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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

12-18-13 teacherken at Daily Kos Obama to Putin on Sochi - look at our delegation

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. and now it is ten years
If you go to my Daily Kos user page you will discover .. my user ID is 4334   (slinkerwink came immediately after me) .. I joined on Dec. 19, 2003 .. with this diary I have now posted 3233 diaries (I did delete two) .. I have, with the automatic tip jar posted 53334 comments I first glanced at Daily Kos on Saturday, November 29.  I had gone to New Hampshire to volunteer for Howard Dean, and in the

Breaking story - Va Gov McDonnell & wife facing criminal charges
In a just out Washington Post story, we learn In probe of Va. Gov. McDonnell, prosecutors agreed to delay decision on charges. First two paragraphs: Federal prosecutors told Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell last week that he and his wife would be charged in connection with a gift scandal, but senior Justice Department officials delayed the decision after the McDonnells’ attorneys made a face-to-f

Obama to Putin on Sochi - look at our delegation
No, the President did not exactly say "in your face" on the anti-gay law. But consider 1.  for the first time ever US delegations for opening and closing ceremonies will not include the President, First Lady, or Vice-President 2.  The head of the US delegation, Janet Napolitano, has never married and is widely considered in political circles in DC to be gay, although here I must note car

12-17-13 teacherken at Daily Kos It’s simple: Either we demand our privacy — loudly — or we kiss it goodbye.
Daily Kos: It’s simple: Either we demand our privacy — loudly — or we kiss it goodbye.: It’s simple: Either we demand our privacy — loudly — or we kiss it goodbye.That is the concluding line of Demand your privacy, Eugene Robinson's Tuesday Washington Post column, written in response to the ruling yesterday by Judge Richard J. Leon that the NSA's gathering of metadata data on our phone calls is li