Vladimir Putin’s fatal error was assuming everyone in the United States was as weak, venal, oafish, and self-aggrandizing as Donald Trump, when in reality no more than half of us are. Of course, if you’d spent more time around Trump and Steven Seagal than with almost any other American, you’d...
… and, winter is coming. China, already in a significant energy crunch, has been experiencing energy shortages due to extreme weather, a surge in demand, and a fledgling effort to reduce CO2 emissions. It is a triple whammy for the country that produces the second-highest global greenhouse emissions in the...
… and, winter is coming. For those just scrolling by while whistling past the graveyard, you might want to read this story and prepare yourself while you watch your wallet because the shit just might hit the fan and soon. Economic Impacts from climate change are here and only getting worse. There...
Not since, Tuco, Blondie, and Angel Eyes formed a triangle, within a circle, has greed, corruption, and self-interest intersected so destructively. Politics in America, for nearly 250 years has boiled down to money, policy, and humanitarianism in that order. Now it is strictly a good, bad, or ugly proposition. In...
The most disturbing part about this story is that MyPillow guy Mike Lindell still has a jet. Why hasn’t he been sued into a lukewarm puddle of adipose and hotdish-redolent mustache clippings yet? Come on, Dominion. Go do that voodoo that you do so well. Of course, despite getting sued...
The sparse number of actual carbon capture and sequestration projects plus weak carbon markets amplify the problems of the climate crisis yet to be revisited, post-Trump. Two heartland examples in North Dakota and Texas show how there are several interlocking problems addressing the climate crisis that must be included in future environmental policy. More specifically...
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by to talk about music, your weather, your garden, or what you cooked for supper…. Newcomers may notice that...
I had never heard the extraordinary story of Ada Blackjack, her Alaskan way of life was transformed into a destitute single woman with a small child when abandoned by her dog-musher husband. She had no choice but to walk forty miles to Nome, Alaska, with a two-year-old ill with tuberculosis. Upon arrival, she...
Yemen’s Houthi rebels in Yemen finally gave the United Nations access to a disintegrating oil tanker that threatens the northern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba's coral reefs and coastal communities. Safer, the tanker, had been abandoned with over 1.1 million barrels of crude oil (four times the amount of the...
To move forward, we have to acknowledge the genesis of our problems as well as call out the realities of Trump & others trying to hoodwink Americans. We do that today. It is all about Trump punking x x YouTube Video Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video...
Nancy Pelosi did not mince her words as she called out an intransigent and heartless Republican Party that is leaving Americans stranded. Notice how she tied it into her religion which abstracted her statement given that while she meant it, it was the statement of a saint. This is why...
Fox News recently highlighted that Moscow Mitch is totally against the “defund the police” movement: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday slammed the growing liberal momentum behind the “defund the police” movement as “outlandish.” His comments referenced the growing left-wing movement in cities such as Minneapolis — where George Floyd died last month in police custody...
An hour outside of Daytona, Florida, a young married couple from northern California is stranded, far from home in a pandemic. Jobless, broke, and scared of the increasing dangers of the novel coronavirus, they reached out to local homeless shelters in early March, and were repeatedly given a shocking answer:...
More examples of governmental incompetence, pairing Trump and a Trumpist governor in Florida. At least there aren’t trains trying to collide with the cruise ships. When Andrea Anderson and her husband boarded the MS Zaandam cruise ship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, more than three weeks ago, they didn't know that their trip...
The death toll in Italy from the coronavirus has overtaken China's in a stark illustration of how the outbreak has pivoted toward Europe and the United States. “Italy has world's second oldest population, 87% of those killed by COVID-19 are over 70”. Italy’s population is 4% of China’s. There will be waves in this pandemic,...
This is a quick update on the climate crisis that has been hammering Australia over the past few months. First — Piss off ScoMo That was delicious wasn’t it? Good news for those stranded at the beach of Malacoota below the fold.
This is a quick update on the climate crisis that has been hammering Australia over the past few months. First — Piss off ScoMo That was delicious, wasn’t it? Good news for those stranded at the beach in Mallacoota below the fold.
“The anger is real. The anger is justified. Because this disaster was all foreseen and predicted. For decades the link between a hotter, drier climate, land-clearing, excessive irrigation and increased fire risk have all been attested in scientific papers.” Carol Sparks, Mayor of Glenn Innes Severn Council My view on...
I watched the interview between Trump and Macron today and felt a deep sense of embarrassment. But it was not for Trump. Do you know who I really feel for? Trump’s a “clown on the international stage” “There are a few intersecting factors that leave Donald Trump stranded as America’s clown on...
This to me may be the second most important diary I have written. The first one was back in 2012 when my Vet had a PTSD break and was stranded in South Carolina. Remember? This is an emergency fundraising Diary ! The vet from Daily Kos dropped what he...
Received this e-mail today from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: The heartbreak of lives lost in Dayton and El Paso this weekend reminds us gun control can not wait. For every day lawmakers stall, we lose more lives needlessly. There's a universal background check bill stranded in Mitch McConnell's legislative graveyard...
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator and Presidential Candidate, Cory Booker (D. NJ), in support of Jaime Harrison’s (D. NJ) U.S. Senate campaign: Jaime Harrison (D. SC) If you were stranded on a deserted island, what would you bring with you? If you could pick a superpower what would it...
Now did you see the news today? They say the danger’s gone away. But I can see the fires still alight. They’re burning into the night Land of Confusion Genesis My two youngest daughters love zombie movies, especially the Resident Evil franchise. Me personally? I can take ‘em or leave...
Overview Since the earliest days of Donald Trump’s Presidency, we have attempted to catalog all of the harmful actions committed by his administration. Furthermore, by categorizing these actions by policy areas and scoring their relative impact, we have attempted to understand how the Administration operates and measure where it’s done...
I have a suggestion. And that suggestion is that the two words “Mission Accomplished” should be permanently stricken from the political discourse dictionary, on pain of being thrown out of office for life. First, Alfred E Newman plays Barbie dress up on an aircraft carrier, and proudly proclaims “Mission Accomplished”...
It’s something you periodically hear whenever the topics of “electric cars” and “natural disasters” meet: fear. There comes an image of electric cars stranded across the roads, endless impractical lines for charging, while their gasoline-driving compatriots escape to safety. In the aftermath, there’s an image of people in their powerless...
We always knew the name Surf Street was dead on. When we were little, a sign that spelled “No Wake” was attached to the telephone pole at the top of the street, for when boats would pass through from Shore Road. I’d never seen boats float by our front window,...
