Why we always get rolled
It seems to me that Democrats always end up getting rolled in the debates involving the economy (e. g. the debt ceiling debate). I am not cynical enough (yet) to believe what this blogger says: Paul...
View ArticleHow can "Obama" win with a spineless army?
Well folks, there has been a whole hell of a lot of bellyaching around these parts lately . . . well actually, not just lately but every since Barack Obama announced his candidacy . . . but I digress....
View ArticleSo, We're Going to Have a Two Tiered Kos?
The Haves and Have Nots? Well, I don't have $100. Or, hell, $40. Two tiered, three tiered, I really don't care. I'll suffer the ads. And, no, this is not a call for a free script. Just wondering out...
View ArticleIn the UK they call it "whingeing", I believe
[Warning: whining ahead] I've just been phoned by my boss (who is a family member! Nepotism is awesome!) to tell me I've lost my job (not awesome) due to poor performance, or as she put it, "poor fit"...
View ArticleI love/hate Math
The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful. Aristotle Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure...
View ArticleThe Humility of Newt Gingrich
... ... ... No examples exist that I recall. But arrogant pouting I've got under the fold.
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Top Comments - Whining, Writ Large
EARLIER this week, in response to soaring temperatures and heat indices, Kathy told me of an app she had found that calculates heat index and risk factors for extreme heat exposure. Called the 'OSHA...
View ArticleIs Mitt's Hand Steady Enough to Hold the Tiller?
Every professional observer from Bill Kristol leftward has had his or her mouth agape at Mitt Romney's obstinate refusal to release more tax returns and the relentless whining about the unfairness of...
View ArticleDon't underestimate what Romney is doing
I have a quick rant I need to get off my chest. I'm afraid that the community here is underestimating the Romney campaign. Based on the current front-page diaries -- mocking Romney for whining,...
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Boo-effing-hoo, for the bully Mitt Romney
This level playing field is so unfair! Poor Mitt Romney. He's very put out because Democrats are saying mean things about him. True things, but mean. Like that as a greedy vulture capitalist he made...
View ArticleStop whining, get creative. Conservatives will continue to lie through...
I think we're doing too much whining about Romney's and the GOP's unending string of lies, from their bullshit claim that Obama ended welfare-to-work rules (race resentment tactic directed at whites)...
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The Republican Party has a lot of Brass
To quote the Big Dog himself. You know the Republican Party has a lot of Brass when it accuses Barack Obama of saying nasty things when they themselves have done it. Most of the latest Faux Outrage...
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I nearly froze my ass off. Walking a block. To a hip cafe. Pathetic. Give to...
I am such a whiner. Yesterday, the wind was howling out of the north. The temperature had dropped 30 degrees from Thanksgiving Day's unusually balmy high in the mid-60s. It was my wife's birthday, and...
View ArticleMulti-Millionaire Romney criticizes Obama over Sequester. Says he's hurt...
Cry me a river from a loser. I noticed Mittens didn't offer his remedy for the sequester. That would have certainly included more tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires to solve all of our...
View ArticleHistorian Rick Perlstein Uses the Nation to Whine About My Tweet
I have to admit, I was surprised to be notified that Historian Rick Perlstein of Nixonland fame, devoted an entire column in the Nation to two tweets replying to him; one from myself and one from...
View ArticleA funny thing happened on the way to crashing the gates
Prior to this site becoming a money whore, we discussed real issues and were more likely than not to be critical of the Dem Party. That was not because we wanted rid of them but wanted serious change...
View ArticleHate Obamacare? Grow up already.
Just a short diary to vent about the ridiculous complaints I've been seeing in the last few days....I am so sick of the childish whining I'm seeing from friends of friends on my Facebook page about...
View ArticleChris Hayes - The Most Pathetic Whining Bout I've Seen in a While
Chris Hayes and his three guests just had a whine on his MSNBC show over those nasty Republicans blocking Obama's nominees for Federal judgeships. The repubs did this. The Repubs did that.IT'S NOT...
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Ted Rall Cartoon: The bad news is, the NSA is listening. The good news is,...
How to make America's police state work for you. Cross-posted from Rall.com
View ArticleJanuary 2014: The Month in Right-Wing Whining and Victimization
Right wingers whine. A lot. So....what is their payoff?I collected right wing whining stories from the month of January 2014 to see if I spotted any themes. I had more than 40 by the third week of...
View Article"Why Do People Think We Republicans Are Evil? "
Yay, Redstate!Note: Where the votes are is in the “middle”– that undefined muddled plurality of the electorate that is at best marginally informed, that only really pays attention to the “issues” in...
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The Po' Charlie, Whinin' Boy Koch Brother, Blues
Kossaks with guitars, just sing along: I’m rich and I bitch When you call my BSI’m rich and I whine When folks don’t fall in lineHarry Reid, why are you so mean?I have the most money I deserve the most...
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MSNBC Runs Article, NRA Loses Its Mind
Sigh. Another day, another NRA fail.The other day, MSNBC.com had an article up by Krystal Ball and Anne Thompson entitled "How The NRA Is Making The Ebola Crisis Worse". The thrust of the article was...
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Top Comments: Waaaahmbulance Edition
Silly season is again arriving early heralded by a Republican parade of very serious, self-important, self-obsessed, publicly very pious and righteous, nearly all white men (seriously, folks, Carly...
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Clarence Thomas's Antebellum South, Where Slaves Had Dignity
"The corollary of that principle is that human dignity cannot be taken away by the government. Slaves did not lose their dignity (any more than they lost their humanity) because the government allowed...
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Hey RNC!!! You May as Well Concede the Presidential Election!
Okay, I want to start of by saying it was amateur hour at the CNBC republican presidential debate. I commented on Facebook that the high school A/V department could probably do a better job. Carl...
View ArticleRepublicans getting pissy about show on NTSB
Fox News, your place for all things outrage, has reported that Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican (surprise!!) and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee (a dangerous combination), is...
View ArticleSelf-admitted whiner, Donald Trump, whines about cheating
One year ago yesterday (August 15th, 2015), Donald Trump had an interview on CNN in which he proudly proclaimed what a fabulous whiner he was:"I do whine because I want to win and I'm not happy about...
View ArticleObama Just Guaranteed a Great Fireworks Show Tomorrow Night
Minutes ago, at his joint press appearance with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, President Obama was asked about Himself’s claims of election rigging.Those who fear Twitter and spittle storms are...
View ArticleDoes Obama read DailyKos???
Some weeks ago, I took the liberty of giving some advice to DailyKos readers and writers, by writing a diary entitled “Why Is No One Calling Trump Out On His Whining?”, which was promptly ignored by...
View ArticleYes, Chuck Schumer Is a Whore, But I'm So Tired of Lame Liberals (Vent)
I saw a diary today about how Schumer was going to work with Trump.Let’s bust a few lame liberal myths here.1. The President signs bills. Congress passes them. Saying you’ll work with the Orange Vomit...
View ArticleKos has been violating the free speech rights of others for too long and too...
So, you want to take sides against a very, very reasonable comment after a constantly contrary troll poster defamed another with a bunch of bullshit. And I acknowledge NOTHING that is unfairly and...
View ArticleKOS is a free speech violator, and a bully, a contributor to Democrat defeat
You are a free speech violator. You won’t even allow someone to tell the truth about you.You not only condone and allow bullying, but you actively support and engage in bullying. You Ban me, if you...
View ArticleIf you must cynically moan, call a GOP politician's office and moan to its...
Yet again today, I saw this:— Hair-on-fire diary posted on latest GOP outrage— Commenter posts information on how outrage is being countered— Other commenters ignore or discount information because...
View ArticleThere's Gonna Be So Much Whining. . .
“We’re going to whine. . . We’re going to whine so much, you’re going to be so sick and tired of whining, you’re going to come to me and go ‘Please, please, we can’t whine anymore.’ You’ve heard this...
View ArticleRW Whiners: Heidi Cruz Can't Buy a Second Home. David Brat Says He Is Worse...
Which came first, whining or conservatism? Trump complained that the election was fixed before he won. And then when he did win, he complained that millions of illegal votes were cast, denying him the...
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The Iowa teacher who wore 'Napoleon Dynamite' blackface issued a rambling...
Megan Luloff, the Iowa elementary school teacher under investigation for wearing head-to-toe blackface to a Halloween party and proudly sharing it on social media, is finally speaking out, via her...
View ArticleDonald Trump delivers a box of French whine
Donald Trump’s Tuesday morning has been consumed by the fact that he’s finally burned through the stack of “Best of” Hannity that he watched while on Air Force One and is starting to catch up with what...
View ArticleWho on Capitol Hill is Allowed to Whine
The Political Playbook of Tuesday, January 25, 2022 includes a lengthy description of how Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s leadership strategy has led to considerable simmering among...
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The Moral of the Story - GNR for Bluesday, September 20th
A big part of the socialization process we hopefully went through as children was to learn about and accept the moral compact at the core of our national identity. Truth, justice, fair play, and...
View ArticleScience protection racket
Thanks to my Ph.D. advisor Jonathan Lynch for recruiting me out of Missouri before job and candidate searching was so easy, and for affording me the opportunity to travel internationally where I have...
View ArticleTrump’s meta-strategy
Linguistic meta-strategy, that is.Most of us have heard by now that one of Trump’s lawyers, a man by the name of John Lauro, offered up—on live television—a “defense” of Trump’s actions leading up to...
View Article"You'll be whining so much you'll get tired of whining"
(I just submitted this letter to the editor of my local, central PA newspaper in response to one prominent local Republican complaining about a rude bumper sticker and another (long-time Republican...
View ArticleDonald Trump is finally being held accountable 4 his criminal + immoral acts...
UPDATE: Tuesday, Jan 30, 2024 · 3:09:33 PM +00:00·DemFor some time, I was an apologist for Attorney General Merrick Garland. However, after much thought, I simply could not get there anymore. Attorney...
View ArticleTrump's main complaint about being on trial: The 'freezing' courtroom
Donald Trump has had a lot to complain about since his first day in court. Whether it’s witch hunts or just how terrible everybody is for bringing dozens of charges against, one thing is clear: He's...
View ArticleCalling All Crying Toddlers
Some of us have toddlers as children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren. Some of them may be profoundly selfish, crying and whining all the time. Some may also constantly lie, never telling the...
View ArticlePennsylvania governor to Trump: 'Stop sh-t talking America'
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shaprio has a simple message for convicted felon Donald Trump: “Quit whining.”During an interview with Jen Psaki Wednesday, Shapiro said that, while he couldn’t say for certain...
View ArticleWatch JD Vance run a gauntlet of humiliation
The Democratic National Convention has been a joyous and positive affair. Speakers have taken their shots at the GOP ticket of Donald Trump and JD Vance, but it is hard not to when those guys keep...
View ArticleAnything to report on getting rid of Subscriber advertising? It's been 4...
UPDATE: Sunday, Sep 1, 2024 · 4:07:50 PM +00:00·siabI’m getting a lot of variability in comments on what kinds of ads are showing up and how often.If you are a subscriber and you’re seeing, or not...
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