"You pick. Just feed them."
DailyKos diarists continue to break stories days ahead of mainstream news outlets. Today's New York Times is a case in point, with stories about food riots and Iceland's economic collapse. It is the...
View Article400 dams in China damaged, dammit
The New York Times reports that 400 dams were damaged in the Sichuan earthquake. One dam upriver from Dujiangyan, one of the hardest-hit cities, has "dangerous cracks."
View ArticleA moment of silence for China and Burma
Today marks the first of three official days of mourning in China for the victims of the (newly-uprated) 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan. All "public entertainment activities" are suspended, as is the...
View ArticleUtah's Cannon out, Chaffetz in
Per the Salt Lake Tribune, Republican primary challenger Jason Chaffetz has taken six-term incumbent Chris Cannon's seat in the House of Representatives. What does this mean? As the French say, Pas...
View ArticleGas at 3 euros/liter by Christmas
I came back to my rented room in Heidelberg Sunday night (I occasionally work on-site for a German client). I went to say goodnight to my landlady and landlord, who were watching the news. I waited for...
View ArticlePunish the Mother!
Last year, 5-month-old Daniel Hadley died three days after his mother forgot he was in the car and left him there for two hours. A month ago, a Utah court found the mother guilty of one count of...
View ArticleHilarious website: "Welcome to the PalinDrome"
Fans of satire, rejoice! Some creative soul has launched "Welcome to the PalinDrome," a satiric website that pretends to be the personal blog of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.The...
View ArticleA Mormon's view of CA Prop (h)8
This past week, Mormon church leaders spoke via satellite to audiences in chapels in Utah and California about supporting Prop 8. Mormon Apostle M. Russell Ballard specifically appealed to the youth of...
View ArticleI'm an expat, I want to make calls for Obama!
I live in France. My husband and I have already sent our absentee ballots back to Massachusetts. I do some minor sparring with McCain supporters in a couple of venues, but I want to do something that...
View ArticleMy dad sent me an email about Snopes today (sigh)
We studiously avoided much political discussion while my parents were visiting us here in France, and for good reason. However, after my dad brought up Obama's "Muslim ties," I suggested that he go to...
View ArticleMy dad asked, "Who can you trust these days?"
Yesterday I wrote a diary about my dad forwarding to me an email attacking Snopes.com's credibility, and my response thereto. Given how far apart we are politically, I was very surprised to receive...
View ArticleGo to a Mormon church TODAY!
On the first Sunday of each month, Mormons typically hold "Fast & Testimony Meeting" during their communion service (called Sacrament Meeting). F&T meeting is an open-mike event: after the...
View ArticleGOTV -- phoning from France! (w/poll)
Bonjour les Kossack! I'm an American expat living in a tiny town in Upper Provence (as of this writing, less romantic than it sounds, thanks to scorpions, flooding, poor road conditions, and did I...
View ArticleHow to get through to Mormons re: Prop 8 (etc.)
Since the unfortunately probable passage of CA Prop 8, there have been a number of diaries calling for retaliation against the Mormons, the state of Utah, and so on.Writing as an insider, here are my...
View ArticleBob Herbert's money quote
As ever, Bob Herbert's NY Times column today is spot-on in its look at President Obama's intention to create jobs to head off another Great Depression.
View ArticleProp 8 shame and Handel's "Messiah"
As usual, singing along this past week with a lovely recording of Handel's Messiah brought tears to my eyes at the memory of the many times I performed the work over a 10-year period (mostly in the...
View ArticleThe casino spam on my website
Inspired by John Hodgman's SPAMasterpiece Theater, I thought I should share the wit and wisdom of the casino-spam I have found among the "comments" on the paltry few entries I've written on my mofembot...
View ArticleCelebrating MLK Day through service: Obama leads the way!
What better way to honor the memory and the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr., through service to those less fortunate. And who is showing us the way? Why, President-Elect Obama!
View ArticleHuge storm in SW France and N Spain (w/poll)
The southwestern part of France and the north-northeastern part of Spain were stricken by a killer storm that came off of the Atlantic this weekend. At least 111521 fatalities, numerous injuries,...
View ArticleLearning about Sex... the Mormon way!
As a, um, piggy-back to a recent currentlyRec-listed diary about Utah and porn, I thought I should give the voyeurs intellectually curious on DailyKos some insight into how a typical Mormon kid is...
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