Messaging for Obama #2
Hillary Clinton has said for a very long time, she is tested, she is vetted and she is ready from day one to lead this country as our President. Is this really the case?
View ArticleThank you Kos & Help Save Me From Mark Halparin. w/poll
I just recently found DailyKos due to getting so frustrated with the corporate media that I googled "liberal blog" and DailyKos was the first return. I now spend a few hours a day on this site, far...
View ArticleThe Really, For Real, Speech Obama Should Make (w' poll
Okay, I admit that I usually groan and roll my eyes when I see a diarist proclaim to know what Obama's Next Big Speech should be. I mean, I'm certain that Obama and his team have a pretty good idea...
View ArticleProposed: perm't sidebar link to a daily WELCOME post
I think that a daily "Welcome To Those Visiting Daily Kos" post is needed...well...daily on DailyKos.com. Think of all the folks coming to dKos because of rightwing murmurs that dKos started...
View ArticleWhat the Democrats Must Do
Here’s where the Republicans and the Democrats differ. Everyone knows what principles the Republicans stand for. Almost no one knows what the Democrats stand for. The reason is simple. The...
View ArticleTips on effective web videos
Hello all, I have been seeing a bunch of web-videos here on the Great Orange lately that are good but not great. The ideas they promote are wonderful. Unfortunately their execution is sometimes...
View ArticleWhere are the goddamn alternatives?
I hear that the economy is on the brink of collapse and I can't help but ask. Where are the alternatives?? Why can't the government go into emergency mode? Slash the budget and use funds that are...
View ArticleHow to keep going when you lose your job
I lost my job in March. Worked for the same company for 8 years, loved my employer and the people I worked with. They ended up outsourcing the entire department I had built from the ground up. The...
View ArticleHey, how can I set up a protest against Prop 8?
Hey folks, I feel a need to set up a protest in Los Angeles against Prop 8. Here's my idea. I want to get as many married couples out, preferably in wedding garb if it still fits and you don't mind...
View ArticleRepublican for A Reason - a new panic website
The Republican Party has set up a new website, RepublicanforaReason.com, in the attempt to find a new identity for their fractured party. As stated on their site: Welcome to our newest grassroots Web...
View ArticleSo you want to go to the innauguration?
Okay I tried to be nice and post up some tips to make things easier. But after looking at the Secret Service restrictions(see below)...the event has now turned into a weird form of hazing...or an...
View ArticleHit the dreaded weight-loss plateau? Say WHEE!
OK... so I finally got around to actually reading that block of copy that people post along with WHEE diaries. You know, the one that looks like this: WHEE (Weight, Health, Eating and Exercise) is a...
View ArticleSuggestion Box
This will be a short diary. I just woke up to read dengre's excellent diary (as well as Chronic Tonic's with the wonderful chickens!) after going to bed on the heels of KO and blackwaterdog and...
View ArticleD-KOS Growing Pains: Possible Solutions
As a new(er) member of D-Kos, I see some instances of what must be categorized as "growing pains". Every week I read a rec-list diary leveling various complaints at other D-Kos diarists. Mostly these...
View ArticleI sure hope no Republicans read this entry...
... because I plan to spell out exactly what they're doing wrong in winning over independents. Why would I do such a thing? Three reasons: I believe that even the most well meaning, well led and well...
View ArticleLegalizing Date Rape And Other Awesome GOP Symbolic Votes
The awesomeness of the new GOP House of Reps will soon be apparent. Sure, they look like dumbasses now, completely devoid of wisdom, compassion, common sense and honesty. And okay, granted, they seem...
View ArticleA Few DK4 Suggestions (Fix The Hidden Comments!)
I have a few complaints about the new version of hidden comments. Hotlisting, too.
View ArticleMy Advice For Mitt Romney In The Upcoming Debates
Cross-posted at Immizen.com with pictures and videos. Let me start by saying that I am an unapologetic shill for Obama. Nevertheless, I offer here my sincere advice to Mitt Romney in the first debate...
View ArticleA further note
I wanted to thank everyone who responded to my note last week about our computer problems. All were appreciated and several were helpful about my virus problems. I seem to have it contained at the...
View ArticleLocal Knowledge Needed
Since I rarely diary, this is a strange feeling. I want to ask for the help of the Daily Kos folks. I’m not even sure this is appropriate, so if it isn’t let me know and I’ll delete it.Rest is below...
View ArticleAdvice needed: Print Book advice
As many of you know I will be going in for surgery in a few weeks and be inmobile for many weeks thereafter.I thought that I would put together a reading list and collect the print books now, so I...
View ArticleYour suggestions: Complete television Series on Blue-Ray or DVD
As many of you know I will be going in for surgery on the 15th of this month. Earlier this week I wrote a diary asking for help in coming up with a reading list for books that were long/series of long...
View ArticleA suggestion for DK5 (and DK in general)
Now that we have a brand new everything, is it too much to ask that the link to “Read more” actually goes to the same point in the post that it is linked from? Maybe it’s just nitpicking, but when I...
View ArticleLetter to Bernie
Letter to Bernie SandersI have been an enthusiast of yours long before you ventured forth from Vermont into a national campaign.But thinking through some specific answers to how you propose to do...
View ArticleDear Senator Fischer:
On the eve of this year’s Republican National Convention, you reiterated your support for Donald Trump. Along the way, you bragged that, unlike Hillary Clinton, the real-estate mogul “isn’t under an...
View ArticleThe Renewed Deal - A New Contract with and for America for the Next 100 Years
Executive SummaryAs we move away from a contentious primary season, and forward into a national election, I, Brian Gardner, feel that it is vital that the Democratic party adopt the following policies...
View ArticleIAN 3.13.17 - Suggestion Box for Daily Kos readers.
Bit of an open thread tonight. Thought I’d ask the users of the Daily Kos platform for any suggestions they may have to make it easy to use. WE are the ones who make it great. Got any ideas to make to...
View ArticleSuggestions appreciated.
As many of you know, for some of my diaries I ask a question of the day or night to everyone.People seem to enjoy the break, and I like it since it brings the community together.I ask people about...
View ArticleTime to take the next step and have some fun. But input would help. (With a...
Yep, I’m finally doing it, I’m taking the plunge. Over the last couple of months, I have had multiple contacts exhorting me to writer a book. So, I’m gonna belt up my big boy pants and give it a...
View ArticleThoughts and Suggestions of a young Jaded Man Going Forward: Vol #1
This is going to be a repost from my first two lengthy posts, turned into diary form with a bit of tweaks. Part 1-2: The introduction; combating burnout, change/choice and fighting for something, not...
View ArticleThoughts and Suggestions of a young Jaded Man Going Forward: Vol #2
Howdy everybody, Jadedonall back again to give my thoughts on certain things that is in my head.Today’s topic: Fundraisers: Doom and Gloom and The Resistance (The United Uplifters): Effects of Victory...
View ArticleReading anything now that you would suggest to others?
Every so often I write a diary about books….asking people what they are reading. Often times people in the comments mention several good books that others use as a suggestion on what to read.As...
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Argh... it is too bloody cold out. Can I get an Amen?
Wow, it is 10 whole degrees out, this morning it got down to -2 without the windchill.It is not supposed to go over 20 for at least the next week...shoot it is supposed to be highs in the teens and low...
View ArticleJust finish a book? Just started a new one? Any author suggestions?
The one good thing about being on disability, if there can be said to be such a thing, is now I have time to read books that I have had piling up in boxes on top of boxes.I thought I’d write a diary...
View ArticleWhat do you do for pain relief? Post-surgery pain still an issue.
Ugh.I had emergency abdominal surgery about two weeks ago. Although the pain is nowhere near as intense as it was, it is still a pain in the butt.For the first time in a long time I no longer am...
View ArticleI suggest the following:
The following comment by Amaze was taken from a diary by Rashaverak dated 2018.09.29 named "Kavanaugh lied about getting into Yale...":"How do decent, hardworking, honest, thinking, caring people deal...
View ArticleReading anything good that you'd like to share/get word out on?
I have been very lucky in getting books donated to me. As I am on disability what I do a lot of, is reading. I’ve gotten books from online friends, from book sales that people have gone to, from...
View ArticleTo Daily Kos IT: if I schedule a diary for later, please remind me 24 hours...
If I were supremely well organized, and planned to publish this diary on January 20 2019, I would note this in my physical diary. Being retired, I no longer keep a hefty page-at-a-time daily diary...
View ArticleReading a good book that you would suggest to others?
The one good thing about being on disability and being in the hospital is having plenty of time to read.I.get a huge numbet of book donations plus i belong to the book of the month club meaning i get a...
View ArticleReading a good book? Something that you would suggest to others?
The only good thing about being on disability, and I have searched high and low to find something decent about it...is the chance to read more.I grew up loving fictional works. Piers Anthony..Stephen...
View ArticleIs there one movie that you would strongly suggest more people see? For me it...
If you like movies like Airplane and think you could get into an early 80s movie that is a combo of a thriller,dumb kids, and a serial killer you must see Student Bodies which came out in...
View ArticleReading anything that you would recommend for others?
Right now I am on my Ken Follett kick, an author of historical fiction (And other genres) who I very much enjoy.I am now reading “Pillars of the Earth” which I highly, highly suggest that people pick...
View ArticleCan you recommend very good Historical Fiction Book/Books?
I never had an opinion about historical fiction books until a few years ago when I happened upon Ken Follett’s “The Century Trilogy” and I fell in love. The novels seemed to be full of accurate...
View ArticleASK Daily Kos: What are simple ways for a small company to be more green?
I have the opportunity to influence a small, private financial company to be slightly more green. Here are some of the actions they are considering:Investing some of their corporate cash in green...
View Articleh/t to Buffan. If you had to pick one sportscaster would it be Bob Costas or...
Thanks again for the emailed suggestion for a topic. You folks are great in helping me out. I come up with many of the topics by sudden odd random neuron firings I have about some obscure thing or the...
View ArticleReading something that you would suggest to others? Anything good out there?
I have been very depressed and powerless lately, therefore my reading has suffered. When I get into this kind of funk it is hard to force myself to do anything other than just sit and not talk.But I...
View ArticleQuick Kitchen Appliance Questions
Well. It has not been a particularly good day, to say the least, although the weather was fine.Suffice to say, my keys are locked in the kitchen. There are a couple of portable appliances I wanted...
View ArticleQuestion for those that know art. Recommend an artist for me to explore if...
...I really enjoy Dali, otherwise I know zip about art. As I have written about before I have zero artistic ability and an iota of a centimeter more knowledge of what I like.Of all the artists I have...
View ArticleI need to pick the brains of foodies on the site...
As many of you know I am a 50 plus year old that lives in a nursing home. The food here is OK, taste-wise, but portion size they fit a 85 year old slender person not a 300 plus pound guy.They serve...
View ArticleWhat do you do to help get out of depression?
Above is my self portrait.I have been very depressed as of late. I suffer from clinical depression and I take meds for it, but nothing seems to be helping at the moment.Due to health and economic...
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