Biden and the DNC (and most Democrats) are so bad at this
In May of 2011, novelist Barry Eisler published a short read primer on how those on the political left suck at communication skills. It’s only 42 pages and we could all use the advice about now. On...
View ArticleCan she hold off until after the State of the Union
A bit of a drive by diary, but I was just thinking…We know that Trump is going slowly (or is it quickly) insane because Speaker Pelosi is holding up the transmission of the impeachment articles to the...
View ArticleIncreasing Minimum Wage...It Can Be Done
I was on the Mountain View, California City Council for 4 years (I decided not to run for re-election after one term). In my first year, 2015, we voted to increase the minimum wage and make it $15/hour...
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Does Your State Require a Notary to Vote?
I’m from California and have lived in California for most of my life (except for 3 years in Indiana for graduate school and work in the early 90’s). I am accustomed to easy voting and a state that...
View ArticleBreaking: Sanders and Warren in talks
This just in from the Washington PostTop surrogates and allies of Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are discussing ways for their two camps to unite and push a common liberal agenda, with the...
View ArticleWhy Biden just got $250 from me
Kamala Harris was my first choice.Pete Buttigieg was my second.Joe Biden is my third. Third time’s a charm. A dear friend of mine is a hardcore Bernie fan and earlier today posted on Facebook his...
View ArticlePandemic - A Poem
To warm your heart and see the beauty and seize the opportunity.To bring us together. Pandemic –Lynn Ungar (March 11, 2020) What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath — the most sacred...
View ArticleBreaking: SF Bay Area Counties: "Shelter in Place"
From the SF ChronicleSix Bay Area counties are expected to announce a “shelter in place” order for all residents on Monday, directing everyone to stay inside their homes and away from others as much as...
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Biden, Democrats & the rapidly changing Prediction Markets
Put your money where your mouth is, or so goes the saying. If you believe Biden will win the Presidential Election in 2020, for example, why don’t you put money on it? It turns out that thousands of...
View ArticleThat f*&!ng Asterisk.
I’m sitting here in my home “office” (really a bedroom we have with desks in it) looking out the window at the wind blowing the rain off the leaves of the tree just outside my window. I am melancholy....
View ArticleIt's Not an April Fool's joke this year
Every year on April 1st, I send a “joke” email to my U2 fanclub mailing list. This year, I sent the following, which is decidedly NOT a joke. I simply didn’t have it in me. I wrote it this morning and...
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These are some dumbs#!+ signs
I was looking at some signs the nitwits in Michigan were walking around with as they protested the governor of the state, you know, caring for their well-being. Folks, our opposition are not Mensa...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren's Epic Eyeroll
Not much of a diary here. I really just wanted to show you this 2 second video. I was sitting with my daughter last night (who is presently stuck-at-home because...college is closed) watching the...
View ArticleI feel good for the first time in a long time. Join me!
At a U2 concert in the early 90s, they would display the words “Everything You Know is Wrong” on a screen for a few moments. Those words, especially the first time you ever see them, are unsettling....
View ArticleTrump is the "Confederacy's Second President"
You got to hand it to the folks behind The Lincoln Project. They don’t mix words and they are vicious. They’re kind of like what we’ve always wanted Democratic groups to act like (I’ve always thought...
View ArticleBreaking: DOJ filing suit to stop Bolton's book
John Bolton played his cards spectacularly poorly. He didn’t get to tell his story during the impeachment because he was a coward. And now, trying to monetize what he knows, his book may be stopped by...
View ArticleScarborough had his "Network"moment. OMG you have to see this. Really.
I thought this would have made it to DailyKos by now. But my oh my, this morning, Joe Scarborough tore Mark Zuckerberg a new one. I have actually never seen him like this. It is all about how Facebook...
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The New Logo for the Trump 2020 Campaign is out. Please see what inspired it....
I saw this on Twitter and I couldn’t believe it. So I strolled on over (for the first time, mind you) to the Donald J Trump website. I won’t provide the link...I think it gives your computer kooties....
View ArticleThis video is so good, so powerful, so timely, it made me mad, sad, and glad...
Eleven Films has a new 2 minute and 19 second video, just released earlier today. They aren’t as prolific as say, The Lincoln Project, but they are good. I don’t think I’ve seen a video that captures...
View ArticleA photo diary: A way to contextualize the mounting US Covid-19 dead
Big numbers are as hard to “see” as they are to comprehend. Scientists tell us that numbers greater than 100 are somewhat lost on the human brain for evolutionary purposes. As the U.S. Covid-19 related...
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