, art, nature, and life. Come in, have a cuppa and a cookie (or three!) and join us. You can have...
View ArticleWAYWO--December
Welcome to What Are You Working On? where we talk about (and often display) our handiwork, whether yarn and fabric crafts, woodwork, metalwork, art, or anything else “crafty”.What Are You Working...
View Article"We are nearer to spring than we were in September"
Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour, the place where politics meets up with religion, science, art, nature, and life. Come in, have a cuppa and a cookie (or three!) and join us. You can have...
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